Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 lUMffAMfiR -PHIIADibPHIA^^CHOICE HARDY ShRUBsTTtn 249 Destnodium Penduliflorum. A Shrub which dits to the ground in winter, but comes up vigorously in spring, throwing up shoots 3 to 4 feet high, which bear during September, when few Shrubs are in bloom, attractive sprays of bright rose-colored pea-shaped flowers. 25 cts. each. Deutzias. Well-known profuse flowering Shrubs, blooming in spring or early summer. Succeed in any sunny position. The dwarf varieties are desirable for forcing under glass. ââ
Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 lUMffAMfiR -PHIIADibPHIA^^CHOICE HARDY ShRUBsTTtn 249 Destnodium Penduliflorum. A Shrub which dits to the ground in winter, but comes up vigorously in spring, throwing up shoots 3 to 4 feet high, which bear during September, when few Shrubs are in bloom, attractive sprays of bright rose-colored pea-shaped flowers. 25 cts. each. Deutzias. Well-known profuse flowering Shrubs, blooming in spring or early summer. Succeed in any sunny position. The dwarf varieties are desirable for forcing under glass. ââ Candidissima plena. A fine tall double white. 25 cts. each. â Crenata Magnifica. A variety with exceptionally large corymbs of pure white flowers, produced in wonderful pro- fusion, plant of symmetrical habit, growing from 3 to 4 feet high. 50 cts. each. rosea plena (Do-ub/e-flowering Deutzia). Double white, tinged with pink; very desirable tall Shrub. (See cut.) 25 cts. each. â Gracilis. A favorite dwarf bush, covered with spikes of pure white flowers in early summer. 25 cts. each. â Lemoinei. Without doubt one of the very best dwarf hardy Shrubs; flowers very large and produced in cone- shaped heads of purest white, which open out very full. (See cut.) 25 cts. each. â Pride of Rochester. A fine, tall growing double-white flowering variety. 25 cts. each. Ekianthus Japonicus. An attractive Japanese Shrub, hardy as far north as Philadelphia; particularly attractive in the autumn, when its leaves turn a brilliant orange, more or less marked with red, its black fruit or berries at this time form- ing a strong contrast. In early spring it bears numerous umbels of pure white Andromeda-like flowers. $ each. Eleagnus Longipes {Japanese Oleaster). A very desir- able, nearly evergreen Shrub of medium height, with light foliage, which is silvered on the under surface. The abun- dant crop of orange-colored fruit is a very attractive feature during the summer. 25 cts. each. De
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