Dreer's garden calendar : 1897 . dreersgardencale1897henr Year: 1897 HARDY SHRUBS. J51 Hardy Shrubs. Azalea, Ghent. A magnificent class of hardy flower- ing plants, bearing large trusses of lovelv, fragrant flowers. Their diversity of color and form should render them, even to a greater extent than at pres- ent, leading shrubs for out-door purposes. Very dry situations are not suitable for this class. The soil should be prepared as for Rhododendrons. The col- lection offered is from the best European sources. 75 cts. each; $ per doz. Althea, or Rose of Sharon (HibiscusSyriacus). Strong, e
Dreer's garden calendar : 1897 . dreersgardencale1897henr Year: 1897 HARDY SHRUBS. J51 Hardy Shrubs. Azalea, Ghent. A magnificent class of hardy flower- ing plants, bearing large trusses of lovelv, fragrant flowers. Their diversity of color and form should render them, even to a greater extent than at pres- ent, leading shrubs for out-door purposes. Very dry situations are not suitable for this class. The soil should be prepared as for Rhododendrons. The col- lection offered is from the best European sources. 75 cts. each; $ per doz. Althea, or Rose of Sharon (HibiscusSyriacus). Strong, erect-growing shrubs of the easiest culture, which bear large and showy flowers in early fall. Double Rose. Double White. Double Purple. Variegated Leaved. Leaves conspicuously marked. Very de- sirable on account of flowering in August and Septem- ber, when few other shrubs are in bloom. Barberry, Purple (Berberis vulgaris purpurea). Violet colored foliage and fruit; very effective. Burning Bush (Euonymus Europeus). Pods covered with scarlet seeds during autumn and winter. Calycanthus, Sweet Shrub (Calycanlhus Noridus). Flowers fragrant, like strawberries; double and of a chocolate color. Deutzia Crenata. Bears a profusion of pink and white flowers; very pretty. — Crenata Flore Plena (Double-flowering Deutzia). Flow- ers double white, tinged with pink. One of the most desirable flowering shrubs in cultivation. — Fortunei. Large, pure white single flowers. * — Gracilis. A dwarf bush, covered with spikes of pure white flowers in early summer. — Pride of Rochester. A fine double pure white. Dogwood, Red Twigged (Cornus sanguinea). A strong growing bush, with crimson colored branches, making it an attractive object in winter. Bxochorda Grandlflora. Finely shaped shrub, with a profusion of the most lovely pure white flowers; blooms in the spring. 50 cts. Forsythla, Golden Bell (F. viridissima). Bears bright yellow flowers before the leaves appear. Fringe, Purple or Smoke Tree
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