. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. -HFHKrADRgR4)nilADaPHIAm'^CI10ICE HARDYShRU&SH 217 Pyru-3 Japonicus [Japan Quince). A very- showy and popular Shrub, wliich blooms pro- fusely in early spring; flowers dazzling scarlet. Makes an excellent hedge. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Hardy Rhododendrons. One of the most valu- able of our haidy decorative plants. They re- quire only a good garden soil, which should lie dug at least 2 feet deep and
. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. -HFHKrADRgR4)nilADaPHIAm'^CI10ICE HARDYShRU&SH 217 Pyru-3 Japonicus [Japan Quince). A very- showy and popular Shrub, wliich blooms pro- fusely in early spring; flowers dazzling scarlet. Makes an excellent hedge. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Hardy Rhododendrons. One of the most valu- able of our haidy decorative plants. They re- quire only a good garden soil, which should lie dug at least 2 feet deep and mixed with some lea? mould or peat; it is also well to mulch the ground during summer, and protect with leaves or brush during the winter. (See cut.) We offer below but a limited list "of varieties, which, however, is a selection of the hardest sorts in cuUivalion. -^^^Aibum elegans. A fine vv^hite. Zj^FactacUS. Purplish crimson. ' ^^atawbiensis alba. Pretty blush white. licatissima. Blush white. verestianum. Rosy pink, crimped edges. eneral Grant. Rosy crixnson. j^iganteum. Crimson rose. ,ady Armstrong. Pale rose ; fine. Lady ClermDnt. Rosy scarlet. ^^^rs. Milner. Purplish crimson. ^^arson's Qrandiflora. Rosy crimson. ^^^oseum elegans. R )sy purple. ^^^ We cm furnish any of the above in strong, biVsh^t-plants. Each. Doz. lon, 15 to 18 inches high, §1 00 $10 00 $75 00 18 to 24 " "1 50 15 00 100 00 \ 24 to 36 " " 2 50 25 00 200 00 \|^hodotypus Kerrioides (IVkiie Kerria). A ""^ very ornamental Japanese Shrub of medium size, with pretty foliage and large single white flowers V the latter part of May. 25 cts. each. \Rhus Cotinus {Purple Fringe, or Smoke Tree). *•—^A low, shrubby tree, covered in midsummer with \ large clusters of feathery flowers, giving the ap- pearance of a cloud of smoke or mist. 25 cts. each. -SrT?; .-•^-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for read
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