Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1912 (1912) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1912 . dreersmidsummerc1912henr Year: 1912 CORONARIUS Magnolias. Consplcua (Chinese White Mai'nnlia'i. A higrhly prized species on account of its larcre white flowers, which open about the middle of April. Fine bushy plants, about 3 feet high, $ each. Qrandlflora. A mafrnificent species, with handsome evercrreen foliase, producing in June immense white delightfully fragrant flowers. While there are several fine specimens of this tree in the vicinity of Philadelphia, it is not considered reliably hardy nort
Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1912 (1912) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1912 . dreersmidsummerc1912henr Year: 1912 CORONARIUS Magnolias. Consplcua (Chinese White Mai'nnlia'i. A higrhly prized species on account of its larcre white flowers, which open about the middle of April. Fine bushy plants, about 3 feet high, $ each. Qrandlflora. A mafrnificent species, with handsome evercrreen foliase, producing in June immense white delightfully fragrant flowers. While there are several fine specimens of this tree in the vicinity of Philadelphia, it is not considered reliably hardy north of Washington. Pot-grown plants, 2 feet high, 50 cts. each. 3 to 4 feet high, $ each. Kobus. One of the hardiest in cultivation. Forms a large tree with white flowers 4 to 5 inches across, blooming in April and May. Strong pot-grown plants, 24 to 30 inches high, 50 cts. each. Purpurea. Deep purple, pink in throat, a dwarf bushy variety that blooms at intervals all summer. $ each. Soulangeana. A Chinese species, shrub-like in its young growth, attaining the size of a tree in time; its flowers are produced early in spring, are cup-shaped. 3 to 5 inches in diameter, are white inside, flushed with purple outside. Strong, heavy plants, $ each. —Lennel. A variety of the above in which the outside petals are of a deep crimson. Strong, heavy plants, $ each. Stellata. A Japanese species, of dwarf habit and pure white, semi- double flowers during April. The earliest to bloom. Strong plants, $ each. Osmanthus. lllcKolla. A splendid hardy evergreen shrub of dwarf habit; a fine plant for a shady corner alongside of a porch. 35 cts. each. Illclfolla Alba Margrlnata. each. Leaves neatly edffed with white. 50 cts. Philadelphus. Coronarlus (Garland Mock Oranieauliful ornament for the lawn at any season, when in flower it is a complete fountain of white bloom, the foliage hardly showing. Clusters of 20 to 30 white tlorets make up the raceme, and are set close along the dr
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