Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 Rhododendron. CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS- Continued. Magnolia Conspicua. Fine strong plains of this beautiful white variety. .si'.OO each. Magnolia Soulangeana. Creamy white and purple, very strong. $ each. Magnolia Purpurea. Purple Rowers. 50 cts. each. Mock Orange. (thiladelphui grandijlorus). Showy, fragrant large flowers, pure white. —Double Flowering [Phi adelphus Fl. PI.) Large, fragrant, double, pure while flowers. Trifoliate Orange. This is the most hardy of the orange family, and will stand our northern climate with li
Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 Rhododendron. CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS- Continued. Magnolia Conspicua. Fine strong plains of this beautiful white variety. .si'.OO each. Magnolia Soulangeana. Creamy white and purple, very strong. $ each. Magnolia Purpurea. Purple Rowers. 50 cts. each. Mock Orange. (thiladelphui grandijlorus). Showy, fragrant large flowers, pure white. —Double Flowering [Phi adelphus Fl. PI.) Large, fragrant, double, pure while flowers. Trifoliate Orange. This is the most hardy of the orange family, and will stand our northern climate with little or no protection. It is dwarf, of a low, shrubby growth, with beautiful trifoliate, glossy green leaves, and large, white scented blossoms. Privet, California. Nearly evergreen. Bears white flowers in the errlv Summer ; one of the best hedge plants. Spirea Billardii. Strong-growing, pink-flowered, late blooming. -—Callosa Alba. Low, dwarf growth ; white. — Prunifolia (Bridal Wreath). Flowers double, white and abundant. —Reevesii PI. Fl.—Double white flowers in clusters; very fine. —Thunbergii. One of the most charming of all low-growing shrubs, with fine, delicate foliage and a profusion of small white flowers in Spring. Rhododendrons. One of the most valuable of our hardy | —Van Mouttei. Ihegrandestof all the Spireas ; it is a beauti- decorative plants. They require only a good garden soil, ful ornament for the lawn at any season, but when in flower it which should be dug at least 2 feet deep and mixed with some is a complete fountain of white bloom, the foliage hardly show- leaf mould or peat ; it is also well to mulch the ground during | ing. Clusters of 20 to 30 flat white florets make up the raceme, Summer, and protect with and these clusters are set Japan Snowball (V,bur- num PUcatum). This Xanthoceras soebifolius is one of the most valuable of our hardy shrubs. Flowers, though hardly as large as the old variety, are much more numerous. The leaves are i
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