Dreer's 1907 garden book (1907) Dreer's 1907 garden book dreers1907garden1907henr Year: 1907 Andromeda flarlana (Lily of the Valley Shrub) . Of dwarf, low growth, bearing early in June panicles of waxy white drooping bell-shaped blossoms. 25 cts. each. — Japonica. Very rich dark evergreen foliage and drooping racemes of white blossoms of great beauty. A superb species. $ each Plena. Aralia Pentaphylla. A pretty Japanese Shrub, of medium size and rapid growth, with fine lobed palmate leaves of a pale green color, branches furnished with spines. 25 cts. each. Spinosa [Hercules Club, Ang
Dreer's 1907 garden book (1907) Dreer's 1907 garden book dreers1907garden1907henr Year: 1907 Andromeda flarlana (Lily of the Valley Shrub) . Of dwarf, low growth, bearing early in June panicles of waxy white drooping bell-shaped blossoms. 25 cts. each. — Japonica. Very rich dark evergreen foliage and drooping racemes of white blossoms of great beauty. A superb species. $ each Plena. Aralia Pentaphylla. A pretty Japanese Shrub, of medium size and rapid growth, with fine lobed palmate leaves of a pale green color, branches furnished with spines. 25 cts. each. Spinosa [Hercules Club, Angelica Tree or Devils Walk- ing-stick). A singular native tree-like Shrub, growing from 10 to 15 feet high, with very prickly stems, pinnate leaves and immence panicles of white flowers in the month of August; an odd tropical-looking plant. 50 cts. each. Azalea Hollis. A beautiful species from Japan, with large flowers of various shades of yellow, orange, carmine, etc., during May. (See cut.) 75 ' ts each ; $ per doz. — Pontica, or Hardy Ghent. Flowers not quite so large as in A. Mollis, but with a larger range of colors, elegantly adapted to use in conjunction with A. Mollis on tne edge of a Rhododendron bed or in- dependently in groups or in the shrubbery border. 75 cts. e?ch; $ per doz. — Amtena. This little gem is practically evergreen, and is the showiest of all dwarf Shrubs. In late spring the plants are literally smothered with masses of rosv-crimson flowers. Bushy plants, 12 to 15 inches high, 60 cts. each ;'$ per doz. 15 to 18 inches high, $ each ; $ per doz. 18 to 24 inches high, $ each; $12 00 per doz. Baccharis Halimifolia (Groundsel! Tree). A pretty Shrub, which is especially attrnctive in the fall on account of its fluffy white seedpods. 25 cts. each ; $2 50 per doz. Berberis Thunbergli. A beautiful Japan variety of dwarf habit. Small foliage, assuming the most varied and beautiful tints of coloring in the autumn ; very desirable for
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