Dreer's 1907 garden book (1907) Dreer's 1907 garden book dreers1907garden1907henr Year: 1907 194 nr 1-HBRrADRK-fllllADaPHIA^A-lPCHOICE HARDYSHRUBSI Hardy Rhododendrons. One of the most valuable of our hardy decorative plants. They require only a good garden soil, which should be dug at least 2 feet deep and mixed with some leaf 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 hardiest sorts in cultivation. Album elegans. A fine
Dreer's 1907 garden book (1907) Dreer's 1907 garden book dreers1907garden1907henr Year: 1907 194 nr 1-HBRrADRK-fllllADaPHIA^A-lPCHOICE HARDYSHRUBSI Hardy Rhododendrons. One of the most valuable of our hardy decorative plants. They require only a good garden soil, which should be dug at least 2 feet deep and mixed with some leaf 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 hardiest sorts in cultivation. Album elegans. A fine white. Album grandiflorum. Large white. Bertie Parsons. Delicate lilac. Caractacus. Purplish crimson. Catawbiensis alba. White. Delicatissima. Blush white. Everestianum. Rosy pink, crimped edges. General Grant. Rosy crimson. Giganteum. Crimson rose. Grandiflorum. Rosy red. Lady Armstrong. Bright rose. Lady Clermont. Rosy scarlet. Mrs. nilner. Purplish crimson. Parson's Gloriosa. Light lilac. Pres. Lincoln. Rose. Roseum elegans. Rosy purple. . The Queen. Blush, changing to white. We can furnish any of the above in strong, bushy plants, 18 inches high. § each; $10(V) perdoz.; $ per 100^24 inches high, §1 '>0 each; $ per doz.; 30 to 36 inches high, fine specimens, $ each; §35 00 per doz. Rhodotypus Kerrioides (White Kerria). A very ornamental Japanese Shrub of medium size, with pretty foliage and large single white flowers 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 appearance of a cloud of smoke or mist. 25 cts. each.
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