. Dreer's garden calendar : 1896. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 130 HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS. HARDY SHRUBS. First quality, 30 cts. each, except where noted ; per dozen; $ per 100. Azalea, Ghent. A magnificent class of hardy flower- ing plants, bearing large trusses of lovely, fragrant flowers. Their diversity of color and form should render them, even to a greater extent than at present, leading shrubs for out-door purposes. Very dry situations are not suitable
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1896. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 130 HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS. HARDY SHRUBS. First quality, 30 cts. each, except where noted ; per dozen; $ per 100. Azalea, Ghent. A magnificent class of hardy flower- ing plants, bearing large trusses of lovely, fragrant flowers. Their diversity of color and form should render them, even to a greater extent than at present, leading shrubs for out-door purposes. Very dry situations are not suitable for this class. The soil should be prepared as per instructions for Rhododendrons. The collection offered is from the best European sources. 75 cts. each, $ per doz. Althea, or Rose of Sharon {Hibiscus Syriacus). Strong, erect-growing shrubs of the easiest culture, which bear large and showy flowers in early fall. Double Rose. Double white. Double Purple. Variegated Leaved. Leaves conspicuously marked. The Altheas are very desirable on account of flowering in August and September, when few other shrubs are in bloom. Barberry, Purple {Berberis vulgaris purpurea). Violet colored foliage and fruit; very effective. Burning- Bush {Euonymus Europeus). Pods covered with scarlet seeds during autumn and winter. Calycanthus, Sweet Shrub (Calycanihus Floridus). Flowers fragrant, like strawberries ; double and of a chocolate color. Deutzia Crenata. Bears a profusion of pink and white flowers ; very pretty. — Crenata Flore Plena {Double-flowering Deutzia). Flowers double white, tinged with pink. One of the most desirable flowering shrubs in cultivation. — Fortunei. Large, pure white single flowers. — Gracilis. A dwarf bush, covered with spikes of pure white flowers in early summer. — Pride of Rochester. A fine pure white double flowering variety. Dog-WOOd, Red Twigged {Cornus sanguinea). A strong growing bush, with crimson colored branches, making it an attractive object in win
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