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Title: Dreer's garden book : seventy-sixth annual edition 1914
Identifier: dreersgardenbook1914henr (find matches)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Spir;ea Sorbifolia Stellipeda. RHODODBIVDROIVS. This grand genus, with their huge clusters of flowers in beautiful colorings, stand unequalled among hardy flowering Shrubs, and during the latter part of May or early June no flower is more gorgeous, while the bright evergreen foliage is attractive at all seasons. They re- quire only a good garden soil, which should be dug at least 2 feet deep and well mixed with leaf mould or peat, and a somewhat sheltered situation, the north angle of a building, which the majority of other plants dislike, being one of their favorite locations. They de- light in an ample supply of water during their growing season, but must have perfect drainage. During the summer a mulch of any loose, light material is beneficial, and a protection of leaves or brush through the winter. To allow the next season's flower buds to develop, the old flower heads should be carefully removed after they are faded. We offer but a limited list of hybrid varieties, which, however, is selected from the hardiest of the Catawbiense type. Abraham Lincoln. Lively red. Album Elegans. A fine white. Caractacus. Purplish-crimson. Catawbiensis Alba. Pretty blush. â Qrandiflora. Soft violet-mauve. Charles Dickens. Deep crimson. Delicatissima, Blush-white. Everestianum. Light rosy-lilac. General Grant. Analine-red. Kettledrum. Red. Roseum Elegans. Bright rosy-lilac. Parson's tirandiflorum. Crimson-rose. We can furnish any of the sorts in strong bushy plants, well set with buds, in the following sizes, vary- ing according to habit of variety: Height. Each. 12 to 18 inches fl 00 15 to 24 inches 1 60 18 to 36 inches 2 50 Sambucus Nigra Aurea ( Golden Elder). Of strong growth aqd one of the best yellow foliage Shrubs; the color is remarkably bright, rich and constant, and makes a fine contrast in the shrub- bery border. 25 cts. each. â Kacemosus (Red-berried Elder). A robust-growing Shrub, with white flowers in spring, followed by bright red berries in autumn. 25 cts. each. Spiraea Anthony Waterer. A valuable variety; color bright crimson; it is of dwarf, dense growth, never exceeding 30 inches in height; in bloom the entire summer and fall. 25 cts. each. â Lindleyana. Of vigorous growth, bearing large panicles of white flowers in July; foliage resembles Sumach. 25 cts. each. â Margaritse. A handsome free-flowering variety, with large, flat heads of soft pink flowers from June to October; grows from 3 to 4 feet liigh, and is one of the most desirable varieties in our collec- tion. 25 cts. each. â Opulifolia aurea ( Virginian Guelder Rose). An interest- ing variety of medium growth with golden-tinted foliage and large white flowers in June. 25 cts. each, â Prunifolla (Bridul Wreath). A favorite variety and one of the best; it is a beautiful Shrub of medium size with double white flowers in May. 25 cts. each. â Reevesii fl, pi. Of medium growth, with double white flowers in clusters in May. Very fine. 25 cts. each. â Sorbifolia Stellipeda. A splendid improvement on the old Mountain Ash-leaved Spiraa, with which it is identical, except that the white flowers are produced in immense pyramidal pani- cles, frequently ten inches wide by fifteen inches high; these, backed with the bright green ferny foliage, appear like large bou- quets of bloom. Flowers during July and August. (See cut.) Strong plants, 50 cts. each. Spiraeas continued on next page. Doz. 100. $10 00 $ 75 00 15 00 100 00 25 00 200 00 n^t^^HH â¢â¢'*T *." "' â S^^^«r ^ 3 fT-*. ^^ife*^'^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^BP^^^*^^^ vvIC^ > M i^^i I^HMF-m/Sr '*\JM- â * jSIHi^ ,pK , J^^ ?yâ¢K^l â â â ' 'mTI^^WPF^' >"'*'j«#**^.^Si^^*^v^ S^/fe^F ^.im '^tf^^f&^^^ll^ ~^^WK :^^ W^ f.:--' â ^â :%--r^ ri^^-^W- i. , ' ^^Sit'«4t^^-^ -.... .. ES2 Hardy RHODonFNiiRON. We will supply any of the Shrub> priced at 25 et». each for $2.50 per doi.; $18.00 per 100.

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