Title: Dreer's wholesale price list of seeds plants and bulbs for florists : fertilizers, insecticides, tools and sundries
Identifier: dreerswholesalep1912henr_2 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies 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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CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS *S" NOTE All prices include boxes, packinu and delivery to any Express. Freight or Steamboat Line in Philadelphia. "it* New Buddleyas. Variabilis Veltchiana. Spikes of flowers 18 to 20 inches long of violet-mauve with yellow centre. Strong pot-ijrown plants. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Veltchiana Magnifica. Deep rose purple with oranpre-yellow centre. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. l- Callunas and'Ericas. (Hardy Heather and Heath.) Calluna Vulearis. True Scotch heather. Alba. True white Scotch heather. Alportl. A vigorous rosy carmine form. EleKantlsslma. An eleeant white variety. Erica Cinerea. Larire rose-colored flower bells. Mediterranea Hybrlda. Noddinjf rose-colored flowers in very early spring; fine for forcing. Tetralix Mackayl iCross-Ieaved HeathK Very dwarf with delicate pink flower bells. Vagans Alba 'Oornish Heath). Produces upright clusters of flesh-pink flowers. Vaeans Rubra. A rosy-red flowered form. Bruckenthalla Splculifolla. Produces delicate light pink heads of flowers in early June. 35£ts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. We will supply one each of this interesting collection or $2.50. Daphne Cneorum (Ciarland Flower). A splendid lot of strong pot-grown plants from 4'/i-inch pots. 40 cents each; $4.00 per doz. Hydrangea Arborescens Grandiflora. (The Snowball Hydrangea). This magnificent, perfectly hardy, American Shrub is the very finest addition to this class of plants in many a year. The snow-white blooms are of largest size, and its long flowering season, from early June until late August, makes it a valuable acciuisition in any garden. Strong 2-year-old plants, 24 to 30 inches high, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora. Per doz. Per 100 Bush-Plants. Strong, 24 to 30 inches high . $1 50 $10 00 Tree-Shaped or Standards. Very fine stock 4 00 30 OO
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Japanese Maples (Splendid Pot-Grown Plants) Each Per doz Polymorphum Atropurpureum. 4-inch pots. B to 10 inches high ⢠$0 40 Polymorphum Atropurpureum. 6-inch pots. 18 to 24 inches high 100 Polymorphum Atropurpureum DIssectum. 4-inch pots. 6 to 8 inches high 40 Polymorphum Atropurpureum DIssectum. 6-inch pots. 18 to 24 inches high . 100 10 00 Japonlcum Aureum. 4-inch pots, 6 inches high 40 4 OO 6-inch pots. 15 to 18 inches high . . . $4 OO 10 OO 4 00 1 00 10 00 HYURANGliA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA Hardy Azaleas for Out-door Planting. Mollis. Now a standard variety for forcing as well as planting, and a profitable plant for either purpose. Bushy plants, 12 to 15 inches high. $4.50 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. Anthony Koster. A large-flowered form of Mollis, with intense golden-orange flowers, 18 to 20 inches high; bushy. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per dozen. J. C. Van Tol. A brilliant red form of Mollis, with very large flow- ers; bushy; 18 to 20 inches high. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. Pontica or Hardy Ghent. A favorite variety to plant in connection with Rhododendrons; fine bushy plants, 15 to 18 inches high, in choicest mixture. 60 cts. each; $6.50 per doz.; $50.00 per 100. Pontica Cocclnea Speclosa. Brilliant reddish-salmon, with fiery- red shadings. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. Pontica Bouquet de Flore. Pleasing soft salmon-rose, semi-double. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. Pontica Davisil. The finest white, very floriferous. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. Pontica Nancy Waterer. A pleasing shade of Indian-yellow. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. Japanese Azaleas for Garden Decoration. Amtena. Small rosy-crimson flowers, almost evergreen. Each Per doz. Per 100 15 to 20 inches high $0 75 $8 00 $65 00 20 to 24 " 1 25 14 00 100 00 Hinodegirl. Small, brilliant, fiery-red flowers in great masses. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. Andromedas. Pretty evergreen shrubs, producing Lily of the Valley-like sprays of white flowers. Each Per doz. Floribunda. Bushy plants, 15 inches high $1 00 $10 00 Japonica. Bushy plants, 15 inches high 1 00 10 00 Magnolias. Each to 35 75 2 OO 2 50 35 75 1 50 2 00 1 50 35 Qrandiflora. Pot-grown, 2 feet high 3 feet high Alba Superba. Bushy plants, 3 feet high Conspicua. Bushy plants, 2% feet high ..â¢â¢â¢... Kobus. Pot-grown, 2 feet high Purpurea. Pot-grown, 2 feet high Soulangeana. Strong plants, 3Vi feet high Lennel. Strong plants, 3 feet high . . . Stellata. Bushy plants, 2 feet high Tripetala. Pot-grown, 18 inches high Hardy Rhododendrons. We offer below but a limited list of hybrid varieties, which, how- ever, is selected from the hardiest sorts of the Catawbiensis type. Abraham Lincoln. Lively purplish-red. Album elegans. A fine white. Caractacus. Purplish crimson, Catawoiensis alba. Pretty blush. Qrandiflorum. Soft violet mauve. Chas. Dickens. Dark purplish crimson. Delicatissima. Blush white. Everestianum. Light rosy lilac. General Grant. Aniline red. Giganteum. Crimson rose, early Kettledrum. Crimson. Parsons Oloriosa. Rose. Hoseum elegans. Bright rosy lilac. , , , â , We can furnish any of the above in strong, bushy plants, well set with buds in the following sizes, according to variety: Height Each Doz. 100 12 to 18 in., according to habit of growth $0 75 $8 00 $65 00 15to'>4 â ' 1 25 12 00 90 00 18 to 30 â ' 2 00 20 00 150 00 Spiraea Buinaldi "Walluf." A splendid improvement on Anthony Waterer. being of a much richer, brighter crimson. Strong plants, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 54

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