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the Riiprechtiana from ^Manchuria. It is a strong, upright 

 groAver of extreme hardiness — beautiful in bloom and fruit. 

 Then we have Tartarica grandiflora with very large ilowers, 

 whitish in color, striped with pink. This has the best tree 

 form of all, and must have a great future as a protector for 

 the flower garden. 



THE SPHtEAS. 



Anthony Waterer is a favorite for low-border hedges. It 

 kills to the ground in winter, but springs up and blooms every 

 spring and keeps at it all summer. It is a dwarf and never 

 can be used for protection. The Van Houteii is the best of 

 all the spireas. It is very hardy and very attractive with its 

 mantle of white floAvers in springtime. It can be trimmed 

 if need be. But as the plants generally grow to a uniform 

 height they might as well have their own way. 



We thus give the best shrubs for this important work of 

 protection for the flower garden and the home grounds. 



NEBRASKA AT THE NATIONAL EXPOSITION. 



Great Plains State Made a Splendid Showing of Beautiful 

 Fruits and ^yon Many of the Large and Desirable 



Prizes. 



(From The National Horticulturist, April, 1910.) 



Reference to the ncAvspaper literature of more than half a 

 century ago which was devoted to the description of the new 

 ^Territory of Nebraska" shows that there were two things 

 that impressed most strongly the minds of the writers — the 

 boundlessness of the ocean-like expanse of the prairies and 

 the enormous quantities of Avild fruit that grew in prodigal 

 profusion along every watercourse in the eastern half of the 

 new territory. The pioneers found that the wild plums, 

 grapes, crabapples, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, 

 etc., which grew in such abundance were finer flavored, larger, 

 and in every way better than the wild fruits found in other 

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