REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ORNAMENTAL LIST. 3 1 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ORNAMENTAL LIST. 



C. M. LORING, CHAIRMAN, MINNEAPOLIS. 



In presenting the following list of ornamental shrubs, your 

 committee has selected such varieties as we know to be per- 

 fectly hardy and of easy culture, and in the interest of the ama- 

 teur planter only. It recognizes the fact that the average house- 

 holder who wishes to embellish his home grounds resorts to the 

 catalogue with its beautifully colored plates, which, perhaps, he 

 has received by mail from some enterprising nurseryman or 

 dealer in one of the middle states, and from the long list of many 

 pages of beautiful shrubs described he selects an assortment 

 which he is sure is going to make his front yard a banner of 

 glory. Like thousands of others in the west who have passed 

 through the same experience, his selections are of varieties that 

 are hardy where the catalogue is printed but will not withstand 

 the climate of Minnesota, and his efforts result in disappoint- 

 ment. 



Your committee advise that there are nurseries in the north- 

 west where all of the hardy stock can be obtained and that it is 

 inadvisable to order from dealers further south. 



SYRINGA, LILAC. 



Your committee place first on the list this most valuable 

 shrub, which is among the earliest to awake from the winter 

 sleep and which remains green long after the majority of decidu- 

 ous shrubs have shed their leaves. In May its trusses of fragrant 

 bloom give evidence that summer is near. From the common 

 lilac, which should be in every collection, there have been pro- 

 duced something over one hundred and fifty varieties, of which a 

 few of the finest are named. 



Varieties. — Joseka Rubra, very dark ; Ludwig Spath, purple ; 

 Dr. Lindley, fine large purple ; Chas. X, rose color ; Marie Le 

 Grave, white ; Rouen, feathery white ; Rouen, feathery pink ; 

 Persian ; Japan tree lilac. 



UPRIGHT, OR BUSH, HONEYSUCKLES. 



Strong, hardy shrubs of erect habit which blossom early, and 

 in the autumn have bright red or orange berries. 



Varieties. — Grandiflora, pink flowers ; Grandiflora Alba, white 

 flowers; Splendens, flowers dark red; Oriental, fruit large and 

 very attractive. 



SPIREAS. 



Elegant, hardy shrubs of easy culture. 



The spireas are among the most satisfactory of all the shrubs. 

 All the season the foliage is delicate, and the habit of the shrub 

 very graceful. Its wealth of bloom is wonderfully beautiful. 



