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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y. Shrubs 



Japanese Judas 



(Cercf's Chinensis; syn., Japonica) 



The old-time Japanese Quince has been a univer- 

 sal favorite with its brilliant red flowers early in 

 May. The San Jose scale attacks it so seriously that 

 it should be discarded and the Japanese Judas and 

 the Red-flowering Dogwood used for red flowers 

 in the same season. This Judas forms a broad 

 shrub 8 or 10 feet high. The branches are thickly 

 studded with rose-pink, pea-shaped blossoms more 

 brilliant in color than the American Judas tree. 



Laburnum Golden Chain 



Laburnum vulgare. This is an old-cime favorite 

 in this country as well as in England and the 

 continent. It forms a tall, slender shrub of no par- 

 ticular value as a screen, but winning admiration 

 for its long, pendant, golden flowers, resembling 

 its relative, the Wistaria, and the Yellow Locust. 

 The Germans call it Golden Rain. It should be 



Clanted to rise out of groups of other shrubs. It 

 looms in May. 



Lilac -- Syringa 



The Lilacs are immediately 

 thought of as flowering shrubs 

 by those least initiated in gar- 

 den lore. The new varieties 

 show a wide range of exquisite 

 colorings and variation in size 

 and form of the flower trusses. 

 Common. Syringa vulgar-is. 



This and the White are the 



old-time favorites. Their 



fragrance is unsurpassed by 



any of the newer varieties 



and they will always retain 



the strongest hold upon the 



affections. The mildew, 



which sometimes gives a 



dusty appearance to the 



foliage, is not serious. It is 



not conspicuous if the Lilacs 



are planted behind other 



shrubs that about equal them in height. Old plants 



attain a height of 12 to 15 feet, but they grow 



moderately when young, and should not be 



depended upon for screen planting on a new place. 

 White. S. vulgaris, var. alba. This has pure white 



flowers and can be distinguished even in winter 



by its white buds. 



NAMED LILACS 



We have a large number of varieties which we 

 have propagated on their own roots; therefore, 

 there will be no trouble from the sprouting of the 

 privet stock, and the sprouts which do come up 

 will be of the same variety. 

 Ludwig Spaeth. Deep purplish red flowers in 



dense, large panicles. The best of its color. 

 President Massart. Red when in bud, purple 



when open, with large panicle. 

 Emile Lemoine. Rosy lilac, very large double 



flowers. Clusters of globular form. 



Mathieu de Dombasle. Double flowers; color 

 reddish mauve. 



Virginalis. Large pure white flowers in larger 

 panicles than the original white. 



Named Lilacs, continued 



Frau Dammann. This is one of the best white- 

 Lilacs, having immense panicles. The foliage is 

 vigorous and healthy. 



Senateur Volland. Double; rosy red. 



Louis Henry. Double; red-lilac, tinted blue; 



large panicles. 

 Insignis rubra. A large truss which is dark red 



when in bud and lilac when open. 

 Madam Jules Finger. Large double pink flowers. 



Belle de Nancy. Flowers bright red, with white 

 center. A new and distinct color ; double. 



Ville de Troyes. Large panicles of dark purple 

 flowers. 



Madam Lemoine. This we regard as one of the 

 handsomest double white Lilacs, the individual 

 flowerets being as large as a ten-cent piece. 



President Grevy. Beautiful lilac-blue; very dou- 

 ble-flowered and very long panicles. 



Pyramidalis. Panicles which are dense; carmine 

 in b.ud. 



The Double Lilacs were introduced in this vicinity 

 by the late Adolph Ladenburg through the Oasis Nursery 

 Company. Their stateliness and beauty are but little 

 known. We have worked up a large stock of them on 

 their own roots which are not subject to the failures 

 incident to most imported plants. Our plants are old 

 and ready to bloom and are offered much lower than 

 usual . 



