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FOR years we have been working up an extra fine stock of the three following families of 

 shrubs. Each plant has been given plenty of growing-room in the nursery-rows, and at 

 intervals has been pruned back to properly develop into a fine, compact, symmetrical 

 specimen. Frequent transplanting has thickened the roots into dense balls or fibers, a 

 feature enabling them to withstand the shock of moving and easily take hold when 

 planted in their permanent positions on your grounds. Each plant is an individual, vigorous, 

 healthy specimen, producing an immediate effect — the Deutzias blooming in spring, the 

 Hydrangeas in fall, and the red-berried Barberry brightening the landscape in the winter. 



The Deutzia 



is a charming Chinese shrub which grows from two to six feet high, with numerous stems and 

 branches clothed with dark-green leaves and wreaths of tassel-like flowers in June. It is inval- 

 uable for hedges or for massing, the graceful branches of the shorter varieties being especially 

 attractive on the edge of the shrubbery border. The following are magnificent, hardy, selected 

 varieties, some of which are quite rare in this country. Every plant has a heavy, fibrous ball 

 of roots and thickly branched tops, the result of perfect cultivation. 



Deutzia gracilis venusta. Vigorous and bushy, with pure white azalea-like flowers in luxurious abundance 



ranging along the whole length of the graceful stems, giving the appearance of a row of bouquets edging 



the shrubbery border. Price, 3 ft. bushy specimens, $4.00 per dozen ; $30.00 per 100. 



Deutzia gracilia rosea. A compact, bushy foreground variety, profusely covered with light rose blooms, 



shading to clear rose in the center. Price, 3 ft. bushy specimen, $4.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100. 



Deutzia Lemoine and Deutzia Lemoine compacta. Stout, numerous branches showered with early pure 



white flowers on loose, leafy shoots. Price, 2% ft. bushy specimens, $4.00 per dozen; $35.00 per 100. 



Deutzia grandiflora campanulata. Tall, vigorous and bushy, with long panicles of numerous large, pure 



white campanula-like flowers. Price, 3 ft. bushy specimens, $4.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100. 



Deutzia crenata. Pride of Rochester. Grows tall and erect, and is a good screen. Early profusion of 



large, double, white blossoms tinted with rose on backs of petals. Price, 4^ to 5 ft., bushy specimens. | 



per dozen; §20.00 per 100. 



The Hydrangea 



Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora is an ideal lawn specimen attaining the height of S to to 

 ft. Its abundant large blossoms, opening creamy-white in August, turning pink in September, 

 hang on long, graceful, wide-spreading stems. It is especially attractive massed in the 

 shrubbery border in front of Hydrangea paniculata, which stands more erect, with stiff 

 stems, and blossoms which are thinner but possess a stronger, brighter color in the landscape. 

 Price, 2% to 3 ft. bushy specimens, $3.00 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 



Hydrangea paniculata, erect habit, 3 ft. bushy specimens. Price, $3.00 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 



Japanese Barberry 



Barberis thumbergi attains a height of from four to five feet, is thoroughly hardy and a 

 vigorous-growing shrub, needing little or no care. It has bright green foliage, which in the 

 autumn assumes beautiful hues of crimson, orange and bronze. After losing its yellow flowers 

 of May, the branches become hung with abundant bright scarlet berries, exceedingly showy 

 during the dullest months of the year. The thorny foliage makes a beautiful and impenetrable 

 hedge, especially graceful planted on the top of a terrace slope 



Price, 3 ft. bushy specimens, $5.00 per dozen; $35.00 per 100. 



No orders for less than six plants of one variety at the dozen rate nor less than fifty at the 

 hundred rate. 



Beautiful Orounds 



HAVE an experienced designer help you determine how to produce the best landscape 

 effects on your home grounds. By adopting proper methods of proceeding with improve- 

 ments, the results generally prove more satisfactory and less expensive in the end. We 

 have 112 acres of choice nursery stock, grown especially for immediate landscape effects. 

 Send for catalogue. 



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