Miss Ella V. Baines, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio. 31 
“HARDY SHRUBS i ¥ 
oe FALL PLANTING, 
Fall is the best time to plant all kinds of Hardy Shrubs, and 
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII. 
Sometimes called **Boston Ivy’? and * Japan Ivy.”’ 
No picture can portray the beauty of this grand climbing plant. 
s an important aid to architectural beauty it is rapidly attaining 
rorhinence, being now a feature on the finest houses—notably 
he palatial residence corner of Fifty-seventh street and Fifth 
venue, New York City. Another fine example of itis seen on 
race Church, New York, while on Commonwealth avenue, and 
throughou; tne fashionable “Back Bay” district in Boston, there 
are hundre ds of the finest houses covered with it from foundation 
to roof. It .s adapted to all situations, and transforms the humblest 
cotiage. {tis entirely hardy in the most exposed places, attaining 
a height of twenty to thirty feet intwo or three years, clinging to 
stones brick or wood-work with the greatest tenacity. It is a 
grear protection to houses, as the leaves lapping over each other 
line slates on a roof eftectually prevent rain from penetrating the 
walls. For covering dead trees, gate posts, boundary walls, 
verandas, etc., it has no equal, while its rapid growth and 
tenacious clinging qualities make it a most desirable plant for 
aying up terraces. In the Summer the foliage is a rich shade of 
<reen, but in the Fall it assumes the most gorgeous tints of 
scarlet, crimson and orange, so dazzling as to be seen at a great 
distance. Price, 10 cents each. ; 
HONEYSUCKLES. 
Aurea Reticulata.—(Golden-leaved.) A variety with beautiful 
7 patieeated foliage, of yellow-white pink. Price, 10 cents 
a) each: 
Chines ; Evergreen.—Blooms nearly all the season, deliciously 
fragrant, flowers buff, yellow and white. Price, 1ocents each. 
all’s Japan.—This is the most constant bloomer of the class, 
being literally covered all Summer with beautiful yellow and 
white flowers, Price, 15 cents each. 
Belgian, or European Sweet-Scented.—Sometimes called Monthly 
Fragrant or Dutch Honeysuckle, a fine, hardy grower, flowers 
large and exceedingly sweet, color buff, yellow and red, a 
constant bloomer. The finest Honeysuckle, suitable for 
trellis or pillar. Price, 15 cents each. é 
Scarlet Trumpet, or Red Coral.—A rapid grower, bright red, with 
trumpet-shaped flowers. This is the old well-known variety. 
Price, 15 cents each. 
WEHIGELIAS. 
Rosea.—A most charming shrub. It cannot be too highly recom- 
mended. Flowers large and rose-colored, borne in such pro- 
fusion that the whole plant appears a mass of lovely blooms. 
Price, 15 cents each, 
Variegated-Leaved.—Deep green leaves, broadly margined yel- 
Jowish-white. Very striking and pretty. Flowers same as 
above, but of smaller growth. Price, 15 cents each 
Candida.—This is the very best of all the white-flowered Wei- 
gelias. A strong, upright, erect grower; flowers pure white 
and produced in great profusion in June, and continues to 
bloom through the entire Summer. Price, 15 cents each. 
SPIREAS. 
These are beautiful shrubs of easy culture. Very desirable for 
shrubberies or the flower garden, Price, 15 cents each; large 
plants, 35 cents each. 
Ballardii.—-Flowers in spikes of pink or rose color. 
Prunifolia.—Flowers like double small white Daisies, known as 
Bridal Wreath. 
Van Hontte.—A strong grower, flowers a pure white, in clusters. 
Fine. The best. 
WISTERIA. 
A popular hardy vine. It grows very rapidly, climbing to a 
: peight of fifty feet or more. Desirable for porches, trellises, etc., 
and when in full bloom is truly magnificent. It flowers in eariy 
paring in long, drooping racemes, resembling in size and shape 
a bunch of grapes, Price, 20 cents each; large plants, 50 cents 
each, 
FORSYTHIA. 
A lovely shrub that blooms very early, with fragrant yellow 
é flowers, that almost hide the plant. Price, 15 cents each; large 
plants, 25 cents each. 
VIBURNUM OPULUS. Snowball. 
Attaining a poet of eight feet. Produces its snow-white 
flowers in large balls or masses in June. Price, 25 cents each; 
large plants, 50 cents each. 
PHILADELPHUS. Mock Orange. 
A most desirable shrub. Beautiful and fragrant. Grows to a 
height of eight or ten feet, Ihave both the double and single- 
flowered. Price, 15 cents each; large plants, 35 cents each, 
| reeommend the following varieties as the very best:....... 
CLEMATIS PANICULATA. 
One of the most beautiful of our hardy-flowering vines, The 
flowers are pure white, and are borne in great panicles or clusters 
of bloom, fairly covering the plant, so that it is a mass or sheet 
of fleecy white. These clusters are borne on long, slender stems, 
which stand out boldly from between the glossy green leaves, and 
the gentlest breeze causes wavy crests of white to flow gently 
over their surface. The fragrance is delicious, resembling the 
English Hawthorn blossoms, and is so subtile and penetrating 
that a large plant in bloom will fill the air with fragrance. It be- 
gins to bloom late in August or early in September, at a time 
when most other hardy climbers are out of bloom, an inestimable 
advantage. It is a strong, rapid grower, quickly reaching a 
height of from fifteen to twenty feet, and spreading out when 
trained to wires or string, Itis perfectly hardy in all sections of 
the country, and I can unhesitatingly say that it isin my opinion 
remost valuable among hardy climbing vines. Price,30cents 
each, 
CLEMATIS FLAMULA. Virgin’s Bower. 
_A general favorite where a hardy, rapid-growing, graceful 
vine is admired. Its small, bright green foliage is almost hidden 
by large clusters of fine, fragrant white flowers. Price, 20 cents 
each. 
PYRUS JAPONICA. Burning Bush, or Japan Quince 
One of the most beautiful hardy flowering shrubs. <A splendid 
lawn plant. The bright scarlet flower produced before the foli- 
age makes a gorgeous display. Price. 25cents each. 
WHITE PERSIAN LILAC. 
It is doubtful if anything in the whole range of flowering shrubs 
surpasses thisin grace and elegance, or in hardiness and useful- 
ness, As a decorative plant on the lawn or in the border it is 
without a peer,and its pure white, graceful plumes of sweetly 
fragrant flowers add grace and beauty to bouquets, vases, etc. 
As a cemetery plant it is without a rival. © The plants I offer 
are unusually fine. Price, 50cents each; large plants, $1.00. 
ALTHAA, or ROSE OF SHAROT. 
These are the most beautiful shrubs I have in my collection, 
The flowers are of large size, very double and full, of various 
brilliant and striking colors. They bloom freely during August 
and September, when scarcely any other shrub isin bloom, Price, 
two kinds, double white and rose, 15 cents each; large plants, 50 
cents each. 
JAPAN SNOWBALL. Viburnum Plicatum, 
A new variety of Snowball from Japan, and one of the grandest 
shrubs in existence. Growth upright and compact, Foliage 
olive-green through the Summer, but toward Fall it turny much 
darker and remains on the plants for some time after the first 
frosts. Flowers four to six inches across, Price, 25 cents each$ 
three for 60 cents. 
YUCCA FILAMENTOSA. 
The old-time favorite, witn immense heads of pure white flow- 
ers. Entirely hardy. Price, 10 cents each. 
PURPLE LILAC. 
This is the old-time favorite of everybody’s garden, Price, 25 
cents each; large plants, so cents each. 
ABRIDGED LIST OF PLANTS. 
Suitabie for house culture in the Winter. See my Spring 
Catalogue for a more extended description. 
Antigonon, or Queen’s Wreath.—-The most handsome of all 
climbers, Price,15 cents each, 
Aristolochia Elegans.—A climber producing curious-colored and 
shaped flowers. Price, 1o cents eacu. 
Achania.—A handsome shrub, with bright scarlet flowers. Price, 
10 cents each. 
Bouvardias.—Elegant plants for Winter. Six colors. Price, 10 
cents each, 
Coleas —Fifty kinds, Will send fifteen best sorts for 50 cents. 
Crape Myrtle.—Three kinds, pink, crimson and purpie, Price, 10 
cents each. 
Fuchsias.—Twenty choice kinds. Price, 10 cents each; three for 
25 cents; eight best kinds for 50 cents. 
Pomegranate.—In three colors. Fine plants, Price, 10 cents 
each; the three kinds for 20 cents. 
Solanum Jasminoides.—A beautiful climber. Bears large sprays 
of fragrant white flowers. Price, 10 cents each. 
Smilax.—A useful vine for all decorations. Price, 10 cents each. 
Saxafraga Sarmentosa.—A charming basket plant. Price, 10 
cents each. 
