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CUR.RIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



CLETHRA — White Alder. 

 C. Alnifolia — This great favorite is popularly known as Sweet Pepper Bush, 



and is one of the most interesting and most desirable of all hardy shrubs. 

 It is adapted to all soils and situations, particularly in shady places. The 

 flowers are produced in spikes, are creamy white and very sweet-scented. 

 Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



CORNUS — Dogwood. 



A class of shrubs particularly valuable for ornamental planting, either singly 

 or in masses, some for the striking beauty of their variegated foliage, others 

 for the high-colored bark of their branches. All produce an abundance of 

 flowers at different times throughout the summer, followed by handsome 

 berries. 

 C. Alba (Red Twigged Dogwood) — A very desirable variety-; flowers white. 



It is very effective in winter, -when the leaves are off, its bright red branches 



being very attractive and ornamental. 

 C. Elegantissima Variegata — A very handsome shrub with beautiful variegated 



silver and green foliage. Each 50c. 

 C. Sanguinea (Red Dogwood) — Fine, hardy shrub, very conspicuous and orna- 

 mental in the winter, when the bark is blazed red. 

 C. Sericea (Silky Cornel) — A variety highly esteemed for its vigorous habit, 



purple twigs and pale blue berries. 

 C. Spaethil — A late introduction of great merit, much like Elegantissima, 



but with variegation in pale yellow instead of silver. Each 50c. 

 Except where noted, each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 

 CRATAEGUS — Thorn. 



A class of small, shrub-like trees, growing every year more popular on 

 account of their showy flowers and brilliant fruit, produced in such abundance. 



C. Crus-galli — One of the very best varieties and perfectly hardy. "It makes a 



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splendid single specimen, and is an excellent screen and hedge plant. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



DEUTZIA. 

 Very handsome and exceedingly useful Japanese shrubs, hardy and well adapted to all ordinary soils and situations. 



D. Gracilis — Flowers double white, produced in racemes 4 to 6 inches long, in June and July. 



D. Crenata — Double white and pink flowers; very desirable. 



Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



EUONYMUS — Spindle Tree. 



Large shrubs or small trees especially valuable for the great beauty of their foliage, when it assumes its bright and varied 

 tints in fall, and for the brilliant rose-colored or orange seed-vessels which clothe the-plant as with a mantle of fire. Hence 

 the popular name of the following species: 



E. Americanus (American Burning Bush) — Shining foliage and deep scarlet fruit. 



E. Europaeus (European Burning Bush) — An excellent variety with fine foliage and brilliant berries. 



Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



FORSYTHIA — Golden Bell. 



Pretty shrubs, producing drooping yellow flowers in the early spring before the leaves appear. 



F. Fortuntii — A very handsome variety, with shining foliage and trumpet-shaped, pendulous, bright yellow flowers. 



F. Suspensa (Weeping Forsythia) — Similar to the above in the form and color of its flowers, but the habit of the plant is 



drooping, the branches being long and pliant. Very useful on verandas and trellises. 

 F. Viridissima — Similar to Fortuneii, but has deeper green bark and foliage and lemon-yellow flowers. 

 Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



HALESIA — Silver Bell. 



A large shrub of robust habit, very valu- 

 able for lawn planting. Foliage dense 

 and light green. Flowers pure white, 

 pendulous and bell-shaped, very beautiful. 



H. Diptera (Snowdrop Tree) — A handsome 

 variety with Snowdrop-like flowers. 

 Each 40c; per doz. $4.00. Extra large, 

 each $1.00. 



HAMAMELIS — Witch Hazel. 



A most useful shrub for general plant- 

 ing and massing, succeeds in any soil and 

 location. 



H. VIrginiea — A tall shrub, with large, 

 fine foliage. It is a late bloomer, pro- 

 ducing its showy yellow flowers just be- 

 fore the leaves ripen in fall. Each 25c; 

 per doz. $2.50. 



HIPPOPHAE — Sea Buckthorn. 

 H. Rhamnoides — An upright shrub, with 

 narrow, willow-like, silvery foliage, par- 

 ticularly effective in combination with 

 dbdtzia gracilis. other shrubs. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 







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EXTRA LARGE, BUSHY PLANTS OF ALL OF THE ABOVE SHRUBS, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED, EACH 50c; PER DOZ. $5.00. 



