4 R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
HYDRANGEA xanthoneura Wilsoni. This new shrub forms a 
bush about five feet in height with large green leaves and reddish- 
brown branchlets. It blooms freely and is one of the best of the 
shrubby Hydrangeas. Plants in pots, $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
LIGUSTRUM acuminatum var. macrocarpum. A hardy Japanse 
Privet in habit like L. ibota, but with very large, shining black fruits. 
75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
LONICERA bella. This Bush Honeysuckle is a hybrid between L. 
tatarica and L. Morrowii and combines the good qualities of both 
parents. It grows 8 to 10 ft. talland morein diameter, and flowers 
and fruits abundantly. The flowers vary from pure white to pink, 
and the fruit, which is ripe in August, is red. Altogether, it is a very 
handsome and valuable hardy shrub. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
MENISPERNUM dahuricum. A very hardy vine with large, deep 
green leaves, and blue-black fruits. Suitable for low trellises and as 
a tangled growth over rocks. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
POTENTILLA fruiticosa var. parvifolia. This yellow, shrubby 
Cinquefoil is somewhat dwarfer and more spreading than the type 
P. fruiticosa, and has the advantage of flowering in early and late 
Summer. It does well in sunny situations. Plants in pots, $1.00 
each; $10.00 per doz. 
RHODODENDRON Kempferi. (Azalea Kempferi.) (The Japanese 
Azalea.) For description, see pages 144 and 154. 
RHODODENDRON ledifolia alba. A beautiful, pure white Japanese 
Azalea, which we have wintered successfully out-of-doors in Massa- 
chusetts. It forms a compact bush with large flowers resembling 
those of Azalea indica. Plants in pots, $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
RHODODENDRON ledifolia ecerulea. The large fragrant flower 
of this hardy Japanese plant have a decided bluish tinge. Blooms 
when very small; valuable for the border or for forcing. $2.00 each; 
$20.00 per doz. 
Erica carnea. 
PLANT NOVELTIES. 
Picea asperata. a 
NEW CHINESE SPRUCES. 3 
Introduced by the Arnold Arboretum. 
Picea asperata. A quadrangular-leaved Spruce from northwestern 
China, Some of the trees are very glaucous in appearance, hence 
the colloquial name. Yun Sha (Cloudy Fir). Old trees are very 
spire-like in outline. All the varieties of P. asperata are of dense 
growth, and the purplish coloring of the young foliage makes ima 
strikingly beautiful in the early Summer. 
Picea asperata var. notabilis. This variety differs from ne pre 
ceding, chiefly in the cones, the scales of which are rhombic ovate Trey 
outline. ; 
Picea asperata var. ponderosa. This handsome variety is remark-_ 
able for its large cones. a4 
Picea Balfouriana. One of the tallest of the Chinese Spruces. = : 
Picea montigena. The short, stout bristly leaves are of 
green and more or less glaucescent. 
Picea retroflexa. 
Very interesting. 
Strong Plants of the above varieties, $1.50 each. Collect 
varieties, $7.50. 
HEATHER. 
Strong Plants of the following Erieas, 50 cts. each; $5. 00 7 per doz.; 
$35.00 per 100. ‘ 
Erica vulgaris, and its varieties are perfectly hardy in New England. 
They require sun, and will flourish on a bank or a border where they 
have full exposure to the sunshine. Among dwarf, hardy, woody 
plants, there are few that continue so long in bloom as these. For 
Rock Gardens, for edging shrubbery borders and for ground coyer- 
ing purposes in sunny situations, they are unrivalled. 
Alba Minor. 
Hammondi. 
aett.. 
13 ft. 
The best and most distinet white variety. July to Septem 
Low growing white variety. July to September. 
White; free flowering. August and September. 
Searli. 
ber. 
Sericea. Deep purple flowers; silvery foliage. 
Variegata. Purple; variegated foliage. 
ERICA Carnea. 
(Cornish Heath.) Compact grower; rose colored flowers. 
Low growing; flesh colored flowers. 
Vagans. 
