R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. PLANT NOVELTIES. 



FARQUHAR'S NEW AND RARE PLANTS.-co«*m«ed 



SORBARIA arborea glabrata. An extremely ornampntal, late Summer 

 flowi'rin,'^ shrub, growing 6 to 15 ft. tall, with pinnalely divided, dark 

 green leaves. The flowers are snow-white, abundantly produced in 

 terminal, much branched panicles 15 to 18 in. long, during September 

 and continuing to flower until the advent of sharp frosts late in the 

 Fall. It is perfectly hard}', free-growing and a most valuable addition 

 to the list of late flowering shrubs. Though botanically regarded as 

 a variety of Sorbaria arborea, for garden purposes, it is abundanth- 

 distinct from the type. Each, 50 cts. ; doz., -SS.OO. Extra large, 

 each, SI. 00; doz., .SIO.OO. 



SPIR^A Henryi. A bush 4 to 6 ft. tall with rather stiff spreading 

 branches and corymbose masses of pure white flowers produced from 

 the leaf a.xils in June. This fine Spiraea is perfectly hardy, free- 

 growing and most floriferous and certainly one of the finest of its 

 family. Strong plants, each, SI. 00; doz., SIO.OO. 



ULMUS pumila. Small tree with slender, spreading branches and 

 small leaves only about 1 or 2 inches long. A veri.' hardj- and gracefiil 

 tree. 10 to 12 ft. Each, S5.00. 



VIBURNOM Sargentii. This Asiatic relative of the -American High- 

 bush Cranberry is perfectlj^ hardy and very free growing and in 

 flower is the most beautiful of the Opulus group. The wlute blossoms 

 are followed by masses of red fruits, which are retained late into the 

 Fall. Each, SI. 00; doz., SIO.OO. Larger Plants, each, S2.00: doz., 

 S20.00. 



VTTIS cenerea. (Sweet Winter Grape.) The fruit ripens very late which 

 after frost becomes sweet and pleasantly edible. The foliage is dis- 

 tinct; the leaves when young look as if covered with heavy cobwebs, 

 this graduallj' changes to dark green, the under part remaining gray. 

 Each, SI. 00. 



VITIS PIASEZKH. The foliage of this variety turns bronze in the 

 Autumn; foliage is quite variable. Each, SI. 00. 



Azalea Kaempferi. 



RARE PLANTS. 



AZALEA Kaempferi. This charming and wonderfully floriferous 

 Japanese shrub has scarlet flowers and is absolutely hardy; one 

 of the verj" finest of the introductions to our gardens from Japan. 

 Plants: 12 to 18 inches, each SI 25; doz S14.00 18 to 24 inches, 

 each. S2.50; doz., S27.50. 24 to 30 inches, each, S.3.50; doz., S3S.00. 



AZALEA ledifcUa. The large fragrant flowers of this hardy Japanese 

 plant have a decided bluish tinge. Blooms when very small; v:iluable 

 for the liorder or for forcing- Each, Sl-00; doz., SIO.OO. 



BERBERIS Thimbergii minor. Smaller in everj- way than the type 

 and even more compact in habit. Valuable for rockeries. Each, 

 .50 cts.; doz., S5.00. 



CLETHRA tomentosa. C'Woolly Pepper Bush.") A handsome na- 

 tive shrub growing 5 to 10 feet tall, producing in August an abund- 

 ance of pure white flowers. Each, 50 cts.; doz.. So- 00. 



COTONEASTER integerrima. A perfectly hardy and highly orna- 

 mental shruli with spreading branches and roundish leaves. The 

 fruit is dark bloomy-red and is verj- freely produced and remains on 

 the plant far into the Winter. Each, 75 cts-; doz-, S7-50. 



ENKIANTHUS campanulatus. A verj' hardy shruli from central 

 Japan, grows 6 to 12 ft- high and is very bushy- The liell-shapod 

 flowers, borne profusely in racemose clusters, are yellow, deeply 

 stained and striped with salmon and crimson- I>eaves turn a won- 

 derful color in Autumn- Merits a prominent place in every garden- 

 Each, 50 cts-; doz-, .S-5-00- 



GENISTA praecox. A hybrid Broom with sulphur-yeUow flowers 

 produced in great abundance in May- Habit similar to the well- 

 known G- albus. Each, 50 cts-; doz-, S5-00. 



Potcntilla Veitcbii. 



