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HARDY ORNAMENTAL SERUBS.— Continued. 



CORNUS alba. (Red-barked Dogwood.) A valuable shrub 

 of spreading habit, conspicuous for its ornamental bright 

 red bark in Winter. 40 cts. each. 



Larger Plants. 60 cts. each. 



Florida. See Ornamental and Shade Trees, page 156. 



Siblriea. (Scarlet Dogwood.) Bark scarlet. 40 cts. each . . 

 Larger Plants. 60 cts. each 



Stolonifera. (Red Osier, Red-twigged Dogwood.) Bark 

 usually red in Winter. 40 cts. each ... 



Stolonifera var. aurea. (Golden-barked Dogwood. ) Bright 

 yellow bark in Winter. Very effective when planted in 

 groups with the red-barked variety. 50 cts. each 



Mas, or Mascula. (Cornelian Cherry.) A very attrac- 

 tive shrub with bright yellow flowers early in Spring and 

 shining scarlet fruit in the Autumn. 40 cts. each 



Paniculata. (Gray Dogwood.) A very free-flowering va- 

 riety, with white fruits on red penduncles in Fall. 50 cts. 

 each. 

 CORYLUS Americana. (American Hazel.) The well- 

 known Hazelnut or Filbert. 75 cts. each ... ... 



Avellana var. purpurea. (Purple-leaved Hazel.) Large 

 showy shrub with deep purple fohage. 75 cts. each . . . 

 CYDONIA Japonica. (Scarlet Japan Quinee.) Bright scar- 

 let-crimson flowers in great profusion in the early Spring. 

 40 cts. each. ... 

 DESMODIUM penduliflorum. (Sweet Pea Shrub.) Red 

 and violet pea-shaped flowers. Autumn. 60 cts. each . . . 

 DEUTZIA crenata fl. pi. Pride of Rochester. Double, 

 white, very beautiful; June. 40 cts. each. ... ... 



Crenata rosea. Double pink. 40 cts. each. ... 



Gracilis. White; very free; dwarf; June. 40 cts. 

 each. 



Lemolneii. An excellent hardy shrub, producing pure 

 white flowers, borne on stout branches, which are of 

 upright growth. Habit dwarf, and free flowering. 

 40 cts. each. ... 



Diervilla. (See Weigela.) 

 ELEAGNUS argentea. (Silver-leaved Oleaster.) An erect- 

 growing wiUow-like shrub, with dehcate silvery foliage, 

 and innumerable small deep yellow berries, very orna- 

 mental. 50 cts. each 



AngUStifolium. (Oleaster.) A bushy shrub with beautiful 

 sUvery leaves and fragrant yellow flowers in June, fol- 

 lowed by yellow fruits; valuable for seaside planting. 

 50 cts. each ... 



Longipes. (Japanese Oleaster.) One of our best shrubs, 

 having long arching branches closely set with small oval, 

 rich green leaves, which retain their fresh appearance late 

 into the Autumn. In July it bears innumerable trans- 

 lucent reddish edible fruits of an agreeable pungent 

 flavor; these with the deep green foliage make the shrub 

 exceedingly ornamental. 50 cts. each ... 



Larger Plants. 75 cts. each 



EUONYMUS alatus. (Cork-barked Euonymus.) This shrub 

 is most attractive in Autumn, when its foliage becomes 

 brilliant crimson-scarlet and when it is also covered 

 with bright red fruit. The bark is corky and of inter- 

 esting appearance. 50 cts. each ... 



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Deutzia gracilis. 



EUON YM US— Conimwed. 



Effective Planting of Forsythia. 



Americana. (Strawberry Bush.) A splender-growing shrub 

 with shining foliage and deep scarlet berries. June. 

 40 cts. each ... 

 Bungeanus. (Bunge's Spindle Tree.) Showy yellow fruit 

 and bright Autumn foliage; yellowish flowers in cymes. 

 60 cts! each. ... 

 Europseus. (Burning Bush.) This attractive shrub de- 

 rives its common name from its profusion of red seed 

 pods in Autumn, which open and allow the orange- 

 colored seeds to hang on delicate threads. 40 cts. each; 



Larger Plants. 60 cts. each. 



EXOCHORDA grandiflora. (PearlBush.) The unopened 

 flower buds resemble small pearls, hence the common 

 name. The flowers which come in May are in racemes of 

 five or six, pure white with dark green eye, fragrant, verj^ 

 graceful and valuable for cutting. The foliage is of lively 

 green and very decorative. 50 cts. each 

 FORSYTHIA Fortunei. (Golden Bell.) Upright growing; 

 golden-yellow; free; May. 40 cts. each 



Larger Plants. 60 cts. each 



Intermedia. Flowers bright golden-yellow; foliage glossy 

 green. Very early. 40 cts. each. 



Larger Plants. 60 cts. each 



Intermedia aurea. Deep yellow flowers; foliage yellow. 



50 cts. each ... 

 Suspensa. (Weeping Golden Bell.) Pendulous habit; cov- 

 ered with yellow drooping flowers; April. 40 cts. each; 



Larger Plants. 60 cts. each 



Suspensa var. atrocaulis. A new variety differing 

 chiefly in the purple color of the young growth, and in 



the dark purple or nearly 

 black stems. $1.00 each. 

 Viridissima. A more com- 

 pact variety than the pre- 

 ceding,with deep green bark 

 and flowering somewhat 

 later. 40 cts. each 

 Larger Plants, GO cts. each; 

 HALESIA tetraptera. (Snow- 

 drop Tree. ) A beautiful large 

 shrub with white bellshaped 

 flowers borne in profusion; 

 May. $1.00 each 

 HAMAMELIS virginica. 

 (Witch Hazel. ) A tall native 

 shrub with yellow flowers 

 late in the Autumn. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Larger Plants. 75 cts. each; 

 HIPPOPH^ rhamnoides. (Sea 

 Buckthorn.) A luxuriant 

 spreading bush with gray- 

 ish fohage, thriving well 

 near the sea. 40 cts. each; 



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