LIST OF HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS FOR 1917. 



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HYDRANGEA 



Tbese handsome shrubs are now 

 considered quite indespeusable in 

 any garden. They are very easy 

 of culture and succeed well in any 

 rich soil. 



Paniculata Grandiflora — One of the 



grandest flowering shrubs. It is 

 perfectly hardy, requiring no pro- 

 tection whatever. It begins to 

 flower early in summer and con- 

 tinues until late in fall. Planted 

 ■singly or in groups it has a 

 charming effect. 



Plants 18 inches high, each 35c; 

 per doz. $3.50. 



Plants 24 inches high, each 50c; 

 per doz. $5.00. 



Plants 30 to 36 inches high, each 

 75c; per doz. ?7.50. 



BED OF YOUNG PLANTS OF HYDRANGE.i PANICITLATA GRANDIFLORA. 



PHILADELPHUS — Syringa or Mock Orange. 



Highly ornamental shrubs, very shapely and beautiful, both 

 in foliage and flowers. 



Coronarius (Garland Syringa) — A great favorite. Flowers pure 

 white and very fragrant. 



Grandiflorus — Large flowered; one of the best. Each 35c; per 

 doz. 53.50. 



PYRUS — Japan Quince. 



One of the most beautiful of flowering shrubs. Grows well 

 in any good soil and any location. It is also useful as a 

 hedge plant. 



Japonica (Cydonia Japonica) — A charming plant; foliage dark 

 green and glossy ; flowers deep scarlet, produced in great 

 abundance, followed by large pear-shaped "fruit. Each 35c; 

 per doz. $3.50. 



RHUS — Sumach. 



Small trees or shrubs, highly ornamental and of much value 

 for lawn adornment, either in groups or single specimens. 

 Cotinus (Purple Fringe or Smoke Tree) — This beautiful shrub 

 is partlciilarly remarkable for the numerous feathery fruit stalks, 

 which after flowering usually so completely cover the plant that 

 from a distance it is no great stretch of imagination to con- 

 ceive it enveloped in a cloud of smoke ; hence the popular name. 

 Kach 40c; per doz. $4.00. 



Glabra (Smooth Sum- 

 • ach) — Astrong grow- 

 ing shrub, excellent 

 for massing ; re- 

 markable for its 

 numerous large 

 heads of scarlet 

 seeds in autumn, at 

 which time, too, its 

 leaves are very bril- 

 liant. Each 30c; 

 per doz. $3.00. 



Glabra Laciniata (Cut- 

 Leaved Sumach) — A 

 very handsome 

 shrub, with finely 

 divided fern - like 



foliage. As an in- 

 dividual specimen, 

 this plant has few 

 equals. Each 40c; 

 per doz. $4.00. Ex- 

 tra large, each 75c! 

 per doz. $7.50. 



RHU.S GLABRA LACINIAT.4. 

 (CUT-LEAVED SUMACH.) 



RIBES — Flowering Currant. 



A class of plants highly prized for their graceful habit of 

 growth, fine foliage and beautiful flowers. 



Aureuni — An early blooming variety; flowers yellow. Each 35c; 

 per doz. $3.50. 



ROSES FOR MASSING. 



Hardy varieties highly desirable and ornamental in the shrub- 

 bery border. 



Rosa Rugosa Rubra — -Beautiful crimson single flowers produced in 

 great abundance and succeeded by large red berries ; very 

 ornamental. 



Rosa Rubrifolia — This is remarkable because of its colored foliage, 

 which in early spring is a rich reddish-purple, changing as the 

 season advances into a reddish-green. 



Prices — Strong two-year-old plants, each 40c; per doz. $4.00. 



SAMBUCUS — Elder. 



Nigra Aurea (Golden Elder) — A most attractive and very orna- 

 mental shrub. The foliage is large and of the richest golden 

 yellow ; very effective and invaluable for grouping to produce 

 striking contrasts. 



Each 35c; per doz. $3.50. 



SYRITSTGA — LUac. 



These old favorites are so well known tJiat any description 

 would seem superfluous. Suffice to say that they are indispensable. 



Persica (Persian Lilac) — A very popular plant; flowers purple. 

 Each 50c; per doz. $5.00. 



Vulgaris (Common Lilac) — Larger foliage than the former; flow- 

 ers purple. 



Alba — Flowers pure white. 



Charles X. — A robust grower, and very free bloomer, trusses large, 

 flowers reddish. Each 40c; per doz. $4.00. 



Each, except where noted, 30c; per doz. .$3.00. 



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



