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R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



HARDY ORNAMENTAL SRRMBS.— Continued. 



LILAC. (Syringa Vulgaris.) The lilacs have always been 

 popular on account of their hardiness, vigorous growth, 

 abundant foUage and graceful and luxuriant sweet- 

 scented flower panicles. The Common Purple and Com- 

 mon White are among the most desirable tall-growing 

 shrubs, growing eight to ten feet. The named varieties 

 are somewhat dwarfer in habit. Doz. 



Common Purple. 75 cts. each $7 .50 



Common White. Fragrant; May. 75 cts. each; ... 7.50 



Larger Plants. Common White. $1.00 each; ... lO.OO 



Charles X. Reddish-purple ; trusses large. $1 .00 each 10 . 00 



Madame Casimir Perier. Double creamy-white; very 

 fragrant. .11.00 each 10.00 



Madame Lemoine. Double white. $1.00 each ... 10.00 



Marie Legraye. The finest white sort. $1.00 each ...10.00 



Michael Buehner. Pale lilac; double. $1.00 each ...10.00 



Persian Red. Reddish-hlac; huge flower trusses; slender 



growth. $1.00 each 



Rothmagensis. {Rouen Lilac.) Reddish-lilac. 



flower trusses. $1.00 each 



10.00 



Immense 



10.00 



Souvenir de Louis Spaeth. 



each ... 



Dark purplish-red. $1.00 



10.00 



Lonicera tartarica. Tartarian Honeysuckle. 



HYDRANGEA panieulata grandiflora. The showiest of 

 Autumn shrubs, bearing immense heads of creamy- 

 white flowers, turning to pleasing shades of red. Doz. 

 2 to 3 ft., 75 cts. each . . ... ... . , . . . $7.50 



Standard or Tree. $2.00 each. 



panieulata. This is the original wild Japanese form. 

 The flower panicles are more erect, and less dense 

 than the grandiflora variety. It is considered more Doz. 

 graceful. 60 cts. each $6 00 



arborescens grandiflora alba. (Snowball Hydrangea.) 

 Snow-white blooms of large size. June to August. 

 75 cts. each ... ... ... ... ... 7.50 



ILEX vertieillata. {Winterherry.) Beautiful orange- 

 red berries which remain during Winter. 75 cts. each; 7.50 



LIGUSTRUM ovalifolium. (Californian Privet.) This is 

 the most commonly used hedge plant. It is valuable 

 for planting near the sea, where many other shrubs fail to 

 thrive, is of strong, bushy growth, with luxuriant, glossy, 

 rich green fohage. 3 to 4 ft. 50 cents each, 

 per doz. 

 acuminatum, var. macrocarpum. A hardy 

 Japanese Privet in habit similar to the Chinese 

 Privet, but with very large shiny black fruits. 

 Splendid as a specimen, or in forming a hedge. 

 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. ij 



amurense. (Amoor Privet.) Large, oblong, 

 grassy-green foliage, and clusters of white, 

 fragrant flowers. 50 cents each. $5.00 doz. 



ibota. {Chinese Privet.) A very hardy shrub, 

 with dark, shining green foliage and pure white 

 flowers, sweetly scented. 50 cts. each; $5.00 

 per doz. 



regelianum. A dwarf spreading variety of the pre- 

 ceding with the branches of more horizontal habit, 

 makes a beautiful, symmetrical specimen shrub. 60 Doz. 

 cts. each $6.00 



LONICERA. {Bush Honeysuckle.) 



tatarica. {Tartarian Honeysuckle.) The Tartarian Honey- 

 suckle has been esteemed not only for its charming pink, 

 fragrant flowers, which cover the bush in May, but also 

 for its bright orange-colored fruit in Autumn. It at- Doz. 

 tains a height of six to eight feet. 60 cts. each ... $6.00 



tatarica rosea grandiflora. A fine, twiggy bush with 

 slender, upright branches, covered with large pink 

 flowers. 75 cts. each . ... ... ... ... 7 . 50 



tatarica alba. (White Tartarian Honeysuckle.) Forms a 

 high bush, with creamy-white, very fragrant flowers. 

 60 cts. each 6.00 



Morrowii. WTiite flowers in May, followed by bright 



red fruit during Summer and Autumn. 60 cts. each ... 6 . 00 



Ruprechta. Large creamy-white flowers in May. Large 



red fruit. 60 cts. each ... ... ... ... 6 . 00 



Hydrangea arborescens grandiflora alba. 



