R. & J. FARQUHAR CO., BOSTON. NEW AND RARE PLANTS 



Japanese Flowering Cherries 



We Americans are just l^eginning to appreciate the marvelous loveliness of the Flowering Cherries 

 which centuries of painstaking, beauty-loving Japanese have evolved from their native wildings. They are quick- 

 growing, very early-flowering trees, unbelievably prolific in flowers of enormous size and inexpressible delicacy 

 of habit and color. 

 Avium albo-plena. Handsome, medium-sized, ornamental 



tree bearing large, double, white flowers. One of the most 



beautiful flowering shade trees. 4 to 5 ft., $4.50 each. 

 Beni-Higan. Spring Cherry. Very early blooming variety with 



lovely, small, blush-pink flowers. A highly ornamental, dwarf, 



flowering tree. 4 to 5 ft., $4.50 each. 

 Kwanzan (Sekizan). This showy variety forms a spreading, 



bushy tree if given room to develop. The flowers are borne 



in drooping clusters, are very large and double, and deep old- 

 rose in color. A rare variety. 4 to 5 ft., $4.50 each. 



Collection of one plant each of the above 5 varieties, $21 



JAPANESE WEEPING CHERRY, Shidare-Higan (P. suhhirtdla pejidula). One of the earhest of all Flowering Cherries, bearing 

 deep pink, single blooms in the greatest profusion. The gracefully arching branches droop almost to the ground and the flowers 

 are produced before the leaves appear in spring. Standard Form (mnbrella-shaped) , 2-yr. heads, grafted on 5 to 6-ft. stems, $7.50 each. 



Sieboldi. A vigorous, late-flowering variety with large, double, 

 pink flowers which are very attractive. A popular Cherry for 

 avenue or lane planting. 4 to 5 ft., $4.50 each. 



Yedoensis. Yoshino Cherry. A splendid, quick-growing sort, 

 covered early in the season with fragrant, single flowers, in 

 color, pure pink shading to blush-white. Eventually forms a, 

 spreading crown more than 50 feet through, which, in season, 

 is completely covered with thousands of bright colored flow- 

 ers, a gorgeous mass of pure pink, indescribably beautiful. 

 4 to 5 ft., $4.50 each. 



Cotoneaster acutifolia villosula. Peking Co- 



toneaster.^ A graceful shrub growing to about 10 feet in height, 

 with small red flowers, followed by red berries which eventually 

 turn black. In the autumn the foliage turns a very bright red. 

 Plants from 5-in. pots, $1.00 each; S9.00 for 10. 



Korolkowi flonbunua 



Cotoneaster Dielsiana. Dieh Cotoneaster. Grows 

 about 6 feet tall, with ascending, arching stems and horizontally 

 spreading branches, clothed with dark green leaves which are 

 retained late into the fall. The showy fruit is crimson. One 

 of the finest of Mr. Wilson's Chinese introductions. Plants from 

 5-in. pots, $1.50 each. 



Cotoneaster divaricata. Spreading 



Cotoneaster. A handsome, erect, spreading shrub, 

 much branched in habit, with leaves turning crim- 

 son in the autumn and bearing in profusion orna- 

 mental scarlet fruits which are retained through 

 the winter. $1.00 each; $9.00 for 10. 



Cotoneaster lucida (C. sinensis). Ashmb 

 seldom exceeding 5 feet in height, remarkable for 

 its drooping cluster of large, lustrous black fruits. 

 This is one of the hardiest of all Cotoneasters. 

 $1.50 each. 



Cotoneaster multifflora. Very hardy 

 shrub attaining height of 6 to 8 feet and more in 

 diameter, with ascending, spreading, and arching 

 stems. The flowers are white and showy, followed 

 by crimson fruits in autumn. Plants from 3J^-in. 

 pots, $1.50 each. 



Cotoneaster racemiflora Soon- 



garica. a very ornamental, medium-sized 

 shrub of compact, graceful form, bearing hght 

 pink flowers in spring which are followed by 

 bright red fruits in the fall, at which time the 

 foliage also assumes a brilliant red color. A rare 

 and valuable hardy shrub. Plants from 5-in. 

 pots, $2.50 each. 



