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FARQUHAR'S NEW AND RARE PL ANTS. -Continued. 



Forsythia suspena var. atrocaulis. 



COTONEASTER adpressa. Quite prostrate with shining, rounded, 

 waved leaves and scarlet fruits. Perfectly hardy, well suited for 

 rockeries and for covering banks. $2.00 each. 



COTONEASTER divaricata. A handsome shrub, erect, spreading, and 

 much branched in habit, with leaves turning crimson in the Fall, and 

 bearing in profusion scarlet fruits which are retained through the 

 Winter. Worthy of a place in every garden. $1.00 each. 



COTONEASTER integerrima. A perfectly hardy and highly orna- 

 mental shrub with spreading branches and roundish leaves. The 

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

 the plant far into the Winter. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 



COTONEASTER salicifolia. {"Willow-leaf Cotoneaster.") A hand- 

 some evergreen growing 6 to 10 ft. tall with neat lance-shaped shining 

 green leaves, white flowers and scarlet fruit. SI. 00 each; S10.00 per 

 doz. 



COTONEASTER salicifolia var. floccosa. A very distinct plant, 

 leaves more narrow and habit more spreading than in the type. Fruit 

 scarlet, very freely produced. $1.00 each; 810.00 per doz. 



DIERVILLA florida. The hardiest of the Weigelas, and a native of 

 Korea; grows four to six feet tall, and bears in season a multitude of 

 flowers, ranging in color from pink to rosy-red. $1.50 each. 



DIERVILLA florida venusta. This is the finest of all the wild sorts of 

 Weigela; has pure-to rose-pink flowers borne in greatest profusion 

 on upright and arching stems. One of the finest plants that Korea has 

 given to the gardens of eastern North America. $1.50 each. 



ENKIANTHUS campanulatus. A very hardy shrub from central 

 Japan, grows 6 to 12 ft. high and is very bushy. The bell-shaped 

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

 stained and striped with salmon and crimson. Leaves turn a won- 

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

 S1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 



EUONYMUS radicans acutus. This new variety forms an exceed- 

 ingly dense mat of deepest green, glossy, neat, arrow-shaped foliage. 

 It is perhaps the finest of the species for use as a ground cover, hav- 

 ing shown no tendency to variegation. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



EUONYMUS radicans Silver Gem. The best variegated form of 

 E. radicans we have ever seen. The plants were obtained by us from 

 the world-famous house of James Veitch & Sons, London. We have 

 found it perfectly hardy at our Dedham Nurseries. 50 cts. each; 

 $5.00 per doz. 



EVODIA Daniellii. A moderate size tree, native of Korea and northern 

 China, somewhat resembling an Ash. It flowers in August and has 

 large, fiat, terminal corymbs of white flowers which are followed by 

 black fruits. A member of the Rue family, it is not attacked by any 

 insect pests and is a most useful addition to the list of late-flowering 

 trees. $3.50 each. 



FORSYTHIA intermedia speetabilis. Of hybrid origin, this is the 

 handsomest of all Forsythias. It has arching stems, rich yellow flowers 

 larger than those of other sorts. Ought to be in every American 

 garden. $1.50 each. 



FORSYTHIA 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; $10.00 per doz. 



GENISTA prsecox. A hybrid Broom, with sulphur yellow flowers 

 produced in great abundance in Mav. Habit similar to the well- 

 known G. albus. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 



HYDRANGEA xanthoneura Wilsoni. This fine shrub forms a 

 bush about five feet in height with large green leaves and reddish- 

 brown branchlets. It blooms freely and is one of the best of the 

 shrubby Hydrangeas. Plants in pots, $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 



HYPERICUM patulum var. Henryi. A new hardy St. John's 

 Wort, growing 2 J to 4 ft., with masses of clear yellow flowers produced 

 in great profusion during July and August. The leaves are elliptic- 

 ovate, about li in. long and are retained late into the Fall. A very 

 desirable yellow-flowered shrub. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 

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