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



HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS.— Continued. 



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

 popular on account of their hardiness, vigorous growth, 

 abundant foliage 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. $1.25 each; ...12.00 

 Charles X. Reddish-purple; trusses large. 

 Madame Casimir Perier. Double creamy-white; very 



fragrant. 

 Madame Lemoine. • Double white. 

 Marie Lagraye. The finest white sort. 

 Michael Buehner. Pale lilac; double. 

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



growth. 

 Rothmagensis. (Rouen Lilac.) Reddish-lilac. Immense 



flower trusses. 

 Souvenir de Louis Spaeth. Dark purplish-red. 



Each of the above Lilacs (except where otherwise -priced) 



$1.25 each 



LONICERA. (Bush Honeysuckle.) 



tatariea. (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- 

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



12.00 



Doz. 



$6.00 



Lonicera tartarica. Tartarian Honeysuckle. 



HYDRANGEA paniculata 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. 



paniculata. 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 



arboreseens grandiflora alba. (Snowball Hydrangea.) 

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

 75 cts. each ... ... ... ... ... 7 



ILEX vertieillata. (Winterberry.) Beautiful orange- 

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



LIGUSTRUM ovalifolium. (Calif ornian 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 foliage. 3 to 4 ft. 50 cents each. $5.00 

 per doz. 

 acuminatum, var. maerocarpum. A hardy 

 Japanese Privet in habit similar to the Chinese 

 Privet, but with very large shiny black fruits, jp, 

 Splendid as a specimen, or in forming a hedge. f • 

 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



amurense. (Amoor Privet.) Large, oblong, i^J 

 grassy-green foliage, and clusters of white, jpj 

 fragrant flowers. 50 cents each. $5.00 doz. f&j 



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 



A fine, twiggy bush with 

 covered with large pink 



tatariea rosea grandiflora. 



slender, upright branches, 



flowers. 75 cts. each . 

 tatariea alba. (White Tartarian Honeysuckle.) Forms a 



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

 , 60 cts. each ... ... 



Morrowii. White flowers in May, followed by bright 



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

 Ruprechta. Large creamy-white flowers in May. Large 



red fruit. 60 cts. each 



'.50 



6.00 



6.00 



6.00 



Hydrangea arboreseens grandiflora alba. 



