CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 





For the proper embellishment of the Park, Cemetery' or 

 Home Grounds, deciduous flowering shrubs are now deemed 

 indispensable. The following kinds have been carefully se- 

 lected as the best, most ornamental, and most popular. Our 

 stock is in excellent condition, the plants being vigorous and 

 bushy. 

 Amygdalus (Flowering Almond) — A beautiful, delicate little 



shrub, with double red, pink and white flowers each, 25 



Berberis (Berberry)— Very handsome shrubs, the flowers be- 

 ing succeeded by red berries which hang all winter. 



, Purpurea— A beautiful shrub; purple foliage each, 20 



Thunbergii — A dwarf variety with small compact foliage; 



very desirable each, 20 



Vulgaris — Common Berberry each, 20 



Chioniinthus Virginica (White Fringe)— One of the most or- 

 namental shrubs; flowers sweet scented; grape-like purple 



berries each, 25 



Cornus Sanguinea (Red Dogwood)— Fine, hardy shrub, very 

 conspicuous and ornamental in the winter, when the bark is 



blazed red each, 25 



Cornus Mascnla (Variegated Dogwood) — A beautiful shrub; 



fine habit each, 25 



Deutzia gracilis— Flo wers double white, produced on racemes 



four to six inches long, in June and July each, 25 



Deutzia Crenata— Double white and pink flowers; very desir- 

 able each, 25 



Euonymns, or Burniug Bush — One of the largest growing 

 hardy shrubs, whose chief beauty consists in its brilliant 

 rose-colored berries, which hang in clusters from the 



branches until mid-Winter each, 30 



Forsythia Fortuni, or (xolden Bell— Pretty shrubs, producing 

 drooping yellow flowers in the early spring before the leaves 



appear each, 25 



Hydrangea Paniculata Urandiflora— Pre-eminently the grand- 

 est of all the flowering hardy shrubs. It is perfectly hardy, 

 requiring no protection whatever. It begins to flower early 

 in summer and continues until late in fall. Planted singly 

 or in groups it has a charming effect. (See cut)..each, 25 to 50 



Extra large plants 1.00 



Lonicera Tartarica (Tartarian, or Bush Honeysuckle) — A 

 most desirable shrub. Blooms profusely; flowers pink; 



berries yellow each, 25 



Philadelphns (Syringa, or Mock Orange)— Well-known beau- 

 tiful shrubs, indispensable in every collection, producing 



i fragrant white flowers in June each, 25 



— ^-Coronarius— Sweet-scented white flowers.; a great favor- 

 ite each, 25 



HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFI.ORA. 



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Philadelphia Grandiflorus — Large flowered; one of the best, 

 each, 25 



Prunus Pissardii — One of the finest shrubs in culiivation; 

 wood and leaf are of a rich dark purple, producing black 

 fruit early in the season each, 25 



Triloba— A beautiful shrub, flowers double, color a deli- 

 cate pink each, 25 



Pyrus Japonica, or Japan Quince— One of our best summer 

 'flowering shrubs; bears a profusion of bright scarlet flowers. 

 each, 25 



Spiraea — One of the prettiest shrubs in cultivation and of the 

 easiest culture; their blooming extends over a period of three 

 months. 



Anthony Waterer — A beautiful dwarf variety. Grows 



bushy and compact and blooms" very profusely ; flowers 

 pink each, 30 



Billardii — Bears spikes of pink flowers; very desirable. 



each, 25 



Callosa Alba— Dwarf; very free bloomer; white each, 25 



Opulifolia— A robust grower; flowers white each, 25 



Opulifolia Aurea— Golden foliage; flowers white; very 



ornamental ...each, 25 



Prunifolia — White; very desirable each, 25 



-Thnnbergii — Leaves narrow; stems light and graceful; 



flowers white; blooms very profusely each, 25 



Van Houtteii — A very handsome variety; produces in 



wondrous profusion its pure white flowers each, 30 



Symphoricarpiis Facemosus (Snowberry)— A very pretty 

 and interesting shrub; pinkish white flowers, followed by 

 white berries each, 25 



Vulgaris— This variety bears red berries; an excellent 



shrub each, 25 



Syringa Persica (Persian Lilac)— A very popular plant; flow- 

 ers purple each, 25 



-Vulgaris (Common Lilac) — Larger foliage than the for- 

 mer; flowers purple each, 25 



Alba — Flowers pure white each, 25 



Viburnum Opulis Sterilis (Common Snowball)— A well- 

 known favorite shrub, of large size, with globular clusters 

 of white flowers in June each, 20 



-Plicatum (Japanese Snowball)— One of the best shrubs 



in cultivation; grows upright and bushy; foliage attractive; 

 flowers white, produced very abundantly in large heads 

 each, 30 



Weigela Candida — A very valuable shrub of upright growth; 

 flowers trumpet-shaped, white each, 25 



Bosea — Perhaps the most valuable shrub yet introduced, 



certainly the most popular; bears rose-colored, trumpet- 

 shaped flowers in great profusion each, 25 



Rosea Variegata — A beautful variety of the above; con- 

 trasts very pleasingly with other shrubs; foliage green, 

 margined with creamy white; flowers pink each, 25 



