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THE DIN GEE fc? CONARD COMPANY. WEST GROVE, PA. 



HARDY SHRUBS— Con. 



Spirea 



A urea(Golden Leaved). Bright 

 golden yellow foliage and 

 small white flowers. 



Billardi. Spikes of rose col- 

 ored flowers; blooms pro- 

 fusely. 



Prunifolia (Bridal Wreath). 

 Double, pure white flowers. 



Thunbergi. Blooms in April; 

 compact; f em- like leaves; 

 flowers borne in clusters. 



Van Houttei. The bushes 

 form fine, compact clumps. 

 The pure white flowers are 

 borne in great masses. 



Perpetual Blooming Crim- 

 son Spirea, Anthony 



Waterer. It makes a low, 

 compact bush, 15 to 18 

 inches high. Large umbels 

 of deep crimson flowers. 



Weigela 



Candida. Snow-white flowers; 

 late June. 



Spirea Van Houtte 



California Privet 



The One Best Hedge Plant Combining 

 Beauty, Hardiness and Efficiency 



California Privet has long been recognized as the 

 one very best plant for Hedge purposes, as it is 

 remarkable for its beaiitiful, dark green glossy 

 foliage, its quick, strong and symmetrical growth, its 

 freedom from insects and scale, and its ability to with- 

 stand pruning and trimming into any desired shape. 

 For many years we have made a specialty of 

 growing California Privet for Hedges, and our stock 

 cannot be surpassed anywhere. It is strong, thrifty 

 and in the best of shape for transplanting. Each one 

 a specimen plant. We have it in all sizes, from one- 

 year-old plants to large vigorous bushes which can 

 be used with telling effect in the formation of an 

 immediate hedge. These large plants are the most 

 economical to buy, for with them the tedious years 

 of waiting for the hedge to grow will be avoided. 



First size, 12 to 18 inches, 10 cts. each; 6 for 

 50 cts., postpaid; $5.00 per 100 by express. 

 Second size, 2 to 3 feet, 15 cts. each; 5 for 50 

 cts., postpaid; $8.00 per 100, by express or 

 freight at purchaser's expense. (Orders for 

 50 filled at 100 rates.) 



AMOOR RIVER PRIVET. Similar in habit to 

 California, but with dark, lustrous foliage and 

 more upright habit of growth. Reputed to be 

 hardier. Price, first-size plants, 12 to 18 

 inches in height, 10 cts. each; $1.00 per 

 dozen, postpaid; $10.00 per 100 by express; 

 larger two-year-old plants, 2 to 3 feet, $15.00 

 per 100, by express, collect. 

 BERBERIS THUNBERGI (Barberry). Grows 3 

 to 4 feet high; small, perfectly shaped, rich 

 green leaves, turning in autumn to bright scarlet. 

 Flowers a delicate shade of coppery yellow, 

 followed by beautiful, brilliant red berries, 

 clinging all winter. Price, first-size plants, 8 to 

 12-inch, 15 cts. each, 8 for $1.00; $10.00 per 

 100 by express; larger plants, 1 8 to 24 inches, 

 50 cts. each, $4.00 per doz., postpaid; $20.00 

 per 100, by express or freight. 25 at 100 rate. 



Cinnamon Vine 



A very well-known and most valuable climber. 

 Quite hardy and excellently adapted for outdoor 

 cultivation. It produces delicate white flowers in 

 profusion during the winter if grown in a light and 

 sunny window in the house. Roots, 10 cts. each; 

 6 for 50 cts. 



Lavellei. Deep 

 beautiful. 



red flowers, 



Rosea. Flowers are large and of a deep rose. 

 Variegated Leaf. Green leaves, pure white. 

 Eva Rathke. Rich reddish purple. 

 Rubra. Red, shading to light pink. 



Price of all plants on this page, except where 

 noted : Field-grown, one-year size, 35 cts. each, 

 3 for $1.00, postpaid; two-year-old size, 75 cts. 

 each; $7.50 dozen, by freight or express; three- 

 year-old size, 90 cts. each, by freight or ex- 

 press, at purchaser's expense. 



Philadelphia or "Mock Orange" 



BOUQUET BLANC. Dwarf growth with long 

 slender branches densely covered from base to 

 top with sweet-scented double flowers of creamy- 

 white. In fact the flowers are borne in such great 

 profusion as to totally obscure the plant. Spicy 

 fragrance. Two-year field-grown plants, 75 

 cts. each, postpaid. 



NEW PH I LA DELPH US ("Virginal"). One of the 



most beautiful, new ever-blooming varieties. This 

 is the new Philadelphus which is being used sc 

 much in hedge planting. It also makes wonderful 

 individual specimen plants on the lawn. A 

 vigorous tall grower with very large double- 

 crested flowers with round petals. Pure white, 

 sweetly scented; clusters of five to seven. Two- 

 year field-grown plants, 75 cts. each, post- 

 paid. 



Walker's Excelsior Plant Food 



comes as a boon. It is so simple, the good results 

 so positive that there is no reason why any flower 

 lover should be without a box of this, the essence of 

 plant life. It is an odorless preparation, combining 

 in a highly concentrated and soluble form even- 

 element required in plants to produce vigorous, 

 healthy growth and profusion of flowers. 



(Postpaid) 



2H oz. cans, making 3 gals $0 "o2 



5 oz. cans, making 6 gals 35 



12^ oz. cans, making 15 gals 55 



