LIST OF HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS FOR 1918, 



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HYDRANGEA 



These handsome shrubs are now con- 

 sidered quite indespensable in any 

 garden. They are very easy of culture 

 and succeed well in any rich soil. 



Panicuiata Grandiflora — One of the 

 grandest flowering shrubs. It is 

 perfectly hardy, requiring no protec- 

 tion whatever. It begins to flower 

 early in summer and continues until 

 late in fall. Planted singly or in 

 groups it has a charming effe<t. 



Plants 18 inches high, each 50c; per 

 doz. $5.00. 



Plants 24 inches high, each 75c; pe^ 

 doz. $7.50. 



' Plants 30 to 36 inches high, each $1.00; 



> per doz. $10.00. 



PHILADELPHUS— Syringa or Mock Orange. 



Bed of YounK Plants of Hydrangea Panicuiata Grandiflora. 



RIBES — Flowering Currant. 



Highly ornamental shrubs, very shapely and beautiful, both in foliage 

 and flowers. A class of plants highly prized for their graceful habit of growth, fine 



foliage and beautiful flowers. 

 Coronarius (Garland Syringa) — A great favorite. Flowers pure white and 



very fragrant. Aureum — An early blooming variety; flowers yellow. Each 50c; per doz, 



„ , „ $5.00. 



Grandiflorus — Large flowered; one of the best. Each 50c; per doz. $5.00. 



PYRUS — Japan Quince. 



One of the most beautiful cf flowering shrubs. Grows well in any good 

 soil and any location. It is also useful as a hedge plant. 



Japonlca (Cydonia Japonica) — A charming plant; fo/iage dark green and 

 glossy; flowers deep scarlet, produced in great abundance, fcllowed by 

 large pear-shaped fruit. Each 50c; per doz. $5.00. 



RHUS— Sumach. 



Small trees or shrubs, highly ornamental and of much value for lawn 

 adornment,, either in groups or single specimens. 



Cotinus (Purple Fringe or Smoke Tree) — This beautiful shrub is particularly 

 remarkable for the numerous feathery fruit stalks, which after flowering 

 usually so completely cover the plant that from a distance it is no great 

 stretch of imagination to conceive it enveloped in a cloud of smoke; hence 

 the popular name. Each 50c; per doz. $4.00. 



Glabra (Smooth Sumach) 

 — A strong growing 

 shrub, excellent for mas- 

 sing; remarkable for its 

 numerous large heads 

 of scarlet seeds in au- 

 tumn, at which time, 

 too, its leaves are very 

 brilliant. Each 50c; 

 per doz. $5.00. ^^, 



Rhus Glabra Laciniata. 



(Cut-leaved Sumach.) 



Glabra Laciniata (Cut- 

 Leaved Sumach) — A 

 very handsome shrub, 

 with finely divided fern- 

 like foliage. As an in- 

 dividual specimen, this 

 plant h^s few equals. 

 Each 50c: per doz. $5.00. 

 Extra large, each 75c; 

 per doz. $7.50. 



ROSES FOR MASSING. 



Hardy varieties highly desirable and ornamental in the shrubbery border. 



Rosa Rugosa Rubra — Beautiful crimson single flowers produced in great 

 abundance and succeeded by large red berries; very ornamental. 



Rosa Rubrifolia — -This is remarkable because of its colored foliage, which 

 in early spring is a rich reddish-purple, changing as the season advances 

 into a reddish-green. 



Prices — Strong two-year-old plants each, 50c; per doz. $5.00. 



SAMBUCUS— Elder. 



Nigra Aurea (Golden Elder) — A most attractive and very ornamental shrub. 

 The foliage is large and of the richest golden yellow; very effective and in- 

 valuable for grouping to produce striking contrasts. 



Each 50c; per doz. $5.00. 



SYRINGA— Lilac. 



These old favorites are so well known that any description would seem 

 superfluous. Suffice to say that they are indispensable, 



Persica (Persian Lilac) — A very popular plant; flowers purple. Each 75c; 

 per doz. $7.60. 



Vulgaris (Common Lilac) — Larger foliage than the former; flowers purple. 



Alba — Flowers pure white. 



Charles X. — A robust grower, and very free bloomer, trusses large, flowers 

 reddish. Each 76c; per doz. $7.60. 



Each, except where noted, 50c; per doz. $5.00. 



EXTRA LARGE BUSHY PLANTS OF THE ABOVE SHRUBS, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED, EACH $1.00; PER DOZ. $10.00. 



