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Spir^a Von Houttei. 



SPIRAEAS. 



Anthony Waterer. A valuable and distinct variety; color 

 bright crimson; it is of dwarf, dense growth, never exceeding 

 3 > inches in height; in bloom the entire summer and fall. 

 25 cts. each. 



Arguta Multiflora. Produces in early May masses of pure 

 white flowers. The plant is of dwarf, graceful habit. 25 cts. 

 each. page, 



Billardii. Strong-growing, pink flowered. 25 cts. each. 



— alba. A white-flowered form of above. 25 cts. each. 



Callosa alba. A very dwarf variety; white flowers nearly all 

 summer. 25 cts. each. 



Lindleyana. Of vigorous growth, bearing large panicles of white 

 flowers in July; foliage resembles Sumac. One of the best. 25 

 cts. each. 



Margaritas. A handsome free-flowering variety with large, flat 

 heads of soft pink flowers from June to October; grows from 3 to 4 

 feet high, and is one of the most desirable varieties in our collection. 

 25 cts. each. 



Opulifolia aurea. (Virginian Guelder Rose). An interesting 



variety of medium growth with golden-tinted foliage and large white 



flowers in June. 25 cts. each. 

 Prunifolia [Bridal Wreath). A favorite variety and one of the 



best; it is a beautiful Shrub of medium size with double white 



daisy-like flowers in May. 25 cts. each. 



Reevesii fl. pi. Of medium growth, with double white flowers in 

 clusters in May. Very fine. 25 cts. each. 



HF" Sorbifolia Stelllpeda. A splendid improvement on the old 

 Mountain Ash-leaved Spiraea, with which it is identical, except 

 that the white flowers are produced in immense pyramidal panicles, 

 frequently ten inches wide by fifteen inches high; these, backed 

 with the bright green ferny foliage, appear like large bouquets of 

 bloom. Flowers during July and August. (See cut. ) Strong plants, 

 50 cts. each. 



SPIRAEAS— Continued. 



Thunbergii. One of the most charming 

 of all low-growing Shrubs, with fine 

 delicate foliage, and a profusion of small 

 white flowers in spring. 25 cts. each. 



Van Houttei. The grandest of all the 

 white Spiraeas; it is of compact habit 

 and a beautiful ornament for the lawn at 

 any season, but when in flower it is a 

 complete fountain of white bloom, the 

 foliage hardly showing. Clusters of 20 

 to 30 white florets make up the raceme, 

 and are set close along the drooping 

 stems. (See cut.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



tfNew Crimson Spiraea 

 "Walluf." 



A sport from Spiraea Anthony Waterer, 

 with which it is identical in every way 

 except color, which is much more in- 

 tense. A decided acquisition. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Standard or Tree- 

 Shaped Syringas or 

 Lilacs. 



We offer a splendid lot of tree-shaped 

 Lilacs; that is, plants grown to a single stem about 3 feet high 

 with shapely bushy crowns. These will be found very desirable 

 as isolated specimens in the border or on the lawn. We can 

 supply in the following varieties: — Charles X, Japonica, 

 Mme. Lemoine. Michael Buchner, Marie Legraye 

 and Souv. de Louis Spaeth. 50 cts. each; cne each of the 

 6 sorts for S2.50. Regular stock of Lilacs is offered on next 





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AH prices include boxen, packing and delivery free to any transportation company in Philadelphia. 



