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Crataegus Oxyacantha Paul's Double (English Hawthorn). 

 This is the finest variety with brilliant scarlet double flowers. 

 Plants 3 to 4 feet high, $2.00 each. 



Desmodium Penduliflorum. A Shrub which dies to the ground 

 in winter but comes up vigorously in spring, throwing up shoots 3 

 to 4 feet high, which bear during September attractive sprays of 

 bright rose colored pea-shaped flowers. 60 cts. each. 



Deutzias. Well-known profuse flowering Shrubs, blooming in 

 spring or early summer. The dwarf varieties are desirable for 

 forcing under glass. 



— Crenata Magnifica. A most distinct variety with exception- 

 ally large corymbs of pure white double flowers, produced in 

 wonderful profusion. 60 cts. each. 



— Crenata Mirabilis (New). Of very vigorous habit, the long 

 branches carry enormous pyramidal panicles of upright milk- 

 white flowers of largest size. 75 cts. each. 



— Crenata Staphyleoides (New). Exceptionally large white 

 flowers in great drooping panicles, these flowers are of peculiar 

 formation, reminding one of Staphylea Colchica, the Bladder Nut. 

 A splendid acquisition. 75 cts. each. 



— — rosea plena (Double-flowering Dcutzia). Double white, tinged 

 with pink; very desirable tall Shrub. 60 cts. each. 



— Gracilis. A favorite dwarf bush, covered with spikes of pure 

 white flowers in early summer. 60 cts. each. 



— Gracilis Campanulata (New). A large-flowered type of 

 Gracilis with milky-white Campanula-shaped flowers. 75 cts. each. 



— — Rosea. A rose-tinted form of this favorite species. 60 cts. 

 each. 



— Lemoinei. Flowers very large and produced in cone shaped 

 heads of pure white, which open out very full. 60 cts. each. 



Elsholtzia Stauntoni. Its late flowering, September and October, 

 makes this a particularly valuable Shrub. It grows about four feet 

 high, of bushy branching habit, each branch terminated by a dense 

 4 to 8 inch long spike of attractive deep lilac colored flowers. 60 

 cts. each. 



Eleagnus Longipes (Japanese Oleaster). A very desirable, 

 nearly evergreen Shrub of medium height, with light foliage, 

 which is silvered on the under surface. The abundant crop 

 of orange-colored fruit is a very attractive feature during the 

 summer. 75 cts. each. 

 Euonymus Europaeus (Burning Bush). A conspicuous Shrub 

 which in the autumn and winter is loaded with scarlet seed-pods 

 from which orange colored berries hang on slender threads. 

 75 cts. each. 

 — Alata (Corkbarh). A Shrub different in character from others, 

 having an individuality of its own. It is particularly orna- 

 mental and interesting on account of its curious corky bark. 

 The small flowers of the spring are followed by attractive red berries 

 in the fall. It is also valuable on account of its bright scarlet autumn 

 foliage which makes it very conspicuous in the fall. Strong plants, $1 .00 each. 



— Japonica Aurea Marginata. An evergreen Shrub with glossy dark 

 green leaves irregularly edged and variegated with golden yellow, a splen- 

 did plant for foundation planting particularly at the seashore, also fine to 

 grow on in pots or tubs for house decoration; hardy as far north as Phil- 

 adelphia. Strong plants in 6 inch pots, $1.50 each. 



— Japonica Argenteo variegata. Beautifully variegated with silvery 

 white. Strong pot plants, $1.50 each. 



Exochorda Grandiflora (Pearl Bush). A medium-sized Shrub bearing 

 white flowers in slender racemes in early spring; very graceful; useful for 

 cut flowers. 75 cts. each. 



Forsythia Fortune!. Strong erect habit; bright golden-yellow flowers 

 in early spring. 60 cts. each. 



— Spectabilis. A strong, tall growing variety with very large flowers 

 completely covering the stems with its golden-yellow bloom. 60 cts. each. 



— Suspensa (Weeping Golden Bell). A tall Shrub of willowy growth, the 

 branches gracefully arching, covered with golden-yellow bells in early 

 spring. 60 cts. each. 



— Suspensa atrocaulis. Identical with Suspensa, excepting that the 

 young growth is tinted with purple and the stems are of a dark blackish 

 purple, very ornamental even when out of flower. 60 cts. each. 



— Viridissima (Golden Bell). Strong erect habit; bright 

 yellow bell like flowers in early spring. 60 cts. each. 



Deutzia Crenata Magnifica 



We will supply all Shrubs priced at 60c. each ror $6.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100 



