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HvDKANGKA PaNICULATA GraNDIFLORA. 



Deutzia Candidissima plena. A fine double white. 



— Crenata rosea plena {DozMe-flowering Deutzta). Y\o\\- 

 ers double-white, linged with pink ; very desirable. 



— Qracilis. A dwarf bush, covered with spikes of pure 

 white flowers in early summer. 



Campanulata. .\ new white sort, with large, open, 



salver-shaped flowers. 

 Rosea. Flowers twice the size of D. gracilis and suf 



fused with a delicate tint of pink ; a grand, improvemeii'i. 



— Lemoinei. Without doubt one of the best hardy Shrubs; 

 flowers very large and produced in broad-based, cone-shaped 

 heads of from 20 to 30 flowers each, of purest while, which 

 open out very full. (See cut.) 



— Pride of Rochester. A fine double pure white. 



— Scabra. Large single white, tinged wiili pink. 



Any of the above Deutzias 25 cts. each ; $2-50 per doz. 



Eleagnus Longlpes. \ very desirable, nearly evergreen 

 Shrub, with light foliage, which is silvered on the under sur- 

 face. The abundant crop of orange-colored fruit is a very 

 attractive feature during the summer. 25 cts. each. 



Euonymus E,UropxUS {Burning Bush). A very conspicu- 

 ous Shrub in the autumn and winter, when loaded with 

 scarlet seed-pods, from which the orange-colored berries hang 

 on slender threads. 25 cts. each. 



— Latlfolia Aurea. A beautiful evergreen Shrub with broad, 

 glossy foliage of dark green, bordered with golden-yellow ; 

 not hardy north of Washington. 50 cts. each. 



Exochorda Qrandiflora {Pear/ Busk). A vigorous-growing 

 Shrub, bearing white flowers in slender racemes in early 

 spring; very graceful ; useful for cut flowers. 25 cts. each. 



Forsythia Fortune! {Golden Bell). Of upright growth, 

 broad, deep green foliage and bright yellow flowers in April. 

 25 cts. each. 



— VIrldlssima. Foliage and bark deep green ; flowers 

 yellow; very early. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Halesia Tetraptera {Silver Bell, or Snmudrop Tree). A 

 beautiful large Shrub with pretty bell-shaped white flowers 

 in May; one of the most desiral)le Shrubs. 25 cts. each. 



Hydrangea Paniculata {type). This must not be confounded with 

 Hydrangea paiiicuiata grciiidijiorii offered below, this being the 

 original type from which the variety grandiflora originated, and, 

 while not so well known as the last-named variety, it is by many 

 considered superior on account of the flower heads having less sterile 

 flowers, which reduces the weight of the large heads of bloom, thus 

 enabling the plant to carry its flowers more erect and showing same 

 to better advantage ; the flowers are creamy-white, turning to a 

 purplish-red as they fade. Strong plants, 30 cts. each; |3.00 per 

 doz.; extra strong jilants, 60 cts. each ; J'6.00 per doz. 

 Hydrangea Paniculata Qrandiflora. Without doubt the best 

 known and most popular .Shrub in cultivation at the present time. 

 The flowers, which are borne in dense pyramidal panicles a foot 

 long, in the greatest profusion, are white when they first open, but 

 gradually change to rose color, and remain in good condition for 

 weeks. (See cut). 



Fine bush plants, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per- doz ; $18.00 per 100. 

 Extra " " 50 " " 5.00 " " 25.00 



Standard or tree-shaped plants, w hich will make beautiful specimens 

 for the lawn or garden, 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 

 Itea VIrginica. One of the prettest native Shrubs; produces racemes 

 of pure white flowers during June, which have a fragrance not 

 unlike the Pond Lily. 25 cts. each. 

 Kalmia Latifolia {Mountain Laurel, or Calico Bus//). Our native 

 laurel and one of the most valuable evergreen Shrubs, bearing in 

 May and June clusters of white or pinkish-white flowers of great 

 beauty. Strong cultivated plants, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz.; 

 $60. 00 per 100. 

 Lespedeza Bicolor {Bush Clover). A Japanese Shrub, growing 

 about 6 feet high, with effective pea-shaped pink and white blossoms, 

 borne in di-ooping clusters from the axils of the leaves during mid- 

 summer, and in such profusion as to bend the branches with their 

 weight. 25 cts. each. 



LigUStrum Ibota. A Japanese Privet of the most beautiful 

 character, with dark green fresh foliage, contrasting well 

 with the prominent racemes of fragrant white flower'^. 25 

 cts. each. 

 — Ovalifolium Aureum Elegantissimum {Golden Varie- 

 gated Privet). A beautiful variegated form of Privet, very 

 effective for associating with other shrubs. 25 cts. each. 



Deutzia Lemoinei. 



Note that our prices on Shrubs include boxes and packing and delivery to anj' express or freight line in Philadelphia. 



