Crategus. 
Pyracantha Lalandi (Evergreen or Fiery Thorn). A most desir- 
able variety, covered from early autumn and throughout the 
winter with brilliant orange-scarlet berries. 50 cts. each; $5.00 
per doz. 
Cytisus Scoparius (Scotch Broom). 
Strong plants in pots that will readily transplant; interesting for 
the hardy border, its almost leafless stems and masses of yellow 
flowers presenting a unique appearance. 50 cts. each. 
(Garland Flower). 
Daphne 
Cneorum. A pretty dwarf, spreading shrub, 6 to 8 inches high, 
especially suited for planting on rockeries, producing beautiful 
bright pink sweet-scented flowers early in May. Strong pot- 
grown plants, 60 cts. each; $6.00 per doz. 
Fioniana. A valuable dwarf shrub, forming almost spherical 
bushes about 18 inches high, covered during the latte» part of 
May and early June with masses of small, attractive lilac-tinted 
white flowers, and continuing in flower off and on all summer 
and fall. Strong plants $1.25 each. 
Desmodium. 
Penduliflorum. A shrub which dies to the ground in winter, but 
comes up vigorously in spring, throwing up shoots 8 to 4 feet 
high, which bear during September attractive sprays of bright 
rose-colored pea-shaped flowers. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Japonicum. An elegant white-flowering variety, producing during 
September and October masses of pure white pea-shaped flowers. 
35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Deutzias.j 
Well-known profuse flowering shrub, blooming in spring or early 
summer. Succeed in any sunny position. 
Gracilis. A favorite dwarf bush, covered with spikes of pure white 
flowers in early summer. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Lemoinei. Without doubt one of the very best dwarf hardy shrubs; 
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flowers very large and produced in cone-shaped heads of purest | 
white, which open out very full. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Erica (Heath). 
Closely allied to the Heather, requiring the same general condi- 
tions. 
Cinerea. A pretty, low, loose-growing sort, with medium large 
rose-colored flower bells. 
Mediterranea hybrida. A handsome variety, with dark-red nod- 
ding flowers very early in spring; useful also for forcing in pots. 
Tetralix Alba. Dwarf compact growth; white flowers. 
Vagans Rubra. Rosy-red flowers. 
Bruckenthalia Spiculifolia. A heath closely allied to the Erica 
family. with fine needle-like leaves and light pink flower heads 
in June. 
Price, any of the above, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS GRANDIFLORA 
, lawn or interspersed with other shrubs. 
DEUTZIA LEMOINEI 
Euonymus Japonica. 
An upright growing evergreen shrub with large, round, glossy 
dark green foliage, a splendid subject to grow as an individual 
specimen, particularly useful at the seashore. 75 cts. to $1.00 each. 
Forsythia. 
Suspensa (Weeping Golden Bell). A tall shrub of willowy growth, 
the branches gracefully arching, covered with golden-yellow 
bells in early spring. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Viridissima. Strong, erect habit; flowers yellow; 
35 
cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
very early. 
Hydrangea. 
Arborescens Grandiflora (Snowball Hydrangea). This magnifi- 
cent, perfectly hardy American shrub has snow-white blossoms 
of largest size. One of its most valuable characteristics is its 
coming into bloom just after the passing of all the early spring 
shrubs, while its long flowering season, from early June until 
late August, makes it a valuable acquisition in any garden. 
Strong plants, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
Paniculata Grandiflora. Without doubt the best known and most 
popular summer-flowering 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. Extra fine bush plants, 50 cts. each; $5.00 
per doz.; $30.00 per 100. 
which will make beautiful 
75 ets. each; $7.50 per doz. 
Standard or tree-shaped plants, 
specimens for the lawn or garden. 
Ligustrum Ovalifolium Aureum (Golden leaved Privet). 
This is a handsome golden variegated form of the California 
Privet, its glossy foliage, deep green with golden porter makes it 
a most attractive subject either as an individual specimen on the 
25 cts. each. 
Lonicera. 
Tartarica (Tartarian Honeysuckle). _ Pink flowers, 
beautifully with the foliage; blooms in June 
per doz. 
contrasting 
35 cts. each; $3.50 
Tartarica alba (White Tartarian Honeysuckle). A creamy-white 
colored variety of the above, flowering during May and June. 35 
ets. each; $3.50 per doz. 
