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I H!HRrADREER-PI1llADELPmA-f!A-^ CHOICE HARDY ^HRU&S Qtfl 



Sambucus Nigra Aurea {Golden Elder). One of the best 

 yellow foliage shrubs; the color is remarkably bright, rich and 

 constant. 25 cts. each. 



Spirsea Anthony Waterer. A valuable and distinct variety; 

 color bright crimson ; it is of dwarf, dense growth, never ex- 

 ceeding 24 inches in height, and a profuse bloomer, being in . 

 bloom the entire summer and fall. 25 cts. each. 



— Arguta multiflora. The best very early flowering white 

 Spirrea, of dwarf free habit. 25 cts. each. 



— Arisefolia {White Beam-leaved SpireEa). An elegant species, 

 of dense and bushy habit, entirely covered with greenish-white 

 flowers in July. 25 cts. each. 



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

 alba. .\ white-flowered form of the above. 25 cts. each. 



— Callosa alba.. Low, dwarf growth; white. 25 cts. each. 



— Douglasii. Produces spikes of beautiful rose-colored flowers 

 during fulv and August. 25 cts. each. 



— Prunifolia (Bridal Wreath). Flowers double, white and 

 aimnuant. 2-5 cts. each. 



— Reevesii FI. PI. Double white flowers in clusters; very 

 fine. 25 cts. each. 



— Sorbifolia [Sorb-leaved Spiraa). A vigorous-growing species, 

 wMth leaves like those of the Mountain Ash, and long, elegant 

 spikes of white flowers in July. (See cut). 25 cts. each. 



— Thunbergii. One of the most charming r.f 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 Spirseas ; it is 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 flat white florets make 

 up the raceme, and are set close along the drooping stems. 25 

 cts. each. 



Staphylea Colchica. A most desirable hardy shrub, of strong, 

 erect habit, growing from 3 to 5 feet high, and producing large, 

 white flowers in nodding terminal racemes during May. Strong 

 flowering plants. 50 cts. each. 



Spir.ea Soreifolta. 



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Symphoricarpus Racemosus f ructo alba {S}io7v-berry). A well-l;nown 

 =mall pink flowers and large white berries that hang on the plant the greater 

 w inter. 2.5 els. each. 



— Racemosus fructo rubra {Red-fruited or Indian Currant). "Similar to the above, 

 but with bright red fruit. 25 cts. each. 



Lilac 

 Mme. Casimir Perier. 



SYRINGA, OR I.II.ACS. 



Charles X. A strong, rapid-growing variety, with large, shining leaves. Trusses rather 

 1 cisc; large, reddish-purple. 50 els. each. 

 Common {Syringa vulgaris). The common purple species. 25 cts. each. 



Common White {S. vulgaris alba). Flowers pure white, fragrant, beautiful. 25 



cts. each. 

 Laciniatus. A cut-leaved variety with pale lilac-colored flowers in slender trusses. 



25 cts each. 

 La Tour d'Auvergne (New). Very large double purple-violet flowers. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Leon Simon (New). Large double, compact panicles of bluish-crimson color. 

 50 cts. each. 

 Mme. Casimir Perier (New). The finest double-white Lilac yet introduced. 

 The individual .flowers, which resemble miniature Tuberoses, as well as the 

 truss, are of immense size, deliciously scented; fine for cutting. (.See cut.) 50 

 cts. each. 

 Mme Lemoine. Another fine double-white variety that is used extensively for 



winter forcing. 50 cts. each. 

 Marie Le Gray. Beautiful creamy-white flowers of immense size. 50 els. 



each. 

 Michael Buchner (New). Very large double-pale lilac. 50 cts. each. 

 Persian. Of more slender growth than the common Lilac, purple flowers in 

 immense spikes. 25 cts. each. 

 Persica Alba. The white-flowering Persian Lilac. 25 cts. each. 

 President Grevy (New-). Beautiful lilac color in long panicles; flowers 



large and double. 50 cts. each. 

 Rothmagensis {Rouen Lilac). One of the finest, with panicles of great 



size of a reddish-lilac color; very free-flowering. 50 cts. each. 

 Virginite (Nevs-). Very double; color soft rose; an entirely new and 

 novel color. 50 cts. each. 



SPECIAL PRICES. Having large stocks of nearly all the shrubs listed, we can supply all varieties priced at 25 cts. 



each ; for §2.50 per doz.; §15.00 per 100. 



