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Sfirsa Van HouTTBt. 



SPIR^AS. 



Anthony Waterer. A valuatile and distinct variety; color 

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

 30 inches in height; in bloom the entire summer and fall. 

 2-5 cts. each. 



Arguta riultiflora. Produces in early May masses of pure 

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

 each. 



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. 



riargarlts. 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 collec- 

 tion. 25 cts. each 



Opulifolia aurea ( Fi>5ri;«»a« 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 while flowers 

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



^"Sorbifolia Stellipeda. A splendid improvement on the old 

 Mountain .Ash-leaved .Spirsa, with which it is identical, except 

 that the white flowers are produced in immense pyramidal pani- 

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

 backed with the bright green ferny foliage, appear like large bou- 

 quets 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 Spirjeas; 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. 



l^^New 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. 35 cts. 

 each. 



SYRINGAS or I^II^ACS. 



'See next page.) 



TAMARIX. 



(Tamarisk.) 

 Afrlcana. Strong, slender, tall-growing, irregular Shrubs, 

 with feathery foliage and small, delicate flowers, borne pro- 

 fusely on gracefully-bending branches. These pink flowers 

 are very attractive during May. 25 cts. each. 

 Hispida i^stivalis. A distinct variety with delicate, soft, pink 

 sprays of flowers in July and August, a time when the shrub- 

 bery border is comparatively bare of flowers, 25 cts. each. 

 Indica (East Indian Tamansk). Very strong-growing, with 

 feathery plumes of pale pink flowei.' in late summer and 

 autumn. 25 cts. each. 



Spir«a Sofeipolia Stellipeda. 



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