HEHRrADREER-PHIIAKliPi llAM-M CHOICE HARDY Sti RUBS JUIJ isi 



Japanese Maples. These are exceedingly beauliful, especially in spring 

 and early summer, when they burst into full leaf, and the various colors of 

 the foliacre are deep and decided, and in autumn many varieties deepen in 

 color and assume very beautiful tuits. 



■ Japonicimi Alireuin. Scalloped leaves, of a bright golden yellow. 



PolyinorpUuiii Atropurpureuiu. A dark purple-leaved 



variety, foliage deeply cut. 



Polyiiiorphuiii Dissectum Atropurpureuiu. A striking 



and handsome variety ; leaves a beautiful rose color when young; change to 

 a deep and constant purple as they become older ; also deeply and delicately 

 cut, giving them a fern-like appearance. 



Any of the above 3 Maples, $1.00 each. 



Malionia Aquitolia [^HoUv -leaved Mahonia). Valued for its shiny green 

 foliage and its clusters of yellov/ flowers, which expand towards the end of 

 April. 



— Pascicularis. Similar to the above, liut of more erect habit and with 

 narrower spring toothed leaves. 



35 cts. each ; §3..50 per doz. 



Pliilaclelphus Graudi- 



florus {Mock Orange). A 

 large flowering variety of 

 this popular shrub. 



— Coronarius Fl. PI. 



Double white Mock Orange. 



Either of the above 25 cts. 

 each. 



Pyrus Japonic us 



(^ Japan Quince). A very 

 showy and popular shrub, 

 which blooms profusely in 

 early spring; flowers daz- 

 zling scarlet. Makes an ex- 

 cellent hedge. 25 cts. each ; 

 f 2.50 per doz. 



Rhus Continus {Purple 

 Fringe^ or Smoke Tree). A 

 low shrubby tree, covered 

 in midsummer with large 

 clusters of feathery flowers, 

 giving the appearance of a 

 cloud of smoke or mist. 25 

 cts. each. 



Sfir^a Anthony Waterer. 



HARDY 

 RUODO- 



DEIVDRONS. 



One of the most valuable of our 

 hardy decorative plants. They 

 require only a good garden soil, 

 wliich should be dug at least 2 feet 

 deep and mixed with some leaf- 

 mould or peat; it is also well to 

 mulch the ground during summer, 

 and protect with leaves or brush 

 during winter. We offer a choice 

 colleciioii of plants cf the hardiest 

 varieties, ranging in color from the 

 purest white through all the shades 

 of rose, pink, purple and crimson. 

 (See cut.) All the plants we 

 ofler are finely set with buds. 



Height. Each. Doz. 100. 



12 to 15 in. § .75 $ 7.50 $60 00 

 15 to 18 " 1.00 1000 75.00 

 18 to 24 " 1.50 15.00 IIO.OO 



Rhododendrons, 



Spirjea Anthony Waterer. A valuable and 



distinct variety ; color bright crimson ; it is of dwarf, 

 dense growth, never exceeding 24 inches in height, 

 and a profuse bloomer, being in bloom the entire 

 summer and fall. 



— ArgfUta. The best very early flowering white 

 Spiraea, of dwarf free habit. 



— Billarclii. Strong-growing, pink-flowered. 

 alba. A white-flowered form of the above. 



— Callosa alha. Low, dwarf growth; while. 



— Doug'lasii. Produces spikes of beautiful rose- 

 colored flowers during July and August. 



— Prunifolia {Bridal HWat/i). Flowers double, 

 white and abundant. 



— Reevesii Fl. PI. Double white flowers in 

 clusters ; very fine. 



~- Thunberg'li. One of the most charming of all 

 low-growing shrubs, with fine, delicate foliage and 

 a profusion of small white flowers in spring. 



— 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. 



Any of the above Spiraeas, 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



