SS] CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS 
Hardy Rhododendrons. One of the most 
valuable of our hardy decorative plants. They 
require only a good garden soil, which should 
be dug at least 2 feet deey» 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 the winter. (See cut.) 
We offer below but a limited list of varieties, 
which, however, is a selection of the hardiest 
sorts in cultivation. 
Album elegans. A fine white. 
Album grandiflorum. Large white. 
Bertie Parsons. Delicate lilac. 
Caractacus. Purplish crimson. 
Catawbiensis alba. White. 
Delicatissima. Blush white. 
Everestianum. Rosy pink, crimped edges. 
General Grant. Rosy crimson. 
Giganteum. Crimson rose. 
Grandiflorum. Rosy red. 
Lady Armstrong. Bright rose. 
Lady Clermont. Rosy scarlet. 
Mrs. Tilmer. Purplish crimson. 
Parson’s Gloriosa. Light lilac. 
Pres. Lincoln. Rose. 
Roseum elegans. Rosy purple. . 
The Queen. Blush, changing to white. 
We can furnish any of the above in strona, 
bushy plants, 18 inches high, $1.0) each; $100) 
per doz.; $80.00 per 100; 24 inches high, $150 
each; $15.00 per doz.; 30.to 36 inches high, fine 
specimens, $3.00 each; $35 00 per doz. 
Rhodotypus Kerrioides (White Kerria). 
A very ornamental Japanese Shrub of medium 
size, with pretty foliage and large single white 
flowers the latter part of May. 25 cts. each. 
Rhus Cotinus (Purple Fringe, or Smoke Tree). A low, | Rubus Odoratus (lowering Raspberry). Large foliage and 
Harpy RHODODENDRON. 
shrubby tree, covered in midsummer with large clusters of showy rosy-purple flowers all summer. 25 cts. each, 
feathery flowers, giving the appearance of a cloud of smoke | Salisburia adiantifolia (M/atden-hair Tree, or Ginkgo). A 
or mist. 25 cts. each, rare and eiegant tree of medium size, with beautiful 
fern-like foliage, which in shape somewhat resembles 
the Maiden-hair fern; hence ils popular name, Plants, 
3 to 4 feet high, 25 cts. each. 
Sambucus Nigra Aurea (Golden Elder). One of 
the best yellow foliage Shrubs ; the color is remarkably 
bright, rich and constant. 265 cts. each. 
— Nigra folia variegata (Variegated Elder). Foli- 
age prettily mottled with white and yellow. 36 cts. 
each. 
— Racemosus (Scarlet-berried Elder). A compar- 
i] atively scarce variety, with showy white flowers in 
May, followed by bunches of vivid crimson berries. 
385 cts. each. 
Spirea Anthony Waterer. A valuable and dis-' 
tinct variety; color bright crimson; it is of dwarf, 
dense growth, never exceeding 30 inches in height; 
in bloom the entire summer and fall. 25 cts. each. 
— Billardii. Strong-growing, pink-flowered. 28 cts. 
s] each, 
|—— alba. A white-flowered form of above. 25 cts. 
each. 
— Callosa alba. The best very dwarf variety; white 
i} flowers nearly all summer. 25 cts. each. 
— Douglassi. Produces spikes of beautiful rose- 
colored flowers during July and August. 25 cts. each, 
— Lindleyana. Large panicles of white in July; foli- 
age resembles sumac. ne of the best. 28 cts. each, 
Spirzas continued on next page. 
Sprr#A Van Hourtrer (offered on next page). 
All prices include boxes, packing and delivery free to any transportation company in Philadelphia. 
