CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS. 



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Rhododendron. 



CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS- Continued. 



Magnolia Conspicua. Fine strong plains of this beautiful white variety. 



.si'.OO each. 

 Magnolia Soulangeana. Creamy white and purple, very strong. $2.00 



each . 

 Magnolia Purpurea. Purple Rowers. 50 cts. each. 

 Mock Orange. (thiladelphui grandijlorus). Showy, fragrant large 



flowers, pure white. 

 — Double Flowering [Phi adelphus Fl. PI.) Large, fragrant, double, 



pure while flowers. 

 Trifoliate Orange. This is the most hardy of the orange family, and will 



stand our northern climate with little or no protection. It is dwarf, of a low, 



shrubby growth, with beautiful trifoliate, glossy green leaves, and large, white 



scented blossoms. 

 Privet, California. Nearly evergreen. Bears white flowers in the errlv 



Summer ; one of the best hedge plants. 

 Spirea Billardii. Strong-growing, pink-flowered, late blooming. 

 - — Callosa Alba. Low, dwarf growth ; white. 



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

 — Reevesii PI. Fl. — Double white flowers in clusters; very fine. 

 — Thunbergii. One of the most charming of all low-growing shrubs, with 



fine, delicate foliage and a profusion of small white flowers in Spring. 

 Rhododendrons. One of the most valuable of our hardy | — Van Mouttei. Ihegrandestof all the Spireas ; it is a beauti- 

 decorative plants. They require only a good garden soil, ful ornament for the lawn at any season, but when in flower it 



which should be dug at least 2 feet deep and mixed with some is a complete fountain of white bloom, the foliage hardly show- 



leaf mould or peat ; it is also well to mulch the ground during | ing. Clusters of 20 to 30 flat white florets make up the raceme, 

 Summer, and protect with and these clusters are set 



Japan Snowball (V,bur- 



num PUcatum). This Xanthoceras soebifolius 



is one of the most valuable of our hardy shrubs. Flowers, though hardly as large as the old variety, are much more 

 numerous. The leaves are in pairs along the stem, and from the base of each leaf a ball of flowers appears. '1 here are often as 

 many as twenty balls on a branch 18 inches long. These balls all face upward, so that a full view of their great beauty- 

 can hi had. A fine lot of extra strong plants, 50 cts. each ; §5.00 per da 



Snowball (Viburnum opulus st-.rilis). Snowy-white; borne 

 in large 'alls in early Summer. 



Snowberry (Symphoticarpus racemostis). Pink flowers in 

 Summer ; large white, waxy berries in Autumn. 



Staphyllea Colchica. A most desirable hardy shrub, of 

 strong, erect habit, growing from 3 to 5 feet high, and produc- 

 ing large, white flowers in nodding terminal racemes during 

 May. Strong flowering plants. 50 cts. 



Tamarisk (Tamarix tet«ndra). Feathery foliage; small, 

 fringed, light pink flowers. 



Wei^elia Candida. Pure white. 



— Rosea. Fine colored flowers ; one of the best. 



— Rosea Nana Variegata. Leaves beautifully margined, 

 creamy-white ; flowers ] ink. 



Xanthoceras Sorbifolius. A pretty shrub, producing long 

 racemes of pure white flowers •with copper-colored streaks at 

 base of petals, flowers in May. ( See cut. ) 



PRICE : Any of the above hardy shrubs, strong plants, 25 cts. 

 each ; §2.50 per doz. ; §15.00 par 100 (except where noted). 



HEDGE PLANTS. 



2-vear old plants . 



1 " 1 to I J ft . 



2 " 2 to 25 ft . 



3 " 2.', to 3" ft . 

 3 " 3" to 3.1 ft . 



1 ft. to Li ft. high ." . . 



Osage Orange. Strong 

 California Privet. 



Pyrus Japonica. 



Per too 



Per 1000 



si. 00 



S 7.50 



2.50 



20.00 



3.50 



30.00 



5.00 



35.00 



6.00 



45.00 



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7500 



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Spiraea Anthony Waterer. 



