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HARDY SHRUBS. 



IMPROVED DWARF ROCKY CIOUNTAIN CHERRY. 



This rare cherry is a native of the Rocky Mountains ; for 

 preserves or to eat out of hand it has no equal in the line 

 of pitted fruits. The plants are of bushy habit, growing 

 from 2 to 4 feet high. It is entirely hardy and most desir- 

 able as an ornamental plant for the garden cr lawn. 



Extra strong 2-year-cld plants, 25 cts. each ; 5 for 51.00. 



ELEAGNUS LONQIPES. 



A new and very desirable, nearly evergreen shrub, hold- 

 ing its leaves until late in winter ; the branches are thickly 

 studded with tiny brown dots or scales, giving a rusty ap- 

 pearance, contrasting strikingly with the light hue of the 

 foliage, which is silvered on the under surface with little 

 white scales The abundant crop of orange-colored fruit, 

 dotted with small ferruginous specks, is a very attractive 

 feature during the summer. 



Good young plants, 20 cts. each ; 6 for §1.00. 



HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA. 



(Plumed Hydrangea.) 



This is the finest hardy shrub in cultivation, and endures 

 heat and cold extremely well. The flowers, which are 

 borne in dense pyramidal panicles in the greatest profusion, 

 are white when they first open, but gradually change to 

 rose color and remain in good condition for weeks. 



We are enabled this season to offer a beautiful lot of 

 standard or tree-shaped plants of this useful plant. These 

 will make beautiful specimens for the lawn or garden. 

 Standard shape, §1.00 each ; §10.00 per doz. 

 Fine bush plants at 25 cts. and 50 cts. 



ITEA VIRGINICA. 



One of the prettiest of our native shrubs, and yet but 

 little known. It grows from 4 to (> feet high, and produces 

 numerous racemes of pure white flowers during June, 

 which have a delicious fragrance not unlike the ordinary 

 Pond Lily. The foliage and stem turn to a beautiful red 

 during the autumn. This is one of the very best hardy 

 shrubs, growing naturally into a compact and symmetrical 

 shape, and blooming so freely as to appear to be covered 

 with snow. It will succeed in any position. 

 30 cts. each ; 4 for §1.00. 



TRIFOLIATE ORANGE. 



This is the most hardy of the Orange family, and will 

 stand our Northern climate with little or no protection, 

 and is also desirable for pot culture. It is dwarf, of a low, 

 shrubby growth, with beautiful trifoliate, glossy green leaves, 

 and abundance of large, wlvite, sweet-scented blossoms. 

 25 cts. each; 6 for §1.00. 



Varieties of Special Merit. 



RHODODENDRONS. 



The Rhododendron is 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 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 the first winter. 

 We offer a choice collection of plants from 12 to 24 inches 

 high, bushy and well established, ranging in color from the 

 purest white through all the shades of rose, pink, purple, 

 and crimson. All the plants we offer are finely set with buds. 



12 to 15 inches high, 75 cts. each ; §7.50 per doz.; §60.00 

 per 100. 15 to 18 inches high, §1.00 each ; §10.00 per doz. 

 18 to 24 inches high, §150 each ; §15.00 per doz. 



JAPAN SNOWBALL. 



(Viburnum Plicatum ) 



This is one of the most valuable of our hardy shrubs. 

 Foliage olive green through summer, but towards fall it 

 turns much darker and remains on the plant for some time 

 after the first frosts. 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. There are often as many as ten 

 pairs of these, or twenty balls, on a branch IS inches long. 

 These balls, as they expand, all face upward, so that a full 

 view of then- great beauty can be had. 



A fine lot of extra strong plants, 50 cts. each ; 

 §5.00 per dozen. 



SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI. 



The grandest of all the Spireas ; it is a beautiful orna- 

 ment for the lawn at any season, but when in flower it is a 

 complete fountain of white bloom, the foliage hardly show- 

 ing. Clusters of twenty to thirty flat white florets make 

 up the raceme, and these clusters are set close along the 

 drooping stems. Perfectly hardy, and an early bloomer. 

 30 cts. each ; §3.00 per doz. 



NEW CRIMSON SPIREA. 

 Anthony Waterer. 



A new and remarkably valuable and distinct variety. 

 This is one of those exceptional novelties that occur only at 

 rare intervals, adding richness and beauty to our gardens. 

 It outshines all other Spireas in brilliancy of color, being of 

 a bright crimson ; it is of dwarf er and denser growth and a 

 profuse and persistent bloomer, being in bloom the entire 

 summer and fall ; it makes an admirable pot plant and will 

 become a standard plant for Easter decorations. 

 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz. 

 JAPANESE WINEBERRY. 



This interesting plant belongs to the Raspberry family. 

 The fruit is borne in large clusters, and each berry is at first 

 tightly enveloped by the large calyx, forming a sort of 

 burr, which is also covered with purplish-red hairs so 

 thickly as to present the appearance of moss-rose buds. 

 These gradually open and turn back, exposing the fruit in 

 all its beauty. A bash in full fruiting is a decided orna- 

 ment to the garden. For jelly-making, canning and pre- 

 serving it is without an equal. 



Plants, 15 cts. each; §1.00 per doz. Seed per pkt., 10 cts. 



