GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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mimniularia. 



tree. 50c. 



COTONEASTEK. Mispel, Ger. 

 C. Worked lour to six feet high on the Mountain Ash, it makes a very handsome small lawn 



C YD ONI A. Quince. 



The flowering- varieties of the Japan Quince rank among our choicest shrubs- 

 Although of straggling growth, they Ivar the knife well, and with proper pruning 

 may be grown in any form. As single shrubs on the lawn they are very attractive, 

 and for the edges of borders or groups of trees they are specially adapted. Their 

 large, brilliant flowers are among the first blossoms in spring, and they appear in 

 great profusion, covering every branch, branchlet and twig-, before the leaves are 

 developed. Their foliage is bright green and glossy, and retains its color the 

 entire summer, which renders the plants very ornamental. Special attention is 

 iovited to this plant for ornamental hedges. It is sufficiently thorny to form a 

 defense, and at the same time makes one of the most beautiful flowering hedges. 

 See Hedge Plants. 



C. Japonica. Scarlet Japan Quince. D. H ip bright scarlet crimson flowers 

 in great profusion in the early spring. Cue of the best hardy shrubs in 

 the Catalogue. 35c. 



var. alba. Blush Japan Quince. D. A very beautiful variety of the 

 Scarlet, with delicate white and blush flowers. 35c. 



var.atrosangruineafl.pl. Double Scarlet Japan Quince. D. A hand- 

 some variety, with semi-double scarlet flowers. 35c. 



var. grandiflora. D. Flowers nearly white, very showy ; fruit extremely 

 large and almost pear-shaped. 35c. 



var. Mallardii. D. A fine variety, with white flowers tinged with rose. 

 35c. 



var. Maulei. D. Beautiful orange colored flowers ; a distinct shade : 

 fine. 50c. 



var. rosea pleno. D. Has semi-double, rose-colored flowers. 35c. 

 var. semi-alba pleno. II. Flowers nearly white, semi-double. 35c. 

 var. semi-pleno. Semi - double - elowering Japan Quince. D. A 



variety of the Scarlet, with semi-double flowers. 35c. 

 var. unibelicata. D. Flowers brilliant rosy red, succeeded by large, showy 



fruit : forms a large shrub. One of the finest. 35c. 



Flowers of Japan Quince. 

 (Reduced.) 



DAPHNE. Daphne. Seidelbast, Ger. Daphne, Fr. 



Mezereum. Common Mezereon. D. A native of Northern Europe. A shrub with small, erect branches, 

 and clusters of pink flowers in March. The earliest flowering shrub we have. 50c. 

 var. alba. D. White flowers. 50c. 



DEUTZIA. Deutzia. Deutzie, Ger. Deutzia, Fr. 



We are indebted to Japan for this valuable genus of plants. Their hardihood, fine habit, luxuriant foliage, and 

 profusion of attractive flowers, render them the most beautiful and deservedly the most popular of flowering shrubs 

 at the present time. The flowers are produced the latter part of June in racemes four to six inches long. 



I), crenata var. flore pleno. Double-flowering Deutzia. D. Flowers double white, tinged with rose. One 



of the most desirable flowering shrubs in cultivation. (See cut.) 35c. 

 I), c. var. flore alba pleno. Double White-flowering Deutzia. D. Similar in habit to the preceding, but 



pure white and double. 35c. 



J >. c. var. Pride of Rochester. D. A variety raised by us from Deutzia crenata flore pleno, and producing large 

 double white flowers ; the back of the petals being slightly tinted with rose. It excels all of the older sorts 

 in size of flower, length of panicle, prof useness of bloom and vigorous habit ; blooms nearly a week earlier 

 than Deutzia crenata flore pleno. (See cut.) 35c. 



I), gracilis. Slender-branched Deutzia. D. A charming species of dwarf habit, introduced from Japan by 

 Dr. Siebold. Flowers pure white. Fine for pot culture, as it flowers freely in a low temperature in the 

 winter. The first to flower ; about the middle of June. 35c. 

 var. aureo variegata. Golden Variegated Deutzia. D. (New.) A golden-leaved variety of gracilis. 75c. 



D. scabra. D. Flowers bell-shaped, in small bunches ; foliage oval, very rough underneath ; said to be the true 

 variety ; dwarf habit. 50c. 



D. scabra. Rough-leaved Deutzia. D. One of the most beautiful and profuse white-flowering- shrubs; 



flowers single. We have grown this for a long time as scabra. June. 35c. 

 I). Watererii. (New.) D. Flowers similar to crenata fl. pi., but more double. 50c. 



DIERVILLA. Weigela. Dierville, Ger. Weigelie, Fr. 



Another valuable genus from Japan, introduced as late as 1843. Shrubs of erect habit while young, but gradu- 

 ally spreading and drooping as they acquire age. They produce in June and July superb large trumpet-shaped 

 flowers, of all shades and colors, from pure white to red. In borders and groups of trees they are very effective, 

 and for margins the variegated-leaved varieties are admirably suited, their gay-colQred foliage contrasting finely 

 with the green of other shrubs. They flower after the Lilacs in Juno. 



D. arborea grandiflora. D. A variety of vigorous habit and erect growth ; foliage very large ; flowers long 

 and tube-shaped ; of a sulphur white or pale yellow, changing to pale rose. Flowers about two weeks after 

 the others. H5c. 



I>. Candida. White-flowered Weigela. D. A valuable variety. All white varieties heretofore known have 

 been lacking in. some important characteristic. Hortensis nivea, the best and only really white sort, Is a 



