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ELLWAXGER c£- BARRTS CATALOGUE. 



C. Japoiiica. Scarlet Japan Quince. Has bright scarlet crimson flow- 

 ers in great profusion in the early Spring. One of the best hardy shrubs in the 

 Catalogue. 



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

 Scarlet, with delicate white and blush flowers. 



FLOWERS OF THE JAPAN QUINCE. 



(Natural Size.) 



var. seini-pleno. Double-Flowering Japan Quince. A variety of 

 the Scarlet, with semi-double flowers. 



var. iiinbelicata. Flowers brilliant rosy-red, succeeded by large, 

 showy fruit; forms a large shrub. One of the finest. 



DAPHXE. Daphne. Daphne, Fr. 



T>. Mezereum. Common IMezereon. A native of Northern Europe. Shrub 

 with small, erect branches, and clusters of pink flowers, in March. The earliest 

 flowering shrub we have. 50 cents. 



DEUTZIA. Deutzie, Fr. 



AVe are iudebted to Japan for this -saluable g-enus of plants. Theu' hardihood, tine 

 habit, luxuriant foliage, and profusion of attractive flowers, render them the most beauti- 

 ful 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. 



D. erenata var. flore pleno. Double-flowering Deutzia. Flowers 

 double white, tinged with rose. One of the most desirable flowering shrubs in cul- 

 tivation. See cut. 



