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Amelanchier, ALPINE, (vulgaris.) A 

 medium sized shrub, 5 or 6 feet 

 high, with glossy leaves, flowers 

 white, blossoms in May, succeeded 

 by small purple fruit. 

 Berberry, (BERBERIS ) 



COMMON EUROPEAN, (vulgaris.) 



Red fruited. 

 AMERICAN, (canadensis.) Red 



fruited. 

 PURPLE LEAVED, (purpurea.) An 

 interesting and beautiful variety, 

 with violet purple leaves and fruit, 

 WHITE FRUITED, (alba.) 

 VIOLET FRUITED, (violacea. ) 

 NEPAL, (nepalensis.) A fine, showy, 

 tall, free growing ^species, with 

 broad leaves ; tender. 

 The Berberries are a most interesting 

 family of shrubs, varying in size from 2 to 

 6 feet high, rich in variety of leaf, flower 

 and habit. Their showy orange and yel 

 low flowers, in May or June, are succeed- 

 ed by bright and various colored fruit, 

 very ornamental in the Autumn and Win- 

 ter. 

 Buckthorn, (RHAMNUS.) 



PURGING, (catharticus.) The pop- 

 ular hedge plant, a fine, robust, 

 hardy shrub, with dark green foli- 

 age, white flowers and small black 

 fruit. 

 BROAD LEAVED, (latifolius.) A 

 beautiful species from the Azores ; 

 glossy, finely crimped foliage, stiff, 

 erect habit. 

 Bramble, RUBUS (alba fl. pi.) The 



double white flowering. 

 Calycanthus, SWEET SCENTED 

 SHRUB OR ALLSPICE. 

 CAROLINA, (floridus.) 

 SMOOTH LEAVED, (laevigatas.) 

 VARIOUS LEAVED, (heterophyl- 



la.) $1. 

 PLUM LEAVED,. (prunifolia.) $1 



OBLONG LEAVED, (oblongifolia ) 



$1. 

 LARGE FRUITED, (macrocarpa.) 



$1. 

 PRECOX. 



All the species and varieties of the Ca- 

 lycanthus are very desirable. The wood 

 is fragrant, foliage rich, flowers of a rare, 

 chocolate color, and have a peculiar 

 agreeable odor. They blossom in June, 

 and at intervals afterwards. 



Chionanthus, OR WHITE FRINGE, 

 (Virginica.) A fine shrub, or small 

 tree, with large foliage, and racemes 

 of delicate greenish white flowers ; 

 resembling cut paper. 

 Colutea, OR BLADDER SENNA. 



TREE, (arborescens.) A large shrub, 

 with small, delicate foliage, and 

 yellow pea blossom shaped'flowers 

 in June, followed by reddish pods 

 or bladders. 



.REDDISH FLOWERED, (cruenta.) 

 Similar to the preceding, but flow- 

 ers are marked with red. 

 Corchorus, (KERRIA.) 



JAPAN, (japonica.) A slender, 

 green branched shrub, 5 or 6 feet 

 high, with globular yellow flowers, 

 from July to October. 



SILVER VARIEGATED LEAV- 

 ED, (japonica argentea variegata.) 

 A new variety from Japan, with 

 small, green foliage edged with 

 white ; very slender grower. 

 Comus, OR DOGWOOD. 



RED BRANCHED, (sanguinea.)— 

 Very conspicuous and ornamental 

 in winter, when the bark is blood 

 red. 25c. 



VARIEGATED LEAVED, (varie- 

 gata.) Desirable for its distinctly 

 variegated foliage. This and the 

 preceding have white flowers in 

 June, and make large spreading 

 shrubs. 



MASCULA, (cornelian cherry.) A 

 very early flowering shrub, flowers 

 bright yellow. May. 



MASCULA VARIEGATA. Differs 

 only from the precediug* in having 

 the foliage beautifully variegated 

 with white ; decidedly the prettiest 

 variegated shrub in cultivation. 

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SIBERIAN GOLDEN VARIEGA- 

 TED LEAVED, (Siberica fol. aur. 

 var.) Foliage dark green with yel- 

 low stripe in centre ; bark striped, 

 red and yellow. 

 Cytissus, THREE FLOWERED, (tri- 

 florus.) Yellow flowered. 



BLACK ROOTED, (nigricans.) Yel- 

 low flowered. 



DOWNY LEAVED, (hirsutus.) 



LONG BRANCHED, (elongatus.) 



HEADED FLOWERED, (capitatus.) 

 These are quite dwarf, pretty shrubs, 

 bloom profusely in June and July. 



