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Lilac, (SYRINGA.) 



SPECIOSA. Bright reddish flowers. 

 VIRGIN ALIS. Flowers pure white. 

 GOLD LEAVED. Flowers light 

 purple ; very large yellowish green 

 foliage. 

 COLM ARIENSIS. Very fine glossy 



foliage ; flowers very large. 

 WASHINGTON. Flowers very dark 



purple, with a bluish shade. 

 GIGANTEA. Very large spikes of 

 flowers of a dark bluish purple ; 

 rich foliage; distinct; one of our 

 seedlings. 

 LARGE FLOWERING, (grandiflo- 

 ra.) Very large bright purple flow- 

 ers ; opens freely. 

 CHARLEMBERG. A distinct varie- 

 ty; flowers ,very small, light purple 

 shaded with pink ; compact truss. 

 CROIX DE BROBY. Small, pur- 

 plish red flowers ; truss large. 

 GLOIRE DE MOULLNS, (new.) 

 CCERULEA. Flowers light purple 

 in bud, but when fully open a clear 

 blue ; truss very large ; the finest of 

 its color in cultivation. $1. 

 SANGUINEA. Flowers deep red 

 shaded with violet; truss very 

 large ; distinct and fine. $1. 

 GLORY OF MT. HOPE. Flowers 

 very delicate, deep red shaded with 

 violet ; truss very compact. $1. 

 The last three are seedlings of ours ; 

 will be for sale in the fall of 1868. 



AH the varieties of the common Lilac, 

 (syringa vulgaris,) have stout, stiff, erect 

 branches, and large leaves. The Persian 

 and its hybrids, slender branches and 

 small leaves • the former attain the height 

 of 10 or 12 feet, and the latter not over 6 

 to 8 feet. Their hardiness, the beauty of 

 their foliage, and the profusion of showy, 

 fragrant flowers, which they never fail to 

 yield, make them one of the most desira- 

 ble families of shrubs in the Catalogue ; 

 all bloom in the latter end of May or be- 

 ginning of June. 



Mezereon Pink, (Daphne Mezereon.) 

 Blooms in March. Very pretty. 

 WHITE. A variety with white 

 flowers. 

 Magnolia, CHINESE PURPLE, (obo- 

 vata.) A dwarf species, with showy 

 purple flowers in May and June. $1. 

 CHINESE RED, (rubra.) A variety 

 of the preceding ; branches more 

 slender, of more erect habit ; flow- 

 ers much larger, of a deep purple. 

 $1, 



Oleaster, or Bohemian Olive, (EL- 

 EAGNUS.) 



SILVERY LEAVED, (argentea.) A 

 beautiful, erect, silvery leaved 

 shrub, with yellow flowers ; July. 

 GARDEN, (hortensis.) Quite strik- 

 ing ; shoots and leaves white and 

 woolly. 

 SMALL FLOWERED, (parviflora.) 

 Foliage small, not quite so silvery 

 as the preceding. 

 REFLEXA VARIEGATA. Not 

 quite hardy. 

 Prunus Trilobata. A highly inter- 

 esting and desirable addition to 

 hardy shrubs ; flowers semi-double, 

 of a delicate pink, upwards of an 

 inch in diameter, thickly set on the 

 long slender branches; native of 

 China; hardy. $1. See cut, page 44. 

 Privet, or Prim, (LIGUSTRUM.) 

 COMMON, (vulgare.) Has pretty 

 spikes of white flowers, succeeded 

 by bunches of black berries, like 

 currants; makes beautiful hedges. 

 25c 

 WHITE BERRIED. A variety with 



white berries. 25c. 

 BOX LEAVED, (buxifolium.) 25c. 

 PYRAMIDAL, (pyramidalis.) 25c. 

 LAUREL LEAVED, (laurifolium.) 



Very distinct and fine. 25c. 

 GOLDEN, (aureum.) Yellowish 

 wood, foliage, (fee. 25c. 

 The Privet, in all its varieties, deserves 

 attention as an ornamental plant. It is 

 almost an evergreen, and grows freely in 

 all soils; is compact and regular in its 

 form, and bears shearing to any extent. 

 The whole collection which we offer, 

 make a very interesting group on the lawn. 

 Purple Fringe Tree, or Venetian 

 Sumach, (RHUS COTINUS.) A 

 much admired shrub, for its curious 

 fringe or hair like flowers, that 

 cover the whole surface of the plant 

 in midsummer. It grows 10 to 12 

 feet high and spreads so as to re- 

 quire considerable space. 

 Quince, Japan, (C YDONIA.) 



SCARLET, ( japonica.) Has bright 

 scarlet crimson flowers in great 

 profusion in the early spring ; one 

 of the best hardy shrubs in the 

 Catalogue. 

 BLUSH JAPAN, (japonica alba.) A 

 very beautiful variety of the pre- 

 ceding, with delicate white and 

 blush flowers ; always scarce. 



