ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 



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FLOWERS OF THE JAPAN QUINCE. 

 (natural size.) 



Cydonia var. atrosang-uinea fl. pi. Double Scarlet Japan Qulnce. 

 A handsome variety, with semi-double scarlet flowers. 



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

 large and almost pear-shaped. 



var. Mallardii. A fine variety, w^^h white flowers tinged with rose. 



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



var. semi-alba pleuo. Flowers nearly white, semi-double. 



var. semi-pleuo. Semi-Double-flovtering Japan Quince. A va- 

 riety of the Scarlet, with semi-double flowers. 



var. uinbelicata. Flowers brilliant rosy red, succeeded by large, showy 

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



OAPHXE. Dapliiie. Seidelbast, Ger. Daphne, Fr. 



D. Mezereuni. Common Mezereon. A native of Northern Europe. A shrub 

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

 flowerinor shrub we have. 50 cents. 



DESMODIA. 



D. penduliflora. A small growing shrub, covered in autumn with a mass of 

 pea-shaped purple flowers at the end of the new shoots. It has a slight tendency to 

 climb, and dies to the ground in winter. A desirable fall-blooming shrub. 



