DECIDUOUS SHRUBS, 



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ITEA. 



Itea Virginica. A beautiful shrub, whose 



value seems to have been singularly over- 

 looked, since we find it so seldom in gar- 

 dens. It should be universally planted, if 

 only for the ornamental appearance of 

 its fohage and branches in autumn and 

 winter, but its charming, fragrant bloom 

 in simmier makes it doubly attractive. 

 Compact form, with willow-like foliage, 

 turning to a rich, deep red in autumn, 

 and in winter the stems and branches are 

 also of that color. In June the pure 

 white flowers appear in lovely racemes, 

 diff'using the delightful odor of pond lilies. 

 It is of rapid growth and very free-flow- 

 ering, often blooming the first season it is 

 planted. Ea., 20c; 3 for .50c; doz., $1.50. 



PRIVET. Ligustrum. 



California Privet (L. ovalifolium au- 

 reum). The popular hedge plant, for 

 which* it is so well adapted by reason of 

 its rapid growth, elegant form and hand- 

 some foUage. It excels either for hedg- 

 ing, massing or planting singly. Its habit 

 and growth is strong and upright; foliage 

 oval, deep green, bright and glossy, very 

 dense and almost evergreen. It should be 

 more often planted as a single specimen in 

 the shrubbery or grouped upon the lawn, 

 as it is an admirable ornamental bush and 

 when grown alone it is covered in July with panicles of small, white, Lilac-like flowers. Entirely hardy, of easy 

 culture, and especially valuable for planting by the sea. Ea., 15c; 4 for oOc; doz., $1.2.5. 



JAPAN JUDAS OR RED BUD. SPRINGA OR MOCK ORANGE. 



Cercis Japonlca. A rare and exceedingly beautiful, 

 hardy, flowering shrub, seldom gi'owiug more than six 

 to eight feet high. In early spring bef oi-e the leaves 

 appear, it blooms in such abimdance that the entire 

 bush is covered and loaded with deep, rosy-crimson 

 flowers, forming a most striking and remarkable ob- 

 ject. Entirely hardy and attractive throughout the 

 summer, as the foliage is handsome. Ea., 30c; 3 for 75c. 



ST. JOHN'S WORT. Hypericum. 



Golden St. John's Wort (H. aureum). A new and 

 grand ornamental shrub of dwarf and dense, rounded 

 habit, with handsome bright green foliage. It is 

 covered in profusion with beautiful, large, golden-yel- 

 low flowers, in constant succession from July to Oc- 

 tober, and is indispensable to all collections where a 

 continuance of bloom is desired. Ea., 20c; 3 for 50c. 



Golden-leaved {P. coronarius aureus. One of the 

 flnest of all golden-leaved shrubs and magniflcent in 

 its striking effects in contrast mth other fohage. In- 

 deed, for grouping with purple-leaved or other dark 

 shrubbery it is indispensable and it is almost equally 

 valuable for forming soHd masses alone. In habit it is 

 compact and rather dwarf, about three to four feet, 

 forming a solid, rounded mass, without pruning. The 

 foliage is very dense, of an exquisite, bright, golden- 

 yellow throughout the season, and withstands the hot 

 sun perfectly, without burning in the least. Entirely 

 hardy without any protection, of easy culture, trans- 

 plants easily, and should be conspicuous in every gar- 

 den. Ea.. 20c; 3 for 50c; doz., $1.50. 



