LOVETT'S -NURSERY, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. — SHRUBS AND TREES 



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CERCIS. Judas Tree 

 CANADENSIS. AMERICAN JUDAS TREE — 

 Pea-shaped, rosy-pink flowers in early spring. 3 to 

 4 ft., $1.00; 4 to 5 ft., $1.50 each. 



CORNUS. Dogwood 



ALBA (Sibirica). Red-barked Dogwood — 

 Vivid, bright red bark, hence very showy. 2 to 3 

 ft., 50c; 3 to 4 ft., 75c: each. 



FLORIDA. White-flowered Dogwood — In 

 late May and early June it is enveloped in white 

 flowers. 4 ft., 75c; 6 ft., $1.50; 8 ft., $2.50 each. 



FLORIDA RUBRA. Red-flowered Dogwood 

 — With rosy-pink flowers. • Blooms during May and 

 early June. 2 to 3 ft., $3.00 each. 



PANICULATA. Gray Dogwood — The flowers 

 are succeeded by white fruit on red peduncles, pre- 

 senting a pretty effect. 2 to 3 ft., 50c each. 



CORNUS STOLONI- 

 FERA AUREA. Golden- 

 barked Dogwood — Has 

 yellow bark. 2 to 3 ft., 

 50c ; 3 to 4 ft., 75c each. 



CYDONIA 

 Japanese Flowering 

 Quince 

 JAPONICA (Pyrus 

 j a p o n i c a ) — Spiny 

 shrubs with green, glossy 

 leaves and large, showy 

 scarlet flowers that are 

 produced in May and early 

 June. \% to 2 ft., 60c 

 each. 



DEUTZIA 



CRENATA FL. PL. 

 Double Deutzia— Of tall 

 habit. In June, has ra- 

 cemes of double white 

 flowers, tinted with pink. 



CRENATA ALBA FL. 

 PL. Pride of Rochester- 

 Pure white form of above. 



GRACILIS— Of dwarf 

 habit. Pendulous white 

 flowers in June. 12 to 18 

 in., 60c. each. 



LEMOINEI — Dwarf 

 habit. In June the 

 plants bear white flowers. 

 2 to 3 ft., 60c each. 



SCABRA WATERERI — Good growers, with 

 beautiful single pink flowers in June. 



Prices, except as noted, 3 to 4 ft., 50c; 4 to 5 

 ft. 75c each. 



EXOCHORDA or Pearl Bush 



GRANDIFLORA — White flowers in profusion. 

 Soft, light green foliage. 2 to 3 ft., 60c ; 3 to 4 ft., 



FORSYTHIA. Golden Bell 



FORTUNEI — A strong upright grower, bearing 

 heavy canes that are literally loaded, in very early 

 spring, with golden bell-shaped flowers. 



INTERMEDIA — Very free-flowering. 



VIRIDISSIMA. Green-barked Forsythia — 

 A free-flowering shrub of spreading habit and yel- 

 lowish green bark. Bell-shaped yellow flowers. 



2 to 3 ft., 40c. ; 3 to 4 ft., 60c each. 



HYDRANGEA 

 ARBORESCENS STERILIS (Arborescens 

 Grandiflora). Snowball Hydrangea — Large 

 full heads of snow-white flowers in lavish profusion, 

 from late in June until late in August. 



PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA — In August 

 it produces broad terminal panicles of pure white 

 flowers, frequently a foot long. 



1% to 2 ft., 50c; 2 to 3 ft., 75c each. 



ILEX. Holly 

 VERTICILLATA (Black Alder or Winter- 

 berry) — The brilliant scarlet berries resemble the 

 fruit of the Christmas Holly. Should be planted in 

 masses to insure a good display of berries. 2 to 3 

 ft., 75c each. 



LIGUSTRUM or Privet 



Privets are described in detail on pages 58 and 59. 



GLOBE OR BALL PRIVET — The Califor- 

 nia Privet, grown to form a dense solid ball of foli- 

 age. 12 inches in diameter, $1.00; 18 inches in diam- 

 eter, $1.50; 24 inches in diameter, $2.00. Large 

 specimens, from $3.50 to $5.00 each. 



LONICERA. 

 Honeysuckle 



FRAGRANTISSIMA. 

 Fragrant Bush Honey- 

 suckle — The exquisitely 

 fragrant flowers are pink- 

 ish pearl, and appear very 

 early. 



MORROWII — White 

 flowers in May, succeeded 

 by showy red berries in 

 late summer. 



TARTARICA. Tar- 

 tarian Bush Honey- 

 suckle — An old favorite. 

 The fragrant pink flowers 

 appear in May in great 

 profusion, and are followed 

 by pretty, waxy, light red 

 berries. 



Any v of three varieties, 

 2 to 3 ft., 50c; 3 to 4 ft., 

 75c. each. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Syringa 

 CORONARIUS. Mock 

 Orange — Of upright 

 habit and produces, in 

 June, a wealth of white 

 fragrant flowers. 

 cornus GORD ONI ANUS 

 Florida (Gordon's Mock Or- 

 ange) — A large shrub 

 with spreading branches; 8 to 10 feet tall. Produces 

 its white flowers in great racemes late in the season. 



GRANDIFLORUS — Similar to Coronarius, with 

 larger flowers but not so fragrant. 



NIVALIS — New. Free-flowering; white; largest 

 flowered, single Philadelphus. 



SPECIOSUS — Very showy. One of the best. 

 VIRGINALE — (New Hybrid.) Vigorous and 

 tall; flowers in dense clusters; large and double; 

 pure white. One of the finest of recent introduc- 

 tions. 2 to 3 ft., $1.25 each. 



ZEYHERI — Tall-growing, with large, fragrant 

 white flowers. A fine sort. 



Any of above (except as noted otherwise), 3 to 

 4 ft., 50c; 4 to 5 ft., 75c eacli. 



ROSA 



RUGOSA. Japanese or Ramanus Rose — Of 



sturdy, stocky habit, with a wealth of large, rich 

 green leaves. It produces great numbers of large, 

 single, rose colored flowers all summer, followed by 

 fruits or "hips." 1 % to 2 ft., 40c. ; 2 to 3 ft., 60c. each. 



RUGOSA ALBA — The White-flowering form of 

 above. 1 K to 2 ft., 60c ; 2 to 3 ft.', 75c each. 



