ELEGANT DECORATIVE HARDY PLANTS. 



^ Few outdoor plants ai-e as maomiflcent aud highly ornamental as the Hydrangea. The foliage alone renders them desirable, as 

 I the leaves are beautifully shaded from a bright green to a soft creamy tint. When crowned with the immense heads of beautiful, 

 \ showy flowers they form a picture in themselves. The flowers will remain in a perfect condition for two months, and the plants 

 \ maiptain a showy appearance all summer and fall. For decorative plants on the porch or lawn few plants are as desirable. A little 

 •^bade and plenty of water seem to meet all their demands. Hydrangeas thrive best in a rich soil ; anv quantity of water may be 

 applied during the growing season. The bush should be cut back every spring at least one half of last season's. growth, dug around 

 smd well manured, and the plant will reward you with au overwhelming abundance of bloom. 



Ivew Japanese Hydrangea — {PaniculaZa Grandiflora) -A new, 

 very striking and elegant hardy flo-\tering shrub, suitable for 

 lawns, recently introduced from Japan. The flowers are pure 

 white, afterward changing to pink, and are borne in immense 

 pyramidal trusses a foot long and nearly as much in diameter. It 

 blooms in mid-summer and remains in bloom three months. 

 It creates a great sensation wherever seen. Is scarce and 

 difficult to obtain. The plant is of bushy and compact 

 growth, attains a height of three to four feet, and is per- 

 fectly hai-dy in all parts of the country, needs no protection of 



, any kind. Price, fine plants, 3.5c each; S3.25 per dozen; extra 



I strong three-year-old plants for immediate effect, 50c each. 



Red Branched— 2 — A new variety^'ith heads of bloom as large 

 as a water pail, is of unusual ySbxQ, commencing to bear its 

 enormous trusses of deep rose^jfnnk bloom while yet very small 

 and increasing constantly in /ize and profusion of bloom. The 



stems and branches are dark purplish red, which, with fresh 

 green leaves, set off the clouds of red blossoms admirably. This 

 Hydrangea retains its splendor for months at a time, and we 

 know of no more appropriate plant to grow on piazzas or steps. 

 Choice plants, 25c each 

 Thos. Hogg — 3 — Splendid variety, having- all the characteristics 

 so valuable in a plant of this kind. The plants, when full grown, 

 attain a height and width of six feet. Perfectly hardy, thus 

 making it one of the finest of plants for cemeteries. Immense 

 trusses of creamy white flowers, often measuring fifteen inches 

 in diameter. 15c each. 

 H orten.sis — 1 — A well-known old variety, with immense heads of 

 white flowers, which gradually turn to pink as they open. It 

 thrives best in a shaded situation with a plentiful supply of 

 water. A favorite variety, exceedingly showy and handsome. 

 15c each. 



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