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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



FOUNDED 

 18SO 



HARDY SIERUBS — Continued. 



Deutzia 



A showy class of shrubs of compact growth, luxuriant foliage and very 

 free-flowering. 



Crenata — 4 to 6 feet ; flowers white, tinged rose ; very double and full. 

 Fortunei — 4 to 6 feet ; a most beautiful pure white sort. 

 Gracilis — 2 to 2% feet. Drooping; snow-white flowers. 

 Pride of Rochester— Flowers are pure white, with a faint shade of blush on 



outside of petals. 

 Lemoinei — New. Immense. Purest white. 



Althea - Rose of Sharon 



The flowers are brilliant and striking in color, 9 to 12 feet high when 

 matured. Blooms during August and September. 

 Alba Plena — Large, double, pure white flowers. 

 Blanche — The nearest pure white of any double variety. 

 New Banner — Clear, rosy pink, striped rich crimson. 

 Buist Variegated-Leaved — Beautiful green leaves, broadly margined silvery 



white ; flowers double. 

 Double Purple — Deep reddish purple. 

 Carnation-Striped — Pink, with crimson stripes. 

 Totus Albus — Moderate grower ; free bloomer. 



Calycanthus Floridus - Carolina Allspice 



Deutzia gracilis — Slender Deutzia. 



Diervilla - Weigela 



Flowers purple ; quite double ; 

 sion during the entire season. 



exquisitely fragrant and borne in profu- 



Syringa - Lilac 



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Used to advantage for single lawn specimens or 

 strong, vigorous growers. 

 Candida — Snow-white flowers ; late June. 

 Lavellei — Deep red flowers ; beautiful. 

 Rosea — Flowers are large and of a deep rosy color. 

 Variegated Leaf — Green leaves, margined pure white. 

 Eva Rathke — Rich reddish purple. 

 Rubra — Red, shading to light pink. 



White — Rare and beautiful White Lilac. 



New Persian — Blooms in early June. Flowers beautiful deep purple, 

 grant ; leaves dark green. 



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TAMARIX AFRICANA (African Tamarisk) — Graceful, erect-growing shrub, 

 pretty pink flowers, leaves like evergreen. 



CLEMATIS STANS (Virgin's Bower)— Of a low, spreading growth. Flow- 

 ers pure white, borne on long, pendulous stems. 



JASMINUM NUDIFLORUM (Jasmine)— Handsome, bell-shaped, golden yel- 

 low, sweet-scented flowers are borne before foliage. 



KERRIA Japonica — A graceful shrub, yellow 

 flowers. 



FORSYTHIA Viridissima (Golden Bell)— 

 Height, 3 to 4 feet ; bright yellow, bell- 

 shaped flowers ; blooms early. 



ELAEAGNUS Edulis— The true fruit-bearing 

 Elaeagnus. Dark green foliage ; small yel- 

 low flowers. 



ELAEAGNUS Longfipes — Fruit smaller than 

 that of Edulis. 



EULALIA JAPONICA ZEBR1NA| 



Hardy Ornamental 

 Grasses 



For ornamental purposes these 

 grasses are strikingly original 

 in effect, and impart a tropical 

 brilliance to the landscape. The 

 plumes which these grasses pro- 

 duce are beautiful for interior 

 decoration. 



Prices of all Eulalias and 



Erianthus described below, 15c 



each; 50c for 4; $1.00 for 9; 



large clumps, 25c each; $1.00 for 



5, by express. 



Eulalia Gracillima Univittata — 

 Forms an exceedingly hand- 

 some plant. 4 to 5 feet high. 



E. Japonica Zebrina — Grows 4 to 

 7 feet high. The leaf blades 

 are of deep green, distinctly 

 striped crosswise with large 

 bars of pure white. 



E. Japonica Variegata 

 — Blades are creamy 

 white in the center, 

 with a broad mar- 

 gin of bright green. 

 Plumes are very 

 beautiful. 



Erianthus Ravemnae — 

 Reed-like, o r n a - 

 mental grass, 

 throwing up thirty 

 to forty fine, erect 

 flower-like stalks, 8 to 10 

 high, the first season, 

 plumes are highly valued as 

 parlor ornaments. 



Special Offer IVb" 



mail, one each of the four grand 

 ornamental grasses described 

 above for 50c; one clump of each 

 of the above, by express, for 90c. 



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Deutzia, Pride of Rochester. 



