MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK. 



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SEED 

 10c. PER 



BUDDLEiA VaRIABlLIS (Chinese Lilac). 



It is a hardy shrub, gri^wiiig three to four feet high, its gracefully 

 arching branches covered with a woolly bloom. The leaves are 

 bright green above, velvet white underneath, effectively 

 undulated. The contrast of white and green produces a highly 

 decorative effect. The very numerous branches are terminated by 

 racemes of flowers, frequently twelve inches in length, and borne 

 in such quantities as to cover the entire bush. The coloring of 

 flowers on seedling plants is very variable. The predominating 

 shade is rosy lilac, with orange tint in centre. Exquisite 

 rose and violet shades have also been obtained. The flowers, 

 which have a rather agreeable odor, are produced from June until 

 October, and even later. The plant is extremely hardy. 



Good Blooming Plants, 20c. each; Sfor'sOc. 



HYDRANGEA (Paniculata Grandiflora). 



Tliey are absolutely hardy, grow in any soil, and 

 bloom the same year "they are set out. They flower 

 abundantly, bearing immense panicles of bloom, white 

 at first and turning to rose in Autumn. An annual 

 shortening of branches tends to increase the size 

 of the flowers. Each, 

 15c.; doz.,$l.25; ex- 

 tra large plants, 25 to :^0 

 inches, by express, each 

 40c.; 3 for $1.00. 



JAPAN SNOWBALL. 



(Viburnum Plicatum.) 



I have long wanted to sell this 

 excellent plant, but price and 

 scarcity of good plants have 

 deterred me from so doing un- 

 til now. The plant stands at 

 the head of hardy shrubs ; it is 

 absolutely hardy ; agood grow- 

 er ; and is as much superior to 

 the common snowball as a cul- 

 tivated Rose is better than a 

 wild one. Flowers resemble 

 a huge snow-ball. Will grow 

 six to eight feet. In bloom 

 all Summer. Fine Blooming 

 Plants, 15c. each; 2 for 25c. 

 Extra Large Strong Plants, 25c 



THE NEW CRIMSON 



SPIREa. 



Crimson Spirea. Anthony Waterer. 



Is of Japanese origin. When it is scarcely three inches high it begins 

 to bloom, and thereafter is seldom out of flower. As a house plant noth- 

 ing can equal it. In the garden it will make a plant three feet high and 

 wide, and will be covered mth heads, one foot across, of brilliant crim- 

 son flowers. Price, 15c. each; 2 for 25c. Larger Plants, 25c. 



Japan Snowball (Viburnum Plieatum). 

 I each of tho 4 Shrubs on this page for SOc.i by mall: 



