FOUNDEI 

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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



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Double Japan Snowball in full bloom. 



California Privet 



The One Best Hedge Plant. Combining Beauty, Hardiness 

 and Efficiency. 



California Privet has long been recognized as the one very 

 best plant for Hedge purposes, as it is remarkable for its 

 beautiful, dark green glossy foliage, its quick, strong and 

 symmetrical igrowth, its freedom from insects and scale, and 

 its ability to withstand pruning and trimming into any 

 d'esired shape. 



For many years we have made a specialty of growing Cali- 

 fornia Privet for Hedges, and our stock cannot be surpassed 

 anywhere. It is strong, thrifty and in the best of shape for 

 transplanting. Each one a specimen plant. We have it in 

 all sizes, from one-year-old plants to large, vigorous bushes 

 which can be used with telling effect in the formation of an 

 immediate hedge. These large plants are the most economical 

 to buy, for with them the tedious years of waiting for the 

 hedge to grow will be avoided. 



First size, 13 to 14 inches. 10c each; 6 for 50c, postpaid; 

 $5.00 per 100. Second size, 2 to 3 feet, 15c each; 5 for 50c; 

 $8.00 per 100, by express or freight at purchaser's expense. 

 (Orders for 50 filled at 100 rates.) 

 AJMOOB RIVER PRIVET — Similar in habit to California, but 



with d'ark, lustrous foliage and more upright habit of 



growth. Reputed to be hardier. Price, first size plants, 12 



to 18 inches in height, 10c each; $1.00 per dozen, postpaid; 



$6.00 per 100; larger two-year-old plants, 3 to 3 feet, $9.00 



per 100. by express, collect. 



Lilacs (Syringa) 



Best beloved of all the old-time garden shrubs, whose 

 flowers never fail to charm with their delicate beauty or re- 

 fresh with their tender fragrance. 



NEW PERSIAN* — This grand Lilac blooms in early June. 

 Flowers beautiful reddish purple, very fragrant and borne in 

 profusion; leaves rich, dark green, rather small and deli- 

 cately shaded; habit of growth very neat and compact. 

 WHITE— This rare and beautiful White Lilac is much sought 



after. 

 PURPLE — The old favorite and one of the best. 

 Price, in strong two-year-old plants only, 75c each. 



Miscellaneous Shrubs 



CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS (Carolina Allspice) —Flowers 



purple; quite double, exquisitely fragrant and borne in pro- 

 fusion during the entire season. 



rORSYTHIA Viridissima (Golden Bell)— Height. 3 to 4 feet; 

 bright yellow, bell-shaped flowers: blooms early. 



PHILADELPHUS Grandiflora (Mock Orange) — Blooms early 

 in June; flowers creamy white and very fragrant. 



TAIVIARIX AFBICANA (African Tamarisk)— Graceful, erect- 

 growing shrub, pretty pink flowers, leaves liKe evergreen. 



Price of all hardy shrubs, except where otherwise noted: 

 One-year-old size, 25c each; any 5 for $1; two-year-old size, 

 75c each; $7.50 dozen; three-year-old size. 95c each; by 

 freight or express at the purchaser's expense. 



HARDY SHRUBS— Continued. 



Double Japan Snowball 



(VIBURNU3I PLICATUM) 



Blooms in early June, when the whole bush is loaded 

 down with great, compact balls of pure white, double flow- 

 ers. They are borne in such profusion that the entire plant 

 appears one dense mass of bloom; the tree grows erect and 

 bushy, 6 to 8 feet high, with deep green leavps peculiarly 

 crimped and crinkled. Wondrously beautiful. Price, all field- 

 grown plants, one-year size. 35c each, postpaid; two-year 

 size, 65c each; three-year size, 85c each, by freight or 

 express; seven-year size, extra-large specimen plants, $1.50 

 each, by freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 

 VIBURNU31 OPULUS STERILIS (Old-fashioned Snowball) 



— A strong, hardy grower; pure white flowers. A showy 



class of shrubs of compact growth, luxuriant foliage and 



very free flowering. 

 Deutzia Crenata — 4 to 6 feet; double, white, tinted rose. 

 Deutzia Fortunei — 4 to 6 feet; pure white. 

 Deutzia Gracilis — 2 to 2% feet. Drooping, snow-white. 

 Deutzia Pride of Rochester — ^Pure white, with a faint blush. 

 Deutzia Lemoninei — New. Immense. Purest white. 

 Weigela Candida — Snow-white flowers; late June. 

 Weigela Lavellei — Deep red flowers ; beautiful. 

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

 Weigela Variegated Leaf — Green leaves, margined pure 



white. 



Weigela Eva Rathke — Rich reddish purple. 

 Rubra — Red, shading to light pink. 



Hardy Ornamental Grasses 



For ornamental purposes these grasses are strikingly origin- 

 al in effect and impart a tropical brilliance to the land- 

 scape. The plumes which these grasses produce are beautiful 

 for interior decoration. 



Prices of all Eulaliag and Erianthus described below. 30c 

 each: 50c for 3; large clumps, 35c each; $1.00 for 3, by 

 express. 



Eulalia Gracillima Univittata — Forms an exceedingly hand- 

 some plant. 4 to 5 feet high. 



E. Japonica Zebrina — The leaf blades are of deep green, dis- 

 tinctly stripied crosswise with large bars of pure white. 



E. Japonica Va- 



riegata — Blades 

 are creamy 

 white in the 

 center, with a 

 broad margin 

 of bright green. 

 Plumes are very 

 beautiful. 



Erianthus Raven- 



nae — Reed-like 

 o r n a m ental 

 grass throwing 

 up 30 to 40 fine 

 erect flowerlike 

 stalks 8 to 10 

 feet high the 

 first season. 

 The plumes are 

 highly valued 

 as parlor orna- 

 ments. 



SPECIAL OF- 

 FER — We wiU 



send by mail 

 one each of the 

 four grand orna- 

 mental grasses 

 described above 

 for 75c; one 

 clump of each of 

 the above, by ex- 

 press, for Sl>25. 



EULALIA JAPOMlCA-ZEBRmAi 



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