FOUNDEI 

 1850 



DlNGEE (jUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE 



TOUiNDED 

 1850 



Double Japan Snowball in full bloom. 



California Privet 



The One Best Hedge Plant, Combining Beauty, Hardiness 

 and Efficiency. 



Californi Privet has long been recognized as the one very 

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

 beautiful, ^ark green glossy foliage, its quick, strong and 

 symmetrical growth, its freedom from insects and scale, and 

 its ability to withstand pruning and trimming into any 

 desired 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, 15 to 24 inches. 10c each; 6 for 50c, postpaid; 

 $4.00 per 100; second size, 3 to 4 feet, 15c each; 5 for 50c; 

 $6.00 per 100, by express or freight at purchaser's expense. 

 (Orders for 50 filled at 100 rates.) 

 AMOOR RIVER PRIVET— Similar in habit to California, but 



with dark, 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 ; 



§4.00 per 100; larger two-year-old plants, 2 to 3 feet, §8.00 



per 100, by express, collect: 



Berberis Thunbergi — Barberry 



An ideal hedge plant. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, small, per- 

 fectly shaped, rich green leaves, turning in autumn to bright 

 scarlet. Flowers a delicate shade of coppery yellow. Fol- 

 lowed by beautiful, brilliant red berries, clinging all winter. 

 Perfectly hardy everywhere. Valuable for dwarf hedge, also 

 used extensively for massing around foundations and indi- 

 vidual specimen plants. One-year-old plants, 8 to 12 Inches, 

 20c each; 6 for $1.00, postpaid; $8.00 per 100, by express; two- 

 year-old, 12 to 18 inches, $12.50 per 100, by express. 



Miscellaneous Shrubs 



CAEYCANTHUS FEORIDUS (Carolina Allspice)— Flowers 

 purple; quite double; exqusitely fragrant and borne in pro- 

 fusion during the entire season. 

 FORSYTHIA Viridissima (Golden Bell)— Height, 3 to 4 feet; 



bright yellow, hell-shaped flowers; blooms early. 

 PHTT, A DELPHUS Grandiflora (Mock Orange) — Blooms early 



in June; flowers creamy white and very fragrant. 

 TAMARIX AFRICAN A (African Tamarisk)— Graceful, erect- 

 growing shrub, pretty pink flowers, leaves like evergreen. 

 Price of all hardy shrubs: One-year-old size, 20c each; any 

 3 for 50c; two-year-old size, 50c each; any 3 for $1.25; three- 

 year-old size, 75c each; any 5 for $3.00; by freight or 

 express at the purchaser's expense. 



HARDY SHRUBS — Continued. 



Double Japan Snowball 



(VIBURNUM PEICATUM) 



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 leaves peculiarly 

 crimped and crinkled. Wondrously beautiful. Price, all field 

 grown plants, one-year size, 20c each, postpaid; two-year 

 size, 50c each; three-year size, 75c each, by freight or 

 express; seven-year size, extra large specimen plants, $1.25 

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

 VIBURNUM OPUXUS STERIEIS (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 Eemoinei — New. Immense. Pure-st white. 

 Weigela Candida — Snow-white flowers; late June. 

 AVeigel a Lavellei — Deep red flowers; beautiful. 

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

 Weig;ela 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 Eulalias and Erianthus described below, 20c 

 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 striped crosswise with large bars of pure white. 



E. Japonica Va- 

 riegata — Blades 



are ere amy- 

 white in the 

 center, with a 

 broad margin 

 of bright green. 

 Plumes are very 

 beautiful. 



Erianthus Raven - 



nae — Reed-like 

 ornament al 

 grass throwing 

 up 30 to 40 fine 

 erect flower-like 

 stalks 8 to 10 

 feet high the 

 first season. 

 The plumes are 

 highly valued 

 as parlor orna- 

 ments. 



SPECIAE OF- 

 FER — We will 

 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 $1.25. 



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