iima^K^biA'GEE Guide To Rose CioLTURE 



Dingee Best Hardy Flowering Shrubs 



For planting in yards and gardens, either as hedges, screens or for omampntation of bare spots, they are absolutely 

 indispensable. They lend a certain characteristic to the environment which is sadly lacking on the layout of most 

 gardens and yards. They are absolutely hardy, Dequiring no protection. May be planted as soon as the ground can be 

 dug in the spring. 



Althaea Rose of Sharon) 



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

 feet high when matured. Blooms during August and Sept. 

 Alba plena. Large, double, pure white flowers; petal? 



beautifully blotched at the base with rich rose. 

 Blanche. The nearest pure white of any double variety. 

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



BloorrLs the first year. 

 Buist's Variegated-leaved. Beautiful green leaves, broadly 



margined silvery white: flowers double First size only. 

 Double Purple. Perfectly double; color deep reddish 



purple. 

 Carnation-striped. Pink, with crimson stripes, \ery-fine. 

 Ictus albus. Moderate grower; free bloomer. The 'finest 



single pure white .Althaea. 



Berberis f Barberry) 



Thunbergi. Grows 3 to 4 feet high; small, perfectly 

 shaped, rich green leaves, turning in autumn to bright 

 scarlet. Flowers a delicate shade of coppery yellow. 

 They are followed by beautiful brilliant red berries. 



Calycanthus (Carolina Allspice) 



Floridu^ Flowers purple; quite double: e.xqu sitely fra- 

 grant and borne in profusion during the entire sea.son. 



Cydonia ^Japan Quince) 



Snow-White. Shnib has glossy green lea\es and sharp 

 thorns. The only pure white flowering Japan Qumce. 

 Japonica. Flowers beautiful, bright crimson. 



Catalpa ^Indian Beanj 



Teas' Japanese Hybrid. Flowers beautiful creamy white, 

 tinted with yellow and purple. Highly fragrant. Two- 

 and three-year size only. 



Speciosa. Finer and hardier than the common Catalpa. 

 Two- and three-year size only 



Clematis (Virgin's Bower) 



Stans. Of low, spreading growth. Flower; pure white, 

 borne on long, pendulous stems. 



Diervilla (Weigeu) 



Used to advantage for single lawn specimens or for 

 massing; strong, vigorous growers. 

 Candida. Fine light green foliage; bears snow-white 



flowers tha last of June. 

 Lavellei. D^ap red flowers; beautiful. 

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

 Variegated Leaf. Green leaves, margined pure white; 



flowers beautiful, cl°ar blush. 

 Eva Rathke. Rich reddish purple. 

 Rubra. Red. shading to light pink. 



Forsythia (Golden Bell) 



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

 shaped flowers; blooms early. 



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 2h feet. Drooping; snow-white flo-wers. 

 Pride of Rochester. Flowers are pure white, with a faint 



shade of blush on outside of petals. 

 Lemoinei. New. Immense. Purest white. 



Jasminum (Jasmine) 



Nudiflorum. Handsome, bell-shaped, golden yellow, 

 sweet-scented flowers are borne before the foliage. 



Kerria Japonica 



New Hardy Orange [Citrus trifoUata) 



The leaves are thick and glossy, deep shining green; 

 the flowers are lovely pure white, and d='liciDusly sweet; 

 the fruit small, bright red, but not eatable. 



Lonicera (Honeysuckle) 



Tartarian. A graceful, branching, 

 5 feet high; foliage dark green. 



ornamental bush, 3 to 

 White, Red and Pink. 



Sty] 



/rax 



Japonica. '.A. fine shrub of dwarf habit; small, round leaves 

 and smooth, light-colored bark. BIootis freely in 

 June. The flowers are silvery white, bell-shaped, and 

 highly fragrant. 



Syringa (Lilac) 



Japonica. \ graceful shrub, with double yellow flowers. 



Add 10% ^° ^^^ ^°^^ amount of your order, and we 



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office in the United States or Canada. This is the most ' 

 liberal proposidon we have ever made. See further par- 

 ticulars, pages 19 and 20. ; 



Price of all shrubbery on this page, one-year-old size, 15 

 size, 35 cts. each. Si for 3, S2.50 for 10, by freight or 

 for 10, by freight or express. 



New Persian. Blooms in early June. Flowers beautiful 

 deep purple, fragrant; leaves dark green, rather small. 



White. This rare and beautiful White Lilac is much 

 sought after. 



Tamarix 



(Tamarisk) 



Africana (African Tamarisk"). .\ graceful, erect-growini? 



shrub, having pretty pink flowers and leaves like an 



evergreen. 



cts. each, 50 cts. for 4, Si for 9, postpaid. Two-year-old 



express. Three-year-old size, 50 cts. each, 82 for 5, S3. 50 



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