NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE FOR 1906 



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I Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora I 



1 The Best and Most Ornamental of all Hardy Shrubs i 



RECOGNIZING the sterling worth of this grandest of all hardy flowering Shrubs, we have for many- 

 years past made it a leading specialty, growing and selling annually upwards of one hundred 

 thousand plants ; as a result of our efforts it is to-day the most popular of all shrubs for yard, lawn 

 and cemetery planting ; it is extensively used for hedge planting and for clumps and screens. 

 The great reduction now made in the prices should still further its popularity. It readily attains 

 a height of five to seven feet ; hardy in all localities, and needs no protection in Winter ; blooms the first 

 and every season in July and August, when other flowers are scarce, and continues in bloom for two or 

 three months; the flowers are massive, cone shaped, often measuring ten inches in length, and have a 

 pleasing variation of color, changing from the original pure white to pink, and finally a beautiful rich 

 coppery red. When the flowers mature they can be cut and utilized as parlor ornaments, where they 

 retain their natural beauty for an indefinite time. Our engraving, reproduced from a photograph of a 

 single plant growing on the grounds of the senior member of our Company, does not exaggerate in the 

 slightest degree the flowering propensities of Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora. All our plant«^ will 

 give a like result, and cannot fail to prove a source of genuine pleasure and admiration. 



TREATMENT No special treatment is required ; the Hydrangea -will grow and thrive in all ordinary situations. 

 ^^^mm^^^^^ Plant ill either Spring or Fall, and cut back each successive Spring at least one-half of the previous 

 season's growth. Dig and manure. The fine.st flowers are borne on the new or young wood, and are largestand best 

 when the plant has made a strong, vigorous growth. 



OUR STOCK OP THIS GRAND FLOWERING SHRUB IS 



THE LARGEST IN AMERICA— OVER 100,000 PLANTS 



to for $1.00, post- 



JSTROXG FTET.I>-OJtOWN PLANTS that wifl bloom this year, 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 rts. 

 paid. By Express or Freight, SO for $4 ; $7 per lOO. 



STRONG TWO'TEAJt'OLU FIELD'GROWN BLOOMING PLANTS, by Express or Freight o'nhj. 

 each ; 5 for $ I ; 19 for ^V / 25 for $3,75 ; $19 per 100. 



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