^ "[Be DINGEE S CONARD (b. West Erdve. Pa. 



(REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.) 



Hydrangea Paniculata Qrandiflora. 



THE BEST AND MOST ORNAMENTAL OF ALL HARDY SHRUBS. 



RECOGNIZING the sterling wortli 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 Shrabs 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, chang- 

 ing 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 slight- 

 est degree the flowering propensities of Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora. All our plants 

 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 w411 grow and thrive in all 

 ordinary situations. Plant in either Spring or Fall, and cut back each successive Spring at least 

 one-half of the previous season's growth. Dig and manure. The finest flowers are borne on the 

 new or young wood, and are largest and best when the plant has made a strong, vigorous growth. 



OUR STOCK OF THIS GKAND FLOWERING 



SHRUB IS THE LARGEST IN AMER- 



ICA— OYER 100,000 PLANTS. 



STRONG ONE-YEAR PLANTS, by Mail, postpaid, 15 cts. each ; 4 

 ' for 50 cts.; 10 for $U By Express or Freight, 50 for $4 ; $7 per JOO. 

 STRONG THREE-YEAR PLANTS, by Express or Freight only, 

 • 25 cts. each ; 5 for $1 ; 12 for $2 ; 25 for $3.75 ; $12 per 100. 



The 



shrubs forwarded from 



your 



office, 



November lo. 



arrived in 



ex- 



cellent 



condition and 



are wholly 



satis- 



factory 



If they do 



as well as 



they 



promise, I am sure we 



shall enjoy 



them 



very much.^ 









Sarah I 



.. Hill, 









Mewton, Mass. 1 



