NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE FOR 1904 



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-d from a Photograph) 



Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora 



The Best and Most Ornamental of all Hardy Shrubs 



(TST'B ECOGXIZIXG the sterling worth of this grandest of all hardy flowering Shrubs, we have for many 

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

 u ' k ^m thousand plants ; as a result of our efforts it is to-day the must popular of all shrubs fur yard, lawn 

 U^^ 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 

 pleading 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 

 glowing on the grounds of the senior member of our Company, does not exaggerate in the slightest degree 

 the flowering propensities of Hydrangea Panicnlata Grandiflora. All our plants will give a like 

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



TRE A TMENT. — No special treatment is required ; the Hydrangea will 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 plaut 

 has made a strong, vigorous growth. 



OUR STOCK OF THIS GRAND FLOWERING SHRUB IS 

 THE LARGEST IN AMERICA — OVER 100,000 PLANTS 



l.-> rts. each; 4 fur BO cts., lO for $t.OO, 



8TROXG FIELD-GROWN PLANTS that trill hloo,n this year, 



postpaid. By Express or Ereiyht, SO for $4; >? per lOO. 

 STRONG TWO-YEAR OLD FIELD-GROWN BLOOMING PLANTS, by Express or Freight only. 25 cts. 



each,- 5 for $1; 12 for $2; 25 for $3.75; $12 per 100. 

 STRONG THREE-YEAR-OLD FIELD-GROWN BLOOMING PLANTS, by Express or Freight onlt/. 



35 cts. each; 3 for $1 ; 12 for $3; 25 for $5. SO: $1S per lOO. 



