1909 wCDiAGEE Guide To Rose Culture .^^is.soi 



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Dingee Best Hardy Flo^vering Shrubs 



Por planting in vards and gardens, either as hedges, screens or for ornamentation of bare spots, they are absolutely 

 iindispensable. Thev lend a certain characteristic to the environment which is sadly lacking on the layout of met 

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

 3ug 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; petals 



t3eautifuily blotched at the base with rich rose. 

 "Blanche, The nearest pure white of any double variety. 

 New Bann^Y. Clear, rosy pink, striped with rich crimson. 



Blooms The first year. 

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



margined silver}.- white: flowers double First size only. 

 Double Purple. Perfectly double; color deep reddish 



purple. 

 ■Carnation-slripe^. Pink, with crim.son stripes. Very fine. 

 Jotus albus. Moderate grower; free bloomer. The finest 



single pure XK'hite Althaea. 



Andromeda Mariana 



A neat, compact, shapely bush, 2 to 3 feet high: pro- 

 •duces great sheaves of graceful sprays, covered with 

 ■lovely blooms. The individual flowers are long and tubu- 

 lar; very fragrant and beautiful waxy white. 



Berberis (Barberry) 



Thunbeigi, 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) 



Floridus, Flowers purple; quite double; e.xquisitely fra- 

 grant and borne in profusion during the entire season. 



Cydonia (Japan Quince) 

 •Snow-White. Shrub has glossy green leaves and sharp 

 thorns. The only pure white flowering Japan Quince. 

 laponica. Flowers beautiful, bright crimson. 



Catalpa (Indian Bean) 



Tea's 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. Flowers pure white, 

 borne on long, pendulous stems. 



Diervilla (Weigeia) 



Used to advantage for single lawn specimens or for 

 massing; strong, vigorous growers. 

 Candida. Fine light green foliage; bears snow-white 



flowers the last of June. 

 Lavellei. Deep red flowers; beautiful. 

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

 Variegated Leaf. Green leaves, margined pure white; 



flowers beautiful, clear blush. 

 Eva Rathke. Rich reddish purple. 

 Rubra. Red, shading to light pink. 



Forsythia (Golden Bell) 



Viridissima, Height 3 to 4 feet; bright yellow, 

 shaped flowers; blooms early. 



bell- 



Deutzia 



New Hardy Orange {Otms trifoUata) 



The leaves are thick and glossy, deep shining green; 

 the flowers are lovely pure white, and deliciously sweet; 

 the fruit small, bright red, but not eatable. 



Lonicera (Honeysuckle) 



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 2k feet. Drooping; snow-white flowers. 

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



shade of blush on outside of petals. 

 Lemoinei. New. Immense. Purest white. 



Tartarian. A graceful, 

 5 feet high; foliage ( 



branching, ornamental bush, 3 to 

 ark green. WTiite, Red and Pink. 



Styrax 



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

 and smooth, light-colored bark. Blooms freely in- 

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

 highly fragrant. 



Syringa (Lilac) 



Jasminum (Jasmine) 



Nudiflorum. Handsome, bell-shaped, golden yellb^ 

 sweet-scented flowers are borne before the foliage. 



Kerria Japonica 



Japonica, A graceful shrub, with double yellow flowers. 



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

 35 cts. each, $1 for 3, $2.^0 for 10, by freight or exjiress 

 by freight or expresa 



New Persian. Blooms in early June. Flowers beautiful- 

 deep purple, fragrant: leaves dark g,reen, rather small. 



White. This raj-e antl beautiful Wlrite- Lilac is muchi 

 sought/ after. 



TamariX (Tamajcisk) 



Africana (African Tamarisk). .A graceful, erect-growina 

 shrub, having pretty pink flowers, and leaves like an 

 evergreen. 



each, 50 cts for 4, $1 for 9, postpaid. Two-year-old size. 

 Three-year-old size, 50 cts. each, $2 for 5, S3. 50 for 10^ 



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