NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE. 



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HARDY ORNAMENTAL FLOV/ERING SHRUBS 



(GENERAL COLLECTION.) 



The demand for Hardy Ornamental Flowering" Shrubs is rapidly increasing, and 

 we believe we are doing our friends a real service by offering strong, vigorous plants of the 

 finest sorts, prepaid by mail, so that they can be had at trifling expense by all. These 

 beautiful shrubs are strong, robust growers ; thriving in all ordinary situations, and requu-ing 

 but little attention, being entirely hardy; you have to .plant them but once; they need no 

 I^rotection in winter, and improve with age. 



Fine shrubbery is indispensable in all kinds of ornamental planting, whether in door- 

 yard, lawn, park, or cemetery. Shrubs may be planted singly, or in groups or clumps as 

 occasion or taste may suggest ; they fill up corners and odd spaces ; make a convenient 

 screen for walks and unsightly objects, as well as a background for finer and more tender 

 plants. During their season of bloom which lasts for several weeks, they are objects of rare 

 beauty, not excelled by any other flowers. Some varieties make pretty hedges ; highly or- 

 namental in summer, and a pleasant shelter from cold winds in winter. 



Note. — The varieties marked with a star [••] are suitable for hedges and screens. When 

 used for this purpose, they should be set one foot apart. We will furnish strong blooming 

 plants of these varieties by Express, the purchaser paying Express charges, 50 for $6.50; 

 512 per hundred. The price of all the shrubs in this list by mail, post-paid is 25 cents each ; 

 ^ (ov Si.oo; I2for5;2.oo; 24 for $3.50; 50 for $7 ; <;i3 per hundred. 



" Althea or Rose of Sharon. — This splen- ^ ^^ 



did plant has not received the attention 

 it deserves; it is really one of the most 

 showy and beautiful of flowering shrubs; 

 the flov%rers are of large size ; bell-shaped ; 

 very double and full, and of various bril- 

 liant and striking colors ; they are borne 

 in great profusion in August and Septem- 

 ber, when other flowers are scarce. The 



BL1-: I'URPLE AlTHEA. 



plant is of regular and compact growth, 

 with deep, glossy green leaves ; it thrives 

 in all ordinary situations, and is entirely 

 hardy in the Middle States. It makes 

 beautiful ornamental hedges ; sure to at- 

 tract admiration wherever seen. We 

 offer four bright distinct colors, nameh" : 

 Double Purple, Double Wldte, Dou'bh' 

 Rose, DoubleViolet. Price 25 cents each ; 

 5 for $r ; 12 for $2 ; 24 for $3.50. 

 Althea — Variegated. Leaved. — A very beautiful and distinct variety ; regular and com- 

 pact growth ; half of each leaf is deep green, and half pure white ; large, very double 

 bright pink flowers ; very desirable. Price, 25 cents ; 5 for <i ; 12 for $1. 



'-•■ Berberry — ^Purple-Leaved. — This beautiful shrub is one uf the finest in the list ; it is 

 of regular symmetrical form ; with rich violet purple leaves ; a very distinct and strik- 

 ing color, and pretty yellow flowers ; it is very attractive and makes lovely orna- 

 mental hedges. 25 cents ; 5 for $1 ; 12 for $2. 



Calycanthns (Florida), Sweet Scented Shrub.— Flowers purple ; very double and 

 deliciously fragrant ; blooms at intervals during the season ; old and much esteemed. 

 25 cents ; 5 for |i ; 12 for $2. 



