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THE DINGEE & CONARD COMPANY S 



occasion or taste may suggest. Their season of bloom lasts for several weeks, 

 during which they are objects of striking beauty. We believe we are doing 

 our friends a real service in offering these plants, prepaid by mail, so that they 

 can be had at trifling expense by all. 



PEIOE 25 CENTS EACH, 5 for $1. 12 for $2. 

 Almond, Double Rose. — Height three feet ; flowers perfectly double, like 



small roses ; blooms profusely before the leaves show. 

 Almond, Double White. — Same as above, only white flowers instead of rose- 

 colored. 



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WEIGELIA ROSEA, VARIEGATED LEAVED.— (^^^/^i^^ 34). 



Althea, or Rose of Sharon.— Old and well known ; a large growing shrub 

 of easy cultivation, producing, during the summer, a great profusion of 

 large bell-shaped flowers of various colors. We offer four kinds — Double 

 White, Double Purple, Double Pink and White, and Single Red ; 

 they are all much esteemed. 



Deutzia Gracilis. — Height two feet ; very bushy ; a charming shrub, intro- 

 duced from Japan by Dr. Siebold ; flowers pure white ; blooms profusely ; 

 very hardy and desirable. See illustration, page 31. 



Deutzia Crenata. — Height four feet ; similar growth and habit to above ; 

 flowers double ; white tinged with rose ; hardy and fine. 



Deutzia Fortunii. — Height two to three feet ; one of the most beautiful, pro- 

 fuse flowering varieties : white ; perfectly hardy. 



