KolkiL'itzia Amabilis. The ■"Beauty-bush. This is a very re- 

 cent acquisition to American gardens, and is one of the most note- 

 worthy shrubs ever introduced into cultivation. Clean and neat 

 in its habit of growth, it blossoms forth in June with literallv mil- 

 lions of tiny snap-dragon-like flowers, bending the slender 

 branches with their abundance. The flowers are pale lavender pink 

 in color, with a minute patch of orange on the lip. They are borne 

 in clusters around the stems, with a wooly substance at the base of 

 each cluster. 'Round and "round they go. all along the branches, 

 and on a mature specimen the foliage is almost hidden. Hardy 

 anywhere, not particular as to soil, and will tolerate some shade. 

 Holds its foliage until late in the autumn. If you want something 

 worthwhile get this. My plants are big. they flowered this year, 

 and are five times the size of those sent out by most growers offer- 

 ing this. They are well worth the price acked S5.00 each 



Sophora Vicitolia. The last half of this name means "vetch 

 leaved" and the small fern-like foliage resembles the vetch. An- 

 other new thing, which produces neat blue flowers in late summer 

 when flowering shrubs are scarce. Does best on poor soil, and 

 like many other things — notably some rock plants — will produce 

 heavily of stem and leaf at the expense of bloom if given rich 

 soil. Field grown plants S1.50 



Spirea Tnchocarpa. Heavily advertised the past two seasons 

 as a later and better Spirea \^an Houtte. Flowers are produced in 

 about the same manner, a month later, and are greenish cream be- 

 fore fading out to white. A fine shrub to carry on the season, or 

 to plant with perennials which are enhanced by a white back- 

 ground. Perfectly hardy. Field grown bushes. SI. 00 each, or 

 S7.50 per ten. 



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