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Fred'k W. Kelsey, 145 Broadway, New York. 

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FINE HARDY SHRUBS, contiiined. 



handsome foliage, and grows near the ground. 

 Very fine. IS5 toSio per doz. Low rates per 

 100. Other varieties. 



PHILADELPHUS, or SYRINGA, GARLAND, the : 



popular common Syringa ; delicately perfumed 



white flowers in June. 25 to 50 cts. each, $8 to 



$20 per 100. \'ery low rates per 1,000. 

 Speciosa, Qrandiflora and other best sorts. Fine 



plants, S3 per doz. , $10 to $20 per 100. Special 



low rates per i ,000. 

 Golden. Medium size, compact habit ; foliage 



bright golden yellow ; fragrant white flowers ; 



fine. 50 cts. each, {5 per doz.; special low 



rates per 100. 



PURPLE FRINGE {Rhus Cotinns.) "Smoke 1 

 Tree." 35 cts. 3 to 4 feet, S15 per 100. ! 



PRUNUS PISSARDII. The most distinct hardy 

 colored foliage tree or shrub known. Leaves 

 and wood are constant crimson or maroon red 

 the entire season ; hardy and easily grown. 

 Fine plants on plum stock, 2H to 5 feet, $4 to 

 $7.50 per doz., S75 per 100, and upwards. 

 Triloba. Fine plants on plum stock. $3 to $4 

 per doz. Low rates in quantity. 



PRIVET, STANDARD CALIFORNIA. Fine 



specimens grown in tree-shape ; well branched ' 



heads. Rare and valuable. $1.50 each, $10 to } 



$15 per doz. | 



PRIVET, CALIFORNIA or OVALIFOLIUM. This 



variety is now more extensively used for 

 hedge purposes in fine ornamental grounds 

 than any other hardy plant. It is easily trans- 

 planted without loss ; of compact. rapid growth ; 

 handsome foliage, and is free from insects and 

 diseases. Can be readil)' trimmed so as to 

 keep the hedge of almost any height or form 

 desired, and the foliage remains in perfection 

 very late in Autumn. In some locations this 

 variety is practically an Evergreen. Very 

 fine, well-rooted and well-branched plants, 18 

 to 24 inches, 2 to 3 feet, 3 to 4 feet and largeri 

 $5 per 100 and upward, according to size. 

 Special low rates per 1,000, and for extra 

 specimens on application. See Surplus List, 

 inside back cover. 



! Common European ( Ligustruvi vuJfraie). A 

 valuable hedge plant, and equally desirable 

 I for groups, screens, or borders. Growth very 

 compact; shining green leaves; spikes of 

 white flower's in May. ^=2 and $3 per doz.; low 

 rates per 100 and 1,000. 



PJEONIES, Upright or Tree. Enormous showy 

 flowers. Best hardy varieties, $1 to S2. 



RHODOTYPUS KERRIOIDES. A rare Japanese 

 shrub, with handsome large, dark, plicate foli. 

 I age and a profusion of single pure white 

 1 flowers in midsummer ; very fine. 50 and 75 

 I cts. : smaller at low rates. 



Best Hardy Rhododendrons. 



The World's Fair Diploma was awarded me 

 over all competitors for the finest and most 

 complete collection of Rhododendrons at the P2x- 

 position. See copy of Diploma on back of cover. 

 Many competent judges pronounced the exhibit 

 the best ever given in this country. Those who 

 saw the plants there while they were in bloom can 

 appreciate the beautiful effects easily produced by 

 suitable groupings and borders of Rhododen- 

 drons, now generally admitted to be the finest of 

 plants used for ornamental purposes. For several 

 years they have been one of my leading specialties. 

 I have sent out many thousands, and they have 

 invariably given satisfaction. I recommend them 

 for planting wherever fine shrubs are appreciated. 

 No park, private estate, or other ornamental 

 grounds can obtain the best attainable effects 

 without suitable collections or masses, and no 

 lawn or border is complete without them. 



If properly massed in beds or borders, there is no 

 difficulty in growing them with perfect success. 

 The really hardy varieties are inherently hardy, 

 and will flourish in any good, loamy soil moder- 

 ately enriched with fibrous material like leaf-mold 

 or rotted sod. The plants usually succeed best in 



partially shaded situations; mnlc)niig is always 

 advisable, and in exposed locations the protection 

 of a few evergreen boughs, sufficient to keep off" the 

 sun and wind in winter, is often advantageous. 

 The seed pods shoxdd in all cases be removed 

 soon after flowei ing . 



Treated in this way, there is no occasion for fail- 

 ure. My plants are all carefully selected, and are 

 the strictly hardy varieties adapted for this cli- 

 mate; and my facilities for supplying these are 

 unsurpassed, considering either quality or price. 

 Many foreign plants, offered by some nurserymen 

 and dealers at "great bargains," are really the 

 most expensive in the end, as such plants are for 

 the most part of the Ponticum strain of varieties, 

 quite lacking in hardiness, and utterly worthless 

 for permanent planting in all localities north of 

 Washington. Such plants are, therefore, both 

 misleading and unsatisfactory. Hundreds have 

 procured these half hardy plants, with inevitable 

 failure as the result, and then regret they " cannot 

 succeed in growing Rhododendrons ;" whereas 

 had a proper selection been made, there would 

 have been success instead of failure. 



As with many other things, "the best are the 



The Rhododendrons, .\zaleas and Barberries all arrived at Garrison's in good condition and are fine plants. 



New York. V. R. O . 



