Catalogue of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Etc. 



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Bed of Peonies in Bloom. (See page 4.4.) 



HIBISCUS lUoscheatos. The best of the white 

 flowering varieties, large full growth, beautiful 

 white flowers. 



HOLLYHOCKS. Superb collections of the 

 finest double varieties and most brilhant colors. 

 Strong flowering 3 year roots. $3.00 per dozen. 

 Sf)ecial low prices per 100. 



IBERIS. Candytuft. Evergreen foUage, with 

 numerous beautiful heads of white flowers. 



IBERIS Gibraltarica. A pretty, hardy candy- 

 tuft, with very large white flowers, blooming in 

 the Spring. Excellent for cutting. $1.50 to $2 

 per dozen. 



IRIS Orientalis. Fine ornamental foliage and 

 lich violet blue flowers. $2..50 to $3 per dozen. 



IRIS Kaempferi. This beautiful Japanese 

 species is the finest of all the hardy Iris. Per- 

 fectly hardy and easily grown everywhere. 

 Flowers extra large, 6 to 8 inches in diameter ; in 

 various tints of purple, lavender, blue, shaded 

 with yeUow straw color, and in borders give a 

 mass of bloom for several weeks during June and 

 July, when few flowers are out. I offer a superb 

 collection of the choicest double and single varie- 

 ties, including the newer named sorts, the best of 

 my own importations from Japan. The newest 

 and best strong flowering roots, S5 per dozen. 

 Selection of choice named kind, $3 per dozen. 

 Grood strong roots, not named but desirable colors, 

 from $10 to $20 per 100. 



IRLS Gatesi. O e of the finest and most beauti- 

 ful of aU Iris. $2.50 and [ 3. 



IRIS Germanica. ^ howy broad-leaved Iris. 

 Hardy and fine. Strong flowering roots, S'2 per 

 lioz.: extra, $2.50 per doz., $8 to $12 per 100. 



♦IRIS New Palestine, A distinct beautiful 

 variety from the Holy Land. Flowers of distinct 

 colors, and exquisite tints. Free blooming, easily 

 grown. Very fine. Iris Atrof usca, claret brown ; 

 Iris Nazarena, creamy white, reddish brown spots ; 

 Iris Atropurpurea, reddish purple brown, and 

 many others equally as fine. $10 per dozen. 



IRIS Siberica. A hardy desirable species ; 



various colored flowers. Growth about 18 inches. 

 IRIS Virgin ica. An effective variety with fight 



blue flowers. 



IRIS Pumila. Flowers early with mass of deep 



blue flovFers. 3 inches across. Forms dense beds 



6 or 8 inches high. An indigenous species. Hardy 



and very fine. 

 LATHY RUS. Perennial Pea. Tery desirable 



climbing plants, fine for covering roots of trees ; 



flowers in gi-eat profusion during the summer. 



Should be trained on trellis. 

 LIATRIS. Blazing Stab. Desirable border 



plants, with long, dense spikes of rose, blue and 



purple flowers. 

 LILIUM. Lilies. The following are the best of 



all the hardy Lilies : 



Album Praecox. Large beautiful white. 

 *Atrosanguineuni Fnlgens. Dark crimson, 

 black spots. 



^Aaratum. Golden-Banded Lily. The grand- 

 est of all hardy Lilies. Flowers white, spotted 

 with maroon, with yellow band through centre 

 of petal. 



*Auratum rubro vittatnm. Very large flower, 



bright spat. $1 each. 

 *Auratum Wittei. Large, pure white flowers, 

 with raised satiny white spots ; broad yellow 

 stripe through each petal. $1 each. 

 Batemanuiae. A Japanese lily growing 3 

 to 4 feet high, producing bright apricot tinted 

 flowers ; blooms in July. 5 ) cts. 

 *Brownii. Extra large ; creamy n hite, shaded 

 with chocolate crimson. Rare. 75 cts. each. 

 Canadense. Meadow Lily. Yellow spotted. 

 ^Candidum. Madonna Lily. The common, 



white, s^veet-scented Lily. 

 *ChaIcedonicum. Bright scarlet. 

 Cordifolium. White, yellow and purple flowers. 



3 to 4 feet his;h. 35 cts. each. 

 Coridiou. Upright, star-shaped, clear yellow 



flowers, spotted with red. 25 cts. each. 

 Elegans. Red. 



Elesans Alice Wilson. Large flowers, pure 



yellow ; very rare. $1 each. 

 Excelsum. 



*Giganteam. White, with crimson stripes ; 6 to 

 10 feet. $4 each. 



Grayi. Flowers bright crimson outside, orange red 

 inside. Very beautiful and rare. 50 cts. each. 



Harrisii. Bermuda Easter Lily. Large, 

 ti'umpet-shaped, pure white flowers of rich frag- 

 rance. 



Hansoni. A rare fine variety. 



