Catalogue of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Etc. 



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Bed of Peonies in Bloom. (See page 44.) 



HIBISCUS Moscheatos. The best of the white 

 flowtring vai'ieties, large full growth, beautiful 

 white flowers. 



HOLLYHOCKS. Superb collections of the 

 finest double varieties and most briUiant colors. 

 Strong flowering 2 year roots. $3.00 per dozen. 

 Special low prices per 100. 



IBERIS. Candttutt. Evergreen foliage, with 

 numerous beautiful heads of white flowers. 



IBERIS Gibraltarica. A pretty, hardy candy- 

 tuft, with very large white flowers, blo«ftiing in 

 the Spring. Excellent for cutting. 11.50 to $2 

 per dozen. 



IRIS Orientalis. Fine ornamental foliage and 

 i-ieh violet blue flowers. 12.50 to S3 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 yellow 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 tjuperb 

 collection of the choicest double and single vai-ie- 

 tifes, including the newer named sorts, the best of 

 my own importations from Japan. The newest 

 and best strong flowering roots, $5 per dozen. 

 Selection of choice named kind, $3 per dozen. 

 Good strong roots, not named but desirable colors, 

 from $10 to §20 per 100. 



IRIS Gatesi, O e of the finest and most beauti- 

 ful of aU Iris. S2.50 and C3. 



IRIS Germanica. f howy broad-leaved Ikis. 

 Hardy and fine. Strong flowering roots, S2 per 

 doz. ; extra, -$2.50 per doz., S8 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 Atrofusca, claret brown ; 

 Iris Xazarena, creamy white, reddish brown spots; 

 Iris Atropurpurea, reddish purple brown, and 

 many others equally as fire. |10 per dozen. 



IRIS Siberica. A hardy desirable species ; 



various colored flowers. Growth about 18 inches. 

 IRIS Virginica. An effective variety with light 



blue flowers. 



IRIS Pumila. Flowers early with mass of deep 

 blue flowers. 3 inches across. Forms dense beds 

 0 or 8 inches high. An indigenous species. Hardy 

 and very fine. 

 LATHYRUS. Perennial Pea. Very desirable 

 climbing plants, fine for covering roots of trees ; 

 flowers in great profusion during the summer. 

 Should be trained on trellis. 

 LIATRIS. Blazing Star. Desirable border 

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

 purple flowers. 



The following are the best of 



Large beautiful white. 

 Fulgens. Dark crimson, 



LILIUM. Lilies. 



all the hardy Lilies 



Album Praecox, 

 "^Atrosanguineuni 



black spots. 



*.4uratum. Golden-Banded Lily. The giand- 

 est of all hardy Lilies. Flowers white, spotted 

 with maroon, with yellow band through centre 

 of petal. 



*Auratuin rubro vittatnm. Very large flower, 



bright spot. $1 each. 

 *Auratum Wittei. Large, pure white flowers, 

 with raised satiny white spots ; broad yeUow 

 stripe through each petal. SI each. 

 Batemanniae. A Japanese lUy growing 3 

 to 4 feet high, producing bright apricot tinted 

 flowei-s ; blooms in July. 5') cts. 

 *Browiiii. Extra large ; creamy white, shaded 

 with chocolate crimson. Rare. 75 cts. each, 

 Canadense. Meadow Lily. YeUow spotted. 

 *Caiididum. Madonna Lily. The common, 



white, sweet-scented Lily. 

 *Chalcedonicum. Bright scarlet. 

 Cordifolium. White, yellow and purple flowers. 



3 to 4 feet high. 35 cts. each. 

 Coridion. Upright, star-shaped, clear yellow 



flowers, spotted with red. 25 cts. each. 

 Elegans. Red. 



Elegans Alice Wilson. Large flowers, pure 



yellow ; very rare. $1 each. 

 Excelsum. 



*Giganteum, 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-sbaped, pure white flowers of rich frag- 

 rance. 



Hansoni. A rare fine variety. 



