CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS j 



Spiraea 



Anthony Waterer. A valuable variety; color bright crimson; it 



is of dwarf, dense growth, never exceeding 30 inches in height; 



in bloom the entire summer and fall. 60 cts. each. 

 Billardi. Strong growing, pink-flowered. 60 cts. each. 

 Margaritae. A free-flowering variety with flat heads of soft 



pink flowers from June to October; grows 3 to 4 feet high. 60 



cts. each. 



Prunif olia Fl. PI. {Double Flowering Bridal Wreath). A favorite 



variety and one of the best; it is a beautiful Shrub of medium size 



with double white flowers in May. 60 cts. each. 

 Thunbergi. One of the most charming of all low-growing Shrubs, 



with fine delicate foliage, and a profusion of small white flowers in 



spring. 60 cts. each. 

 Van Houttei. The grandest of all the white Spiraeas; it is of 



compact habit and a beautiful ornament for the lawn at any season, 



but when in flower it is a complete fountain of white bloom, the 



foliage hardly showing. 60 cts. each. 



Tamarix 



Af r icana (Tamarisk). Strong, slender, tall growing, irregular Shrubs 

 with feathery foliage and small, delicate flowers, borne profusely 

 on gracefully-bending branches. These pink flowers are very at- 

 tractive during May. 60 cts. each. 



Hispida Aestivalis. A distinct variety, 

 with delicate, soft, pink sprays of flowers 

 in July and August, a time when the 

 shrubbery border is comparatively 

 bare of flowers. 60 cts. each. 



Indica, Very strong- 

 growing, with feath- 

 ery plumes of pale 

 pink flowers in late 

 summer and au- 

 tumn. 60 cts. each. 



Magnolia. See Page 206. 



VlBURS'l'M Carlesi 



S tephanandra 



Flexuosa. Of graceful fountain-like habit 

 of growth with finely and deli- 

 cately cut leaves which in the 

 autumn assume brilliant reddish 

 tints; the flowers are creamy 

 white. 60 cts. each. 



Viburnum (Snowball 



Carlesi. A rare Korean variety 

 which is entirely distinct with 

 salver-shaped flowers of a delicate 

 rose tinted white, passing to white 

 sweet-scented flowers produced in 

 terminal sub-globose cymes 2 to 3 

 inches in diameter, reminding one 

 somewhat of a spray of Bouvardia. 

 Good bushy specimens, 2 to 3 feet, 

 $2.50 each. 

 Opulus (HighBush Cranberry). The 

 white flowers in June are followed 

 in autumn by bright scarlet berries. 

 60 cts. each. 



Vitex Macrophylla 



which are very attractive until very late in winter. 



Opulus Sterilis (Snowball or Guelder Rose). The popular white Snowball, filled with 

 large pendant balls of white flowers in May. - 60 cts. each. 



Plicatum (Japan Snowball). One of the choicest hardy Shrubs, with healthy dark 

 foliage; the perfect balls of pure white flowers are borne in great profusion in 

 May. $1.00 each. 



Rhytidophyllum. A rare variety, particularly attractive on account of its large 

 dark green nearly evergreen foliage, the yellowish white flowers are follow- 

 ed in September by red berries finally turning black Specimen plants, 

 $2.50 each 



Vitex Macrophylla 



Forms a most graceful, shapely, attractive plant, 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 nicely divided foliage with aromatic odor. The pretty lavender-blue flowers, 

 arranged in whorls on long, graceful terminal spikes or racemes begin bloom- 

 ing in July, continuing without interruption until frost. A most attractive 

 Shrub for any position. Strong plants, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Weigelia (Deirvilla) 



Eva Rathke. The finest Weigelia in cultivation; flowering continuously 

 throughout the summer and autumn: of a rich ruby carmine. 60 cts. 

 each. 



Soft rosy carmine. 60 cts. each. 



Rosea Foliis Purpureis. This is entirely distinct and will prove a welcome addition 

 to the Shrub border, not only on account of its light pink flowers but for its foliage 

 effect, its leaves being of a rich-bronzy purple. 60 cts. each. 



Rosea Nana Variegata. Has splendid variegated foliage, a mottling of green, 

 yellow and pink, delicate rose colored flowers. 60 cts. each. 



We will supply all Shrubs priced at 60 cts. each for $6.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. Shrubs cannot be sent by mail. 



