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THE GRHBNING PICTORIAL SYSTEM OE LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



Pride of Rochester — A showy, early, and large- 

 flowering sort that blooms in May before the 

 others. Grows 6 to 8 feet tall. The white flow- 

 ers are large and double. 



Watereri — A superb sort, with large flowers borne 

 in long, loose racemes. They arc a pretty pink 

 color and open out quite flat. The shrub is ex- 

 tra-vigorous and hardy, growing to 8 feet under 

 proper conditions. 



Discolor grandiflora — A beautiful variety from 

 China, with large leaves, dark green above,- 

 lighter beneath. The white flowers are borne in 

 loose corymbs in June, and have spreading 

 petals. Plants grow to 7 feet in height. 



Gracilis (Slender-branched Deutzia)— A neat, 

 dense little bush, rarely over 2 feet high, that 

 blooms in May, wreathing its drooping branches 

 with pure white flowers. Equally valuable for 

 shrubberies and forcing. 



Lemoinei — Rarely growing over 3 feet high, with 

 spreading branches, it has bright green leaves 

 2 to 3 inches long and white flowers grown in 

 large clusters in early summer. ' 



DIERVILLA (Weigelia) 



Florida, amabilis — Very free blooming and hardy, 

 of good habit and rapid growth. Large deep 

 rose-colored flowers. 



Florida Candida — Very best of all white flowering 

 Weigelia. Continues to bloom throughout the 

 entire summer. 



Rosea — Same as Candida in habit except that it 

 has pink flowers. The most popular A'ariety in 

 cultivation. 



' Rosea Nana Variegata — Of neat dwarf habit, with 

 pink flowers and leaves broadly margined with 

 creamy white. 



Eva Rathke — New, bright crimson flower, blooms 

 all summer, medium growth, hardy. The most 

 valuable and attractive bloomer of this class. 



ELAEAGNUS (Oleaster) 



Angustifolia (Russian Olive) — A very hardy and 

 handsome species of tree-like form. The leaves 

 are particularly handsome, willow-like and of a 

 rich, silvery white. Flowers are small golden 

 yellow and very fragrant. Blooms in June. 



Longipes (Silver Thorn) — Showy shrub of strong 

 bushy growth. Its fragrant creamy white blos- 

 soms o])cn in April or May. 



EUONYMUS (Strawberry Tree) 

 Europaeus (European Spindle Tree) — A large tree- 

 like shrub. Flowers abundantly in spring with 

 bright yellow flowers in noddine clusters, fol- 

 lowed by pink fruits enclosed in orange arils. 

 Very hardy, one of the most beautiful of shrubs. 



Radicans — A beautiful Japanese variety, grown 

 mostly as a vine. When grown as a shrub it 

 trails along the ground and roots, forming a 

 dense growth. When trained as a vine, it 

 climbs to 20 feet, with small, greenish-white 

 flowers appearing in June and July. Fruits are 

 pink, the cells separating and exposing the 

 scarlet arils which cover the seeds. 



EXOCHORDA (Pearl Bush). 



Grandiflora — One of the finest shrubs of its sea- 

 son, but difficult to propagate and always scarce. 

 Its long, loose sprays of large, pure white flow- 

 ers open in May, in such profusion as to give 

 the shrub a very rich effect. In the bud form 

 they look like pearls strung on slender threads. 

 The bush grows 8 to 10 feet high, and is one of 

 the most distinctively ornamental shrubs in cul- 

 tivation. 



FORSYTHIA (Golden Bell) 



These splendid old shrubs, growing 8 to 10 feet 

 tall in good soil, light up the garden with glinting 

 masses of yellow, very early in spring, before the 

 leaves appear and usually blooming with the cro- 

 cuses, which are frequently planted in front of and 

 beneath them. All are of strong growth, entirely 

 hardy, with curving branches that sometimes root 

 at their tips; stems and leaves retain their color 

 until late fall. 



Intermedia — One of the most floriferous. with 

 slender, arching branches, and dark green, lus- 

 trous leaves. It blooms so early that it is fre- 

 quently covered with its bright golden flowers 

 while the ground is covered with snow, and is 

 one of the very first promises of the bright and 

 beautiful spring days to follow. 



Suspensa — Long, curving branches, used for cov- 

 ering arches and trellises. 



Fortunei — The handsome, more erect form gener- 

 ally known. 



Viridissima — The flowers of this variety are a 

 little deeper yellow than in other sorts, and 

 are sometimes twisted. The bush is not quite 

 so hardy as the others of the species, and it is 

 best to give it some sligh.t protection in winter 

 in northern latitudes. 



HAMAMELIS (Witch Hazel) 



Virginiana — Valuable because its fringe-like yel- 

 low flowers open so late in fall — often in No- 

 vember — when there are few other blossoms 

 outdoors anywhere. Grows 10 to 15 feet tall, 

 with fine leaves that color to yellow, orange or 

 purple in fall and drop before the bright yellow 

 flowers with narrow, twisted petals appear, 

 making them quite conspicuous among bare 

 branches. Likes a moist, sandy, or peaty soil 

 and partial shade. 



HIBISCUS SYRIACUS (Althea) 

 (Rose of Sharon) 



The Altheas are fine free-growing flowering 

 shrubs, of very easy cultivation, desirable on ac- 

 count of flowering in August and September when 

 nearly all other trees and shrubs are out of bloom. 

 Tender in some localities. 

 Rubra flore pleno — Double red Althea. 

 Purpurea flore pleno — Double purple. 

 Alba flore pleno — Double white Althea. 

 Rubrum — Single red Althea. 

 Purpurea — Single purple Althea. 

 Alba — Single white Althea. 

 Althea— Striped. 

 Althea — Pink and white. 

 Althea — White and crimson center. 

 Flore pleno Variegata — A vaciegated leaved, 



double flowering. 



HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS 



HYDRANGEA 



Hydrangea Arborescens Sterilis (Hills of Snow) — 

 This \ ariety has a whiter bloom than the Panic- 

 ulata. It also blooms earlier. So far, however, 

 it has not quite come up to our expectations, 

 lieing much weaker in growth. 



Hortensis, Otaksa — Of dwarf, dense habit, with 

 large heads of pink or blue flowers. Tender and 

 suitable only for tub culture. 



