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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y.— Shrubs 
Japanese Judas 
(Cercis Chinensis; syn., Japonica) 
The old-time Japanese Quince has been a univer- 
sal favorite with its brilliant red flowers early in 
May. The San Jose scale attacks it so seriously that 
it should be discarded and the Japanese Judas and 
the Red-flowering Dogwood used for red flowers 
in the same season. This Judas forms a broad 
shrub 8 or 10 feet high. The branches are thickly 
studded with rose-pink, pea-shaped blossoms more 
brilliant in color than the American Judas tree. 
Laburnum • Golden Chain 
Laburnum vulgare. This is an old-cime favorite 
in this country as well as in England and the 
continent. It forms a tall, slender shrub of no par- 
ticular value as a screen, but winning admiration 
for its long, pendant, golden flowers, resembling 
its relative, the Wistaria, and the Yellow Locust. 
The Germans call it Golden Rain. It should be 
planted to rise out of groups of other shrubs. It 
blooms in May. 
Lilac * Syringa 
The Lilacs are immediately 
thought of as flowering shrubs 
by those least initiated in gar- 
den lore. The new varieties 
show a wide range of exquisite 
colorings and variation in size 
and form of the flower trusses. 
Common. Syringa vulgaris. 
This and the White are the 
old-time favorites. Their 
fragrance is unsurpassed by 
any of the newer varieties 
and they will always retain 
the strongest hold upon the 
affections. The mildew, 
which sometimes gives a 
dusty appearance to the 
foliage, is not serious. It is 
not conspicuous if the Lilacs 
are planted behind other 
shrubs that about equal them in height. Old plants 
attain a height of 12 to 15 feet, but they grow 
moderately when young, and should not be 
depended upon for screen planting on a new place. 
White. S. vulgaris, var. alba. This has pure white 
flowers and can be distinguished even in winter 
by its white buds. 
NAMED LILACS 
We have a large number of varieties which we 
have propagated on their own roots; therefore, 
there will be no trouble from the sprouting of the 
privet stock, and the sprouts which do come up 
will be of the same variety. 
Ludwig Spaeth. Deep purplish red flowers in 
dense, large panicles. The best of its color. 
President Massart. Red when in bud, purple 
when open, with large panicle. 
Emile Lemoine. Rosy lilac, very large double 
flowers. Clusters of globular form. 
Mathieu de Dombasle. Double flowers; color 
reddish mauve. 
Virginalis. Large pure white flowers in larger 
panicles than the original white. 
Named Lilacs, continued 
Frau Dammann. This is one of the best white 
Lilacs, having immense panicles. The foliage is 
vigorous and healthy. 
Senateur Volland. Double; rosy red. 
Louis Henry. Double; red-lilac, tinted blue; 
large panicles. 
Xnsignis rubra. A large truss which is dark red 
when in bud and lilac when open. 
Madam Jules Finger. Large double pink flowers. 
Belle de Nancy. Flowers bright red, with white 
center. A new and distinct color ; double. 
Ville de Troyes. Large panicles of dark purple 
flowers. 
Madam Lemoine. This we regard as one of the 
handsomest double white Lilacs, the individual 
flowerets being as large as a ten-cent piece. 
President Grevy. Beautiful lilac-blue; very dou- 
ble-flowered and very long panicles. 
Pyramidalis. Panicles which are dense; carmine 
in b.ud. 
The Double Lilacs were introduced in this vicinity 
by the late Adolph Ladenburg through the Oasis Nursery 
Company. Their stateliness and beauty are but little 
known. We have worked up a large stock of them on 
their own roots which are not subject to the failures 
incident to most imported plants. Our plants are old 
and ready to bloom and are offered much lower than 
usual. 
