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HARDY PERENNIALS— Continued 



Hardy Scotch Pink Her Majesty. 

 HARDY SCOTCH PINKS. 



Price, the following varieties, 2-inch pot plants, 50 

 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hundred. 

 HER MAJESTY, the Double White Pink— We have 

 much pleasure in drawing attention to this charming- 

 novelty, which is one that will hold its own as long* as 

 Pinks are cultivated. It has become one of the most 

 popular of the day, being- grown by acres to supply 

 the. demand for cut flowers. 



ABBOTTSFORD — Deep cherry-red, variegated with 

 pink and pale silvery- white; very fine. 



TR1TOMA PF1TZERI1 



A very attractive summer and autumn flowering plant, 

 producing stately flower scapes and magnificent, dense 

 terminal spikes of high-colored flowers, familiarly known 

 on account of their shape and glowing colors as Red i±oz 

 Poker" plant. A very satisfactory hardy plant, which should 

 be in every order. Price, strong plants, $1.00 per dozen. 



GIANT HARDY PRIMROSE 



(Primula Veris Superba.) 



In size of flower, fully three times as large as any 

 other hardy Primrose, the average size of the flower 

 being over one inch, and we have seen them frequent- 

 ly measuring over two inches, with trusses of bloom 

 six inches in diameter. It is perfectly hardy, grows 

 from ten to twelve inches high, and begins to flower 

 earlier and continues in bloom longer than any other 

 Primrose. Color, pure golden-yellow. Price, 50 cents 

 per dozen. 



ANEMONES (Japanese Windfiower) 



These beautiful Windflowers are perfectly hiardy, if 

 given protection of two or three inches of leaves dur- 

 ing the winter. 



HONORINE J O U B E RT — The finest single white. 



QUEEN CHARLOTTE— Large semi-double flowers 

 of silvery-pink. 



WHIRLWIND— Large, semi-double pure white. Price, 

 60 cents per dozen. 



HIBISCUS CRIMSON EYE 



A fine, large, single white, hardy Hibiscus with 

 crimson eye. Perfectly hardy and robust grower. 

 Price, 50 cents pep dozen; $3.00 per hundred. Strong 

 three-year-old plants, $1.00 per dozen; $8.00 per hun- 

 dred. 



ACHILLEA, THE PEARL 



The Great Cemetery Plant. 



Its flowers are pure white, perfectly doubel, and pro- 

 duced in large sprays, making it one of the finest cut 

 flowers for bouquets, vases, baskets, etc., or for any 

 kind of decoration. For cemetery planting it is the 

 most valuable of all flowers, for it is sure to thrive 

 and bear its great profusion of snow-white flowers 

 nearly, the whole summer. Price, strong field grown 

 plants, 50 cents per dozen; $4.00 per hundred. 



HARDY SHRUBS 



The following list of shrubs we have imported in strong two-year-old stock, measuring from ten to fifteen inches 

 in height. Price, 50 cents per dozen, $4.00 per 100 (except wher© noted). 



ALTHEA (Rose of Sharon) 



Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents. 

 A. ALBA PLENA — A fine double white with crimson 

 center 



BOULE DE FEW— Double red. 



G RAN Dl FLORA SUPERBA— Double white, with 

 carmine center. 



RUBRA PLENA— Double rose. 

 JEANNE DE ARC — Piure white. 



FOLIA VARIEGATA — Leaves variegated green and 

 White. 



TOT US ALBUS — Fine single pure white; very large. 

 CELESTIS — Light pale-violet, single; one of the best. 

 CERULEAN PLEUR— Double blue; extra fine. 

 Price, 15 cents each, any four for 50 cents.. 



ASHBERRY (Mahonia Aquifolia) 



Purplish, shining prickly leaves, and showy, bright 

 yellow flowers in May, succeeded by bluish berries. 



BERBERIS PURPUREA (Purple Barberry) 



The Barberry is a very pretty shrub; has dark pur- 

 ple foliage, making a pretty effect planted with green 

 foliage-shrubs. Golden-yellow flowers and bright crim- 

 son berries. 



HARDY AZALEA MOLLIS 



They are the most brilliant colored plants in the 

 whole list of hardy Shrubs, the prevailing colors be- 

 ing orange, yellow, buff, pinkish red, etc. When 

 planted in beds on the lawn they make a charming 

 picture. Price, plants with 15 to 20 buds, $4.00 per doz. 



PURPLE FRINGE (Smoke Bush) 



A beautiful distinct, large shrub, much admired for 

 its long, feathery flower stalks, which give the tree 

 the appearance of being covered with a cloud of smoke. 



WEIGELAS 



W. CANDIDA — Flowers pure white, produced in 

 profusion in June. 



W. ROSEA — Flowers pink; dwarf grown. 



W. ROSEA VARIEGATA— Like the above variety, 

 except in color of foliage, which is a yellow and green, 

 variegation. 



W. EVA RATHKE — Flowers of dark carmine-red. 

 LILAC (Syringa) 



WHITE LILAC— White flowers. 

 PURPLE LILAC— Rosy-lavender 



SPIREA (Meadow Sweet) 



The Spireas are all elegant low shrubs of the easiest 

 culture. 



S. ANTHONY WATERER— A fine dwarf Spirea with 

 dark crimson flowers ; one of the finest shrubs of recent 

 years. 



S. BUMALDA — A very handsome species from 

 Japan; habit dwarf, but vigorous, flowers rose-colored. 



BILLARDI — Tall-growing, with plume-like spikes of 

 deep rose colored flowers. 



REEVESII, fl. pl. — A charming double -flowering va- 

 riety with large round clusters of white flowers that 

 cover the whole plant. 



VAN HOUTTEI — Flowers in May, and early June, 

 when the plant is covered with a mass of large, white 

 flowers. 



HYDRANGEA (Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora) 



This is one of the most hardy shrubs in cultivation. 

 The flowers are white, borne in immense pyramidal 

 panicles nearly a foot in length. 



