HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



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STEPHANANDRA FLEXUOSA. An attractive 3 foot 

 shrub specially suitable for borders of other shrubs, and 

 rocky banks. Branches angular, even zig-zagged, with 

 handsome deep lobed foliage which colors to purplish red; 

 and panicled racemes of white flowers in June. 

 2 to 3 feet — 50 cts. each; $4.00 per 10. 



TAMARIX. Fine feathery foliage like that of the Juniper; 

 small pink flowers on long spikes. 



— Afrieana, Gallica, Indica and Purpurea. 



— Odessana. (Caspian Tamarix.) Gracefully bending 



silver-green foliage; with loose racemes of pink flowers. 



The latest to bloom. 



. _ ( 2 to 3 feet— 45 ct s- each; $3.50 per 10. 



TamILl3 to 4 " 50 " 4-00 " 



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Vaccinium Corymbosum. (High-Bush Blueberry.) An 

 ornamental tall bush with yellowish branchlets and early 

 white flowers. The blue black fruits are numerous and of 

 excellent flavor. Prefers a moist location. 2 to 3 feet — 75 cts. 



VIBURNUM Aeerifolium. (Maple Leaved Viburnum.) 

 Slender branches, maple-like leaves, creamy white flowers 

 in late spring, and black berries. Grows three to five feet high. 

 iK to 2 feet — 60 cts. each; $5.00 per 10. 

 2 to 3 feet— 75 " " 6.50 " 



— Dentatum. (Arrow- wood.) '8 to 12 feet. Bright 

 green, heart-shaped leaves turning to purple and red. 

 May and June flowers of creamy white. 

 2 to 3 feet— 45 cts. ; $3 -5° per 10. 



— Lantana. (Wayfaring Tree.) 10 to 15 feet. 

 Beautiful wrinkled, Lantana-like leaves; white 

 flowers in May and June. Fruits color unequally 

 from crimson to black causing a most charming 

 combination of colors throughout the summer. 



2 to 3 feet-^45 cts. each; $3.50 pernio. 



3 to 4 feet — 50 " " 4*0° 

 — Lentago. (Sheepberry.) Grows to be a small tree 



30 feet high. Flowers white in" pretty cymes during 

 May and June; fruit large, oval, blue-black. 



2 to 3 feet — 50 cts. each; $4.00 per 10. 



3 to 4 feet— 65 " " 5-50 " 



Viburnum Opulus. (High Bush Cranberry.) 8 to 10 feet. 

 Handsome, dense, brilliant green foliage; a rich setting for 

 large bunches of crimson berries which enliven the late sum- 

 mer and persist on bare branches into the winter. 

 18 to 24 in.— 35 cts. each; $2.50 per 10 ) 



2 to 3 feet — 40 " " 3.00 " Y Mail size, 15 cts. 



3 to 4 feet — 50 " " 4.00 " ) 



— Opulus Sterilis. ("Snowball" or Guelder Rose.) The 

 common Snowball which helps out so bravely for Decora- 

 tion Day, with its lovely white balls of bloom. 



2 to 3 feet— 40 cts. each; $3.00 per 10. 



3 to 4 feet — 50 " " 4.00 " 

 Mail size, 15 cts. each. 



— Plicatum. (Japan Snowball.) Erect, compact, growing 6 to 

 8 feet. Purple tinted foliage, a solid mass of white in June. 

 2 to 3 feet — 60 cts. each; $5.00 per 10. 

 3to4feet— 75 " " 6.00 " 



VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS. (Chaste Tree.) A very showy 

 large shrub, with compound leaves composed of five to 

 seven leaflets, dark green above and downy gray-green 

 beneath. The flowers are borne profusely during ^ late 

 summer, in long, dense, terminal racemes; hlac and violet- 

 purple. 2 to 3 feet— 50 cts. each; $4.00 per 10. 



WEIGELA. Beautiful shrubs that bloom in May, June and 

 July. The flowers are produced in so great profusion as 

 almost entirely to hide the foliage. 



— Abel Carriere. Of all the hybrid Weigelas, this is one of 

 the finest, growing td be a tall shrub in time. It blooms ' 

 during May and June with great quantities of rose-carmine 

 flowers with yellow spot in the throat.. 



2 to 3 feet — 45 cts. each; $3-5° per 10. 



3 to 4 feet — 55 " " 4-50 



—Candida. 4 to 6 feet; a choice variety blooming in great 

 profusion during June, and to some extent all summer. 

 Pure white. 



2 to 3 feet — 45 cts. each; $3.50 per 10. 



3 to 4 feet— 55 " " 4.50' " 



— Chameleon. Very useful at Memorial Day, with its long 



sprays of beautiful rose colored bells. 



2 to 3 feet — 45 cts. each; $3.50 per 10. 

 — Rosea. Early flowering. Rose colored. 



2 to 3 feet — 40 cts. each; $3. 00 per 10. 



3 to 4 feet— 45 " " 3-5o " 



— Rosea Nana Variegata. Leaves margined creamy white; 



flowers pink. Dwarf. 



18 to 24 in.— 45. cts. each; $3-50 per 10. 



2 to 3 feet— 55 " ." 4-5° 

 — Eva Rathke. The most distinct and one of the most attrac- 

 tive varieties; flowers deep carmine red, 



2 to 3 feet — 60 cts. each: $5.00 per 10 ; Mail size, 25 cts. each. 

 — Van Houtte. Flowers broad and flat, deep rosy red with 



orange markings in throat. 



2 to 3 feet — 45 cts. each; $3.50 per 10. 



A Weigela Bush in Bloom 



