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DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



LILACS, continued 



Persian. 5'. Persica. This has long, slender, gracefully 

 drooping branches, bearing clusters of lilac flowers all 

 along the sides. It differs widely from the Common 

 Lilac, which has stubby branches and upright clusters. 



Syringa villosa, var. Emodi. A sturdy, upright shrub, 

 with white or pale lilac flowers blooming about two weeks 

 later than the other Lilacs. 



Named Lilacs • Syringa vulgaris 



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 variet^^ 



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. 



Frau Dammann. This is one of the best white Lilacs, 

 having immense panicles. Foliage is vigorous and healthy. 



Insignis 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 hand- 

 somest double white Lilacs, the individual flower 

 being as large as a ten-cent piece. 



President Grevy. Beautiful lilac-blue; very double 

 flowers in extra-long panicles. 



Ps^ramidalis. Panicles exceedingly dense; carmine in 

 bud. 



Madam Gasimir Perier, A double Lilac, with large 

 and compact panicles of the purest white. A new variety, 

 highly recommended. 



JAPANESE MAPLE • Acer 



Acer palmatum. This family has contributed largely 

 to decorating the gardens of this country. It consists of 

 miniature trees, or large shrubs, which have won a place 

 with the flowers solely by the charm of their delicate 

 foliage. This is the wild form with green foliage. Early 



Tartarian Maple. One of the few plants which lengthen the 

 season of autumn color 



JAPANESE MAPLES, continued 



in autumn its foliage turns to brilliant carmine. Can be- 

 planted as single specimens or, better, in a broad group 

 with the Tartarian Maple, Dogwood and Euonymus alatus. 

 We have an exceptionally fine stock of bushy plants. 



Blood-leaved. A. palmatum, var. purpureum,. This,, 

 the Purple or Copper Beech, Schwedler's Purple Norway 

 Maple, and Purple Barberry are the four most popular 

 purple- or red-foliaged plants. Personally, we do not like 

 them because they look like a brown blot in the landscape;, 

 but there are those who think they have not deco- 

 rated their place unless they have planted an ab- 

 normal tree. 



Cut-leaved Green. A. palmatum, var. dissectum. This 

 makes a little mound of lace-like foliage about 2 feet 

 high and 4 feet wide. The leaf is divided into narrow fila- 

 ments less than X inch broad. There are places at the 

 edges of shrubbery, particularly, or in the border 

 of a flower garden where it is appropriate. 



Cut-leaved Purple. A. palmatum, var, 

 dissectum ornatum; syn., atropurpureum. This 

 is just the same as the Green, excepting that the 

 foliage has a reddish tinge as it comes out in the 

 spring, fading to a dark green in midsummer. 



TARTARIAN MAPLE 



Acer Ginnala; syn., A, Tataricum, var. 

 Ginnala 



This is one of the best plants for autumn color 

 in our nursery. It turns rather early in the 

 autumn just after the Virginia Creeper and Dog- 

 wood change. The color is not excelled in clear- 

 ness and transparency by any other autumn foli- 

 age. It quickly forms a tall screen, 12 to 15 

 feet high. 



NEW JERSEY TEA 



Ceanothus Americanus 



Although wild on Long Island, few people 

 know it. It grows in dry places, and makes a 

 shrub about i}4 feet high, with pretty little 



The small, delicate foliage of the Japanese Maples is always attractive clusters of white flowers in June. 



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