THE ELIZABETH NURSERY COMPANY'S ABRIDGED CATALOGUE. 
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FLOWERING SHRUBS Continued. 
BERBERIS Vulgaris. The yellow flowers are produced 
about the first of June. Berries of a purplish red color 
completely cover the plant and remain on all winter. 
2 to 8 feet, 25 cts. each; 12 to 18 inches, 15 cts. 
each. 
B. Purpurea (Purple-Leaved). With violet-purple 
leaves and fruit. 2 to 3 feet, 25 cts. ; 3 to 4 feet, 35 cts. 
CURRANT, Yellow Flowering. The blossoms are 
yellow, with pink stamens, sweet-scented, in drooping 
racemes, appearing about the middle of May. 2 to 3 
feet, 25 cts. 
C. Red Flowering. Bright pink, almost carmine flow- 
ers; a beautiful sight when in bloom. 2 to 3 feet, 35 cts. 
ELjEAGNUS longipes. This has small, yellowish 
white flowers in May, followed by berries somewhat 
larger than currants, which, when ripe, towards the close 
of June, are of a reddish amber color and are very good 
for eating fresh or for cooking; also quite ornamental, of a 
beautiful shape. 18 inches to 2 feet, 25 cts. ; 2 to 3 feet, 
35 cts. ; 3 to 4 feet, 50 cts. 
ELDER, Golden. One of the most showy shrubs grown 
on account of its golden foliage. Very desirable for 
ornamenting lawns; with Prunus Pissarriii there is noth- 
ing finer. 2 to 3 feet, 25 cts.; 3 to 4 feet, 85 cts. each, 
FORSYTHIA suspensa. Flowers bright yellow, 
somewhat drooping; verv early in the spring. 2 to 8 
feet, 25 cts. : 3 to 4 feet, 35 cts. 
BUSH IIYDKANGEA 
HYDRANGEA paniculata grandiflora. One of 
the most popular shrubs in cultivation, blooming at a 
time when few other shrubs are in flower, bearing im- 
mense panicles of pure white flowers, which appear in 
August, turning to a delicate pink and remaining till 
late in the autumn. Spikes of flowers have been known 
to measure 12 inches long by 22 inches in circumfer- 
ence. 18 to 24 inches, 20 cts. each, $1.50 per 10; 2 to 
3 feet, 25 cts. each, $2 per 10; 3 to 4 feet. 35 cts. each, 
$3 per 10; standard. 2 feet to 2 feet 6 inches, 00 cts.; 5 
to G feet, f 1.50 each; specimens, $2.50 each. 
H. Otaksa. Large foliage of a deep green, bears a pro- 
fusion of deep, rose-colored flowers in huge trusses. 
Very fine. 25 cts. to 50 cts. each. 
COTONEASTER, Simons'. Very deep green foliage, 
white flowers in June, followed by showy, scarlet fiuit. 35c. 
DAPHNE cneorum. Narrow, glaucous green foliage, 
Flowers in dense terminal clusters, exceedingly fragrant, 
and borne quite freely all summer. One of the best low- 
growing shrubs, but little known on account of its rarity. 
Ornamental even when out of flower, but when covered 
with its multitude of showy heads of deep pink flowers it 
is exceedingly effective. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
F. viridissima. Blight yellow flowers, which appear 
early in the spring. 2 to 3 feet, 20 cts. ; 3 to 4 feet, 35c. 
DEUTZIA crenata fl. pi. Flowers double, white, 
tinged with rose. 3 to 4 leet, 25 cts. f. ' " - ■ ■ ■) 
D. Pride of Rochester. A variety producing large, 
double white flowers, the back of the petals being slightly 
tinted with rose. It excels all of the older sorts in size 
of flowers, length of panicle, profuseness of bloom, and 
vigorous habit; blooms nearly a week earlier than cre- 
nata fl. pi. 2 to 3 feet, 25 cts.; 3 to 4 feet, 35 cts. i • 
D. gracilis. A dwarf, bushy habit. The racemes of 
white flowers completely cover the plant, making it one 
of the most attractive shrubs of the season, blossoming 
in June. 15 cts., 25 cts., and 35 cts. 
EXOCHORDA grandiflora. Pure white fragrant flow- 
ers, somewhat resembling the syringa, but appearing on 
longer and lighter spikes. Blooms in May. 2 to 3 feet, 
25 cts. ; 3 to 4 feet, 35 cts. 
FRINGE, White. Blooms abundantly, bearing curi- 
ous, snow-white, fringe-like flowers. 2 to 3 feet, 50 cts. ; 
3 to 4 feet, 75 cts. -«iB 
F. Purple. Covered in midsummer with a profusion of 
dusky fringe-like flowers. 3 to 4 feet, 35 cts.; 4 to 5 
feet, 50 cts.; large size, $1. 
