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Prunus Triloba. A highly interesting 
and desirable addition to hardy 
shrubs ; flowers semi-double, of 
a delicate pink, upwards of an 
inch in diameter, thickly set on 
the long slender branches ; native 
of China ; hardy. See cut, page 
44. ?5c. 
Privet or Prim (Ligustrum.) 
Box-Leaved (buxi/olium.) 25c. 
Common (vulgar,:) Has pretty 
spikes of white flowers, succeeded 
by bunches of black berries, like 
currants ; makes beautiful hedges. 
25c. 
Elegans Variegatum. 
Golden (awruin.) Yellowish wood, 
foliage, &c. ' 25c. 
Japonicum. Fine, deep green foli- 
age, long panicles, creamy white 
flowers. 
Jai'ONIcu.m LaTIFOLIUM Novum. — 
(New.) Broad-leaved. 
Japonicum Lrcini M Aureum Var- 
IEGATUM'. (New.) Golden varie- 
gated. 
Japonicum Var. Aureum. (New.) 
Leaves margined with yellow. 
LAUREi.-LKAVF.D(/<7«/v/f//Kw.) Very 
distinct and fine. 25c. 
Pyramidal (pyramiJale.) 25c. 
White-Berried. A variety with 
white berries. 25c. 
The Privet in all its varieties, de- 
serves attention as an ornamental plant. 
It is almost an evergreen, and grows 
freely in all soils ; is compact and regu- 
lar in its form, and bears shearing to 
any extent. The whole collection which 
we offer, makes a very interesting group 
on the lawn. The new varieties may 
not be perfectly hardy. 
Purple Fringe Tree, or Venetian Su- 
mach (Rhus cotinus.) A much 
admired shrub, for its curious 
fringe or hair-like flowers, that 
cover the whole surface ol the 
plant in mid-summer. It grows 
10 to 12 feet high, and spreads so 
as to require considerable space. 
Quince Japan (Cydonia japonic,;.) 
Blush (alba.) A very beautiful 
variety of the Scarlet, with deli- 
cate white and blush flowers. 
Double-Flowering. A variety of 
the Scarlet, with semi - double 
flowers. 
Dark Crimson (atrosanguinea.) A 
vigorous variety, with large glossy 
foliage and dark crimson flowers. 
Quince Japan (Cydonia japonica.) 
Mali.ardii. Flowers white, beau- 
tifully stained toward the center 
with rosy crimson; very distinct. 
Orange Scarlet (aurantiaca.)— 
Flowers orange scarlet ; distinct. 
Princesse Emii.e Sontza. A very- 
distinct variety, with dark blood 
red flowers, and large, rich green 
foliage. 
Scarlet (japonica.) Mas bright 
scarlet crimson flowers in great 
profusion in the early spring ; 
one of the best hardy shrubs in 
the Catalogue. 
UmBKUCATA, Flowers brilliant 
rosy-red, succeeded by large 
showy fruit ; forms a large shrub ; 
one of the 6nest. 
Sloe (Prunus spinosa.) 
Double-Flowering. A small tree, 
or large shrub, covered in spring 
with small, double daisy - like 
white flowers, succeeded by small 
dark purple fruit. 
Spiraea. 
Aurea (opulifolia aurea.) An inter 
csting variety, with golden-yellow 
tinted foliage; very conspicuous. 
Bella. Flowers beautiful bright 
pink. 
Billardi. Rose colored ; blooms 
nearly all summer. 
Blumeii. Flowers rose colored. 
Callosa Alba. A white-flower- 
ing variety, of dwarf habit ; very 
fine. 
CHINESE (sinensis.) A Chinese 
species, with small, glossy leaves, 
and large clusters or spikes of 
white llowers ; July and August. 
Double-Flowering Plu.m-Lkaved 
(pruni folia ft. pi.) Very beauti- 
ful ; its flowers are like white 
daisies ; from Japan ; blossoms in 
May. 
Douglas (Douglassi.) Has spikes 
of beautiful deep rose-colored 
flowers in July and August. 
Elm-Leaved (ulmi/olia.) Leaves 
somewhat resembling an elm, 
and large, round clusters of white 
flowers. 
Eximia. Flowers bright rose-color. 
July. One of the best. See cut. 
Fontenaysii( A^t/.) Vigorous and 
a very free bloomer ; large pani- 
cles of white flowers. 75c. 
Fortunes (Fortunci or callosa.) 
Has large panicles of deep rosy 
blossoms ; grows freely, and blos- 
soms nearly all summer ; fine. 
