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The Spirea is without doubt one of the most 
useful of ornamental shrubs. It can be used for 
backgrounds, dividing fences, hiding foundations 
and the individual specimens are very beautiful, 
SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI (Bridal Wreath), The 
grandest of all the Spireas; it is a beautiful orna- 
ment for the lawn at any season, but when in 
flower it is a complete fountain of white bloom, 
the foliage hardly showing. Clusters of twenty 
to thirty flat white florets make up the racemes, 
and these clusters are set close along the drooping 
stems, Perfectly hardy, and an early bloomer. 
55c each; 10 for $5,00. 
SPIREA THUNBERGI. Extremely neat and 
graceful in its habits; dwarfish and rounded; 
drooping branches; narrow, yellowish-green foli- 
age; "white flowers; early in spring. One of the 
best and deserves a place everywhere. 60c each; 
10 for $5.50. 
SPIREA ANTHONY -WATER ER. A beautiful 
variety with broad heads ofdeep pink flowers; 
grows two to three 
feet high, makin 
shapely bush. 
Blooms almost 
continuously from June throughout the season. 60c each; 10 for $5.50. 
ALTHEA, or ROSE OF SHARON. Hardy flower in the fall when other 
shrubs are out of bloom. Double. Purple or white. Each, 60c; per 10, 
$5.50. 
ALMOND (DAvarf Double Rose). Flowering. A fine shrub with small 
double blossoms. Rose or white. Each, 60c; per 10, $5.50. 
BUTTERFLY BUSH or SUMMER LILAC. Beautiful lilac colored flow- 
ers are borne cn long graceful stems. The flower spikes are about ten 
inches long and made up of hundreds of small flowers. Price, 60c each; 
per 10, $5.50. 
CALYCANTHUS (Sweet-scented Shrub or Allspice). A shrub of peculiar 
fragrance and chocolate colored flowers. Each, 60c; per 10, $5.50. 
DEUTZIA (Gracilis). One of the most desirable shrubs to plant as in- 
dividual specimens, or for grouping. Entirely hardy and forms a small 
round plant. Flowers pure white. Each, 60c; per 10, $5.50. 
HYDRANGEA. Large-clustered. A fine shrub, large, bearing showy 
panicles of pink and white flowers in great profusion. Hardy. Each, 60c; 
per 10, $5.50. 
BERBERIS THUNBERGI (Japanese Barberry). This is an invalu- 
able little shrub that fits in with almost every planting. Grows about 
everywhere, handsome foliage of bright green, oval leaves that turn to 
most brilliant shades of orange and red in the fall. Slender, graceful 
branches, protected by thorns, are lined with little scarlet berries of great 
attractiveness from early autumn well into winter. Very valuable for a 
hedge. Each, 60c; 10 for $5.50. 
PURPLE FRINGE or SMOKE TREE. Small tree with dusky, fringe-like 
flowers. Each, $1.25; 10 for $11.00. 
QUINCE (Japan Scarlet). Bright scarlet flowers in early spring. Fine 
for hedge. Each, 60c; 10 for $5.50. 
Altliea. 
Deutzia. 
Butterfly Bush, or Summer Lilac. 
