CHOICE SELECTIONS IN PLANTS. F. R. PIERSON CO., TA RR YTO WN-ON-H U DSON, N. Y. 
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PRIM S TRILOBA. 
" Double-Flowering Pluni." 
Flowers semi-double, delicate 
pink, an inch in diameter, bloom- 
ing thickly on slender branches 
in May. A choice and attrac- 
tive shrub. Price, 35 cents each; 
$3.50 per doz. ; extra size, 50 
cents each; $5.00 per doz. 
Prunus Triloba. 
PRUNUS PISSARDI1, "Crimson-Leaved 
Prune."— Introduced from Tauris, Persia, in 
1881. It is a small-sized, round-headed, fine- 
branched tree or large shrub. Its foliage, when 
first put forth, is of a tender pink -purple, 
changing gradually to a red-purple, and finally 
to a rich shade of black-purple, and remaining 
in that unusual color until late in November. 
Price, 50 cents each; $5.00 per doz.; extra size, 
75 cents each; $7.50 per doz. 
PTE LI A TRIPOLIATA AUREA, "Gol- 
den Hop Tree." — One of the showiest gol- 
den-foliaged trees in cultivation. The peculiar 
glossy surface of the foliage gives it an appear- 
ance'that the leaves have been varnished. It 
is one of, if not the highest colored, golden- 
foliaged of all hardy plants, retaining its color 
all summer. Price, $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.; 
extra size, $1.50 each; $15.00 per doz. 
Q,UINCE, JAPAN FLOWERING (Cydonia 
Japonica). — Flowers very early in spring; 
bright scarlet; makes fine hedges. Price, 25 
cents each; $2.50 per doz,; $16.00 per 100; extra 
size, 35 cents each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
RHUS COTINUS, "Smoke Tree," or "Pur- 
ple Fringe." — A tall shrub, covered with 
very fine purple flowers, that cover the whole 
surface of the plant in midsummer, like a 
purple mist or smoke, it is so fine and light. 
Price, 35 cents each; $3.50 per doz; extra size, 
50 cents each; $5.00 per doz. 
RHUS GLABRA LACINIATA, "Tlie Cut- 
Leaved Sumach." — As beautiful as the best 
tree fern, and has highly colored foliage in 
autumn, very distinct and beautiful, and is al- 
together different from the common Sumachs. 
Price, 75 cents each ; $7.50 per doz. 
ROSE OF SHARON ( ALTHEA). — Well- 
known shrub blooming in August and Septem- 
ber. Assorted named varieties, price, 35 
cents each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100; extra 
size, 50 cents each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 
SALISBURIA ADIANTIFOLIA, or 
" Ginkgo Bilotoa, " « Maidenhair 
Tree." — A rare Japanese tree of remarkable 
upright habit of growth. Foliage peculiarly 
fan-like, similar to a single leaf of the Maiden- 
hair Fern. A distinct ornamental tree for the 
lawn. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.; extra size, 
$1.50 each. 
STRINGA, Common " Mock Orange," 
(Philadelphus Coronaria).— Very fragrant, pure 
white flowers m June, slightly resembling the 
apple. One of the best. 25 cents each; $2.50 
per doz. ; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 35 cents 
each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
SYRINGA, Lavge-flowered, (Philadelphus 
Grandiflora). — Flowers very much larger than 
the sweet-scented syringa. 25 cents each ; $2.50 
per doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 35 cents 
each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
SYRINGA, Golden-Leaved, (Philadelphus 
Aurea).— Foliage golden - yellow, delicately 
shaped and penciled; its colors are deepest and 
most glowing in August. 25 cents each; $2.50 
per doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 35 cents 
each; $3.50 per doz; $25.00 per 100. 
SOPHORA JAPONICA, " Chinese or Jap- 
anese Pastoda Tree." — Very handsome, 
graceful foliage, deep bluish green ; young 
wood shining dark green. The flowers are 
creamy white, in long clusters, blooming in 
August and September; exceedingly attrac- 
tive and unique. 50 cents each; $5.00 per doz.; 
extra size, 75 cents each ; $7.50 per doz. 
SPIRE A CALLOSA ALBA. — Fortunes dwarf 
white Spirea; white flowering; keeping in bloom 
all summer; choice. 25 cents each; $2.50 per 
doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 35 cents each; 
$3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
SPIREA REEVE SII. — Slightly drooping 
shrub, covered in May with round clusters of 
white flowers, that almost completely cover 
the branches. Blooms in May. 25 cents each; 
$2.50 per doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 35 
cents each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
SPIREA OPULIFOLIA AUREA Golden 
yellow foliage; double white flowers in June. 
25 cents each; $2.50 per doz.; $16.00 per 100; 
extra size, 35 cents each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 
per 100. 
SPIREA THUNBERG1A Very graceful; 
flowering very early in spring ; the first to 
bloom ; branches slender, and somewhat droop- 
ing. 25 cents each; $2.50 per doz.; $16.00 per 
100; extra size, 35 cents each; $3.50 per doz.; 
$25.00 per 100. 
SPIREA P RUN I FOLIA, 11. pi., "Bridal 
Wreath." — Small double white flowers, borne 
close to the branches, making long garlands of 
snow-white flowers. 25 cents each; $2.50 per 
doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 35 cents each; 
$3.50 per doz. ; $25.00 per 100. 
SPIREA VAN HOUTEII.— A new Spirea, 
forming a graceful, pendulous bush, 2 to 3 feet 
high, which is equaled as a foliage plant only 
by the exquisite Spirea Thunbergia, but sur- 
passes all other Spireas in the superb beauty 
and gracefulness of its blossoms. 25 cents 
each; $2.50 per doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 
35 cents each; $3.50 per doz. ; $25.00 per 100. 
SPIREA BUMALDA — A very handsome rare 
Japanese variety ; blooming in midsummer 
and autumn; flowers in round clusters of beau- 
tiful rose-colored heads of bloom. Valuable in 
every way, but particularly because it blooms 
when little shrubbery is in flower. 25 cents, 
each; $2.50 per doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 
35 cents each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
TAMARIX, African, (Tamarix Africanus).— 
Rose-colored, elegant; blooms -in June; should 
be planted in background in shrubbery, as it is 
inclined*to grow naked at base; an elegant 
plant; when trained to a single stem ib makes 
a small tree of great beautv. 25 cents each ; 
$2.50 per doz.; extra size, 35 cents each; $3.50 
per doz. <■> 
This Japanese variety of the old-fashioned 
" Snowball " is one of the most valuable addi- 
tions ever made to our list of hardy shrubs. 
It forms an erect, compact bush, 4 to 6 feet 
high, absolutely hardy; it blooms in early June, 
and for a long time is a solid mass of white, the 
plants being completely covered from the ground 
to the tops of the branches with balls of flowers 
as white as snow, clustered one against the other 
in dense masses. The young stems are of a light 
coppery color. The foliage in early summer is 
olive-green, turning very dark later in the season. 
The above illustration, a photograph taken 
from a plant blooming in our grounds, will give a 
good idea of this elegant shrub. 75 cents each; 
$7.50 per doz.; $50.00 per 100; extra size, $1.00 
each; $10.00 per doz. 
TAM ARIX,Indian (Tamarix Indica).— Slender 
growing shrubs, with delicate, feathery foliage; 
fine fringing delicate flowers; blooms in Au- 
gust; bright pink. 25 cents each; $2.50 per doz.; 
extra size, 35 cents each ; $3.50 per doz. 
VIRGILIA LUTE A, "Yellow Wood."— 
One of the finest trees of moderate growth ; the 
foliage resembling the locust, changing in 
autumn to bright yellow ; flowers like pea blos- 
soms, white and fragrant, covering the trees 
about the middle of June with long pendulous 
racemes of great beauty. Bark polished and 
elegant. $1.00 each; extra size, $1.50 each. 
WEEPING KILMARNOCK WILLOW.— 
Trees with fine heads. One of the handsomest 
ornamental trees for any place; but for small 
places it is particularly suitable as it does not 
soon become overgrown; for same reason is 
also especially adapted for cemetery planting. 
A very striking and elegant ornamental tree. 
50 cents each ; $5.00 per doz. ; extra size, .75 
cents each ; $7.50 per doz. 
WILLOW RUSSIAN GOLDEN BARK.— 
Most valuable when grown as a shrub, on ac- 
count of the rich golden-yellow color of its 
bark during the winter months, contrasting 
strongly with the Red-Twigged Siberian Dog- 
. wood. 25 cents each; $2.50 per doz.; extra 
size, 35 cents each; $3.50 per doz. 
WEIGELIA ROSEA — Rose-colored; flowers 
in June. 25 cents each; $2.50 per doz.; $16.00 
per 100; extra size, 35 cents each; $3.50 per 
doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
WEIGELIA ROSE V NANA VAR The 
variegated form of this old well-known favor- 
ite; variegation very marked and distinct; the 
very finest variegated-leaved deciduous shrub. 
25 cents each; $2.50 per doz.; $16.00 per 100; 
extra size, 35 cents each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 
per 100. 
WEIGELIA AMABILIS — Attractive, light 
pink flowers. 25 cents each; $2.50 per doz.; 
$16.C0 per 100; extra size. 35 cents each; $3.50 
per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
WET GW LI A CANDIDA . — Flowers pure white 
produced in great profusion in June, and the 
plants continue to bloom through the summer, 
even until autumn. 25 cents each; $2.50 per 
doz.; $16.00; extra size, 35 cents each; $3.50 
per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
XANTHOCERA.S SORBIPOLIA A rare 
shrub, recently introduced from China, grow- 
ing upright, with smooth, reddish bark; the 
blossoms are an inch across, in clusters stand- 
ing erect, about 8 inches long, white, with 
blood-red streaks at the base. The flowers are 
followed by 3-celled fruits, about size of wal- 
nuts. $1.00 each. 
ON ACCOUNT OF THE LARGE SIZE OE ALL SHRUBS AND TREES, THEY CAN BE FORWARDED BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS ONLY. SHRUBBERY, WHEN DORMANT CAN GO AS 
WELL BY FREIGHT AS BY EXPRESS AND AT A LARGE SAVING IN EXPENSE. 
