CHOICE SELECTIONS IN PLANTS. F. Ft. PIERSON CO., TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. 
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DOGWOOD, RED-TWIGGED SIBERIAN (Cornus Siberica).— Stems brilliant red during fail and winter. 
Price, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz.; extra size, 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. 
DOGWOOD, VARIEGATED LEAVED (Cornus Siberica Var.).— Leaves margined silvery-white, retaining 
its perfect beauty all summer; elegant. Price, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz.; extra size, 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. 
DOGWOOD, RED-FLOWERED (Cornus Rubra).— Very beautiful and rare, similar to the white in every 
respect, exeept the flowers are a beautiful deep pink. Price, $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.; extra size, $1.50 each; 
$15.00 per doz. 
DOGWOOD, WHITE (Cornus Florida).— Ranks next to the Magnolia among flowering trees, and its brilliant 
foliage in autumn rivaling the Scarlet Oak. Price, 75c. each; $7.50 per doz.; extra size. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
DAPHNE MEZEREUM.— The very earliest flowering shrub. The stems covered with pink flowers in March. 
Exquisitely fragrant. Price, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz. 
DEUTZIA GRACILIS. — A fine, little, compact, hardy shrub, forming a round and compact mass of white when 
in bloom; used for forcing for winter flowers, the sprays of bloom being very white and graceful; blooms in June. 
Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
DEUTZIA FORTUNII, or SCAUR A — Rough-leaved, single white flowers; identical with " Crenata fl. pi." in 
every respect, except the flowers are not double. Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per 
doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 35c. each, $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
DEUTZIA CRENATA, Fl. PI.— Flowers double; pinkish white, in spikes 
five inches long; one of the most satisfactory shrubs, tall, and of rapid 
growth, blooming first season planted. Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $16.00 
per 100; extra size, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz. ; $25.00 per 100. 
DEUTZIA CANDIDISSIMA PLENA Like the above in 
general habit of growth, with pure white double flowers. 
Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; $16.00 per 100; extra size, 35c. 
each; $3.50 per doz. ; $25.00 per 100. 
EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLORA, "The Chinese Pearl 
Bush." — Unquestionably one of the choicest contributions to 
the long list of floral beauties that we have received from 
Japan. The flowers are borne in slender racemes of eight or 
ten florets each, on light drooping branches, giving a peculiarly 
graceful appearance to the bush. They are 1 % inches in diam- 
eter, the petals pure snowy -white, the calyx and receptacle 
showing a small dot of green in the centre of each, while the 
unexpanded buds are like small round buttons or beads of 
pearly whiteness. There is a delicate fragrance which adds to 
the charm of these beautiful blossoms. Price, 35c. each ; $3.50 
per doz.; $25.00 per 100; extra size, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz; 
$35.00 per 100. 
ELDER, GOLDEN - LEAVED (Sambucus Aurea). — The 
very best golden-leaved shrub. Very picturesque and effec- 
tive among other plants. Price, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz.; 
$25.00 per 100; extra size, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 
100. 
ELM, WEEPING CORK BARK ENGLISH. — " Ulmus 
Suberosa Pendula. 1 ' — Extra size trees. Price, $2.00 each. 
FORS YTHIA VIRIDISSIMA — Flowers deep yellow,bloom- 
ing very early in spring, before the leaves appear, when it is 
covered with golden bell-like flowers; April. Price, 25c. each; 
$2.50 per doz. ; $16.00 per 100. Extra size, 35c. each ; $3.50 
per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
FORS YTHIA FORTUNII, "Golden Bells."— Bark bright 
yellow, blooming in dense masses of yellow flowers in April. 
Price, 25c. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; $16.00 per 100. Extra 
size, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA.— This 
is a grand plant — easily grown, very showy and attractive, 
lasting in bloom for months; is perfectly hardy anywhere 
needs no protection of any kind, and is, without any question 
the finest hardy shrub in cultivation. It grows3 to 4 feet high, 
is very bushy and compact, blooms in July at a time when 
no other shrub is in flower, the flowers remaining beautiful 
until destroyed by frost. The flowers are pure white, after- 
ward changing to pink, and are borne in immense pyramidal clusters more than a foot long, and 
nearly as much in diameter. "Will bloom same season planted. Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
$16.00 per 100; extra size, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100, Large bushes, 50c. each; $5.00 
per doz. " Standards," with fine heads, trained to single stems, in tree shape; very scarce and 
very desirable, being rarely seen. Price, $1.00 each; extra size, $1.50 each. 
MAGNOLIA, 
description see below. 
Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora. 
HYPERICUM MOSERIANUM.— A very beautiful dwarf shrub,with large, showy, golden-yellow 
flowers, blooming from July to October, when most shrubs are out of bloom. Price, 35c. each; 
$3.50 per doz.; extra size, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz. 
HEATH, Hardy Scotch, or " Heather," dear to the heart of every Scotchman; a beautiful lit- 
tle shrub, with spikes of tiny white and pink bells. Price, 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. 
HAWTHORN, English, Double Red and White.— Improved varieties of the celebrated 
English hedge plant: make charming trees; well adapted to small grounds; very showy; covered 
with clusters of very fragrant blossoms; flower in May and June. Price, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz.; 
extra size, 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. 
JUDAS TREE, OR RED BUD, AMERICAN (Cercis Canadensis).— A very valuable and showy 
tree for the lawn, bearing beautiful pink flowers in great profusion, before the leaves appear in 
May; elegant. Price, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz.; extra size, 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. 
JUDAS TREE, JAPAN (Cercis Japonica). — A dwarfer grower, more of a shrub, with larger 
flowers than the American; rich reddish-purple flowers, exquisite; a gem. Price, 75c. each; $7.50 
per doz. 
KOELREUTERIA PANICULA- 
TA . — A charming small tree, a na- 
tive of -China, with glossy, divided 
foliage, and large terminal panicles 
of showy golden-yellow flowers in July. Its 
colored foliage and neat habit of growth, 
with its showy flowers, render it a very de- 
sirable lawn tree. Price, 75c. each; $7.50 per 
doz.; extra size, $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
LABURNUM, or "Golden Chain," (Cytissus Laburnum).— 
A small tree with long, compound leaves of shining green, 
with smooth, bronzy bark, producing, in June and July, 
drooping- Wistaria-like clusters a foot long, of the brightest 
golden-yellow blossoms. One of the most beautiful of all 
small lawn trees. Price, 50c. each. Extra size, 75c. each. 
LILAC, THE GIANT TREE, OR KING OF LILACS 
(Syringa Japonica). — Not a bush, as other lilacs are, but a 
magnificent and beautiful tree, that is found growing in only 
one small neighborhood in the most northern island of Japan. 
It makes a stout, well-branched tree, with leaves so large and 
handsome that it would be in demand as a grand lawn tree for 
its foliage alone; but when it puts forth in midsummer, when 
other Lilacs have long been gone, its immense clusters of white 
blossoms, standing stiffly up on the outer and top branches, 
measuring 16 x 24 inches in size, it is then, without doubt, the 
most showy of our ornamental trees. The oldest specimens of 
this tree are in Boston, where they have been for only about 
twelve years, and are now 15 to 20 feet high, with fine heads. 
Very rare and choice. Price, $1.00 each.; large size plants, 
$1.50 each; extra size, $2.00 each. 
LILAC, Common Purple (Syringa "Vulgaris). — The old-time 
favorite; fine plants, well budded. Price, 35c. each; $3.50 per 
doz.; $25.00 per 100; extra size, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 
per 100. 
LILAC, Due de Marly (Syringa Due de Marly).— Magnificent 
clusters of dark reddish-purple flowers, produced in greatest 
profusion. Price, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100; ex- 
tra size, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 
LILAC, White (Syringa Alba). — The white-flowered variety, 
well budded. Price, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100; 
extra size, 50c. each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 
MAGNOLIA SOULANGE ANA. — A Chinese variety, bloom- 
ing in May before the leaves appear, and a week later than 
Conspicua; flowers white and purple, cup-shaped, 3 to 5 inches 
in diameter. Price, $1.50 each; extra size, $2.00 each; speci- 
mens, $3.00 each. 
MAGNOLIA CONSPICUA, "The Yulan or Chinese 
White."— Covered in May with masses of white flowers before 
the leaves appear, and almost as soon as the snow is gone. Price, $1.50 each; extra size, $2.00 each. 
MAGNOLIA PURPUREA. — The finest of purple magnolias; flowers very large; a superb variety. 
Price, $1.50 each; extra size, $2.00 each. 
MAGNOLIA MACROPHYLLA, " Great- Leaved Magnolia."— A variety with immense 
leaves, the largest flowered of any American tree, the flowers being 3 feet in circumference, its 
large leaves and flowers giving it a grand tropical appearance. Price^ $1.50 each; extra size, 
$2.00 each. 
MAG1VOLIA GLAUCA, " Sweet Bay."— Small shiny leaves; appreciated on account of the 
lovely small white richly-perfumed flowers, which are highly prized by many. Price, 50c. each; 
$5.00 per doz.; extra size, 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. 
MAGNOLIA SPECIOS A.— Another hybrid Chinese variety. Red and white flowers a little smaller 
than Soulangeana; blooms a week later and remains longer on the tree. Price, $1.50 each; extra 
size, $2.00 each. 
MAHON1A AQUTIFOLIUM.— Purplish, shiny, prickly, holly-like leaves, and showy, bright yellow 
flowers in May, succeeded by bluish berries; very popular for decorative planting. Price, 50c. 
each; $5.00 per doz. 
MULBERRY, Teas Weeping Russian.— Forms a perfect umbrella-shaped head with long, 
slender branches drooping to the ground, parallel to the stem. Very choice and rare. Price, $2.00 
each. 
ALL SHRUBS ARE GROWN IN THE OPEN GROUND AND MUST BE SHIPPED BEFORE GROWTH COMMENCES IN THE SPRING (USUALLY ABOUT MAY 1st), OR IN THE 
FALL FROM ABOUT OCTOBER 1st UNTIL GROUND FREEZES. ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR SIZE, CAN ONLY BE SHIPPED BY EXPRESS OR FREIGHT. SHRUBS CAN BE SENT BY 
FREIGHT, WITH SAFETY, AND AT LESS EXPENSE THAN BY EXPRESS. 
