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Homer N. Chase & Co., Geneva, New York 
HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS 
The shrub is an important feature in the proper planting of any grounds. Individual specimens 
and groups alike have spheres of great usefulness. A little care will give a collection of shrubs vi-hich 
affords a succession of bloom from the opening of spring until frost. Selection of varieties with purple 
and yellow leaves will give contrast, and after the leaves are gone the brilliant fruits of some kinds 
and bright bark of other varieties will serve to vary the monotony of winter. 
Althaea, or Rose of Sharon • Hibiscus 
Double Purple {\. purpurea flore pleno). 
One of the best of the fine free-growing flowering 
shrubs. All of the family are very desirable 
because of their season of bloom — in August and 
September, when scarcely any other tree is in 
bloom. 
Double Red (A. rubra flore pleno). .Another 
good kind which will grow almo.st anywhere 
from Ontario southward. It is a free grower and 
not particular as to soil. 
Double Pink and White, Variegated (.\. 
variegata flore pleno). Similar to the above, 
except in the color of the blossoms. 
Variegated-leaved {.\. flore pleno folia va- 
riegata). The distinctive mark of this variety is 
in the variegation of the leaves which are white 
and green. 
Meehani (A. Syriacus). Generally admitted 
to be the best of the variegated-leaved class. 
Leaves are white and green, flowers of satiny 
lavender and single, with purple blotches at the 
base. Blooms freely from June to autumn. 
A new variety which has recently been introduced 
and quite distinct from other kinds on account 
of its single flower. 
Azaleas 
Chinese [K. mollis). Variety red, yellow, 
rose and orange. There is no more ornamental 
shrub. It blooms in great abundance during 
the early spring. Flowers are very attractive 
and the contrast of colors is striking. 
Almond • Amygdalus 
Double Rose-fiowering (A. Japonica fl. pi.). 
A beautiful small shrub, flowering freely in May 
before the leaves appear; blooms double, rose- 
like and charming. 
Double White-flowering (.\. Japonica flora 
alba plena). Direct and slender branches, com- 
pletely covered in May with small, very double, 
fragrant white flowers. 
Barberry • Berberis 
Purple-leaved (H. purpurea). A very rich 
kind, growing from 3 to 5 feet high, with violet- 
purple foliage and fruit. It is very effective, 
whether in groups or planted single. 
Thunberg's (H. Thunbergii). A Japan in- 
troduction; very pretty, dwarf, delicate foliage; 
blooms beautifully; coppery red in autumn. 
