OR ROSE OF SHHRON, 
[HIBISCUS SYRIACUS.] 
rjN OLD and indispensable favorite, of which there are many 
varieties, with single and double flowers, varying in color 
from white to violet-red and purple. Ample choice may be 
had in the red and violet shades, although the whites are 
among the most desirable sorts, many of which have a red 
or violet eye. 
The variegated-leaved has foliage finely bordered and 
marked with light yellow, and is one of the very best of all 
variegated-leaved shrubs, but the blooms are not equal to 
most of the plain-leaved sorts. 
They are all tall-growing shrubs that once planted are 
good for a lifetime, blooming when but a slip of a plant, but 
eventually reaching the size of a small tree. Always a 
symmetrical, upright grower, producing every season a pro- 
fusion of large, showy flowers, closely resembling the 
hollyhock. They bloom from midsummer until fall. Fine 
for cemetery planting or for the law^. In Europe it is the 
most popular of all flowering shrubs, and no flowering tree 
or large shrub can excel it. 
Grown in tree form it is especially attractive and beautiful. 
