FIVE DESIRABLE 
Summer Flowering: Shrubs 
ORNflMENTflL and U5EF0L. 
DOUBLE-FLOWERING DEUTZIA. 
[deutzia crenata.] 
One of the most desirable flowering shrubs in cultivation. It is 
native of Japan. Flowers are produced in June in racemes 6 inches long 
Hardy, fine habit, luxuriant foliage, and profusion of bloom. They thrivi 
in, any well drained soil, and are well adapted for borders of shrubbery ai 
well as individual specimens. 
EXOCHORDA OR PEARL BUSH. 
A fine shrub or small tree from North China, producing large, dazzling 
pure white flowers in May, which are the most brilliant of their season 
They thrive in any good soil. 
HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY. 
[VIISURNUM OPULI'S.] 
Both ornamental and useful. Its berries, resembling cranberries, an 
esteemed by many for sauce, tarts and jams. Berries hang on the bust 
until late in the fall. Very ornamental and perfectly hardy. 
WHITE ALDER OR SWEET PEPPERBUSH. 
[CLETMRA ALNIFOLIA.] 
Valued for their showy spikes of fragrant white flowers in midsummei 
when few other plants are in bloom. They show best results when grow 
in a moist, sandy or peaty soil. 
FLOWERING CURRANT. 
[kii'.es.] 
An interesting and useful class, bearing racemes of yellow, crimson o: 
pinkish white flowers. Bloom in early spring and are very attractive. 
