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FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARM 123 
EVERLASTING HARDY SHRUBS 
PERSIAN TREE LILAC 
Popular Favorites for Their Beauty and Perfume 
A neat, handseme little tree, growing 1 seven to eight feet high, 
with slender branches and long narrow foliage; the flowers grow in 
immense clusters, delightfully and delicioasly sweet and fragrant. 
It is perfectly har.dy, a vigorous grower and flowers abundantly 
with little care and continues to bloom with a fragrance and 
beauty that is surpassed by no other shrub. Nearly every one is 
fond of Lilac blossoms and with the revival of the old-fashioned 
garden their popularity increases. A general favorite for planting 
in the dooryard and lawn. We offer nice, strong plants. 
Persian Blue, 25 cents each; 2 for 45 cents, postpaid. 
SYRINGA PHILADELPHUS 
MOCK ORANGE 
(Coronarius) Most Popular of All Hardy Shrubs 
Eight to ten feet high, with large handsome foliage and beau- 
tiful creamy-white flowers, deliciously fragrant and borne in 
great profusion. Very showy and desirable. Strong, thrifty plants, 
20 cents each; 2 for 35 cents, postpaid. 
AMPELOPSIS-VEITCHII 
Known as "Boston Ivy" and "Japan Ivy" 
The fashionable and most hardy wall climber of the day. Clings 
tightly to rock, brick, etc., and it is a wall of living green the 
Summer through^ turning in Autumn to a flaming crimson, when 
It is certainly gorgeous. It stands the dust and dry air of cities 
admirably. Strong plants, 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; postpaid. 
ENGLEMAN'S IVY 
Little coarser than Boston Ivy and better suited for covering old 
trees, barns, factories, etc. Foliage very dense, self-supporting. 
Strong plants, 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents, postpaid. 
VRINGA PHILADELPHIA, OR MOCK ORANGE 
AMPELOPSIS — BOSTON IVY 
