THE CHASE NURSERIES, GENEVA, N. Y. 
Spiraea, or Meadow Sweet 
LILAC— Syringa. 
Well-known, beautiful shrubs, indispensable 
in every collection. They flower in May. 
Charles X. — Reddisli purple. 
Frau Dammann. — This is the best white lilac 
grown. The panicle or truss is immense, flow- 
ers of medium size and pure white. This and 
Ludwig Spaeth are the two best lilacs of recent 
introduction. 
Lilac, Leon Simon. — Very large, rosy lilac. 
Lilac, Weeping. — (New) — A beautiful weep- 
ing tree; produces large clusters of beautiful, 
intensely sweet flowers. A great acquisition. 
Japan Tree. — A remarkable new specie from 
Japan, becoming a good-sized tree; foliage 
dark green. glo.ssy; flowers small, feathery, but 
formed in great panicles, often 18 inches long, 
very light straw color; blooms a month later 
than other lilacs. 
Ludwig Spaeth. — New. and believed to be the 
finest of its class. Color purplish red. A great 
acipiisition. 
Large Flowering White. — (Alba Grandiflora) 
— Very large; pure white tufts of flowers. 
Marie Le Graye. — A free grower, producing 
magnificent large trusses of purest white flow- 
■ers, which are very fragrant and showy. High- 
ly recommended as perhaps the best of the 
•white lilacs. 
Madame lemoine. — New and very promising. 
Flower double white. 
Persian, Purple or White.— Foliage resembles 
the Privet more than the lilac. Flowers are 
most abundant. 
SNOWBALL, OR ARROW ROOT— Viburnum. 
Common, or Guelder Rose. — (Sterilis) — The 
well known sort, and a general favorite on ac- 
count of its large clusters of white flowers in 
June. Very handsome and desirable, and 
should be in cverv collection. 
Japan. — (Viburnum Plicatum) — A rare and 
exceedingly beautiful species from Japan, sur- 
passing the Common Snowball in many re- 
spects, as its habit is much better, foliage much 
handsomer, flowers whiter and more delicate. 
Very valuable. 
Opulus. — (High Bush Cranberry) — ^Flowers 
in large, flat heads in latter part of May, fol- 
lowed by brilliant scarlet fruit in showy pend- 
ulous branches that remain on the plant all 
winter. 
SNOWBERRY— Symphoricarpus. 
Racemosus. — A well-known shrub with pink 
flowers and large white berries that remain 
on the- plant through part of the winter. 
Purple Common. — (Vulgaris) — The well- 
known sort. 
PLUM— Prunus. 
Double-flowered. — (Prunus Triloba) — Native 
of China. A highly interesting and desirable 
addition to hardy shrubs; flowers double, of 
a delicate pink, upwards of an inch in diame- 
ter, thickly set on the long, slender branches; 
flowers in Ma}'. 
QUINCE— Cydonia. 
There are several flowering varieties, differ- 
ing only in their color. Although of strag- 
gling growth, they can be pruned to desirable 
shapes without injury. Their large brilliant 
blossoms appear early in the spring in great 
profusion. Foliage bright green atid glossy all 
through the summer. It is sufficiently thorny 
and strong to make a valuable hedge, and its 
beantiful flowers make it very handsome for 
that purpose. 
Scarlet. — (Japonica) — One of the best known, 
and a very handsome, hardy shrub. 
Vulgaris. — (Indian Currant, Coral Berry) — 
Graceful, small shrub, small flowers followed 
by persistent deep-red berries along the under- 
side of branches. 
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