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John Connon Co., Limited, Hamilton, Ont. 
FLOWERING AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS— Continued. 
RIBES Alpinum. Mountain Currant. Free flowering with small yellowish green 
blooms, very distinct. 2 to 3 feet, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00. 
— Aureum. Yellow Flowering Currant. (M) A plant much grown and valued 
for its fragrant yellow flowers in early Spring. 2 to 3 feet, each, 35c: dozen, 
$3.50. 3 to 4 feet, each, 45c; dozen, $4.50. 
RHODODENDRONS. It is almost superfluous to dwell upon the'beauty of this class 
of plants. Broad, dark green foliage, and great trusses of gorgeous tints. Plant 
them in a spot partially sheltered from intense heat in summer and from the cut- 
ing winds of winter. The latter can be met by using evergreen boughs as a 
winter covering. The bed ought to be filled in with old sods, old manure and 
sand, and what is better still, with some leaf mould, which helps to form an ideal 
soil which does not allow the drying of the roots in summer droughts. Heavy 
mulching of the beds in summer is an excellent preventative, and in dry weather 
the beds must be thoroughly soaked. Pinch off all seed pods after flowering, in 
order to get good buds for next season. In the fall, mulch the beds a foot or 
more with leaves, and, if these can be left to decay, it is advisable to do so. Large 
well budded plants, in the hardiest named varieties. Each, $2.00; dozen, $20.00 
Album Grandiflorum. Blush white. 
Everestianum. Rosy Lilac. 
Purpureum Elegans. Purple. 
Roseum Elegans. Rose. 
RHODOTYPUS kerrioides. WhiteKerria. (M) A handsome and distinct shrub with 
bright green foliage and pure white flowers in May and Tune. 2 to 3 feet, each, 
40c; dozen, $4.00. 
SAMBUCUS Nigra. European Elder. (M) Large spreading, picturesque shrub, 
flowering in July; purple-black berries. 2 to 3 feet, each, 35; dozen, $3.50; 3 to 
4 feet, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00; 4 to 5 feet, each, 50c; dozen, $5.00; .'5 to 6 feet, 
each, 55c. 
— Nigra aurea. Golden Elder. Similar to above, but with bright golden foliage. 
2 to 3 feet, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00. 
— Nigra Aurea Variegata. (M) A beautiful form with foliage variegated golden- 
yellow and green; flowers white. 2 to 3 feet, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00. 
— Nigra Lacinata. Cut-Leaved Elder. (L) One of the most handsome shrubs 
in cultivation. Of drooping habit, with deeply cut foliage. Effective in masses; 
very hardy. VA to 2 feet, each, 25c; dozen, $2.50. 2 to 3 feet, each, 
35c; dozen, $3..50; 3 to 4 feet. 40c; fi to 8 feet, 60c. 
SPIR/EA Anthony Waterer. (S) A low growing variety, bearing flat heads of brilliant, 
rosy-crimson flowers all summer. 1 to 13^ feet, bushy, each, 30c; dozen, $3.00. 
— Billardi. (L) Strong growing. Pink flowers in dense panicles from July until 
fall. 2 to 3 feet, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00. 
— Multiflora Arguta. (1.) An elegant shrub, bearing white flowers early in spring. 2 to 
3 feet, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00. 
— Opulifolia Aurea. Golden Nine- 
bark. (L) A very strong and rapid 
grower; branches upright, though 
drooping when loaded with white 
flowers in June; foliage bright 
yellowish. 2 to 3 feet, each, 40c; 
dozen $4.00. 
— Thunbergi. Snow Garland. (L) Prob- 
ably the most useful of the Spiraeas. 
One of the earliest to flower, its 
graceful foliage and form make it 
attractive till late autumn. 1 3^ to 
2 feet, each, 35c; dozen, $3.50. 
2 to 3 feet, each, 40c; dozen $4.00. 
—Van Houttei. (L) Graceful bush, 
with arching branches, which in 
June are covered with white 
flowers. One of the most satisfac- 
tory shrubs grown. 2 to 2J/^ feet. 
each, 35c; dozen, $3.50; 2}^ to 3 a popular and most charming spring 
feet, each, 40c ; dozen, $4.00 ; 3 to flowering shrub. 
4 feet, each, 45c. 
