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CATALOGUE AND RETAIL PRICE LIST OF 
ORNAMENTAL, TREES AND FLOWERING PLANTS — Continued. 
SYRINGA OR MOCK ORANGE — One of the most desirable shrubs. Its beauty 
and fragrance make it a universal favorite. They grow to a height of 8 to 
10 feet, and bloom profusely in the spring. Price, 2 feet, 25c each. Heavy 
clump, $1.00. 
SPIREAS — Low growing shrubs well adapted for hedges, shrubberies or single 
specimens on the lawn. Grow in almost any moderate moist soil and with 
very little care or attention. 
ANTHONY WATERER — One of the most charming of all small shrubs, seldom 
growing larger than 2 to 3 feet. Its handsome trusses of deep crimson 
flowers are produced in great profusion from early spring- until fall. Beau- 
tiful single, in clusters or as a low hedge. 18 to 24 inches, 50c each. 
SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI— The grandest of the Spireas. Perfectly hardy. A 
strong grower and a profuse bloomer. Has a small, delicate, white blossom, 
borne in clusters that almost entirtly cover the bush about June 1st. Very 
handsome, even when not in bloom. Often called Bridal Wreath. Suitable 
for low screens, hedges and borders. Price. 12 to IS inches, 20c each; $10.00 
per 100; 18 to 24 inches, 25c each; $12.00 per 100; 2 to 3 feet, 30c each; 3 to 
4 feet, 40c each. Heavy clump, 75c. 
CALIFORNIA PRIVET — These ideal hedge plants have such an array of good 
points that we can no longer spare them for hedges alone. They are mod- 
erately hardy, nearly evergreen, grow freely in all soils, have a dense, neat 
habit, and bloom profusely. The flowers are white, fragrant, and borne 
In graceful racemes or clusters through June and Juiy. The fruits, too, are 
often quite showy and the leaves are glossy. Price, 2 to 3 feet, 25c each; 
$1.25 per dozen ;$10.00 per 100. 
AMOOR PRIVET — Some hardier than the California Privet. A desirable shrub 
to use for ornamental hedges in this part of Iowa. 18 to 24 inches, 25c each; 
$15.00 per 100. 
GOLDEN GLOW — A hardy perennial plant, growing eight feet high; branch- 
ing freely and bearing by the hundreds on long, graceful stems, exquisite 
double blossoms of the brightest golden color and as large as the Cactus 
Dahlia. Price, strong roots, 25c each. 
YUCCA FILAMENTOSA — An interesting and tropical appearing plant which 
will endure any of our Northern winters and is therefore valuable for those 
localities where flowering plants are scarce. It is an evergreen perennial,, 
throwing up in the middle of the summer flower stalks three feet in height, 
bearing a profusion of creamy white, bell-shaped blossoms. One of the most 
beautiful plants for the lawn. Price, 2-year plants, 50c each. 
TRUMPET FLOWER — A splendid vine, vigorous and hardy, and a very rapid 
grower, well adapted for covering unsightly objects. The flowers are mag- 
nificent, being fully 4 to 6 inches long and in clusters. Price, 25c each. 
WISTARIA — (Chinese) — A most beautiful climber of rapid growth, when well 
established growing at rate of 15 or 20 feet in a season, and producing long, 
pendulous clusters of pale blue flowers, resembling in size and shape a 
bunch of grapes; sometimes gives a second crop of flowers in the fall. Price, 
2-year plants, 50c each. 
CLEMATIS PANICULATA — This wonderful flower blooms in September. It 
Is one of the finest of hardy climbers, with handsome foliage, of very vig- 
orous, rapid growth, and produces in late summer dense sheets of medium 
sized pure white flowers of the most pleasing fragrance. Each branchlet Is 
thickly set with these showy flowers and altogether produce a most gorgeous 
sight. This is a new Japanese plant and perfectly hardy and finely adapted 
to use for any covering purpose. Price, strong field-grown, 60c each. 
JACKMANII — This is perhaps the best known of the newer fine perpetual 
Clematis, and should have credit of the great popularity now attending this 
family of beautiful climbers. The plant is free in its form of growth and 
an abundant and successlonal bloomer, producing flowers until frozen up. 
The flowers are large, of an intense violet purple, remarkable for Its velvety 
richness. The Jackmanil has no superior. July to October. Price, strong 
field-grown, 75c each. 
MADAME EDOURARD ANDRE — (The Red Clematis) — An entirely distinct and 
most novel variety, and the nearest approach to a bright red ever sent out. 
The plant is a strong, vigorous grower, being a hybrid of the popular Jack- 
manil, which It resembles In freedom of bloom, strong, vigorous growth 
and shape and size of flower, but is a distinct carmine red color of a most 
pleasing shape, entirely different from all other varieties. Price, strong 
field-grown, 75c each. 
Clematis Vines 
