Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
Deutzia 
D. crenata. The beautiful white single- 
flowered species that is a mass of bloom 
in early June. Often preferred to the 
double sorts. 
D. crenata fl. pi. A double form of the 
type. Handsome and effective. The 
white flowers are delicately flushed with 
pink. 
D. crenata, Pride of Rochester. A showy 
early and large-flowering sort that blooms 
in May before the others. The flowers 
are large, double, white, tinted with rose 
on the outer edges. 
D. gracilis. Slender-branched Deutzia. 
A neat, dense little bush of low habit, 
that blooms in May, wreathing its droop- 
ing Ijranches with pure white flowers. 
Kqually valuable for shrubberies and 
forcing. 
Cut^Le&ved Golden Elder 
The leaves of this variety are fern-like 
in formation, and the shrub is of half- 
drooping habit. One of the finest in cul- 
tivation, being especially effective in 
masses. 
E.laeagnus 
See Hedge Plants. 
Suonymus 
(Waahoo, or Strawberry Tree) 
One of our native shrubs; it seldom 
grows over 0 feet high ; symmetrical ; 
leaves oblong, dark green and glossy ; 
fruit similar to bitter-sweet. 
I Fringe 
I Purple. Smoke Tree. From the south 
of Europe. Much-admired shrub for its 
curious fringe, or hair-like flowers, that 
cover the whole surface of the plant in 
midsummer. 
White. This shrub belongs to the Ash 
family ; is very slow-growing and perfectly 
hardy. Blossoms white, with long, nar- 
row petals, giving the shrub a fringe-like 
appearance when in full bloom. The 
leaves are very large and glossy. A very 
desirable shrub. 
Tartarian Honeysuckle 
A woody, upright -growing shrub, with 
pink flowers and deep green leaves; blos- 
soms in June; blooms profusely. 
Hydrangea paniculata 
grandif lora 
Very hardy; grows from (i to 10 feet 
high; loaded in August and September 
with large spikes of flowers, ranging in 
size from 6 to 12 inches; color white. 
Lilac 
White. The common white Lilac. 
Purple. Also very common. 
Persian. A native of Persia; rather a 
small plant, sehlom growing over (i feet; 
foliage small; flowei'S bright purple. A 
profuse bloomer. 
Double=Flowering Plum 
(Trunui triloba) 
A native of China. The flowers re- 
semble our Flowering Almond, but are 
much larger. The clustering of the 
flowers is also similar, but tho tree 
grows much larger and is hardy. 
