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Spiraea Van Houttei 
Lilac, continued 
M. Buchner. Plant dwarf; panicle erect 
and very large; very double, color pale 
lilac; distinct and fine. 
Villosa. A new Japanese variety; flowers 
small, but borne in large clusters. Light 
purple in bud, white when open. Foliage 
large and shaped like a plum leaf. This 
shrub is principally valued for its late 
flowering, coming some three weeks after 
the other lilacs, and for the fragrance of 
its flowers, which is peculiar and very 
penetrating. 
Japan Tree Lilac 
A species from Japan. Leaves thick, 
pointed, leathery and dark; flowers in very 
large panicles'; creamy white and privet- 
like. Makes a small tree and is desirable 
because of its distinct foliage and late 
blooming, and tree form. 
Double-Flowering Plum 
(Prunus 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 the tree grows 
much larger and is hardy. 
Prunus Pissardi 
One of the best and finest purple-leaved 
small trees or shrubs; foliage and young 
shoots are of a rich reddish purple, which 
they retain throughout the season; flowers 
small, white, single, coverin<r the tree. 
Japan Quince 
Has bright scarlet-crimson flowers in 
great profusion in the early spring. One 
of the best shrubs in the Catalogue. Not 
quite hardy here. 
Japan Snowball 
Of better habit than the familiar older 
form, with handsome plicate leaves and 
more delicately formed; whiter flowers. 
Snowball 
A well-known favorite shrub of large 
size, with globular clusters of pure white, 
sterile flowers the latter part of May. 
Snowberry 
A slow-growing plant, covered in the 
latter part of the summer and early fall 
with white berries about % inch in 
diameter. Perfectly hardy. 
Spiraea 
Billardi. Rose-colored flowers in spikes. 
In bloom nearly all summer. 
Van Houttei. A beautiful shrub, grow- 
ing 4 to 6 feet high. Blossoms in clus- 
ters about ij^ to 2 inches in diame- 
ter; flowers white and borne in great 
profusion, frequently covering the plant 
when in bloom. It is one of the finest 
shrubs we have for cemetery use, and 
also makes a beautiful ornamental hedge. 
It is perfectly hardy as far north as 
northern Minnesota. 
