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the centre, quite productive, very hardy, and since to these good qualities it adds 
extreme earliness, it gives promise of being very valuable. Price, I year, strong, 
$l; 2 years, $1.50. 
GREEN MOUNTAIN GRAPE. 
An extra early and delicious seedling from Vermont. It is remarkable for the 
health, vigor, and productiveness of the vine and the excellence and earliness of 
the fruit, having received more good points at the New York Agricultural Station 
than any other variety. Strong l-year vines, j!l.50; 2 years, $2. 
EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLORA. 
Although this superior hardy flowering shrub was introduced several years ago, 
coming from Northern China, yet its merits have been strangely overlooked until 
quite recently. A principal cause of this was on account of its scarcity and the 
difficulty of propagating 
it from cuttings or lay- 
ers. But its admirable 
qualities have been so 
generally recognized that 
it is now in large de- 
mand. The plant is 
perfectly hardy, is vigor- 
ous and symmetrical in 
growth, attaining to the 
height of 10 or 12 feet, 
if not cut in; is very free 
flowering in any fair 
loamy soil, the light and 
graceful branches being 
covered with a profusion 
of pure-white, airy flow- 
ers in the month of 
June. The general ap- 
pearance of the bush, 
with the long and light 
spikes of flowers is par- 
ticularly graceful, and 
unsurpassed in beauty 
by any other shrub. 
Having had unusual 
success in propagating 
this very desirable shrub, 
I am able to offer it at 
the following low rates : 
small plants, 2 feet, 25 
cents; 3 feet, 35 cents; 3 to 4 feet, extra, 50 cents 
trade at specially low rates. 
EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLORA. 
also, in quantity and to the 
