EVERBLOOMING 
BUTTERFLY BUSH 
1 
(Buddleia Variabilis) 
bush 
FTER some thought this highly desirable plant was finally 
A 1 christened with the common English name by which it goes. 
® Several years ago there were imported from Europe some 
plant novelties, and this one was among them. We observed 
it carefully for a season and were charmed with its beauty, 
ease of culture and free flowering habit. This shrub from a 
young plant set out either in the Spring or Fall, will mature 
to full size the first summer, producing a handsome 
which the first year often attains a height of eight feet. It 
produces long, graceful stems which terminate in tapering panicles of 
beautiful lilac-colored flowers borne by the hundreds on a flower head 
which is frequently fifteen inches long. A single plant the first season will 
throw out as many as fifty flower spikes, which increase in number dur- 
mg succeeding years. It generally commences to flower in June, and 
-continues to do so each season until severe frosts nip it. The foliage and 
blopms are exceedingly fine. The shrub is rather semi-herbaceous, by 
which we mean in some latitudes it will die down to the ground, and, 
although hardy, we recommend covering the roots with manure, leaves or 
other suitable material as winter approaches, as this will produce a li^avy 
growth the following season. This shrub is very desirable as sai in- 
dividual specimen in the lawn and garden, or placed promiscuously the 
shrubbery border. Does best in a light, well-drained soil in a^Stjnny 
position. 
SPECIAL MERITS 
1. Very hardy. 
2. Blooms the first season. 
3. Flowers from early summer 
till frost. 
4. Rich, striking color. 
5. Splendid for cutting. 
6. Very free flowering. 
Butterfly Bush or Summer Lilac 
A very decided novelty 
Strong plants, 23^-3 ft., each 50c. 
Nice mailing size, 12-18 in. 30c. 
H. 8. WILEY & SON 
Cayuga, N. Y. 
