MAY'S CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SHKDS, BULBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
FLOWERING. 
JAPANESE SNOWBALL. 
HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA. 
colorcrt edible fruit. 
RED FLOWERING AND YELLOW 
30C each. 
DOUBLE CRIMSON. A new and distinct variety re- 
cently introduced from Ivurope. Larjje, double, 
crimson blossoms. 25c each. 
V\f^ti4-'ri^c These are a most satisfactory and 
l^CULZtlctd* picasinj? class of shrubs that are 
admirably adapted for ciiltnre on the lawn» cither 
sin^lv or grouped. 30C each. 
CANDIDA. Lar>ce double white blossoms. 
CRENATA DOUBLE PINK. A fine variety, producing 
perlectly double, pure pink blossoms in racemes 4- to 
5 inches long. 
GRACIL'S. An old favorite dwarf variety with pure 
white riowcrs. 
PRIDE OF ROCHESTER. (See cut.) A masnificent 
sort, with large doiible white blossoms tinted rose. 
WATERi. Anew and distinct variety, Blosnoms 
extra large, borne in large, loose racemes. White 
tinged with rose. 
Exochorda Grand if lora. ^/o win"J 
shrub, forming a neat, compact bush 10 to 12 feet 
higli. The fiowers, which are pure white, are borne 
in slender racemes of S to 10 florets each on light 
and wiry branches that bend beneath their load of 
bloom, just enougli to be airy and graceful. 
25c each.' 
Forsythia Suspensa. J?^]^ft"ySfi';^ 
flo\fers wl'.ioh appear in early spring before the 
leaves, and are borne in long sprays. The plant 
is of dwarf, weeping hahil, making it very at- 
tractive. 30C each. 
Honeysuckle Tartaian. %i,tS^ 
tree form, producing a great profusion of bloom 
in early summer. Two varieties, white and red. 
20c each. 
Paniculata 
(See ciit,.) This is with- 
out doubt the grandest 
shrub ever introduced. It thrives in all sections 
of the country :ind comes into bloom in August, 
at a time when all other shrubs are through 
flowering. It produces large pyramidal shaped 
heads of blot)ms in the greatest profusion. 
These are pure white when they first open, gra^l- 
ualty changing to pink, and remain on the bush 
until winter. 25c each. Extra size plants 50c 
each. 
Kerria Japonica. lo^^^l^.^r^iut 
with green bark, pretty loliage and small yellow 
tiowers. 20c each. 
(Purple Leaved 
Plum.) Theyoung 
branches are dark purple and the leaves when 
young are a lustrous crimson changing to pur- 
ple. Flowers are small, white and single. Shows 
rtnely by contrast when planted with light or 
golden leaved plants, aoc each. 
HARDY 
SHRUBS. 
ORNAHENTAL 
AND 
FLOWERING. 
No class 01 plants 
is of easier cul- 
ture, requires less 
care and atten- 
tion, and dresses 
up ordecorates a 
lawn bett-^rthau 
these. Oucc 
planted, they re- 
main forever, in- 
creasing the 
value and en- 
haucing the 
beauty of every 
home," no matter 
how humble. 
The low price at 
which they arc 
offered places 
them within the 
reach of all. N< > 
homeiscomplet-c 
without i I 
hard V shrubs foL — — — ■ 
t: e fawn. Tlu BRIDAL WREATH. 
varieties we ofler have all been thoroughly tested ai re 
perfectly hardy in ail localities. 
D^t*Ktf:^«*t*'vr D««««r\lA Handsome violet colored 
DCI UCrry fUrpiC. p -jage; yellow blossoms, 
which are succeeded by purplish fruit. A very showy and 
etfectivc plant. 20c each. 
Clethra Alntfnlifl (Sweet Pepper Bush.) Pro- 
Vi/lCLlira /MllllUlld* duces showy spikes of 
cream v white, fragrant blossoms in August. 30C each. 
Currant, Flowering. ^IrsJr.Sn^l 
cre<l very deairable. They are covered in early summer 
with bright, showy flowers, which are succeeded, by dark 
Hydrangea 
Qrandiflora. 
Prunus Pissardi. 
Lilacs. 
Ptelea Trifoliata. 
We offer only choice naired soHs. 
far superior to the common white 
and purple usually offered, aoc each, or the set of 7 
for .$1.15. 
BELLE OE NANCY. Li^ht purple. 
CHARLES X. Dark purplish red. 
LEMOINEL Double white flowers, bloom In im- 
mense panicles. 
MAD. CHATENAY. A new and desirable variety 
from France. 
MARIE LE GRAY. A new white variety of great 
beauty. 
PERStAN. Small, bright purple. 
QIANT TREE LILAC. (See cut opp. page.) A man- 
nificen*-. and beautiful tree from northern Japan. 
Blossoms in midsummer; immense clusters 16 to 24 
inches long of pure white. Very rare and choice. 
25c each. * 
MARIE LE PAGE. New and choice. 
RUBRA CHAS. X. Red; very beatittful. 
(Ho'pTree.) A large 
shrub or small tree 
of rapid growth and robust habit. Fruit winged 
and in clusters. Blossoms in June. Very decora- 
tive, aoc each. 
Innnn C\\\\\\C^ , See cut.) Pyras Japonica. 
Jitpall VfUIUCC. l^s single shrubs on the 
lawn these are most beautiful and attract- 
ive. Their large brilliant flowers are among 
the first that open in the spring, and as they 
are borne in the greatest profusion, covering every 
branch and twig before the leaves are developed, 
they present a rare spectacle. The foliage is bright 
green and glossy, retaining its brilliant color 
throughout the season, rendering the bush orna- 
mental at all times, aoc each. 
Sambucus Aurea. ^T^^^lJ^:^ 
shrub, with golden yellow foliage, producing a very 
fine eflect when groxiped with other shrubs, or as 
single specimen plants on the lawn. It produces 
clusters of pure white flowers, which are followed 
by the fruit similar in appearance to the common 
elderberrv. asc each. 
^nr^Vl/h*»t"t*V A most beautiful little shrub. 
OIIUW UC-I 1 J • producing a profusion of pink 
fiowers in early summer, and large, white, waxen 
i)erries in autumn, aoc each. 
Viburnum Plicatum. ^it.TfsefcSTs 
A magnificent variety with mammoth blossoms, 
larger than Double Paeonias. It is impossible to 
imagit>e anything more beautiful than one of these 
shrubs loaded with its great bunches of snow-white 
flowers. It is, indeed, a grand shrub, and without 
do"bt a most valuable variety for this country, as 
it has proven to be as hardy as the Lilac. Few 
hardy shrubs grow with such rapidity or blossom 
so young as this magnificent Snowball. It remai ns 
in blootri a long time, and the appearance of a few 
of these Giant Snowballs grown in clumps, or when 
scattered throughout the yard, makes the grandest 
display imaginable. 25c each. 
