W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX CO., VIRGINIA, 
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HARDY SHRUBS 
SILVER MAPLE 
The well known shade tree. We have a fine lot of 
these, young and thrifty, only three years from seed 
and six to eight feet high. Price, 40 cents each; $4.00 
per dozen, by express. 
ALTHEA 
(Rose of Sharon.) The Altheas are among the most 
valuable of our tall hardy shrubs on acoounl of their 
late season of blooming, which Is from August to Oc- 
tober, a period when but few shrubs are in flower. 
Alba Plena — Double white, crimson center. Price, 
25 cents each. 
Boule De Feu — Double red. Price, 25 cents each. 
Lady Stanley — Double pink. Price, 25 cents each. 
FORSYTHIA SUSPENSA 
(Weeping Golden Beil.) A tall shrub of willowy 
growth, the branches gracefully arching, covered with 
golden-yellow bells in early spring. Price, 25c each. 
FORSYTHIA VIRIDISSIMA 
Strong, erect habit; flowers yellow; very early. 
Price, 25 cents each. 
DEUTZIAS 
AVell-known profuse flowering shrubs, blooming in 
spring or early summer. Succeeded in any sunny posi- 
tion. The dwarf varieties are desirable for forcing 
under glass. 
Pride of Rochester — A fine tall-growing double white. 
Price, two-year, by express, 25 cents each. 
Crcnata Rosea Plena (Double-flowering Deutzia.) 
Double- white, tinged with pink; very desirable tali 
shrub. Price, two-year, by express, 25 cents each. 
RUDBECKIA GOLDEN GLOW 
It is a strong, robust grower, attaining a height of 
five to six feet, and produces masses of double golden- 
yellow Cactus Dahlia-like flowers from July lo Sep- 
tember. By mail, 15 cents. 
SPIREA ANTHONY WATERER 
A valuable and distinct variety; color bright crim- 
son; it is of dwarf, dense growth, never exceeding 
thirty inehes in height; in bloom the entire summer 
and fall. By mail, 15 cents; two-year, by express, 30c. 
SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI 
The grandest of all the white Spireas; it is a beauti- 
ful ornament for the lawn at any season, but when in 
flower it is a complete fountain of white bloom, the 
foliage hardly showing. Clusters of twenty to thirty 
white florets make up the raceme, and are set close 
along the drooping stems. By mall, 15 cents; two- 
year, by express, 30 cents. 
CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS 
(Sweet or Strawberry Shrub.) An old favorite, with 
double chocolate-colored strawberry-scented flowers. 
By mail, 15 cents; two-year, by express, 25 cents. 
YUCCA FILAMENTOSA 
(Spanish Bayonet.) A low-growing, hardy evergreen 
plant with long, narrow leaves; almost tropical in ap- 
pearance. The flower stalk is from two to four feet 
high, and rises from the center. It bears a profusion 
of creamy-white, bell -shaped flowers; will thrive in 
the poorest soil. Price, two-year, by express, 25 cents. 
LILACS 
Common— (Syringa Vulgaris.1 The common purple 
Lilac species. By mail, 15 cents; two-year, by express, 
35 cents. 
Common White — (S. Vulgaris Alba.) Flowers pure 
white, fragrant, beautiful. By mall, 15 cents; two- 
year, by express, 35 cents. 
JAPONICUS 
(Japan Quince.) A very showy and popular shrub, 
which blooms profusely in early spring; flowers daz- 
zling scarlet; makes an e.xoellent hedge. Price by 
mail, 15 cents; two-year, by express, 35 cents. 
VIBURNUM PLICATUM 
(Japan Snowball.) Healthy dark foliage; the perfect 
balls of pure white flowers borne in great profusion; 
a decided improvement on tlie old Snowball; very de- 
sirable. Price, by mail, 15c; two-year, by express, 35c. 
PHILADELPHUS, BOULE D ’ARGENT 
(Silver Ball Mock Orange.) Of dwarf, compact habit, 
with double white flowers in June. Price, 25 cents each. 
CORONARIUS 
(Garland Mock Orange.) This is the popular, well- 
known tall variety; very sweet and one of the first 
to flower. Price, 25 cents each. 
HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS GRANDIFLORA 
FORMA NOVA 
(Snowball Hydrangea.) This magnificent, perfectly 
hardy, American shrub is the very finest addition to 
this class of plants in many a year. The snow-white 
blooms are of largest size. The habit of the plant is 
excellent, the foliage finely finished. One of the most 
valuable characteristics is its coming into bloom just 
after the passing of all the early spring shrubs, while 
its long flowering season, from early June until late 
August, makes it a valuable acquisition in any garden. 
Price, strong plants, 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. 
HYDRANGEA 
Paniculata Grandiflora — This is one of the most hardy 
shrubs in cultivation. It attains a height of three or 
four feet, and is perfectly hardy in all parts of the 
country. The flowers are white, borne in immense 
pyramidal panicles nearly a foot in length. It com- 
mences flowering in July and continues until Novem- 
ber. The plant should be cut back every spring at 
least one-half of the last season’s growth, as the flow- 
ers are borne on new wood and are much finer when 
the plants are treated in this way. This is the finest 
flowering shrub for cemetery planting we know of. 
Price, mailing size, will bloom this year, 10 cents; two- 
year field grown, by express, 25 cents; by mall, 35 
cents. Three-year, extra size, by express, 50 cents. 
LAGERSTROEMIA 
(Crape Myrtle.) This is one of the prettiest shrubs 
and, while hardy south of the Potomac, requires pro- 
tection in the North. All, however, that is necessary 
is to winter the plants in a cellar or similar position, 
where they will be protected from very severe weather. 
Grown in large pots or tubs, specimens six to eight 
feet high can be produced with little difficulty, and 
which for two to three months in the summer will be 
covered with flowers. In three colors, pink, purple and 
crimson. Price, by mail, 10 cents; two-year, 25 cents. 
THE TRUE RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE 
OF THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS 
The Hardiest Rhododendron Known 
We can unhesitatingly recommend the true native 
Catawbiense as the finest of all Rhododendrons for gen- 
eral use, withstanding successfully -exposure and ex- 
tremes of temperature where other Rhododendrons 
tail. The trusses are a bright red-purple, in marked 
contrast to the muddy purple of the semi-hardy half- 
breed imported variety. Strong nursery grown bushy 
plants, six to nine inches high, 40 cents each. 
AZALEA 
Lutea (Calendulacea.) Great Flame Azalea. The 
most regal of all the species, native or exotic, and a 
noble representative of our rich Carolina Mountain 
flora. Bartram, speaking of it in his “Travels," calls 
it the “fiery Azalea," and says: “This epithet Fiery 
I annex to this most celebrated species of Azalea as 
being expressive of the appearance of its flowers, which 
are in general of the color of the finest red lead, orange 
and bright gold as well as yellow and cream color. 
'This is certainly the most gay and brilliant flowering 
shrub yet known.” Strong plants, eight to twelve 
inches, 40 cents each. 
SIMPLE RULES AND SURE RESULTS 
For the successful Rhododendron and Azalea bed suc- 
cess is as simple and sure as with ordinary shrubs. It 
is a question of doing just the right thing, before, dur- 
ing and after planting. Rhododendrons and Azaleas 
grow naturally in shady, damp situations, being surface 
feeders with fine hairlike rootlets. Plainly, therefore, 
dry, hard ground or drought checks growth or kills 
outright; nature provides against this; yet how many 
gardeners do? A deep, porous soil prevents droughts, 
so excavate two to three feet or more and see that in 
clay soils .good drainage is provided for, so that water 
will not stagnate in the bottom and make “sour 
ground." Rhododendrons live largely on vegetable 
mold and humus; therefore, fill in with a mixture of 
leaf-mold, rich loam, field sods, swamp muck or peat, 
with one-tenth sharp sand and one-tenth at least of 
well-rotted manure. 
The Great Secret — Mulch, and yet mulch again, all 
the year round. This is the great Rhododendron secret. 
As soon as planted, cover the entire surface of the 
ground with a vegetable mulching — preferably hard- 
wood leaves — to the depth of a foot when reasonably 
well packed. Never remove this mulching, but let it 
remain the year round, and every fall add a new layer 
of similar depth. 
