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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y 
HA-R-Dg OK/NAMENTAL SH-RUBS. 
A good bod of Shrubs must not be overlooked by any one. Our shrub garden is one of the most interesting- and beau- 
tiful features of Floral Park, and furnishes a profusion of tiowers from April to October, No one can realize their great 
beauty until they have a few well established. Shrubs are a necessity to every garden and lawn, as they furnish abundance 
of the prettiest flowers and foliage, and serve to form a most beautiful background, or a fine screen for unsightly objects. 
For planting in cemeteries or parks they are practically valuable. What can be prettier planted side by side than the white- 
leaved Althea or Weigelia, golden-leaved Splrea, purple leaved Berberry, and the gloss-green foliage of other sorts, to say 
nothing of the gay and pretty flowers 1 A good shrub is an object of beauty anywhere, and as they are perfectly hardy and 
req^ulre but little care after once well planted, they should be extensively used. The plants we supply are strong, healthy 
and vigorous, all having grown one year in the open ground, and most of them will flower beautifully this season. Do not 
fall to plant a few. Our list this year includes many new and valuable sorts. 
TFTim ShnCbs, Fruits, or Hardy Plants are received before you are ready to plant them In the ground, they can be safely 
kept in boxes of moist soil in a cool cellar or shed. 
ONE EACH OF THESE 32 SHRUBS FOR $3.00. 
ALTHEA OR TREE HOLLYHOCK. 
The new Double Altheas, or “Tree Hollyhocks,” are 
among the most desirable hardy shrubs, and when once 
planted are good for a lifetime. They commence blooming 
when very small, and grow to the size of a lilac bush, branch- 
ing freely and producing from July until frost great quan- 
tities of large double blossoms, as showy as the finest peren- 
nial hollyhocks. For planting on the lawn or against fences, 
or grouping with other shrubbery they are just elegant. In 
France they are the most popular hardy shrub, especially 
for cemetery planting, for which purpose they are unsur- 
R assed by any other tree orshruK 
ew Double— Mixed Colors— A fine mixed lot of the choicest 
new named varieties, all colors, white, red, rose, purple, 
striped etc., all perfectly double. Three year bushes, 
blooming size, 40 cts. each ; 3 for $1.00. 
Single Mixed— Fine large single blossoms of gay colors. 
15 cts. each ; 5 for 50 cts. 
BERBERRY. 
Purple Leaved— A shrub of striking beauty, as it has dark 
purple (almost black) leaves. The bush has a compact 
symmetrical form, and in May is loaded with beautiful 
drooping racemes of yellowish flowers. Makes a fine 
specimen. 15 cts. each ; 4 for .50 cts ; 13 for $1.2,5. 
ThunbergI— A shrub of great value; after blooming pro- 
fusely it bears brilliant red berries which hang very 
thickly suspended from the branches. These berries 
keep on well into the winter, and make the bush very 
brilliant after the leaves have fallen. In autumn the 
leaves color very brilliantly. A grand acquisition. 16 
cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. 
ELDER, GOLDEN LEAVED. 
This is a new and extra fine shrub. Its leaves are pure 
bright yellow, which color they retain all the season and 
f resent an object of striking beauty. Do not fail to try it. 
t is as showy as the finest foliage plant, and lights up a lawn 
remarkably. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 60 cts. 
DEUTZIA. 
Beautiful low growing shrubs, which, when in bloom, 
appear to be “all flowers, and notliing but flowers.” Gracilis 
forces well and is fine for winter blooming in pots. 
Crenata, fl. pi.— Grows four feet high, and in June is liter- 
ally covered with double white blossoms, as perfect and 
beautiful as roses. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 60 cts. 
Rosea, fl. pi.— Like the above except a charming rose color. 
Karo and fine. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts. 
Craollls— Height 2 feet, very compact, its branches droop- 
ing to the ground with their profusion of white Lily of 
the V alley like blossoms. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 60 cts. 
HYDRANGEA PANirULATA GRAN- 
DIFLORA. 
We believe this to be the most desirable hardy shrub in 
cultivation. Flowers white, borne in Immense pyramidal 
trusses more than a foot long. It remains in flower two or 
three months; creates a great sensation wherever seen. It is 
sure tc bloom finely the first season. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 60c. 
CALYCANTHUS FLORIDA. 
This is the well known “sweet scented” shrub. It bears 
In May a great profusion of double purple blossoms, which 
have a strong delicious pine-apple fragrance. Very popular. 
15 cts. each ; 4 for 60 cts. 
CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA. 
A low growing shrub, with dense, pale green foliage 
covered with spikes of delightfully fragrant white flowers 
produced from July to October, when flowers are of such’ 
value. A hedge of it fully equals the wonderful Jessamine 
hedges of the South, both in beauty and char ning fragrance 
A most valuable shrub indeed, and should be included in all 
collections. As a honey producer it is not excelled by any 
plant or shrub. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts. 
PURPLE FRINGE. 
This grand shrub is covered in midsummer with fine hair, 
like flowers, giving the whole plant the appearance of being 
wrapped in a cloud of purple mist. Striking and beautifuL 
15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. 
TREE LILAC ^Syringa Japonica). 
The new Japanese Tree Lilac. We are fortunate in hav- 
ing to oflfer at a low price a few thousand seedling trees of 
this rare Japanese Tree Lilac. The first specimens that ever 
bloomed in this country are growing in Boston. It forms a 
large tree twenty-five or more feet in height, and branching 
like a maple. In June It produces enormous racemes of white 
flowers exactly likea Lilac in all respects except their enor- 
mous size, the clusters of bloom being never less than two 
feet in length. One can easily imagine the grand effect pro- 
duced by such a tree in bloom. It is perfectly hardy ju all 
localities. 30 cts. each ; 4 for $1.00. 
SNOWBALL 
New Double 
White-Grand 
new variety, 
from Japan, 
having large 
compact balls 
formed of 
white blos- 
soms as dou- 
ble and per- 
fect as roses. A 
great bloomer 
and sure to 
create a sensa-i 
tion wherever 
seen. It is im 
possible to 
imagine any. ' 
thing more 
beautiful than 
a shrub of this 
snowball load-' 
ed with its 
great droop- 
ing balls of 
double snow- 
white flowers. 
It is a sight! 
which all will . 
stop to enjoy. 
30 cts. each ; 
4 for $1.00. 
SNOWBALI., DOITBI,E. 
SWEET BRIAR. 
This is a beautiful rose (R. Canina,) which bears through 
the summer, large single, blush white or pink flowers. In 
great profusion. The leaves have a i>eculiar sweet fragrance 
which is delightful. It is really a charming shrub. 10 cts. 
each ; 6 for 50 cts. 
FORSYTHIA OR GOLDEN BELL. 
An old and valued shrub, growing 4 to 5 feet high, and in 
April or May before its leaves appear, robing itself the 
length of its branches in pendulous bells of a bright yellow 
color. It is such a mass of brilliant yellow that it can be 
seen for a long distance, and lights up a lawn or yard as noth- 
ing else can at that earlj' season. Large bushes, ^ cts. each: 
3 for 60 cts. 
LILAC, WHITE. 
All know and lovo the grand old purple Lilac, but very 
few possess the large flowering pure white variety which we 
here offer. Do not fail to plant a few, it is so lovely in con- 
trast with the other. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. 
