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FORSYTH IA, GOLDEN BELL— A very singular and quite ornamental 
shrub. Its branches in the spring, before the leaves appear are covered with 
bright golden yellow, pendulous flowers. 
FORSYTH IA FORTUN IT— Similar to the above but of a more upright 
growth. 
FORSYTH IA SUSPENSA — (Weeping Forsythia) — Of drooping habit, re- 
sembling Fortuni in its flowers. 
HEDYSARUM MULTIJUGUM— Hardy, perennial, of recent introduction, 
of angular, straggling growth, 2 to 5 feet high, very showy and worthy of 
general culture; flowers all summer, pea-shaped, violet or purplish majenta, 
with yellow blotches in racemes, 8 to 10 inches long; leaves oval, grayish- 
green; fine for rockwork. 
HONEYSUCKLE, UPRIGHT RED TARTARIAN— A beautiful flowering 
shrub, blooms early in spring, flowers bright pink. 
HONEYSUCKLE, UPRIGHT WHITE TARTARIAN— Similar to the pre- 
ceding, with white flowers. 
HYDRANGEAS. 
Beautiful free flowering shrubs, bearing immense panicles or trusses of 
flowers. Paniculata is perfectly hardy and requires no protection; the other 
varieties require protection in the winter and should be grown in pots or 
boxes and wintered in the cellar, except in the warmer sections. 
HYDRANGEA, OTAKSA — Immense trusses of rose-colored flowers; foliage 
deep green; a free bloomer; season, July. 
HYDRANGEA, PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA, or LARGE PANICLE- 
FLOWERED— A fine shrub, growing from 8 to 10 feet high; flowers produced 
in great pyramidal panicles a foot long, are at first pure white, then changing 
to pink. Begins to bloom early in August, continuing several weeks. It is 
valuable for planting either singly or in beds. Pronounced “decidedly the 
finest flowering shrub of recent introduction.” While everyone is familiar 
with the tender Hydrangea, w'hich is common everywhere as a pot plant, yet 
many are still unaware of the existence of a perfectly hardy variety known 
as the Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora. It is recognized wherever known, 
in all latitudes, as decidedly the finest acquisition to the list of hardy shrubs 
made in the past twenty years. It is as hardy as a native oak, and produces 
at the ends of the branches great masses of flowers, the individual clusters 
often being nearly a foot in length. 
HYDRANGEA, THOMAS HOGG — Immense trusses of flowers, at first 
slightly tinged with green, becoming of the purest white, and remaining so 
a long time. 
JUNE BERRY, IMPROVED DWARF— The fruit is borne in clusters, red- 
dish purple in color, changing to bluish black. In flavor it is mild, rich, sub- 
acid, excellent as a desert fruit or canned. It is extremely hardy. In habit 
it is similar to the currant, the bush attaining the same size. The blossoms 
are quite large and composed of fine, white petals which, with its bright, 
