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ALBANY NURSERIES 
Cornus: DOGWOOD, Continued. 
Cornus alba siberica. SIBERIAN DOG- 
WOOD. Shrub reaching from 4 10 6 fed 
in height. Bran hes are bright red. Flow- 
ers creamy, berries light blue. 
Cornus mas. CORNELI AN CHERRY. 
I his variety, distinct from many of the 
other species, forms a very large shrub. 
Blooms in the early Spring. Blossoms yel- 
low. 
Cornus sanquinea. A native species. Of 
ornamental value because of its conspicu- 
ous blood red bark. Berries black. 
Cornus stolonifera. RED OSIER DOG- 
WOOD. Large shrub. Luxuriant green 
foliage. Branches usually red in Winter. 
Corylus: FILBERT. 
Corylus maxima purpurea. PURPLE- 
LEAVED FILBERT. A very conspicuous 
shrub with large round leaves. Dark pur- 
ple in color in early Spring, which changes 
to light purple later. Of especial value 
when planted in large masses. 
Cydonia: QUINCE. 
Beautiful well-known shrubs, flowering 
freely in early Spring. Sometimes used as 
defensive hedges. Rather spreading in 
form. Flowers are produced before the 
leaves appear. 
Cydonia Japonica. SCARLET JAPAN 
QUINCE. Has bright scarlet crimson 
flowers in great profusion. A very hardy 
shrub. 
Var. alba. BLUSH JAPAN QUINCE. 
Var. of the scarlet with delicate white and 
blushed flowers. 
Cydonia grandiflora rosea. This form dif- 
fers in that it has large rosy pink flowers. 
Cytisus: BROOM. 
This group of plants is made up of 
shrubs producing pea-shaped flowers with 
clover-like leaves. In most instances the 
branches are green in color. Rather up- 
right and dense in form. They are all 
suited to planting upon poor, rocky soil. 
Cytisus albus. PORTUGAL BROOM. 
This shrub reaches a height of six feet and 
in May every branch is wreathed with 
small white pea-shaped blossoms. It is 
frequently called the Spanish Broom. This 
plant is very useful for interiordeeorations. 
Cytisus scoparius. SCOTCH BROOM. 
This is a beautiful well-known shrub pro- 
ducing bright yellow pea-shaped flowers 
for two months or more, from early May 
onward. It varies considerably in height 
depending upon the conditions under which 
it is growing. It is of especial value be- 
cause of its bright green coloration of both 
the foliage and the branches. It is green 
the year round. 
C. s. var. andreanus. This is a very beau- 
tiful variety of the Scotch Broom in which 
the side wings of the flower instead of be- 
ing yellow are of a deep velvety brown to 
purple. It is similar to the parent plant 
with the above mentioned exception. 
Deutzia: DEUTZIA. 
These are all pretty free blooming shrubs 
that will do well in any ordinary garden 
soil that is not dried up during the Sum- 
mer months. These plants are natives of 
Japan and are quite hardy. They produce 
luxuriant foliage and a profusion of attrac- 
tive flowers, which places them among the 
most popular of the flowering shrubs. 
Bloom is produced generally during the 
month of June. 
Deutzia scabra. var. flora-plena. This va- 
riety is rather upright in form, the bell- 
shaped flowers are produced in small 
bunches. They are frequently tinged with 
pink. Flowers double. 
Var. alba. This variety is similar to the 
above except that the flowers are pure 
white. 
Var. Pride of Rochester. This is one of 
the most attractive and best plants of the 
group. It excels the others in the size of 
flower and the profuseness of bloom. It 
also blooms from a week to ten days ear- 
lier than the other varieties. Flowers 
double. 
Var. Watereri is a new variety with very 
large double white flowers borne in large 
loose racemes. It is a rapid grower. 
D. gracilis. A little bush seldom more than 
two feet high, which produces a beautiful 
mass of white flowers borne as a rule to- 
ward the end of April. It is distinctly a 
dwarf. 
D. hybrida Lemoineii. A cross between 
D. gracilis and D. parviflora. This plant 
has proved to be very popular. Its flowers 
are pure white, borne on stout branches 
which are of upright growth. Its habit is 
dwarf and it is a profuse bloomer. 
D. abel carriere. This is a variety which 
produces bright rose carmen flowers; simi- 
lar to the above in habit. 
