Abelia grandiflora 
Flowering Almond 
Althea 
Deutzia gracilis 
Hardy Flowering Shrubs . 
Shrubs are of great importance for the ornamentation of home-grounds. They have many uses; some are valuable as cut-flowers, while 
others are as decorative as any ornamental foliage plant. They may be used as a dividing-line between the flower and vegetable-garden, or 
between the lawn and the uncultivated land beyond, as a background for the flower border, and for hiding an unsightly building, fence or 
foundation. Soil where they are to be planted should be well spaded and enriched with bone-meal. Unless a very immediate effect is required, 
sufficient space should be allowed between them to permit of full development—3 feet for dwarf varieties and 5 feet for the taller ones. As a 
general rule, shrubs should be thinned or pruned just after they have finished flowering, and then only slightly, just enough to keep them in 
nice, symmetrical shape. 
NOTICE.—The best time to plant is from early spring, when ground can be worked, until about May 15, the earlier the better. 
Abelia grandiflora 
This, to our minds, is one of the finest of 
all the evergreen shrubs, and should be in 
every foundation planting. The habit and 
foliage are distinctly ornamental, and it 
blooms almost continuously from early 
summer until frost. The flowers are white, 
tinted lilac. Matured height 3 to 4 feet. 
Strong 2 to 3-foot plants, $1 each, $10 
per doz., $75 per 100. 
Almond, Flowering (Amygdalus) 
This beautiful shrub is one of the loveliest. 
The flowers are borne on its slender branches 
during May, and are very fragrant. 5 to 6 
feet high. 
Pink. Double-flowering; pink. 
White. Double-flowering; white. 
Strong plants, 2 to 3 feet, 75 c. each, $ 7.50 per doz. 
Althea (Rose of Sharon) 
The Altheas are among the most valuable 
of our tall, hardy shrubs on account of their 
late blooming, which is from August to Octo¬ 
ber, a period when few shrubs are in flower. 
We offer in four distinct colors. 10 to 12 feet 
high. Red, Pink, White, and Purple. 
Strong 3 to 4-foot plants, 50 cts. each, 
$5 per doz. 
Forsythia viridissima 
New Red-Leaved 
Japanese Barberry 
The finest shrub novelty of recent years. 
Identical with the Green-leaved Barberry, 
except that the foliage is a rich, lustrous, 
bronze-red which becomes more vivid as the 
season advances, changing to brilliant orange, 
scarlet and red shades in the fall. However, it 
should be planted in full exposure to the sun. 
Strong to 2-foot, 2-year-old plants, 
75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
Buddleia variabilis Veitchiana 
Butterfly Shrub; Summer Lilac 
One of the most desirable of summer¬ 
flowering shrubs, beginning to bloom in July 
and continuing until cut down by severe frost. 
The flowers are of a pleasing shade of violet- 
mauve, and are borne in dense, cylindrical 
spikes from 12 to 15 inches in length by 3 
inches in diameter. The plant dies down in 
winter, coming up the following spring. 5 to 
6 feet high. Strong 3 to 4-loot plants, 
50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Deutzias 
Gracilis. A great favorite, dwarf, covered 
with spikes of pure white flowers in early 
summer. Strong l^/z to 2-foot plants, 
50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Pride of Rochester. A fine, tall-growing, 
double, white-flowering variety. 9 to 10 
feet high. Strong 3 to 4-foot plants, 
50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Dogwood (Cornus) 
Florida. Handsome, small trees covered with 
myriads of large, four-petaled white flowers 
in spring; beautiful, glossy foliage. 15 to 
20 feet high. 3 to 4 feet, $1 each, $10 
per doz. 
Florida rubra. Like the preceding, except 
that the flowers are bright, shiny pink. 
Very rare and valuable and a decided ac¬ 
quisition. 15 to 20 feet high. 4 to 5 feet, 
$4 each, $40 per doz. 
Sibirica (Siberian Dogwood). This type of 
Dogwood differs from the above in that it 
is distinctly shrubby in growth. It is a 
strong-growing variety with small white 
flowers. The branches are crimson colored 
in winter. 8 to 10 feet high. Strong 3 to 
4-foot plants, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
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Forsythia 
A very decorative shrub with bright golden 
yellow, star-shaped flowers which burst into 
bloom at the beginning of spring while the 
bush is otherwise bare. 
Suspensa (Weeping Golden Bells). A tall 
shrub of willowy growth, the branches 
gracefully arching and covered with golden 
yellow bells in early spring. 4 to 6 feet 
high. 
Viridissima (Golden Bells). Similar to the 
above but of more erect habit. 7 to 8 feet 
high. 
Strong plants of either of the above, 50 cts. each, 
$5 per doz. 
Honeysuckle 
Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera) 
We offer two varieties of the Bush Honey¬ 
suckle. They are splendid for lawns or 
borders. 9 to 10 feet high. 
Tatarica. Pink flowers, contrasting with the 
foliage. Blooms in June. 
Tatarica alba. White form of the above. 
Either of the above, strong 3 to 4 -foot plants, 
75 cts. each, $ 7.50 per doz. 
Hydrangea 
We offer two varieties of this, perhaps the 
most popular of flowering shrubs. 
Arborescens grandiflora (Snowball Hy¬ 
drangea). This magnificent, perfectly 
hardy American shrub has snow-white 
blossoms of largest size. One of its most 
valuable characteristics is its coming into 
bloom just after the passing of all the early 
spring-blooming shrubs. 4 to 5 feet high. 
Strong 2 to 3-loot plants, 75 cts. each, 
$7.50 per doz. 
Paniculata grandiflora. The flowers, which 
are borne in dense, pyramidal panicles a 
foot long, in greatest profusion, are white 
when they first open but gradually change 
to rose color. 8 to 9 feet high. Strong 2 
to 3-foot plants, 75 cts. each, $7.50 
per doz. 
Kerria (Corchorus) 
Japonica flore-plena. Attractive golden 
j ellow flowers are borne continuously from 
June to October. 4 to 5 feet high. Strong 
2 to 3-foot plants, $1 each, $10 per 
doz. 
