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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
A (rood bed of shrubs must not be overlooked by any one. Our shrub frarden is one of the most interesting and beautiful 
features of Floral Park, and furnishes a profusion of (lowers from April to October. No one t\:n realize their great beauty 
until they have a few well established. Shrubs are a necessity to every garden and lawn, as I hoy furnish abundanee of the 
prettiest Powers and foliage, and serve to form a most beautiful background, or a line screen for unsightly objects. For 
planting in cemeteries or parks they are practically valuable. What ean be prettier planted side by side than the white¬ 
leaved Althea or Weigelia,golden-leaved Spirea, purple-leaved Berberry, and the gloss-green foliage of other sorts, to say 
nothing of the gay and pret ty Powers? A good shrub is tin object, of beauty anywhere, and as they are perfectly hardy and 
require but little care a tier once well planted, they should be extensively used. The plants we supply are strong, healthy 
and vigorous, till having grown one year in the open ground, and most of them will Power beautifully this season. 1)0 not 
fail to plant a few. Our list this year includes many now and valuable sorts. 
When Shrubs , Fruits, or Hardy Plants are, received before, you are ready to plant them in the ground, they can he safely 
hrpt in boxes of moist soil in a cool cellar or sited. 
ONE EACH OF THESE 30 SHRUBS FOR S3.00. 
Althea op Tree H°Hyh«ek. 
The Now Double Altheas, or “Tree Hollyhocks,” are 
amon? the most desirable hardy shrubs, and when once 
i>hinted are good for a lifetime. They commence bloom¬ 
ing when very small, and grow to the size of a lilac 
bush, branching freely and producing; from .Inly liutil frost 
great quantities of large double blossoms, us showy as the 
finest. perennial 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 unsurpassed by any other tree or shrub. 
New Double, Mixed Colors, a line mixed lot of the choicest 
new named varieties, all colors, white, red, rose, purple, 
striped, &c., all perfectly double. 3 year bushes, bloom¬ 
ing size, 40c. each; 3 for §1. 
Single Mixed, line large single blossoms of gay colors. 
15c. each; 5 for 50c. 
Varegata,a fine sort wit h green and white leaves and lovely 
pink flowers. Very line. 20c. each. 
Berberry. 
Purple Leaved, a shrub of striking beauty, as it has dark 
purple (almost black) loaves. The busli has a compact 
symmetrical form, and in May is loaded with beautiful 
drooping racemes of yellowish flowers. Makes a line 
specimen. 15c. each; 4 for 50c; 12 for $1.25. 
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 
keen 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. 15c. 
each; 4 for 50c. 
Fide r, Qoldeq peaVed. 
This is a new and extra line shrub. Its leaves are pure 
bright yellow, which color they retain all the season and 
present an object of striking beauty. Do nor. fail to try it. 
It is jis showy ns the 11 nest foliage plant, and lights up a lawn 
remarkably. 2Uc. each; 3 for 60c. 
Deiitzia. 
Beautiful low growing shrubs, which, when in bloom ap¬ 
pear to be “all flowers, and nothing but flowers.” Gracilis 
forces wclland is line for winter blooming in pots. 
Crenata, fl. pi., grows four feet high, and in June is liter- I 
ally covered with double white blossoms, as perfect and I 
beautiful as roses. 15c. each; 4 for 50c. 
Rosea, fl. pi., like the above except a charming rose color. 
Rare and line. 20c. each; 3 for 50c. 
Cracilis, height two feet, very compact, its branches droop- | 
ing to the ground with their profusion of white Lily of 
the Valley like blossoms. 15c. each; 4 for 50c. 
Gracilis Aurea, like the above except- ils foliage is golden . 
j’ellow. Grand. 20c. each; 3 for 50c. 
Galycaqtlpis Florida. 
This is the well known “sweet scented” shrub. 11 bears in 
May a great profusion of double purple blossoms, which 
have a stroug, delicious pine-apple fragrance. Very popular. 
15c. each; 4 lor 50c. 
purple priqge. 
This grand shrub is covered in midsummer with line hair¬ 
like flowers, giving the whole plant the appearance of being 
wrapped in a cloud of purple mist. Striking and beautiful. 
15c. euch; 4 for 50c. 
HYORANOIA PANI^ULATA OR AND IF LOKA. 
Hydrai*gea PapieUlata 
Graqdiflora. 
We lxdieve this to Vie 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* to bloom finely the first season. 20c. each ; 3 for 50c. 
