SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR J 896. 
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HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS. 
Every true lover of Horticulture, in its highest sense, finds special delight in the cultivation of Flowering 
Shrubs. They possess a charm, a grace and a beauty which is supreme; one’s soul is drawn toward them in 
adoration, and it seems to meet, in return, a love which can make its existence known. They stand by our 
gate, our doorway and our paths, scattered singly or in groups over the lawn or in stately hedge or background, 
and as they develop and make the seasons rejoice with their beauty and fragrance, we grow to love and cherish 
them, to some degree, as members of our family. Each one brings a special joy with its season of bloom, and 
they are really part of our home life; certainly loving companions, greeting us when we return, and bringing 
to our every day life beauty, cheer and happiness. IVo, we who love nature, beautiful anil refined homes, can¬ 
not reallxe complete happiness without Hardy Flowering Shrubs, and our love for them, together with knowl¬ 
edge and experience in cultivating them, has suggested the following varieties, everyone of which is a gem. 
Hardy, robust, free-dowering, anil exquisitely beautiful. They are the best, and our customers cannot go 
astray in selecting any of them. Floral Park would be incomplete if one sort was missing, and as re grow and 
sell shrubs by the hundred thousand h-c can offer first-class, healthy hushes at extremely low rates. 
Altljea, op 3 fpee Hollyhock. 
A fine toll growing shrub, that once planted is good fora 
lifetime. Blooms when hut a slip of a plant, but eventually 
reaches the size of a small tree. Always a symmetrical, up¬ 
right grower, well clothed with a dark green foliage, and 
bears every year, without fail, a profusion of large, showy, 
double flowers, that closely resemble Hollyhocks in shape 
and colors, but often larger in size. They bloom from mid¬ 
summer until frost, at a time when few other shrubs are in 
bloom. Fine for cemetery planting, or for grouping upon 
the lawn, rhe following are new double varieties of superb 
beauty. In Europe this is the most, popular of all flowering 
shrubs. No flowering tree or large shrub can approach it in 
majestic beauty. 
Rubra. Find double red, large and brilliant. 
Meehanil. Enormous double white flowers having a fine 
red center. Magnificent.. 
Double White. Great snowy blossoms of exquisite loveli- 
neas. 
Clgontea. Large double white, with full red center. Extra. 
Prices of nhore % 20c. each; the four for Mr. 
Double Mixed. Extra fine: all colors and variegations. 
20c. each; 3 for 50c : 7 for $1.00. 
The Trifoliate ()rai}ge. 
A new hardy Orange. This is the most hardy of the 
Orange family and will stand our northern climate with 
little or no protection. I n the parks of both New York and 
Philadelphia it is growing luxuriantly, and blooming and 
fruiting profusely. Think of it.; you can have an Orange 
tree growing, blooming and fruiting on your lawn or vard. 
of low - symmetrical growth, with beautiful 
trifoliate, glossy-green leaves, and abundance of larg< white 
1fru, t is small, bright orange-red in color. 
of , the plant, with its constant habit of 
*1 i 1 sh ?v\ vy fru , it - combine to make a shrub of 
peculiar beauty. 30c. each ; 3 for ,50c. 
The “Ferp Leaf” Tree. 
A beautiful tree of a low shrubby growth, making a 
superb large foliage shrub. Its leaves are like beatiful fern 
fronds so finely inciniated and graceful, often two feet in 
length by ten inches in width. Color very dark green while 
the stems are dark ebony red. It also bears large bunches 
of red berries, and ill autumn the leaves color very brightly 
at the touch ot frost. It is one of the very finest ornamental 
shrubs in cultivation. It is 
hardy and robust and suc¬ 
ceeds in any situation. Asa 
specimen shrub or small tree 
for the yard or iaivn it is 
grand. 30c. each; 1 for $1.00. 
JHagriolia Grandiflora. 
This is the Queen of the 
Southern Forest. It attains 
the size of a large tree, with 
enormous foliage, which is 
glossy and wax-like and ever 
green. In early summer its 
enormous flowers are pro¬ 
duced. creamy-white, fully a 
foot across, and wonderfully 
fragrant.The tree isas hardy 
as far north as New York, 
and may be seen growing in 
• he parks of that city and 
Brooklyn. There is no grand¬ 
er object in vegetation than 
this giant Magnolia. Fine 
young trees, 85c. each; 3 for 
60c. 
