MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK. 
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Buddleia Variahilis. 
SEED 
10c. PER 
PACKET. 
(CHINESE LILAC.) It is 
a hardy shrub, growing 
three to four feet high, its gracefully arching branches cov¬ 
ered with a woolly bloom. The leaves are bright green above, 
velvet white miderneath. The contrast of white and green 
produces a highly decorative effect. The very numerous 
branches are terminated by racemes of flowers, frequently 
twelve inches in length and borne in such quantities as to 
cover the entire bush. The predominating shade is rosy lilac , 
with oraiige tint in center. Exquisite rose and violet shades 
also. The flowers, which have an agreeable odor, are pro¬ 
duced from June until October and even later. 
Good blooming plants, 20c.; 3 for 50c. 
Hydrangea . 
(PANICULATA 
GRANDIFLORA.) 
They are absolutely hardy, grow in any soil and 
bloom in the same year they are set out. They 
flower abundantly, bearing immense panicles of 
bloom, white, turning to rose in Autumn. An 
annual shortening of branches tends to increase the 
size of the flowers. 
15c. each; $1.25 
doz., extra large 
plants, 25 to 30 
inches, by express, 
40c. ea.;3for$1.00 
Crimson Spirea 
Japan Snowball. 
(Viburnum Plicatum.) 
I have long wanted to 
sell this excellent plant, 
but pfice and scarcity of 
good plants have deterred 
me from so doing until 
now. The plant standsat 
the head of hardy shrubs, 
it is absolutely hardy; a 
good grower; and is as 
much superior to thecom- 
mon snowball as a culti¬ 
vated Rose is better than 
a wild one. Flowers re¬ 
semble a huge snowball. 
Will grow six to eight ft. 
In bloom' all Summer. 
Fine blooming plants, 
20c. ea.; 2 for 30c. Extra 
large strong plants, 30c. 
The New Crimson Spirea. Is ^j^i es Yo%!n: 
When it is scarcely three inches high it begins to bloom, and 
thereafter is seldom out of flower. Asa house plant nothing can 
equal it. In garden it will make a plant three feet high and wide, 
and will be covered with heads, one foot across, of brilliant 
crimson flowers. 15c. each; 2 for 25c. Larger plants, 25c. 
Japan Snowball ( Viburnum PlicatumJ 
One each of the four Shrubs on this page for 50c., by mail, 
