"It’s Not a Farm Without An Orchard” 
Named French Lilacs 
(See picture on page 10). 
The named sorts are much superior to 
the old type of Common Purple and 
White, and they bloom when plants are 
much younger. 6 to 8 ft. 
Belle de Nancy. Double flowers of pinkish 
lavender. A good bloomer. 
Chas. Joly. Double flowering. Has dark 
wine-colored blossoms with silvery re' 
verse. One of the very best. 
Chas. X. Of exceptionally strong, rapid 
growth, with large, shining leaves and 
rather loose trusses of reddish purple 
flowers. Single. 
Hugo Koster. Huge panicles of large, 
single lavender'pink blossoms. One of 
the most prolific bloomers in the hybrid 
Lilacs. 
Jean Mace. Double bluish mauve. Very 
fine. 
Katherine Havemeyer. Large, double me¬ 
tallic blue flowers, flushed with mauve. 
Ludwig Spaeth. Dark purplish red flowers, 
large, and in long panicles. A distinct, 
superb sort that will give great satisfac' 
tion. Single flowering. 
Mme. Lemoine. A choice variety of the 
Lilac, producing long racemes of double, 
white flowers, lasting longer than the 
single sorts. A valuable acquisition. 
Mme. Abel Chatenay. A very desirable va- 
riety, with milk-white, double flowers; 
panicles of medium size; very compact: 
fine for cut flowers. 
Mme. Casimir-Perier. White flowers in 
large, graceful panicles. A profuse 
bloomer. One of the very best sorts. 
Double flowering. 
Marie Legraye. Large panicles of white 
flowers; the finest white. Single. 
Michel Buchner. Clear pale lilac; double. 
Miss Ellen Willmott. A new double white 
of much merit. 
Mrs. Florence Stepman. Double white. 
One of the best new varieties. 
President Grevy. Large, beautiful blue 
flower panicles. Individual flowers very 
double and large. 
Philadelphus - Syringa 
Also known as Mock Orange. Of vigor¬ 
ous habit, very hardy, with large, hand¬ 
some foliage and beautiful white flowers 
produced in great profusion in June. They 
merit a place in every collection of shrub¬ 
bery. 
Aureus (Golden Syringa). 3 to 5 ft. A 
compact shrub with bright yellow fol¬ 
iage which retains its color well through¬ 
out the season. Very effective in group¬ 
ing as a contrast to the darker foliage of 
others. 
Bouquet Blanc. This variety forms an up¬ 
right shapely bush with dark rich foliage. 
Flowers come in clusters, are large, pure 
white, and quite double, very sweet 
scented. Llardy and a dependable bloom¬ 
er. 5 to 6 ft. 
Coronarius (Sweet Syringa). 8 to 12 ft. 
June. The old and well known Mock 
Orange. A graceful, upright bush with 
long branches covered with dark green 
foliage. In June completely covered with 
showy pure white flowers of the most 
delightful fragrance. Probably the most 
fragrant of the class. 
Grandiflora (Large Flowered Syringa). 8 
to 12 ft. June. Very showy, large flowers, 
usually borne in threes. Scentless. It is 
of rapid growth with reddish bark. 
Lemoine. A small shrub rarely attaining a 
height of more than four feet. Branches 
slender and bearing in June a profusion 
of flowers closely resembling the orange 
blossoms in size, form and fragrance, 
which is very desirable. 
Virginal Mock Orange. 
Virginal. A magnificent new variety. The 
bush grows moderately tall, with good 
foliage and compact habit. The flowers 
are the largest, handsomest, and most 
sweetly fragrant of any known variety, 
with longest blooming season. Grows 5 
to 6 ft. One of the best of the Phila- 
delphus. 
Privet - Ligustrum 
It is as a hedge plant that Privet is pre¬ 
eminent. It is more largely used than all 
other hedging plants together. Privet hedge 
can be kept at any height, low or tall, and 
a regular shearing will preserve a perfectly 
even surface. 
A single row of plants will make a good 
hedge; a fuller and more compact one can 
be made by planting two rows zig-zag with 
the plants at apexes of say 9-inch triangles. 
When set out the plants should be cut back 
to a few inches. The next spring they can 
be cut back to 6 or 8 inches. This repeated 
will form a dense and widely branching 
growth. In severe winters the tops kill back 
in this latitude but soon recover. 
Amoor River North. The hardiest of the 
Privets and is the best of the hedging 
plants. Hardy foliage, glossy green and 
holds its color well into the fall. Recom¬ 
mended for Southern Wisconsin. (See 
picture on page 8). 
RegeFs. 4 to 6 feet. A fine, hardy variety, 
desirable in growing singly as specimen 
or in mass planting. Slightly drooping in 
habit. Makes an excellent corner shrub. 
Potentilla - Cinquefoil 
Fruticosa. A very attractive dwarf shrub 
with small, bright yellow blossoms most 
of the summer. It has a valuable place 
in the landscape because of the few 
hardy yellow flowering shrubs we have. 
3 feet. 
Prunus - Flowering Plum 
Purple-Leaved Plum. (Newport). 8 to 10 
feet. A small tree or shrub. The foliage 
and young shoots are of a rich reddish 
purple, which they retain throughout the 
season. Perfectly hardy. 
Double Flowering Plum. (Triloba). 5 to 8 
ft. A large shrub or small tree; the 
branches are covered early in the season, 
before leaves appear, with small, double, 
pink flowers. Very desirable. (See pic¬ 
ture on page 10). 
Minnesota Purple Plum. 6 to 8 ft.. An¬ 
other hardy type of Red Leafed Plum. 
Although not as large a grower as the 
Newport, its foliage is redder. A valu¬ 
able new variety. Plant in full sunlight. 
Rhodotypos - White Kerria 
Bears an abundance of white flowers in 
May; foliage attractive; bush slender grow¬ 
er; hardy. 3 to 6 ft. 
Ribes - Currant 
Alpinum (European Mountain Currant). 
3 ft. Of dwarf, compact habit, growing 
very symmetrical, with fragrant yellow 
flowers. Excellent for hedges. Hardy. 
Does well in shady places. 
Rhus - Sumac 
Smooth Sumac (Glabra). 8 ft. Large-grow¬ 
ing shrub, with smooth bark. 
Cut Leaf Sumac (Laciniata). 6 to 8 ft. An 
ornamental variety similar to glabra, but 
has its leaves deeply cut, giving it a 
fernlike appearance. 
Fragrant Sumac (Rhus Aromatica or Can¬ 
adensis). A native shrub with aromatic 
foliage. Has small, inconspicuous yellow 
flowers followed by red berries. Foliage 
turns red in fall. It is invaluable in native 
plantings. I to 6 ft. 
Sumac, Purple Fringe (Smoketree). A fast 
growing shrub producing heavy masses 
of filmy, smokelike panicles of flowers 
in midsummer. Not hardy in northern 
Wisconsin. 10 to 12 ft. 
Staghorn Sumac (Typhina). 8 to 12 ft. A 
dense, velvety, hairy species. In fall it 
has brilliant foliage and scarlet heads of 
fruit. Thrives in poor, rocky soil. 
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