OL FRUIT A AW ORNAMENTAL TREES, Nc. 
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£uonymous— Burning Bush—Strawberry Tree. 
A very ornamental and showy shrub, whose chief beauty consists in its brilliant berries, which 
hang- in clusters from the branches until midwinter ; berries rose colored ; planted with a back 
ground of Evergreens the effect of contrast is very fine. 
EUROPAiUS (European Euonymus) —Forms a tree sometimes 30 feet in hight. Fruit rose-colored. 
FRUCTA ALBA (White-Fruited Euonymus) —A variety with white fruit. 
Elder (Sambucus). 
AUREA—A handsome variety with golden yellow foliage and clusters of pure white flowers ; very 
desirable for ornamenting lawns. 
CUT-LEAVED (Laciniata )—A fine variety, of vigorous growth, and deeply lacinated foliage. 
VARIEGATED LEAVED (Variegata) —A hardy, variegated shrub ; very showy and 1 fine. 
Filbert (Corylus). 
PURPLE LEAVED ( Purpurea )—A very conspicuous shrub, with large, dark, purple leaves; 
distinct and fine. 
Forsythia. 
VIRIDISSIMA—Leaves dark green; flowers bright yellow, very early in Spring. A fine hardy 
shrub. Introduced by Mr. Fortune, from China. 
Globe Flower (Kerria). 
JAPAN (Japonica )—A slender, green-branched shrub, covered with a profusion of globular vellow 
flowers from July to October. 
Halesia, or Silver Bell. 
FOUR WINGED (Tetraptera) —A fine, large, and very ornamental shrub, with beautiful, white 
bell-shaped flowers, in great abundance in May. 
Honeysuckle, Upright (Lonicera). 
RED TARTARIAN (Tartarica Rubra)— A well-known shrub ; flowers bright pink, which appear 
in May. 
WHITE TARTARIAN (Tartarica Alba)— Like the preceding, but has dull, white flowers. 
Jasminum (Jessamine). 
NUDIFLORUM—A shrub with long, slender branches and small deep green leaves ; has a profu¬ 
sion of richly scented yellow flowers through Spring and Summer. 
Hydrangea. 
LARGE CLUSTERED ( Paniculate*) —A fine, large shrub, bearing showy panicles of pink and 
white flowers in the greatest profusion. It is quite hardy, and is altogether a most admirabLe 
shrub for planting singly, or on the lawn in masses. 
QUERCIFOLIA (Oak-leaved Hydrangea)—A hardy, massive shrub, of woody growth and bushy 
habit. Leaves lobed like those of the oak, and downy beneath, turning to crimson in Autumn. 
Flowers white changing to purple. 
“ OTAKSA’’—Large foliage of a deep green; bears a profusion of deep rose-colored flowers in 
huge tresses ; new and very fine. 
THOS. HOGG—A beautiful variety, with large trusses of pure white flowers. Not hardy, but 
very valuable for forcing. 
Lilac (Syringa). 
CHARLES THE TENTH—A strong, rapid grower, with large shining leaves, and reddish purple 
flowers. 
CHIONANTHUS LEAVED (Josikea)— Has dark, shining leaves like the White Fringe Tree, and 
purple flowers, fine and distinct. 
COMMON PURPLE (Vtilgaris Purpurea). 
DOUBLE LILAC (Lemoinei Flore Plena)—A new and choice variety of the Lilac, producing long 
racymes of double purple flowers, lasting longer than the single sorts. A valuable acquisition 
PERSIAN (Persica) —Medium sized shrub, with small leaves and bright purple flowers. 
WHITE PERSIAN LILAC (Alba)— A fine sort; white flowers delicately tinged with rose color. 
LARGE FLOWERING WHITE (Alba Grandi_flora)—K beautiful variety; has very large, pure 
white p nicies of flowers. Considered the best. 
Plum (Pram s). 
PRUNUS PISSARDII—In Europe this is pronounced the coming Ornamental Tree or Shrub. The 
wood and leaf are of a rich, peculiarly vivid dark purple, holding the color well through the 
entire season, and in this respect superior to Purple-leaved Birch, or any purple-leaved tree we 
have. It also produces a black fruitof ornamental appearance, early in the season. 
TRILOBA (Doubling Flowering Plum)—A highly interesting and desirable addition to hardy 
shrubs, flowers semi-double, of a delicate pink, upwards of an inch in diameter, thickly *et on 
the long slender branches ; native of China ; hardy. 
