SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS 
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S. LOUIS VAN HOUTTE. A well-known sort, with large 
clusters of fine, bright red flowers. 
S. LUDWIG SPAETH. The clusters are very large and of 
splendid dark purple-red color, not only as buds, but 
even when the blossoms are fully expanded. 
S. MARIE LE GRAYE. A dwarf grower, and one of the 
finest white varieties. 
DOUBLE NAMED LILACS 
$1.00 each. $10.00 doz. 
SYRINGA ALPHONSE LAVALLEE. Like a double Hya¬ 
cinth, fine, blue, shaded to violet. 
S. BELLE de NANCY. Large, double pink with white cen¬ 
ter. 
S. LEON SIMON. Color, bluish-crimson; buds clear coral. 
S. MAD. CASIMIR PERIER. Large trusses of very double, 
creamy-white flowers. 
S. MAD. LEMOINE. A grand double white variety. Vigor¬ 
ous habit and immense foliage. 
S. MICHEL BUCHNER. Plant dw f arf, bearing at the top 
of all the branches. Pale Lilac throughout. 
S. PRESIDENT GREVY. Petals of cobalt-blue, with the 
centers more brilliant and the edges rosy. The buds 
are of a violet hue. 
S. PRESIDENT CARNOT. Flower, delicate tint of pale 
lilac, marked with white in the center. Season of flow¬ 
ering very late. 
S. SENATOR VOLLAND. Dwarf, very brilliant; buds 
fuchsia-red, open flowers rose-red. 
THE VIBURNUMS 
VIBURNUM OPULUS (Bush Cranberry). L. June. One 
of the best for general planting. The leaves are broad 
and elegant, and the clusters of bright scarlet berries 
catch the eye late into winter. 
V. TOMENTOSUM (Single-flowered Snowball). Leaves 
dark green with bronzy margins, broadly ovate. Flow¬ 
ers white, produced in flat-topped clusters. Berries red, 
changing to bluish black. 75c each; $7.50 per doz. 
V. VAR. PLICATUM (Japanese Snowball). A handsome 
and popular shrub with showy flowers of purest white. 
$1 each; $10 per doz. 
Hedge of Japanese Privet 
Japanese Privet Hedge 
HEDGES 
While a wide range of choice is possible, hedging mate¬ 
rial should be selected with a view to the ultimate height 
desired. Plants should be spaced from one foot apart 
(Barberry and Privet) to three feet apart (Willows, 
Lilacs, Evergreens) according to size and habits of growth. 
Advice as to selections and quantities is gladly given. 
The following arc a few of the better-known hedge plants, 
most of which will bear close shearing. 
Not less than 25 of one variety at the 100 rate. 
BERBERIS THUNBERGII (Japanese Barberry). 12 to 15 
in., $15; 15 to 18 in., $20; 18 to 24 in., $25 per 100. 
LIGUSTRUM AMURENSE (Amur River Privet). 18 to 24 
in., $25; 2 to 3 ft., $30. 
LIGUSTRUM IBOTA (Japanese Privet). 18 to 24 in., $25; 
2 to 3 ft., $30- 
LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM (California Privet). 18 to 
24 in., $10; 2 to 3 ft., $12; 3 to 4 ft., $18 per 100. 
RHAMNUS CATHARTICUS (Buckthorn). 2 to 3 ft., $30; 
3 to 4 ft., $40 per 100. 
SALIX PENTANDRA (Laurel-leaved Willow). 3 to 4 ft., 
$20; 4 to 5 ft., $30 per 100. 
SPIRAEA VAN HOUTTEI. 2 to 3 ft., $25; 3 to 4 ft., $35 
per 100. 
SYRINGA VULGARIS (Common Lilac). 2 to 3 ft., $45; 3 
•to 4 ft., $60 per 100. 
EVERGREENS FOR HEDGES 
PICEA ALBA (White Spruce). 18 to 24 in., $50; 2 to 3 
ft., $75 per 100. 
PICEA EXCELSA (Norway Spruce). 18 to 24 in., $50; 2 
to 3 ft., $75 per 100. 
THUYA OCCIDENTALIS (American Arborvitae). 18 to 24 
in., $50; 2 to 3 ft., $75; 3 to 4 ft., $90 per 100. 
TSUGA CANADENSIS (Hemlock). 18 to 24 in., $75; 2 to 
3 ft., $150 per 100. 
