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PRICE LIST. 
Shflubs Conspicuous in Hate Summer and Early pall. 
With the exception of the well known Althea, or Rose of Sharon, tihere is but 
little offered by most nurserymen in the shrub line that blossoms after the middle 
of August. Thinking that there was a need of something to brighten up the shrub¬ 
bery at this time of year, we have made a specialty of a few such shrubs. 
ARALIA JAPONIC A and SPINOSA—These are stunning shrubs or half trees, 
with foliage doubly and sometimes trebly pinnate. We have measured some of 
the triangular leaves that were two and one-half feet long by two feet wide. They 
are also somewhat thorny. We have counted on a single leaf over five hundred 
thorns. The flowers, which appear about September 1st, come on the extreme 
top of the plant and are borne in a huge panicle three or four times the size of a 
Hydrangea. These plants^ should be planted somewhat in the background of 
a group of shrubs, as their tendency is to lose their foliage for three or four 
feet from the ground, which gives them a leggy or stalky appearance. Price, 
plants 18 to 20 inches. 35c each. 
BACCHARIS HALIMIFOLIA—The flowers of this plant appear in June and 
are inconspicuous, but its seeds, with their flying attachments, which appear 
about the middle of September, completely cover the bush with beautiful, soft, 
creamy white pappi, which, unless dissected by a botanist, would be called 
blossoms. These pappi hang on for nearly a month. We know of no more 
effective shrub at this time of year. Price, 20c each. 
COTONEASTER SIMMONDSII—This shrub is covered with bright scarlet 
berries from the middle of September till the first of November. 30c. 
DESMODIUM PEN DULI FOLIUM—This is one of the best of the strictly autumn 
blooming shrubs. Its flowers, which appear in great .profusion during the 
month of September, are pea-shaped, very fragrant, and of a handsome reddish 
purple color. Price, 20c each. 
OTHER SHRUBS. 
LILACS—The public should more fully appreciate the great improvement 
made in the past few years in this popular shrub. We have had the opportunity 
of selecting the best dozen varieties from a collection of over a hundred sorts, 
and we think we have done so. Price, 20c each ; $2.00 per dozen. 
UPRIGHT HONEYSUCKLES—Here are a few Honeysuckles, some of them of 
recent introduction, that deserve at least a passing mention. Fragrantissima 
blooms before its leaves appear. Its flowers are not very numerous, but as the 
name indicates most fragrant. One of the earliest of spring flowers. Bella 
Albida, Bella Rosea and Bella Candida have flowers much resembling the 
common varieties of the upright Honeysuckle, but their fruit is truly superb. It 
is ripe in July, and then covers the bush with glowing rubie3. The individual 
berries are about the size and color of large cherry currants, but their skin is 
much thinner, which makes them to a certain extent translucent. A bush of 
these Honeysuckles, w'hen covered with fiuit and with the sun shining on, or 
better still, through it, is a sight worth going a hundred miles to see. 2"c each. 
THE BIRD’S EGG VINE.—A grape vine from Japan, the botanical name of 
which is Vitis Heterophyila . The berries when ripe are of peculiar metallic tints 
of green and blue, curiously spotted and mottled with red, brown and black, 
reminding one of some very fancy birds’ eggs. Price, 30c. each. 
ROSES. 
Fall is, par-excellence, the time to plant roses. If strong two-year plants are set 
out properly in October, or even as late as the middle of November we will guaran¬ 
tee a good crop of beautiful roses the following June. All that is necessary is to 
plant the bushes in good, rich, well drained garden soil. When severe cold weather 
appears the plants should be mulched to the depth of a foot or fifteen inches with 
coarse, fresh, straw manure. Dead leaves are nearly as good. In the spring this 
mulch should be removed and the plants cut back to three or four inches from the 
ground. After this the only necessary work is to keep the ground mellow and the 
bugs off and a crop is certain. It is a great mistake to try to plant roses singly in 
the grass. They will never give good flowers when so treated. 
Plant them in beds and do not plant too many varieties at first. If we were 
planting roses for our own pleasure we would not plant more than six varieties in 
a bed of fifty. 
Let us send you some of our roses, they are very fine this year, and if you m ill 
leave the selection of varieties to us we will send you fifty plants for five dollars. 
F. O. B. Rochester. 
