CRATAEGUS: 
THE THORNS 
Romantic associations 
cluster around the haw¬ 
thorns. Their beauties have 
been told for ages in English 
song and story. The Ameri¬ 
can species are perfectly hardy and 
healthy; suited to most soils. Their 
profusion of bloom, picturesque foli¬ 
age and red fruit in winter make them 
charming acquisitions. 
CRATAEGUS coccinea ( Scarlet Thorn). A 
fine native variety. Single white flowers 
in spring, scarlet fruit in autumn. 50 cts. 
each; for hedging, $35 per 100. 
C. crus-galli ( Cock spur Thorn). A well-known 
native thorn with very long, sharp spines or 
thorns; fruit bright red; valuable for hedges. 
50 cts. each. 
C. oxyacantha ( English Hawthorn). Flowers sin¬ 
gle white. The celebrated English hedge plant. 
50 cts. each. 
C. var. coccinea flore pleno (Paul's Double Scar¬ 
let Thorn). A tree with rich, luxuriant foliage. 
Flowers unusually large, of a deep crimson 
color, with scarlet shade and very double. A 
charming variety. 75 cts. each. 
CYDONIA japonica ( Japan Quince). One of 
the showiest early-blooming shrubs with bright 
crimson flowers. Much admired and often used 
for hedges. 
C. j. rosea. A beautiful variety, with flowers of 
a delicate pink shade, sometimes nearly white. 
50 cts. each. 
JAPAN QUINCE 
( Cydonia) 
CORNUS (Continued) 
CORNUS m. variegata. A variety with showy 
variegated foliage. 50 cts. each. 
C. stolonifera (Red Osier Dogwood). The bark 
on young wood is reddish purple in winter; 
flowers white; flourishes in wet land. 
C. s. elegantissima (Variegated-leaf Dogwood). 
A moderate grower, with foliage beautifully 
variegated with white and green. 50 cts. each. 
DAPHNE cneorum. A charming trailing ever¬ 
green plant, and a continuous summer bloomer; 
its small rosettes of rosy pink flowers are de¬ 
lightfully fragrant. With ball, $1 each. 
D. mezereum (Pink Mezereon). A small decidu¬ 
ous shrub that loads the air with the delightful 
fragrance of its .small pink flowers as soon as it 
is released from the icy bounds of winter. With 
ball, $1 each. 
C. sanguinea (Crimson-bark Dogwood). The 
bright crimson hue of the smooth, glossy bark 
of this bushy plant renders it one of the most 
conspicuous deciduous shrubs in winter, a sea¬ 
son of the year when a bit of color is much 
appreciated. Should be used freely in large 
shrubberies. 
CORYLUS avellana purpurea (Purple Filbert). 
A large bush, with large dark-purple leaves, 
contrasting very effectively with the green foli¬ 
age of other plants. Its nuts are delicious and 
produced abundantly. 50 cts. each. See Nut 
Department. 
DEUTZIAS 
Popular flowering shrubs, beautiful in bloom; 
of rather formal habit, they are better adapted to 
the garden and along borders rather than the lawn. 
DEUTZIA crenata plena (Double Pink Deutzia). 
All the deutzias are valuable and very pro¬ 
fuse bloomers in early summer. This is one 
of the prettiest tall-growing varieties. 
D. c. candidissima (Double White Deutzia). 
Very pretty; pure white. 25 cts. each. 
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