LILAC. FRAU BERTHA DAMMANN (Syringa vulgaris) 
SAMBUCUS (Continued) 
SAMBUCUS nigra aurea (Golden-Leaved 
Elder). Beautiful variety with light 
yellow leaves, which hold their color 
well and render the plant very con¬ 
spicuous and effective. 
SPIRAEA (Meadow Sweet). Elegant 
low-growing shrub of easiest culture. 
Their blooming season covers about 
three months. 
S. Anthony Waterer. This is a fine new 
dwarf spiraea, with dark, crimson flow 
ers, darker than bumalda in the late 
part of summer. It is a very low-grow¬ 
ing shrub, one of the finest of recent 
introduction. 
S. arguti. This is one of the best; very 
early flowering white spiraea. It is of 
dwarf habit and has clear white flowers. 
Early May. 
S. billiardii. Flowers are rose-colored and 
bloom nearly all summer. 
S. blue (Caryopteris Mastacanthus). A 
native of China. Produces its beautiful 
blue flowers in abundance all through 
the autumn until checked by frosts. 
Being herbaceous, it will increase in 
size, throw up strong, blooming shoots 
each season to the delight of its owner. 
S. bumalda. Habit dwarf, but vigorous; 
foliage narrow; flowers rose-colored, in 
great profusion during mid-summer and 
fall. 
S. cantonensis (Lance-leaved Spiraea). 
A most graceful shrub, with slender, arching 
branches; a native of China. The leaves are 
lanceolate; flowers pure white; numerous densely 
flowered umbels in late spring. 
S. japonica. One of the finest. Flowers brilliant 
pink, with variegated foliage. 
S. opulifolia aurea (Golden Spiraea). Double, 
white flowers in June. Very conspicuous. 
S. prunifolia (Bridal Wreath). A superb old- 
fashioned variety, with graceful, upright, slender 
branches covered with a wreath of white flow¬ 
ers in May. The leaves turn to a beautiful 
orange color in the fall. 
S. reevesiana. Narrow, pointed leaves, large, 
round, white clusters of flowers in June, cover¬ 
ing the whole plant and rendering it exceedingly 
effective. 
S. r. fiore pleno. A double-flowered variety; one 
of the showiest. 
S. thunbergii. Of dwarf habit, and rounded, 
graceful form; branches slender and somewhat 
drooping; foliage narrow and yellowish green; 
flowers small, white, appearing early in spring, 
being one of the first spiraeas to flower. Desir¬ 
able on account of its neat, graceful habit. 
Forces well in winter. 
S. van houttei. One of the finest. In early June 
it is covered with large, white flowers, present¬ 
ing a beautiful appearance. Hardy. 
STYRAX japonica (Japan Silver Bell). Low- 
growing shrub, or dwarf tree; small, dogwood¬ 
like leaves and smooth bark; branches hori¬ 
zontal, and very picturesque in appearance. 
Flowers small, white, bell-shape, and fragrant, 
hanging along the branches. A most charming 
shrub. 
SYMPHORICARPUS racemosus (Snowberry). 
Bushy form, pink flowers in summer; quantities 
of large, white, waxy, roundish berries in au¬ 
tumn. Very ornamental. 
S. vulgaris (Coral Berry , Indian Currant). Low- 
growing, spreading, graceful habit; foliage at¬ 
tractive; noteworthy from the beauty of its 
clusters of red berries. 
SYRINGA: THE LILACS 
These are identified with our childhood days. 
Even then their fragrance and beauty were unsur¬ 
passed. To-day the improvement in variety, form 
and color is marvelous. Nothing introduced in 
late years has proved so popular as the new lilacs. 
For years we have been adding to our assortment. 
We now have over sixty varieties of this beautiful 
family, all included in Rochester Highland Park- 
collection, famous in both hemispheres, and to see 
which, plant lovers cross the continent. 
