Ornamental Department 
HILE most people appreciate well-arranged and well-kept grounds, large or 
small, many fail to realize that they can have equally fine grounds. They 
have tried a few shrubs or roses, perhaps, growing in thick turf, with no 
attention given to pruning or cultivating. Under such circumstances good 
results cannot be expected. 
Aside from the pleasure of having fine trees, shrubs, vines and flowers in 
the grounds surrounding a home, few realize how much these add to the 
commercial value of a place. A purchaser having to decide between a house 
with bare, unkempt grounds, and one surrounded by fine ornamentals, invar¬ 
iably chooses the latter at a marked advance in price, because he sees that he 
will at once enjoy what it would otherwise take some years to secure. Sagacious men are led by a 
knowledge of these facts to plant fine trees and shrubs about vacant lots they are intending to put 
on the market. Lots thus planted readily secure purchasers at good prices, when bare grounds go 
begging. 
WHAT TO PLANT 
A detailed list of desirable ornamental trees and shrubs would be little less than a recapitulation 
of our entire list, but as few have room for all, we here present a list of the most desirable in each 
class, and refer the reader to the proper places in the Catalogue for descriptions of them: 
FLOWERING TREES 
Named in the order in which they flower: embracing: some of the choicest species. 
MAY 
Almond Davidiana. 
Amelanchier. 
Cherry, Large Double-flowered. 
Judas Tree. 
Chinese Magnolia, in variety. 
Almonds, Large Double-flowered. 
Comus, Florida, White and Red. 
Horse Chestnuts. 
Crabs, flowering:. 
Peach, Double-flowered. 
Bird Cherry. 
JUNE 
Mountain Ash. 
Thoms, in variety. 
Laburnum. 
White Fringe. 
Locust, White. 
Virgilia Lutea. 
Catalpa. 
Lindens, in variety. 
JULY 
Chestnut, American. 
Sober Paragon. 
TREES WHICH PRODUCE ORNAMENTAL FRUIT SUCCEEDING THE FLOWERS 
Celtis OCCidentalis. Dull red fruit as large as peas. Crataegus. Scarlet and yellow fruit in Sept, and Oct. 
Comus florida. Oval fruit in a head. Pyrus Sorbus, Mountain Ash). Scarlet fruit in Sept., Oct. 
TREES WITH BRIGHT COLORED BARK IN WINTER 
Betula alba. White Bark. Salix vitellina variety from Russia. Yellow Bark. 
alba var. laciniata. White Bark. " Colorado. Blue Bark. 
Salix vitellina aurea. Yellow Bark. Tilia dasystyla Yellow Bark, 
vitellina var. britzensis. Red Bark. 
FLOWERING SHRUBS WITH VARIEGATED OR COLORED FOLIAGE 
Described in their respective places in the Catalogue. 
Berberis (Barberry), vulgaris var. purpurea. 
Cissus Variegata. 
Comus (Dogwood), alba var. elegantissima variegata. 
Mas. variegata. 
“ Siberica foliis albo marginatis. 
Spaethii. 
Corylus (Filbert), atropurpurea. 
aurea 
Diervilla ( Weigela). rosea var. nana fol. var. 
Diervilla, rosea var. Sieboldii alba marginata. 
Euonymus, radicans variegata. 
Hibiscus (Althaea), Syriac us var fl. pi. fol. variegata. 
Kerria (Corchorus), Japonica argentea variegata. 
Philadelphus (Syringa), foliis aureis. 
Prunus i Plum), Pissardi. 
Ptelea (Hop Tree), trifoliata var. aurea. 
Sambucus (Elder), Canadensis var. aurea. 
Spiraea, opulifolia aurea. 
FLOWERING SHRUBS 
Named in the order in which they flower, embracing some of the choicest species. 
APRIL 
Daphne Mezereum. 
MAY 
Forsythia, in variety. 
Japan Quince, in variety. 
Prunus Pissardi. 
“ triloba. 
Almond, dwarf double-flowered. 
Spiraea prunifolia flore pleno. 
JUNE 
Halesia tetraptera. 
Deutzia gracilis. 
“ Lemoineii. 
Spira*a lanceolata. 
Viburnum Opulus var. sterilis. 
“ tomentosum. 
Viburnum plicatum. 
Weigela, in variety. 
Comus alba. 
Lilac Josik;ea. 
“ Japonica. 
“ villosa. 
Hydrangea, arborescens grandiflora 
alba. 
Syringa, in variety. 
Rhododendrons, in variety. 
Spiraea arguta. 
“ Thunbergii. 
Lilacs, in variety 
Spinea Van Houttei. 
Viburnum lantana. 
“ “ rugosum. 
Mahonia. 
Honeysuckle Tartarian. 
Wistaria. 
Peonies Herbaceous, in variety. 
Clematis Jackmanni, and others. 
Elder. 
Deutzia crenata flore pleno. 
“ Pride of Rochester. 
JULY 
Spiraea Billardii. 
“ Anthony Waterer. 
“ callosa alba. 
“ callosa. 
AUGUST and SEPTEMBER 
Althaea, in variety. 
Hydrangea paniculate grandiflora. 
Clematis paniculata. 
SHRUBS WHICH PRODUCE ORNAMENTAL FRUIT SUCCEEDING THE FLOWERS 
Barberry, scarlet and violet fruit in September. Comus alba, white berries in September. Comus Mas, fruit red* 
very large and showy in August. Ela?agnus longipes, red fruit. Euonymus, red and white fruit. Euonymus latifolius, red 
fruit. Lonicera, in variety, showy red and yellow fruit. Mahonia, bluish berries in July. Rhamnus, black fruit. Sambucus 
Canadensis, purple fruit, changing to black in August and September. Sambucus racemosus, red fruit. Symphoncarpus 
racemosus, white berries all winter. Symphoncarpus vulgans, red fruit. Virbumum cassinoides, black fruit. Virbumum 
dentatum, black fruit. Virbumum dilatatum, scarlet fruit. Virbumum lantana, dark purple, nearly black in September. 
Virbumum molle, black fruit. Virbumum Opulus, red fruit, very ornamental. Virbumum rugosum, very showy fruit in 
September. 
SHRUBS WITH BRIGHT COLORED BARK IN WINTER 
CORNUS-Alba, bright red. Alba elegantissima variegata, bright red. Alba Siberica, the most brilliant red of all. 
Sanguinea, var. viridissima, green. Stolonifera, dull red or purplish. Stolonifera, var. flaviramea, bright yellow. 
KERRIA-Japonica, green. Japonica flore pleno, green. 
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