H^ATKINS ?s[uRSERIES, g^AilDLQTHIAN, I R G I N I A 
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KOLKWITZIA Amabilis (Beautybush) 
Beautiful New Shrub from China. 
Has a general resemblance to both Weigela and 
Honeysuckle, the beautiful trumpet shaped dowers 
appearing in great prolusion during June, in pairs 
which cluster closely into cymes of about twenty- 
five. Flowers are bell-shaped and somewhat lipped, 
pale pink with orange veins in the throat, the buds 
being much darker. 
Each. 
Doz. 
18 to 24 
in. 
.35 
3.50 
2 to 
3 
ft. 
.50 
5.00 
3 to 
4 
ft. 
.75 
7.50 
LONICERA : Bush Honeysuckle 
MORROWI. A handsome Japanese variety with 
white flowers during May, but especially valuable 
for its bright orange fruit during the summer and 
autumn months. 
2 to 3 ft.40 each 3 to 4 ft.50 each 
TARTARICA. The best known of all the bush 
Honeysuckles, and in our estimation the finest va¬ 
riety of all. Grows to a height of 8 to 10 feet, with 
upright, somewhat spreading branches and bright 
green foliage. The flowers are borne freely in May 
and June, are of bright pink color, followed by 
showy red berries, which ripen in midsummer, and 
cling to the bush for several weeks. 
2 to 3 ft.. 
3 to 4 ft. 
4 to 5 ft.. 
5 to 6 ft. 
Each. 
Doz 
.40 
4.00 
.50 
5.00 
.60 
6.00 
.75 
7.50 
LIGUSTRUM : Privet 
AMURENSE—Amoor River Privet. The regular 
evergreen hedge plant. We offer here plants suit¬ 
able for individual use. 
2 to 3 ft.15 
3 to 4 ft. 20 
4 to 5 ft.25 
Koll^U'itzia {Beautybush) 
MERATIA 
MERATIA PRAECOX (Wintersweet). 10 ft. A 
Chinese shrub producing exquisitely fragrant yellow 
flowers, usually about January 1, and lasting for 
about four weeks. The flowers appear before the 
leaves, and wnen in full bloom it is a most pleasing 
plant. It blooms at a period when our gardens are 
destitute of flowers. 
3 to 4 ft.75 each 
PHILADELPHUS : Mock Orange 
Another familiar shrub, so well known that its 
name alone is almost sufficient description, is the 
Mock Orange, which bears its sweetly scented 
flowers in late May and early June. 
AVALANCHE. Blooms white and fragrant. 
2 to 3 ft.40 each 
3 to 4 ft..50 each 
CORONARIUS—Common Mock Orange. An erect 
growing shrub with clusters of pure white flowers 
in spring. Each. Doz. 
2 to 3 ft.35 3.50 
3 to 4 ft.45 4.80 
4 to 5 ft.60 6.00 
GRAND.IFLORA —May or June. Forms a large, 
spreading bush, with graceful drooping branches ; a 
strong grower; flowers fragrant. A common and 
desirable shrub. 
Each. Doz. 
2 to 3 ft.35 3.60 
3 to 4 ft.45 4.80 
4 to 5 ft.60 . 
LEMOINEI ERECTUS. Upright grower covered 
with fragrant white flowers in June. 
2 to 3 ft.35 each 
VIRGINALIS—Virginal Mock Orange. Beautiful 
semi-double flowers produced intermittently all sum¬ 
mer. Most desirable. Fragrant. 
18 to 24 in.40 each 2 to 3 ft.50 each 
3 to 4 ft.75 each 
PHOTINIA 
VILLOSA—Redberried Photinia. Flowers white, 
June. Rich scarlet berries profusely borne in autumn. 
Splendid foliage for color and texture. 
Each, 
Doz. 
12 
to 
18 
in. 
.30 
3.00 
18 
to 
24 
in. 
.40 
4.20 
2 
to 
3 
ft. 
.50 
5.00 
PUNICA 
PUNICA—Pomegranate. These are valuable sum¬ 
mer flowering, tall-growing shrubs, beginning to 
bloom in May and lasting the entire summer. They 
are Southern plants and should be planted in pro¬ 
tected places near Richmond, \’a., and farther north. 
Prices on the following varieties : 
White and Red Flowering— 
18 to 24 in.40 each 
2 to 3 ft.50 each 
3 to 4 ft. Red only.60 each 
RHODOTYPOS : White Kerria 
KERRIOIDES. A di'^tinct, decorative shrub. Foli¬ 
age very large and handsome; b^'anches du'^tered 
with delicate white, pendulous flowers in spring, 
followed by black berries, which persist through¬ 
out the winter, 
18 to 24 in.35 each 
2 to 3 ft.45 each 
3 to 4 ft.60 each 
