HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 
By planting ornamental shrubbery you can rapidly increase the 
value of your property. The first cost is small and as the plants are 
perfectly hardy they require little care. (See set offered on page 52.) 
DOUBLE ALTHEAS, or ROSE OF SHARON 
(HIBISCUS SYRIACUS) 
Bloom profusely during July and August. 6 to 8 feet. 
Meehanl. New variegated Althea. Leaves beautifully variegated 
with creamy white. Flowers single, 3 /^ fo 4 inches in diameter, 
of a satiny lavender sheen and purple-blotched. One-year 25 cts. 
each, postpaid; 2-year 50 cts.; 3-year, 75 cts., by express. 
Jeanne d’Arc. Large, double, pure white flowers like roses, each 
one 3 to 4 inches across. Won a Gold Medal for us at St. Louis. 
Banner. Flowers large, and richly striped with pink and crimson 
like a pelargonium. (See cut.) 
Bicolor. Large, double, white flowers with red center. 
Double Pink, 
A beautiful shade of solid pink. 
Double Red. Large, well- 
opened ruby-red flowers. 
Double Violet. Large, double 
flowers, of rich violet-blue. 
Prices of above (except Meehani) 
15c. each, postpaid; z-yr., 3Sc. 
each; 3-yr., 50c. each, hy express. 
HARDY DWARF AZALEAS 
Atthea “Banner” 
Offer No. 50 
The above Altheas (except Meehani), 6 in all, 
i-yr. size, yse-, postpaid; 2-yr. size, the 6 for 
$i.6o, by express. 
The two varieties of Hardy Azaleas offered below, Amoena and Mollis, are 
among the choicest flowering shrubs ever offered. Dwarf, bushy growers, 
making neat, compact plants, 2 to 3 feet; entirely hardy. Bloom May and June. 
Azalea Amoena. A beautiful hardy evergreen shrub, of low, bushy growth; 
has bright, shining, glossy green leaves; in the spring is enltrely covered with 
clusters of small rosy red flowers. 25 cts. each, postpaid; 2-yr. plants, with buds 
to bloom this season, 50 cts. and 75 cts. each, according to size, by express. 
Azalea Mollis (Japan Azalea). See cut. Large flowers of various shades 
of brilliant colors, yellow, orange, carmine, etc. Mixed colors, 30 cts. each, 
postpaid; 2-yr. plants, with buds to bloom this season, 50 cts. each, by express. 
Azalea Mollis in May and June 
AZALEA MOLLIS, NAMED 
Ambrose Verschaffelt. Bright 
orange. 75 cts., by express. 
M. Koster. Delicate rose. 75 
cts., by express. 
Byron. Pure white. 75 c., by ex. 
VARIETIES (15 to 30 buds) 
Anthonce Koster. A fine yel¬ 
low. 75 cts., by express. 
J. C. Van Tol. Bright red; 
flowers large. 75 cts., by 
express. 
FIVE DAINTY DEUTZIAS 
D. gracilis. 2 ^ to 3 ft. Com¬ 
pact and bushy. Covered in 
May, with tassel-like, pure 
white flowers. 
D. gracilis rosea. Similar to 
above, but flowers pink. 
Price of Deutzias; i-yr., 15c., postpi 
D. Lemoinli. 3 to 4 ft. Flowers 
pure white and single. 
D. crenata rosea. 4 to 6 ft. 
Flowers bell-shaped; pink. 
D. crenata, Pride of Rochester. 
Flowers white, tinged blush. 
: 2-vr., 3SC.: 3-yr-, 75 c., by express. 
HYDRANGEA “HILLS OF SNOW” 
Comes into bloom in many places as early as July 4. Makes a 
plant much like the common Hydrangea, but blooms wiM purest 
snow-white flowers. Valuable as a cut-flower, ^ee cut.) One-year, 
25 cts. and 35 cts., postpaid; 2-yr., 60 cts.; 3-yr., $1, by express. 
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