HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS 
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VICK’S GARDEN AND FLORAL GUIDE 
DEUTZIA 
We can highly recommend the Deutzias for hardiness, good habit, great profusion of 
bloom, and as being in every respect among the most desirable hardy shrubs in cultivation. 
The (lowers are borne in racemes from four to six inches in length. 
Crenata flore-pleno. Flowers double, white, back of petals pinkish. 
Double White. Pure white. One of the best spring-dowering shrubs. 
Pride of Rochester. Flowers pure white, large and double, reverse of petals delicate 
rose. Handsome. 
Strong plants, each 20 cents; the collection of three plants, 50 cents. 
Lemoinei. The finest hardy shrub offered in many years. Jt is a hybrid between Deutzia 
gracilis and Deutzia parvidora, and has the advantage over the former in having much 
larger pure white dowers, which are produced in broad-based, cone-shaped heads, of 
from twenty to thirty dowers each. It is very hardy, and will not only prove a valuable 
plant for the garden, but is certain to become one of the standard plants for forcing into 
flower in winter. It does well as a window plant and has created a sensation wherever 
shown. Strong blooming plants, each, 20 cents ; two for 35 cents ; dozen, $1.80. 
FOUR NEW DEUTZIAS 
Gracilis campanulata. A strong grower. Produces long panicles of large milk-white 
flowers, resembling Campanula flowers. 
Gracilis rosea. Exceedingly free-flowering; flowers bell-shaped, ashy rose, clear rose in 
center. A desirable addition to our flowering shrubs. 
Venusta. Of bushy growth, producing long spikes of large flowers, resembling small 
white Azaleas. 
Discolor grandiflora. A cross between Deutzia discolor purpurascens and Deutzia 
gracilis. Leaves elongated, and of a clear green, like those of Deutzia gracilis. It has 
long panicles, large flowers, well opened; color white, with light rose tint; buds rose. 
Very floriferous, the branches being covered with flowers their entire length. 
Each, 25 cents ; or the set of four for 80 cents. 
SPIRAEA 
The Spiraeas arc certainly in the front rank among flowering shrubs for the lawn or gar¬ 
den. Beginning to bloom as early as May, they produce flowers abundantly through the 
summer months, and are eminently satisfactory. No garden of ordinary dimensions should 
be without them. Perfectly hardy. 
Anthony Waterer. New Crimson Spiraea. The most valuable hardy ornamental shrub 
recently introduced. Grows from twelve to fifteen inches high, in a compact, bushy form. 
It is a perpetual bloomer, bearing large clusters of bright crimson flowers all through the 
season. A valuable plant for bedding and borders. Strong i-ycar plants, each, 15 cents; 
two for 25 cents. Strong 2-year plants, each, 35 cents ; two for 60 cents. 
Arguta. A fine new Spiraea of dwarf habit. Flowers clear white, and freely produced. 
The best very early-flowering white Spiraea. Each, 30 cents; two for 50cents. 
Billardi. Billard’s Spiraea. Flowers rose-colored, in terminal spike-like panicles, and pro¬ 
duced nearly all summer. A very desirable variety. Each, 20 cents. 
Billardi alba. This is similar to Billardi, except that the flowers are white. Each, 20 cents. 
Douglasi. Plant thrifty, growing from four to five feet high, and bearing large clusters of 
rose-colored flowers all through the summer and into autumn. Very satisfactory. 
Each, 2 ) cents. 
Prunifolia flore-pleno. Double Plum-leaved Spiraea. The well known and 
popular variety, commonly called Bridal Wreath. Foliage in autumn turns to 
a fine bronze. Each, 20 cents. 
Reevesii. Large round clusters of white flowers cover the plant, rendering it 
very effective. Each 20 cents. 
Van Houteii. Van Houtte’s Spiraea. A vigorous plant that sends up 
numerous tall, slender shoots, which curve gracefully toward the ground, and 
♦he last of May or in June are literally covered with pure white flowers, 
making the bush a mass of snowy bloom. Each, 20 cents. 
SNOWBALL 
Japanese Snowball (Viburnum plicatum). The bush is of lower and more 
compact growth than the old Snowball, and better furnished with foliage. 
The flowers are somewhat larger than those of the common form and of a 
purer white; remain longer in good condition. Each, 25 cents. 
Viburnum Opulus sterilis. The well-known Snowball. Produces large 
clusters of snow-white flowers in May. Each, 20 cents, 
SYRINGA 
Grandiflora. Flowers pure white, fragrant. A very popular shrub. 
Golden. One of the most handsome golden-leaved shrubs. Retains its bright 
color the entire season. 
Each, 25 cents; the set of two for 40 cents. 
T A M A R I X 
Hardy shrub, with very graceful and handsome foliage. The beautiful 
feathery foliage continues an ornament after flowers are gone and until cut off 
by frosts. The plant flowers so freely that in the early summer it is one mass 
of pink bloom, completely hiding the foliage. Invaluable for planting by the 
seaside, where very few plants will grow. Each, 25 cents; dozen, $2.50. 
WLIGELA 
Handsome summer-flowering shrubs, with an abundance of trumpet-shaped 
flowers, borne in clusters. Each, 25 cents ; three for 60 cents. 
Candida. Pure white. 
Rosea. Well-known blush white. 
Nana variegata. Pink; leaves margined with creamy white. 
JAPANESE SNOWBALL 
XANTHOCERAS SORB 1 FOLIA. 
ZANTHOCERAS SORBIFOLIA 
Hyacinth Tree. 
A valuable hardy shrub. If better known would be in every 
garden. From five to eight feet in height. Blooms early in 
spring. Flowers bell-shaped, one inch broad, in clusters about 
eight inches long, resembling those of the Horse Chestnut as well 
as those of the I Iyacinth, completely covering the plant. Petals 
crumpled, white, marked with yellow, changing to purple at the 
base. Foliage light green. Each, 50 cents. 
