M o u tit II o pe N u-rteries 
PRUNUS SPINOSA PURPUREA 
A new purple-leaved plum which gives promise of becoming 
a still greater favorite than Pissardi. Flowers small, pink, numer¬ 
ous. Habit more compact than Pissardi. Hardy. $1.00. 
SAMBUCUS PUBENS MAXIMUS—(GREAT ELDER.) 
A striking new variety of Elder with immense heads of white 
flowers; showy and beautiful. $1.00. 
NEW SPIRAEA—AITCHISONII 
( Sorbaria Ailchisonii,) (S. angustifolia) .—Is certainly much more 
graceful and handsome than the old Spiraea sorbifolia and 
equals in beauty the tender Spiraea Lindleyana. It is a shrub 
attaining 6 feet in height or more, of rather loose and open 
habit, with graceful, light green foliage and the usually red 
colored stems topped by ample and lax panicles of white 
flowers.— Alfred Rehder , in Horticulture. $1.00. 
LILAC GIRALDI.—-Newly introduced from North China; flower, 
pale lilac-white, fragrant. The earliest flowering lila . $1.50. 
NEW AND RECENTLY INTRODUCED LILACS 
Comprising a very interesting and valuable collection, mostly 
Mr. Lcmoine’s celebrated introductions. Our assortment is one 
of the largest and most complete in the country. $1.50 each. 
BLEUATRE.—Single,’ true blue. 
BOUSSINGAULT.—Double, light blue. 
CHARLES SARGENT.—E normous double flowers, violet mauve 
color. 
CHRISTOPHECOLOMB.—Single, blue; superb. 
DAME BLANCHE.—Beautiful double white flowers; one of the best. 
DE MIRIBEL.—Single, large panicles of bluish violet color; very 
dark and rich. Extra. 
DEUIL D’EMILE GALLE.—Double, enormous flowers, carmine 
mauve. Extra. 
DUC DE MASSA.—Another extraordinary variety; flowers double, 
light violet color. 
DR. TROYANOWSKY.—Spikes of hyacinth-like double flowers, 
bluish mauve color. 
EDMOND ABOUT.—Very free flowering, double mauve lilac. 
EDMOND BOISSIER.—Single, dark bluish violet; one of the dark¬ 
est sorts. 
ERZHERZOG JOHANN.—Single, rosy lilac. 
GAUDICHAUD.—Very large and beautiful, double, light blue; extra 
fine. 
GUIZOT.—Rosy lilac; early blooming variety. 
JEANNE D’ARC.—Very large spikes of pure white, double flowers; 
superb. 
JULES FERRY.—Double, silvery mauve, late flowering; extra. 
JULES SIMON.—Large, double flowers, mauve lilac. 
LE PRINTEMPS.—Flowers double, pale rosy violet. 
LEON GAMBETTA.—One of the earliest to bloom; flowers double, 
rosy lilac. 
L’ONCLE TOM (Uncle Tom)— Large spikes of single flowers, very 
’ dark purple color. 
MACROSTACHYA.—Large spikes of single rose lavender flowers. 
MADAME F. MOREL.—Single lavender. 
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