60 Kdlvard Gillett, Southhick, Hass. — Shrubs and Trees 
Daphne Cneorum,continued 
winter. A year ago last autumn, we neglected to cover oup'stock of it and it all died back to 
within 3 or 4 inches of the ground. In spring a new growth started and nice bushy plants 
about a foot high was the result (as shown in accompanying cut), with a good showing 
of flowers through the season. Plant in a light well-drained soil in a sunny place. 35 cts. 
each, $3 per doz. 
DIRCA palustris (Moosewood: Leatherwood). Shrub 2 to 5 feet high. Flowers light yellow, 
preceding the leaves. 20 cts. each, Si.sco 
per doz. 
DIERVILLA trifida (Bush Honeysuckle). .-V 
little low shrub, with pale yellow flowers 
and ovate-pointed leaves. Clumps, 25 cts. 
each, S1.50 per doz. 
FORSYTHIA suspensa (Weeping Golden Bell), 
beautiful shrub, with drooping branches. 
Flowers yellow; quite showy. 25 cts. 
F. viridissima. Flowers light yellow, in great 
abundance along the branches. 25 cts. 
GAYLUSSACIA frondosa (Dangleberry). A 
handsome shrub about 3 feet high, with 
striped bark and rather small green leaves. 
The flowers arc greenish white, borne on 
long stems, followed by the large, delicious 
blue berries. Easily grown on moist soils. 
25 cts. 
G. resinosa (Black Huckleberry). The com¬ 
mon Huckleberry of our woods. Very 
sweet fruit. Grows about 2 feet high. 25 
cts. each, Si.50 per doz. 
HAMAMELIS Virginica (Witch-Hazel). A tall 
shrub with oval or obovatc leaves. It flowers in autumn about the time leaves begin to 
fall and matures its fruit the next season. 25 cts. each, Si.50 per doz. 
HYDRANGEA arborescens (Wild Hydrangea). The earliest of this genus to flower. A vigorous 
shrub 4 feet high, with flat cymes of yellow-white flowers. 25 cts. each. Si.50 per doz. 
H. radiata. A thrifty shrub Irom the southern Allegheny mountains, with white flowers 
similar to the above. 'Phe leaves are large, dark green on the upper surface, and woolly 
white on the lower side. The beauty is disclosed with every breeze, by turning a leaf here 
and there, and showing the woolly white against the background of dark green. Hardy, 
forming good clumps. 25 cts. each. Si.50 per doz. 
H. paniculata (Panicled ifydrangea). vigorous plant, thickly studded with long, terminal 
panicles of creamy white flowers in autumn. Beautiful and cfTcctive. co cts. 
H. paniculata, yar. grandiflora. The showiest of autumn-blooming shrubs. Great heads of 
creamy white flowers turning to shades of red. It blooms late in the season, when most 
other shrubs are past blooming. Heavy. 50 cts. 
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Daphne Cneorum, grown at Gillcll’s 
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora 
