EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS AND TREES 
VIBURNUM TOMENTOSUM. (See opposite page.; 
SPIRAEA (Meadow Sweet;-- 
S. Anthony Waterer. A low shrub i to 2 feet high ; a great bloomer from early spring 
to late autumn. Flowers crimson ; very hardy. 20 cts. 
S. arguta. Branches quite drooping ; the leaves are not large ; flowers small, white, 
covering the branches. Two to 3 feet. 25 cts. 
S. opulifolia. Pretty shrub ; flat heads of white flowers. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
S. salicifolia. Mowers in a crowded panicle, white or flesh-colored. Two or 3 feet 
high. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
S. tomentosa (Steeple Bush). Stems and lower surface of the leaves very woolly. 
Mowers crowded in a dense panicle, rose color. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
S. tomentosa aurea. Pure white flowers. Two feet. 25 cts. 
S. Thunbergii (Thunberg’s Spirea). In early spring the plant is literally covered with 
small white flowers. The foliage is light green, changing in autumn to the most 
beautiful shades, making it one of the most beautiful foliage plants in cultivation. 
Four feet. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
S. Van Houttei (Van Houtte’s Spirea). The leaves of this variety are oval and toothed 
at the end, rich green in color, and, like the above, most beautiful in autumn tints. 
The flowers are pure white, in clusters along the whole length of the branches. 
25 cts. each, ^r.50 per doz. (See illustration, page 46.) 
STAPHYLEA trifolia (Bladdernut). About 10 feet high, with drooping racemes of 
bell-shaped white flowers. 25 cts. 
SYMPHORICARPOS racemosus (Snowberry). An old and well-known reliable shrub, 
growing 3 to 4 feet high, bearing small pink flowers and large showy white berries- 
the latter remaining on the plant until winter. 25 cts. 
S. racemosus, var. pauciflorus (Small Snowberry). A pretty little shrub, often scarcely 
6 inches high. 25 cts. each, 51.50 per doz. 
S. vulgaris (Indian Currant; Coral Berrv). Flowers in small clusters; berries dark 
red. 25 cts. 
SYRINGA Japonica (Japan Lilac). A line lawn tree, with glossy green leaves and 
large bunches of pure white flowers in June. 25 cts. 
S vulgaris. A fine grower, well known in cultivation ; flowers purple, quite fra¬ 
grant. 25 cts. 
S. vulgaris alba (White Syringa). 25 cts. 
S. President Grey. Very large spikes of bloom ; blue, with rose-colored edge. 25 cts. 
VACCINIUM Pennsylvanicum (Dwarf Blueberry). Six to 10 inches. Berries abundant, 
large and sweet, ripening early in July. * Forms large patches in dry, exposed 
places. 50 cts. 
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