FLOWERS OF THE JAPAN QUINCE. 
(natural size.) 
Cydonia var. atrosanguinea fi. pi. Double Scarlet Japan Quince. 
A handsome variety, with semi-double scarlet flowers. 
var. grandiflora. Flowers nearly white, very showy; fruit extremely 
large and almost pear-shaped. 
var. Mallardii. A fine variety, with white flowers tinged witli rose. 
var. rosea pleno. Has semi-double, rose-colored flowers. 
var. semi-alba pleno. Flowers nearly white, semi-double. 
var. semi-pleno. Semi-Double-flowering Japan Quince. A va¬ 
riety of the Scarlet, with semi-double flowers. 
var. umbelicata. Flowers brilliant rosy red, succeeded by large, showy 
fruit; forms a large shrub. One of the finest. 
DAPHXE. JDapline. Seidelbast, Ger. Daphne, Fr. 
D. Mezereuin. Common Mezereon. A native of Northern Europe. A shrub 
with small, erect branches, and clusters of pink flowers, in March. The earliest 
flowering shrub we have. 50 cents. 
DESMODIA. 
D. pendulidora. A small growing shrub, covered in autumn with a mass of 
pea-shaped purple flowers at the end of the new shoots. It has a slight tendency to 
climb, and dies to the ground in winter. A desirable fall-blooming shrub. 
