ORNAMENTAL AND FRUIT TREES , SHRUBS AND VINES 
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Flowering Shrubs. 
Price, for most varieties, 25 cents each, $18 per 100. 
Large specimens for immediate effect at higher rates. 
ALTHEA. (Rose of Sharon.) The Altheas 
are tine, free-growing shrubs of the 
easiest cultivation, blooming in August 
and September, when most shrubs are 
done flowering. 
Single Pure White. 
Double Purple and White. 
Variegated-Leaved. 
Red. 
AMORPHA. (Indigo Bush.) A coarse shrub, 
bearing long spikes of purple flowers, 
tipped with yellow in July, 
BERBERRY. Shrubs of graceful habit, their 
showy orange and yellow flowers in 
June succeeded by bright scarlet fruit, 
ornamental in autumn and winter. 
Thunberg’s. A handsome new variety 
from Japan, with beautiful autumn 
foliage. Its neat dwarf habit fits it well 
for bordering groups of larger shrubs. 
Purple. Leaves and young twigs of a 
pure purple color. 
CALYCANTHUS. (Sweet-Scented Shrub.) 
A spreading bush with inconspicuous 
purplish brown flowers of a peculiar 
and delicious perfume. 
CLERODENDRON. (Fate Tree.) Flowers 
white and sweet, in large terminal 
clusters. 
CLETHRA. (Pepper Bush.) A valuable 
native shrub, bearing spikes of very 
fragrant, flowers in July. 
CURRANT. Missouri Flowering. The blos¬ 
soms are yellow, small, in racemes 
from one to two inches long and fra¬ 
grant; blooms in April. 
CORCHORUS. (Globe Flower.) A slender 
green branched shrub, with globular 
double yellow flowers; disfigured here 
by dead twigs, being not quite hardy. 
DEUTZIA. Their hardihood, graceful habit, 
luxuriant foliage and profusion of at¬ 
tractive flowers render them beautiful 
and deservedly popular shrubs; flowers 
in June, in racemes four to six inches 
long. 
Crenata. Handsome double white flowers, 
tinged with rose. 
Pride of Rochester. The most profuse 
bloomer, and very double. 
Gracilis. A charming species of dwarf 
habit: flowers pure white and graceful. 
DAPHNE. Mezerium. (Mezereon Pink). A 
small shrub, with very early pink 
flowers. 
DOGWOOD, Red-Twigged. Flowers white 
in large clusters, leaves glossy green, 
turning to yellow and red in autumn : 
bark brilliant, bright red: a valuable 
winter shrub. 
Variegated. A variety of the above with 
conspicuous foliage, but weaker growth, 
ELDER, Golden-Leaved. A rich color, and 
permanent in good soil. 
Cut-Leaved. Has finely divided foliage. 
EL2EAGNUS. A large shrub of striking ap¬ 
pearance, on account of the silvery 
whiteness of its foliage. Fruit edible. 
EXOCHORDA. A vigorous and symmetrical 
bush, 10 to .2 feet high. The flowers, 
one and a-half inches in diameter, 
with pure white petals and a small 
green dot in the center, are borne in 
short clusters and the light wiry 
branches bend beneath their load of 
bloom just enough to be airy and grace¬ 
ful; rare and choice. 50 cts. 
FORSYTHIA. (Golden Bell.) Large spread 
iug shrubs of good foliage, which 
changes to dark purple in autumn. 
Flowers about the earliest in spring; a 
profusion of 44 golden bells.” 
Fortunei. Growth upright; flowers bright 
yellow. 
Viridissima. More spreading growth; 
deeper colored flowers. 
Suspensa. (Weeping Forsytha.) Slender, 
drooping growth. 
FRINGE, Purple. (Smoke Tree or Mist 
Shrub.) A low tree, with roundish 
irregular head; flowers in large deli¬ 
cately divided purple panicles, and 
borne so profusely, that they seem like 
masses of down or mist, almost cover¬ 
ing the bush, and remaining all summer. 
White. A choice native flowering tree 
of small size, and rounded form ; foliage 
dark andshining; the flowers resemble 
bundles of pure white silken fringe or 
lace. 50 cents. 
HONEYSUCKLE, Upright. Tall free-grow¬ 
ing shrubs with a profusion of pink, 
red and white flowers, succeeded by 
red and yellow berries. 
Tartarian. An old favorite of graceful, 
luxuriantgrowth ; flowers pink ; blooms 
in May. 
Speciosa. A variety of the above, with 
pinkish white flowers. 
Fragrantissima. Flowers very early with 
the Forsythia; cream colored and fra¬ 
grant. 
HORSE CHESTNUT. Dwarf. A native 
species, making a magnificent bush, 
much wider than it is high, with large 
spikes of white flowers, the feathery 
lightness of which render it an attrac¬ 
tive object at a time when very few 
shrubs are in flower. 
HYDRANGEA, Plumed. (Hydrangea pani- 
culata Qrandijlora.) A very popular 
shrub, flowers white, in great pyra¬ 
midal panicles a foot long, blooming 
from August till frost; should be cut 
back to about four inches, and heavily 
manured to maintain the large size of 
the flower heads. 
Oak-Leaved. Large foliage, downy under¬ 
neath and richly tinted in autumn; 
white flowers in spikes. 50 cents. 
