The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
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DECIDUOUS FLOWERING SHRUBS. 
MT. 
PHILADELPHUS HYBRIDA VAR. LEMOINEI 
BLANC. A new and very beautiful form. 
A veritable ball of white flowers. 
PHILADELPHUS HYBRIDA VAR. SPECIOSISSIMUS. 
Specimens, 5 to 
One of the best syringos, growing 6 to 10 feet, branch¬ 
ing freely and producing great wreaths of fragrant white 
blooms with rich orange centers. 
PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS (Ninebark or Spiraea). 
Specimens, 5 to 
Sometimes classed under Spiraea. Strong-growing 
shrub; does quite well in shady locations. 
PPIYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS VAR. AUREA. 
Specimens, 5 to 
Golden-leaved form of preceding. Very useful in cre¬ 
ating strong color effects in gardens. 
PIER IS MARIANA (ANDROMEDA) (Stagger Bush) .. 
PRIVET, see Ligustrum. 
PRUNUS AMYGDALUS (Pink Flowering Almond) . 
Well-known early dwarf Almond, clear pink. 
PRUNUS AMYGDALUS VAR. ALBA (Flowering Almond). 
White form of preceding... 
1 to 2 feet. 
4 to 5 feet. 
3 to 4 feet. 
2 to 3 feet. 
3 to 4 feet. 
4 to 5 feet. 
3 to 4 feet. 
1 to 2 feet. 
2 to 3 feet.; 
1 to 2 feet. 
QUINCE (flowering), sec Cydonia. 
RHODOTYPOS KERRIOIDES..Specimens, 4 to 6 feet, $1.00 to 
Effective shrub bearing pure white flowers in May. 8 to 4 feet. 
RHUS AROMATICA (Fragrant Sumach) . 2 to 3 feet. 
Low spreading shrub with glossy, aromatic foliage. 18 to 24 inches. 
RHUS COPALLINA (Shining Sumach) .. 3 to 4 feet. 
Beautiful native shrub, glossy foliage, and the foliage 2 to 3 feet, 
in the fall is very brilliant. 1 to 2 feet. 
RHUS COTINUS (Smoke Tree);.Specimens, 5 to 8 feet, $1.50 to 
Well-known tree-like shrub, profusely plumed with its 
feathery flower stems. Gives a very pleasant effect. 
Thrives well in a dry soil. 
RHUS GLABRA VAR. LACINIATA (Cut-leaved Sumach) 
Very graceful and interesting. * 
RHUS TYPHJNA VAR. LACINIATA (New) . 
' This remarkable variety of our native stag-horn su¬ 
mach has the same rapid robust growth of the common 
form, producing the same showy cones of bright red 
fruit, but the leaves are so beautifully formed that they 
rival the most delicate fern in their intricacy. Massed 
with other foliage shrubs the effect is very striking. 
This shrub will thrive on the poorest of soils. 
RIBES AUREUM (.Yellow Flowering Currant)... 
Favorite old shrub with spicy pendant flowers. 
ROSE, see pages 31 and 32. 
ROSE ACACIA, see Deciduous Trees. 
RUBUS DELICIOSUS. ... 
Rocky Mountain Raspberry with pure white flowers. 
SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS (American Elder) . 
Native plant. Very useful shrub, especially for plant¬ 
ing on moist ground. 
SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS VAR. LACINIATA (New) ..... 
A very beautiful variety with graceful fern-like foliage 
and very rapid growth, forming a bush five t'o six 
feet tall and bearing large terminal clusters of fragrant 
creamy white flowers in July, soon followed by jet-black 
fruits, which are very showy, resembling its parent in 
. this respect. The foliage is its distinctive feature, being 
so finely laciniated as to give the whole plant a very 
feathery and attractive effect. We know of no new shrub 
that rivals it in this respect. 
SAM BUCUS CANADENSIS VAR.* AUREA (Golden Elder) 
A popular goldcn-foliaged form of the preceding, very 
useful tor massing for color effect. 
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SILVER THORN, see Eleaenus. 
SMOKE TREE, see Rhus Cotinus. 
SNOWBALL, see Viburnum. t 
SNOWBF.RRY, see Svmphoricarpus. , 
SORB ARIA SORBIFOLIA (Spiraea) . J .... 
Graceful, rapid growing shrub with sumach-like leavese 
and terminal clusters oi showy white blossoms in July. 
SORB US ARBUTIFOLIA (Red Chokecherry) . 
Graceful low growing shrub, brilliant autumn foliage. 
SPICE-BUSH, see Benzoin. 
SPIRAEA A LB I FLORA (Japonica Alba).Specimens, 2 to 8 feet.; 1.00 
. Low growing, wnite panicles in July and August. 
SPIRAEA ARGUTA..... 
One of the best of the Spiiaeas of recent introduction. 
Resembles Thunbergi, but is taller and leaves broader. 
SPIRAEA BULLATA (Crisoifolia). 
Very dwarf, crinkled dark green foliage; flowers deep rosy pink. 
SPIRAEA BUMALDA.Specimens, 3 to 4 feet, $1.00 to 
Another dwarf bushy type with rosy pink terminal 
flower heads, blooms all summer. 
SPIRAEA BUMALDA VAR. A. WATERER. Specimens, 3 to 4 feet, $1.00 to! 
New form of preceding with very deep red blooms. 2 to 3 feet. 
Is very desirable, having the same habit of blooming 1 to 2 feet.j 
all summer, fine for foregrounds and hedges. 8 to 12 inches. 
SPIRAEA SORBIFOLIA, see Sorbaria. 
SPIRAEA CANTONIENSIS (Feevesii).Specimens, 3 to 4 feet, $1.00 to; 
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spiraeas but should have a protected location. 1 to 2 feet. 
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