Tamarix parz’iflora (T. africano) 
SYRINGA : Lilac—Continued 
Mad. Abel Chatenay. Pure white, double; pan¬ 
icles compact. Free blooming. 
Mad. Casimir* Perier. Creamv white; double; 
panicles large, full and compact. 
Marie Legraye. White; single. Extremely free 
dowering even when small. 
Michel Buchner. Pale lilac, very double; pani¬ 
cles small and compact. Very fragrant. 
Persian Cut-Leaved. Pale lilac*; single; panicles 
loose on very long stems. Leaves deeply cut. 
Very free bloomer and tine for cutting. 
Philemon. Very dark purple; single: panicles 
of small or medium size. The darkest single- 
flowered variety. 
Pres. Grevy. Bluish lilac; very double; pani¬ 
cles unusually large and showy. Very handsome. 
Pres. Massart. Reddish purple; single. 
Rubra Insignis (Sanguinea). Purplish red: sin¬ 
gle. Ppright grower. Panicles on long stems; 
line for cutting. 
TAMARIX: Tamarisk 
Shrubs of rapid growth, sometimes becoming 
small trees. Foliage very minute and grcatlv 
imitating some kinds of Cvpress. Flowers small 
but very numerous, in various shades of pink, 
completely covering tlie plants in spring. 
T. algerica. Growth spreading. Foliage grayish 
green. 
T. hispida aestivalis. Has the unusual and valu¬ 
able habit of blooming twice a year, in spring and 
again in late summer. Growth slender and upright. 
T. odessana. Asia. Growth erect and compact. 
Foliage plumv. Appearance entirelv distinct from 
the others. Can be trained into finite a tree. 
T. parviflora (T. africana). Europe. 15 ft. 
Growth slender and upright. Very free bloomer 
and earlier than the others. 
T. parviflora purpurea. Growth strong and up¬ 
right. Makes a good tree. Blooms after the oth¬ 
ers. Extremely free bloomer. 
Xaiithoceras sorbifolia. Yellow I Torn 
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VIBURNUM: Snowball 
The first species below docs not have the 
“Snowball” type of bloom, but is distinct and 
handsome. 
V. opulus (V. oxycoccus). CRANBERRY BLTSH. 
Europe; Asia; X. America. 12 ft. 'Hie natural form 
of the “Common Snowball.” Identical except that 
the (lower heads have the large, sterile flowers only 
around the edge. In the center are the small, fer¬ 
tile flowers. Blooms in late spring. Berries are 
bright scarlet and last all winter. Foliage colors 
V.*'opulus sterile. COMMON SNOWBALL. Well- 
known shrub, bearing large, globular clusters of 
white flowers during late spring. Foliage colors 
brilliantly in fall. 
V. tomentosum plicatum. JAPANESE SNOW - 
BALL. Flower heads rather smaller, but borne 
more profusely. Leaves strongly plaited and not 
inbed. Makes a more compact shrub than the 
common variety. 
VITEX 
V. incisa. CHT-LEAVED VTI EX. China. 0 it. 
Very graceful shrub of loose, open habit. Leaves 
palmate, tie- five leaflets deeply cut. heightening 
the delicate appearance of the plant. Flowers 
small, pale lilac, in slender, panieled, erect racemes. 
Foliage assumes brilliant autumnal tints. 
XANTHOCERAS 
X. sorbifolia. YELLOW HORN. China. 20 ft. 
Easily one of the most beautiful deciduous flower¬ 
ing shrubs. Growth strong and upright. Leaves 
pinnate, much resembling those of Mountain Ash. 
Flowers funnel-shaped, with five white, crinkled 
petals. At base inside are live little, bright yellow 
horns, also a conspicuous yellow blotch which soon 
turns red. Blooms most profusely in late spring. 
Splendid. 
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