The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
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A NEW AND VALUABLE HARDY SHRUB. 
f)ydrangea Hrborescens Hlba Grandiflora* 
Note, It is a great pleasure to be among the first to offer this new shrub. No hardy shrub has 
made its appearance for years of such great value as this new Hydrangea. For single 
specimens on the lawn , in groups by themselves or as a foreground for other shrubs, it 
has no rival. This new Hydrangea will be so popular, as soon as better known, that 
the nurserymen will be unable to keep tip with the demand for sotne years to come, li e are 
fortunate in having several thousand at the start or sue would not dare offer it this season. 
What others who have had a chance to watch this new Hardy Hydrangea, say. 
“1 have great confidence in this new Hydrangea. I have backed up this confidence by 
getting 50 plants of it. Were I in the parks I would have purchased 1000 instead of 50 
plants for massing effects. Wm. Falconer. 
I his magnificent hardy American shrub is the very finest addition to t^iis class of 
plants in many a year. The blooms are of the very largest size, of pure snow-white color. 
One of its most valuable characteristics is its coming into bloom just after the passing of 
the early Spring shrubs. Perfectly hardy, standing 20 degrees below zero. 
. j 1 ? foi'ni of the panicle is much like that of Hydrangea Hortensia of the greenhouse; 
e habit of the plant is excellent; it is bound to become the most widely grown and the 
nios. useful of all the Hydrangeas, and the most valuable shrub found in the American gar- 
den ; E. G. Hill 
I his American Hydrangea has a beauty of stem and habit, and elegance of foliage, not 
jound in many of our garden shrubs. This added to the large size of its pure white panicles., 
its freedom both of growth and bloom, and its long flowering season, beginning in 
•' u J] e an( f lasting well into August, mark it as of almost sensational value both to the florist, 
and the amateur. It adds beauty to the garden when the earlier shrubs have all passed. 
Florists' Exchange. 
1 his new American Hydrangea is believed to be the most beautiful hardy flowering 
I .Vj J introduced during the last twenty years. It was found growing wild in the rocky 
.Is °‘ Western Pennsylvania, and taken into Central Ohio by the discoverer when remov¬ 
ing some few years ago. From the original a number of plants have been grown, and planted 
jn that locality, so that a number of plants are now growing, three to eight years old, and 
l° on ?J n £ profusely from June until autumn. At this writing, August loth, the old and pop- 
ar Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, which is one of the most popular flowering shrubs, 
mo n0t i °P ene< ^ a s > n gle panicle of bloom, while the new form has been in magnificent bloom 
re than a month. It seems to thrive in various soils, when fully exposed to the sun, as 
f as ,n Partial shade. Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora has been very popular for thirty 
ovf, rS °\\; rnore ’ an d millions of plants have been delivered to pleased customers the world 
cr * '' e arc confident thd new variety will be equally popular.” E. Y. Teas. 
prices of Hydrangea Hrborescens Hlba Grandiflora. 
ne year, field grown, selected .each 
fAktY' f 1e r Cl grown, stron 
Lstabhshed from 4 
Established from 3 
FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE. 
in. pots, May 15 
in. pots, May 15 
each, 
each, 
each, 
$1.50 
1.00 
.50 
.35 
per 
per 
per 
per 
10 . $ 1 - 1.00 
10, 9.50 
10, 4.50 
10, 3.00 
