HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 
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prunifolia. Double pure white flower in great 
abundance.50 cents 
Thunbergi. Graceful variety, pure white, very 
early...50 cents 
trichocrapa. This new spiraea is a later 
bloomer than Van Houttei and a much 
better variety. Its stems arch gracefully 
and are smothered with pure white flow¬ 
ers. Strong field grown plants.75 cents-$1.00 
Van Houttei. Although much over-planted 
this remains the most popular of all the 
Spiraeas.50 cents 
SYMPHORICARPOS. 
chenaulti. A very fine hybrid raised at the 
Arnold Arboretum.50 cents 
racemosus. (Snowberry.) A popular old 
shrub.50 cents 
SYRINGA. (Lilac.) 
josikaea. Hungarian lilac. Valuable late 
lblooming variety.$1.00 
persica. (Persian lilac.) Graceful shrub with 
arching branches, lilac flowers in May or 
early June.75 cents-$1.00 
persica alba. (White Persian lilac.) Lovely 
pure white variety.75 cents-$1.00 
rothmagense (Chinese lilac.) Makes a grace¬ 
ful bush.75 cents-$1.00 
vulgaris. (Common purple lilac.) Fine for 
hedges or masses, extra strong plants. 
50-75 cents 
vulgaris alba. (Common white lilac.) Just as 
vigorous and free as the purple variety. 75 cents 
CHOICE NAMED HYBRID LILACS 
Charles X. Large single lilac colored panicles. 
Congo. Very dark purple. 
Hugo Roster. Single, dark reddish purple. 
Jan C. Van Toll. Splendid single, pure white. 
Jacques Calot. Single delicate rosy pink. 
Katherine Havemeyer. Fine double cobalt blue. 
Mme. Casimir Perier. Excellent double white. 
Mme. Lemoine. Superb double white. 
Macrostachya. The finest of all pink lilacs. I am 
pleased to be able to offer this lovely variety in 
small plants. 
Marie Legraye. Still unsurpassed as a single white. 
Michael Buchner. Very good double pale lilac. 
Mrs. Edward Harding. Extra large double red. 
Lucie Baltet. Very pleasing pink. 
Philemon. Very dark purple, outstanding variety. 
President Grevy. Fine double blue. 
Souvenir de Ludwig. Spaeth Grand single reddish 
purple. 
Virginite. Splendid single white. 
Prices of Named Hybrid Lilacs.$1.00-$2.00 
extra strong.$2.50 
NOTE—a large proportion of our hybrid lilacs are 
on their own roots. 
TAMARIX. 
africana. (African tamarix.) Excellent sea¬ 
side plant.50 cents 
gallica. (French Tamarix.) Specially good for 
seashore.50 cents 
Summer Glow. (New, 1939.) 
Here we have a wine red Tamarix one of the 
few novelties in flowering shrubs offered 
this season. Like all of the Tamarix varieties 
