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PHILADELPHUS - Syringa 
Their Waxy White Blooms of Delicious Fragrance are a Joy to Every Planter 
Also known as Mock Orange. Of vigorous habit, very hardy, with large, hand' 
some foliage; beautiful white flowers, with the fragrance of orange blossoms, pro- 
duced in June. They merit a place in every collection of shrubbery. 
AUREUS (Golden Syringa). 3 to 1 feet. A 
compact shrub with bright yellow foliage 
which retains its color well throughout the 
season. Very effective in groupings as a con- 
trast to the darker foliage of others. 
BOUQUET BLANC. This variety forms an up¬ 
right, shapely bush with dark foliage. Flowers 
come in clusters, are large, pure white, and 
quite double, very sweet scented. Hardy and 
a dependable bloomer. 5 to 6 feet. 
CORONARIUS (Sweet Syringa). 8 to 12 feet. 
June. The old and well known Mock Orange. 
A graceful, upright bush with long branches. 
In June completely covered with showy, pure 
white flowers of the most delightful fragrance. 
GRANDIFLORA (Large Flowered Syringa). 8 to 
12 feet. June. Very showy, large flowers, usu¬ 
ally borne in threes. Scentless. It is of rapid 
growth with reddish bark. 
LEMOINE. A small shrub rarely attaining a 
height of more than 4 feet. Branches slender, 
and bearing a profusion of flowers in June. 
VIRGINAL. A magnificent new variety. The bush 
grows moderately tall, with good foliage and 
compact habit. The flowers are the largest, 
handsomest, and most sweetly fragrant of any 
variety, with longest blooming season. Grows 
6 to 8 feet. One of the best of the Philadel- 
phus. 
Left— 
Philadelphus, 
Virginal 
PRUNUS - Flowering Plum 
The Prunus as a class are hardy, blossom early in the spring, and adapt them 
selves to various soils, including dry and sandy locations. 
ROSE TREE OF CHINA (Double Flowering 
Plum) (Triloba). A medium sized shrub 4 to 
6 feet high, whose thickly set branches are 
covered with double pink flowers in May. It 
blossoms before the leaves appear and is one 
of the first shrubs to bloom in the spring. 
NANKING CHERRY (Tomentosa). 4 to 5 
feet. It blooms at the end of April, each 
joint producing a flower, pink in the bud, 
but white when open. The fruit is large, red, 
and highly decorative and edible. Among the 
first shrubs to blossom in the spring. 
KOREAN CHERRY (Japonica). A new shrub 
which produces edible fruit of good quality 
and nearly as large as Early Richmond Cherry. 
Korean Cherry grows 3 to 5 feet high, has 
good foliage and can be used as an ornamental 
shrub. 
MINNESOTA PURPLE PLUM. 6 to 8 feet, 
another hardy type of red leafed plum. Al¬ 
though not as large a grower as the Newport, 
its foliage is redder. A valuable new variety. 
Plant in full sunlight. 
PURPLE-LEAVED PLUM (Newport). 8 to 10 
feet. A small tree or shrub. The foliage and 
young shoots are of a rich reddish purple, 
which they retain throughout the season. 
Perfectly hardy. 
PRIVET - Ligustrum 
It is as a hedge plant that Privet is pre-eminent. It is more largely 
used than all other hedging plants together. Privet hedge can be kept 
at any height, low or tall, and a regular shearing will preserve a perfectly 
even surface. 
A single row of plants will make a good hedge; a fuller and more compact one 
can be made by planting two rows zig-zag with the plants at apexes of say 9 -inch 
triangles. When set out the plants should be cut back to a few inches. The next 
spring they can be cut back to six or eight inches. This repeated will form a 
dense and widely branching growth. In severe winters the tops may kill back in 
this latitude but soon recover. 
AMOOR RIVER NORTH PRIVET. The 
hardiest of the Privets and is the best of 
the hedging plants. Hardy foliage, glossy 
green and holds its color well into the 
fall. Recommended for Southern Wis¬ 
consin. 
REGEL’S PRIVET. A low, dense grow¬ 
ing shrub 3 to 4 feet in height, with 
graceful horizontal branches. It has 
small flowers which are followed by 
beautiful blue berries which last through¬ 
out the winter. It is hardy and an ad¬ 
mirable shrub for most every purpose. 
OPULIFOLIA NANA 
See Spirea Opulifolia on 
page 12. 
Privet, Amoor River North 
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