From July until frost it produces its giant spikes of 
claret-purple, often 12 inches long. Fragrant and fine 
for cutting. Makes a well-rounded bush 5 to 7 feet 
tall. Will bloom freely THIS summer. 
Buddelia Davidi Atropurpurea. A very attractive shrub 
with enormous spikes of brilliant dark purple flowers. 
6 to 7 feet tall. 
DEUTZIA. Shrubs which vary considerably in height 
and habit but bloom alike in dainty, bell- or tassel-shaped 
flowers, borne thickly in wreaths along their branches 
in June. 
Deutzia Pink (Deutzia Crenata). A very ornamental 
shrub producing myriads of small pink flowers. 3 to 
4 feet. 
White Deutzia (Crenata Pride of Rochester). Similar in 
habit to the type, but producing pure-white flowers 
in great profusion. 6 to 8 feet. 
Hybrida Montrose. A most attractive shrub with large 
trusses of lovely mauve-pink flowers. 2 to 3 feet. 
Forsythia Suspensa (Weeping Forsythia). Yellow flow- 
ers in April. A beautiful drooping or weeping type 
resembling a small weeping tree. Like all Forsythias, 
it produces its mass of yellow bloom in very early 
spring before the leaves appear. Ultimate height, 6 ft. 
Forsythia Viridissima. A very singular and quite orna- 
mental shrub. Its branches, in the very early spring 
before the leaves appear, are covered with bright 
golden yellow, pendulous flowers. 5 to 6 feet. 
Kerria Japonica. A handsome green-leaved shrub. Grace- 
ful, slender, drooping branches, painted with a wealth 
of rich, dark single yellow flowers in June, and to 
some extent all summer. Height, 3 to 5 feet. 
Lonicera Spinosa alberti. A fragrant, rosy-pink flowered 
bush with bluish-green foliage. Flowers in May, June. 
Very hardy. 2 to 3 feet high. 
Lonicera Syringantha. Long, arching branches with de- 
lightfully fragrant lilac-pink flowers like Viburnum 
Carlesi. 2 to 3 feet high. 
Lonicera Tatarica alba. Masses of white flowers followed 
by red fruits. Hardy anywhere. 3 feet high. 
Lonicera Tatarica rosea. Masses of pink flowers followed 
by red fruits. Hardy anywhere. 3 feet high. 
SPIREA. This family of shrubs furnishes a variety of 
form, size, color of foliage and of blossoms and times of 
blossoming. They bloom with a riotous luxuriance that 
makes them very striking and beautiful. All of the 
varieties are extremely hardy and easy to grow in almost 
any soil or situation, even doing well in the smoke and 
dust of the crowded city. 
Spirea Froebeli. Dwarf and similar to Anthony Waterer, 
but a trifle taller, with broader leaves. Bright crim- 
son flowers in dense corymbs during July and August. 
Height, 3 to 4 feet. 
Spirea Thunbergi (Thunberg’s Spirea). Of especially 
graceful habit, bearing abundant small, white flowers 
in May. Extensively used in shrub borders, because of 
its fine, feathery foliage, which turns orange and 
searlet in autumn. Height, 5 feet. 
Spirea Trichocarpa (Korean). Compact, spreading bush 
with angular rigid and arching shoots and the snow- 
white flowers freely borne at the ends of the short 
lateral shoots in rounded or dome-shaped clusters. 
It is in full beauty of blossom when the flowers of the 
Van Houtte Spirea are past. Height, 5 to 6 feet. 
Spirea Van Houttei. The finest of all Spireas. Its graceful 
arching branches are covered in June with beautiful 
* WE USE AND RECOMMEND VIGORO * 
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