KOLKWITZIA 
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Plants are delivered, transportation paid, within 50 miles of New York City. 
charges collect. (See special notice, page 106.) 
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HENDERSON’S HARDY FLOWERING "SHRUBS _ 
Those marked * may be planted in a shady place. 
*CORNUS FLORIDA, Dogwood 
Florida. White Flowering. They are lovely in 
springtime when covered with the large single white. 
flowers and also when the foliage turnsin fall. Height, 
15 to 25 feet. 
Price, 3 to 4-foot plants, $1.50 each; $16.50 doz. 
Florida Rubra. Similar to the white form except 
. the flowers are bright pink. 
Price, 3 to 4-foot plants, $3.00 each; $33.00 doz. 
COTONEASTER HORIZONTALIS, 
Rock Cotoneaster 
A low-growing shrub for covering banks, rock gar- 
dens, etc. The small spray-like branches are studded 
in spring with tiny pink flowers and throughout the 
autumn and winter with scarlet berries. The foliage 
persists until midwinter. 
Price, bushy plants 10 to 12 inches high, $1.50 each; 
$16.50 doz. 
CRATAEGUS OXYACANTHA. 
SPLENDENS 
Paul’s Double Scarlet Thorn. A double scarlet 
variety of the famous English Hawthorn, attaining a 
height of 15 feet. Very bushy; the flowers are followed 
with attractive red fruits. 
Price, strong 3 to 4-foot plants, $2. 50 each. 
CYDONIA 
Flowering Quince. Dense, spreading habit; 
thorny, irregular branches; brilliant scarlet flowers on 
short stems in April and May, before the leaves appear; 
conspicuous yellow fruit. Height, 6 to 8 feet. 
Price, 75c each; $8.25 doz. 
*DEUTZIA 
Very ornamental when planted either singly or in a 
border. They thrive in any good soil and are profuse 
bloomers. 
Crenata. Flowers, pure white, tinged rose. Height, 
6 to 8 feet. Blooms in June and July. 
Gracilis. Covered with white flowers in May and 
June. Graceful and attractive at all times. Height, 
2 to 4 feet. 
Pride of Rochester. Large double white flowers in 
June and July. Height, 6 to 7 feet. 
Price, any of above, 75c¢ each; $8.25 doz. 
EUONYMUS EUROPAEUS, 
Burning Bush 
Distinguished for the magnificence of its brilliant 
red autumn foliage and its bright pink fruits, which 
hang from tiny threads. As winter advances the 
fruits burst open and display their bright scarlet 
seeds. It attains a height of about 20 feet. 
‘Price, strong 3-foot plants, $1.25 each; $13.75 doz. 
*FORSYTHIA, Golden Bell 
Spectabilis. The showiest of all; makes a fountain- 
like growth. Every twig densely covered with golden 
yellow bells. Height, 6 to 8 feet. Flowers in March 
or early April, before the foliage appears. 
Viridissima. A little later than the preceding. 
Vigorous, upright growth. Height, 10 to 12 feet. 
Price, any of above, 75c each; $8.25 doz. 
HYDRANGEA, Hardy Shrubby 
Arborescens Grandiflora. The heads of flowers 
are snowy white. Begins to bloom in early summer 
and continues into the fall. Height, 6 feet and the 
same width, and is literally loaded with its grand 
panicles of large snowy-white flowers. 
Price, strong two-year-old plants, 2 to 3 feet high, 
75c each; $8.25 doz. 
Paniculata Grandiflora. This is the most pop- 
ular hardy shrub in cultivation. Height, 8 to 10 feet. 
The flowers are white when first open, but change to 
pink and russet brown. They are borne in immense 
pyramidal panicles, nearly a foot in length. It com- 
mences flowering in August. 
Price, strong plants, 214 to 3 feet high, 75c each; 
$8.25 doz. 
*ILEX VERTICILLATA, Winterberry 
A deciduous member of the Holly family which 
develops into a spreading bush 6 to 8 feet high and 
bears brilliant red berries throughout the winter. 
Price, strong plants 2 to 3 feet high, $1.25 each; 
$13.75 doz. 
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KOLKWITZIA AMABILIS, Beauty Bush 7% 
. A recent introduction from Asia, discovered by the 
late E. H. Wilson. Proclaimed the perfect. shrub. 
In early June its sprays of tiny foxglove-like blossoms 
transform it into a fountain of pink loveliness. Attains 
a height of 6 feet. A valuable addition to every garden: 
Price, 85c each; $9. 25. doz. 
*LONICERA, Bush Honeysuckle 
Fragrantissima. A delightful shrub for its tiny 
creamy-white waxen flowers that are produced before — 
the leaves unfold and followed with bright red berries. — 
te pie iene The foliage is very decorative. Height, 
to eet . 
Price, 75c each; $8.25 doz. 
MALUS, Flowering Crab ‘Apples 
This group is one of the loveliest of our dwarf- 
flowering trees, in springtime and again in fall when ee 
their glittering clusters of fruits are in evidence. os 
IOENSIS BECHTELI, Bechtel’s Crab. It is a 
robust, round-headed tree with double ‘pale pink 
flowers about 2 inches across, delicately scented. — 
Height, 15 to 18 feet. | aig 
Price, 3 to 4-foot plants, $2.00 each; $22 00 dens 
Sargenti. A dwarf shrubby variety; white flowers, 
followed by glittering scarlet fruits, which are very - 
attractive to birds, hang on almost all winter. Very 
ornamental. Height, 8 to 9 feet. 
Price, 3 to 4-foot plants, $2.00 each; $22.00 doz. : 
(Acer palmatum atropurpureum) 
A high-grade stock of these popular plants. Ours 
is a true blood-red strain that retains its color through- 
out the entire summer. Height, 6 to 8 feet. Thereis 
nothing more beautiful or more suitable for a lawn 
specimen. Our plants are well shaped and bushy. — 
Nee 114 to 2-foot, pot-grown, grafted plants, as 50 Lae 
each. 
MAPLE, Bloodleaf a 
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*PHILADELPHUS, Mock Orange _ 
Very desirable free-blooming shrubs of erect habit = 
and easiest culture in any common soil. ; a 
_ Coronarius. Sweet-scented, pure white omer 
in June. Height, 8 to 10 feet. 
Lemoinei. Compact and graceful; grows. is as 
height of 6 feet, with semi-double fragrant pga 5 
produced in great abundance. ; 
Virginal. Rated by many as the finest. Flow 
“are semi-double, two inches across; very prolific; — 
"delightfully fragrant. Main crop of flowers is produc 
in late May and June, and a scattering of blossoms _ 
hee ge the summer. Very vigorous. Helghias 6 to” SS8 
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Price for any of above, 75c each; $8.25 dos: a 

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PRUNUS, Double Flowering Plum a e 
Triloba. A most ornamental, early-flowering dhrubss 
of vigorous growth. The light pink, double flowers * 
are produced in early spring before the leaves develop. 
Height, 4 to 6 feet. ; ss S 
Price, 7Sc each; $8.25 doz. > ee ay 
*RHODODENDRONS, Hybrid 
As individual specimens or when planted in. groups, 
Hybrid Rhododendrons are the most glorious Spe oa 
aristocratic of our broad-leaf evergreen shrubs. W 
offer strong, four-year-old, grafted plants, ranging aes 
from 15 to 18 inches high. Rhododendrons thrive best — 
when planted in a partially shaded place in a medium ~ eS 
loam that is rich in humus; this may be added inthe _ 
form of pulverized peat moss. After the plants « 
set out, the soil should be kept. mulched with a three 
or four-inch layer of leaves. Hybrid Rhododendrons ; 
attain a height of about 6 feet. a i 
Album Elegans. A strong-growing variety with Be 
large trusses, which open blush white aut cherie. be as 
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Dr. Dresselhuys. One of the best; vigor Ous; — 
a beautiful brilliant crimson; trusses of unusu size. 
President LincdIn. The flowers are a lovely jen: 
mauve. A strong grower. 
‘Roseum Elegans. Brilliant. rose ink: vigorous, ; 
hardy; with beautiful foliage. 
Fes strong 4-year plants, 15 to 18 inches, $5. 00 
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