SYRINGA - Lilac 
Popular, well-known Spring blooming shrubs, having 
the characteristic Lilac fragrance. Excellent in mass 
plantings or as an individual specimen. 
SYRINGA HYBRIDA 
The so called French Hybrid Lilacs. Large, compact 
flower heads. We offer the following varieties: 
Chas. Joly. Double reddish-purple. 
Charles X. Single. Bluish-purple. 
Katherin Havemeyer. Double.  Lilac-pink. 
Ludwig Spaeth. Single. Purple. 
Massena. Single. Purple-red. 
Miss Shipman. Single. White. 
Mme. Casimir Perier. Double. White. 
Mixed Hybrids. All colors. 
SYRINGA SPECIES 
Persica (Persian Lilac). Tall, with rather small foliage. 
The flowers, which are pale lilac, are in loose panicles. 
Pleasing fragrance. 
Vulgaris (Common Lilac). Its great, branching plants, 
up to 15 ft. high, bear enormous quantities of deli- 
ciously fragrant, Lilac-colored flowers in large 
panicles in May. 
Vulgaris alba. A white type of the Common Lilac. 

Viburnum Carlesi 
VIBURNUM 
A large family of shrubs of varying 
size and habits. All have glorious Fall 
colors and red or black fruits attractive 
to the birds, 
Americanum (American Cranberry 
Bush). A tall-growing shrub, having 
large heads of white flowers followed 
by masses of scarlet Cranberry-like 
fruit. Very showy. 
Burkwoodi. A new hybrid Viburnum 
growing to 6 ft. Fragrant white 
flowers. 
Carlesi. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. high with 
wavy pink, deliciously fragrant flow- 
ers in clusters. 
Dentatum (Arrowwood). A fine shrub 
with creamy white flowers in May 
followed by black berries. 
Dilatatum. A handsome, free-flowering shrub having an abundance 
of red berries in the Fall, often remaining well into Winter. 
Lantana (Wayfaring-tree). Large, vigorous growing, tree-like shrub, 
having ruffled green foliage. White flowers in Spring followed by 
spectacular red berries in Summer. 
Lentago (Nunnyberry). Smooth, green leaves with creamy-white 
flowers and black berries. Strong grower. 
Opulus (sterile) (American Snowball). 10 ft. high with large, open 
flower heads of pure white in May. 
Opulus mana. A very dwarf form of above to 3 ft. 
Setigerum. A large growing shrub with clusters of bright red berries 
from Summer into late Fall. Colorful foliage all Summer. 
Tomentosum (plicatum) (Japanese Snowball). A 7- to 8-ft. shrub 
with 3-in. white “‘snowballs’” in June. 
VITEX agnus-castus (Chastetree). A large shrub with gray-green 
foliage and clear lilac-blue flowers in spikes during late Summer. 
WEIGELA 
Large, spreading shrubs flowering in Spring and early Summer. 
Widely planted and very popular. 
Amabilis. Rose pink, vigorous growth. 
Candida. Pure white, upright growth. 
"9 , Eva Rathke. Dark red, slow growth. 
Syringa Hybrida Hendersoni. Bright rose. Strong growth. 
Hybrid Lilacs Rosea. Soft pink. Spreading growth. 
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