LILAC - Syringa 
Without the Beauty and Fragrance of the Lilacs Springtime Would be Robbed of Half Its Charm 
Our Choice French Lilacs 
The named varieties are much superior 
to the old type of Common Purple and 
White, and they bloom when plants are 
much younger. The blooms are extreme- 
ly large, most of them double, colors 
varied and beautiful, and with a fra- 
grance more delightful than you will find 
even in the old-fashioned Lilac. Grows 6 
to 8 feet. 
See picture page 12. 
Dark Purple Shades 
Ludwig Spaeth. Single. Long pointed clusters of 
rich magenta-purple, which stand out well 
above foliage and last a long time. Good bloom- 
er. One of the best all-around Lilacs. 
Reddish Purple Shades 
Chas. X. Single. Compact clusters of medium size, 
of a good solid color. Free flowering. An old 
favorite. 
Chas. Joly. Double. Reddish purple with silver 
reflex. Clusters somewhat open, of rather large 
size, held well above foliage. Good bloomer. 
A good old-time variety. 
Congo. Single. Immense clusters of deep wine- 
red, turning to dull purple. One of the great- 
est and most popular of the reds. 
President Roosevelt. Single. Buds claret-red, open- 
ing to violet-purple. An exceptionally heavy 
bloomer, with many medium size flower heads 
of 3 or 4 panicles, making an impressive bloom. 
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Viburnum Lantana 
RUSSIAN OLIVE 
Oleaster Angustifolia 
very artistic, tall growing shrub or 
small tree. Splendid for specimen planting or 
to accent shrubbery groups. Its beautiful 
silvery gray foliage makes a most delightful 
contrast with the green of surrounding shrubs 
and trees. The flowers are small, yellow, and 
fragrant, blossoming in June. Hardy. Fine 
for screens. 10 to 15 feet. 
WEIGELA - Diervilla 
ROSEA. A beautiful shrub, with showy, 
trumpet-shaped flowers of rose-pink, bloom- 
ing in June and July. Of medium height 
with arching branches. It makes a broad 
bushy plant, with good foliage. Not abso- 
lutely hardy and does best if wrapped or 
protected for the winter. 4 to 6 feet. 
VANICEKI. A new red Weigela much like 
Eva Rathke but much hardier. The trumpet- 
shaped flowers are a brilliant ruby-red. The 
bush blooms heavily the early part of the 
summer and intermittently throughout the 
rest of the summer season. Bush is upright 
oie and has good green foliage. 3 to 5 
eet. 
Pink Shades 
Edouard Andre. Double. Several medium sized 
flowers in an open cluster. Rose-colored buds 
opening to silver-pink. 
Katherine Havemeyer. Double. Large flowers. 
Roe-colored buds, opening to lavender-pink, 
flushed with mauve. 
Jean Mace. Double. Prominent lavender buds, 
opening to silver-lilac. Early. 
Lilac Shades 
Hugo Koster. Single. Huge panicles of large 
lavender-pink buds opening to lilac. 
Jacques Calot. Single. Large flowers, open clusters, 
purplish lilac to light pinkish lilac. Free flower- 
ing. 
Michel Buchner. Double. Large, pure white 
puds opening into blue-lilac. 
Bluish Shades 
President Grevy. Double. Large beautiful flowers 
of a delicate soft blue. 
President Lincoln. Single. Clear, almost Wedg- 
wood-blue. Considered by some as the best 
blue Lilac. Early. 
White Shades 
Mme. Casimir Perier. Double. Large, pure white 
flowers in well filled clusters. Dependable, free 
blooming each year. 
Mrs. Florent Stepman. Single. Light yellow buds 
opening to pure white. 
Ellen Willmott. Double. Large flowers, pure 
white. Generally rated as the best of the dou- 
ble whites. 
Mme. Lemoine. Double. Large white flowers in 
narrow clusters. 
SUMAC - Rhus 
Luxuriant foliage of a tropical effect. Splendid for fall 
color in the landscape. Grow well in almost all soils. 
SMOOTH. An improved type of the common or wild 
Sumac. 6 to 8 feet. 
STAGHORN. A taller growing and more tropical 
appearing form of the above. 8 to 10 feet. 
CUT LEAVED. A cut-leaved or fern-leaved variety 
of the common Sumac. 
FRAGRANT. A shrub type of Sumac differing from 
other varieties in that it has many branches coming 
up from the ground like ordinary shrubs. Has sweet- 
ly scented foliage which turns red in fall. A dwarf 
shrub, of a semi-spreading habit. 3 to 5 feet. Very 
fe in native planting shrub borders and in poor 
soils. 
TAMARIX 
A slender branched shrub with feathery green foli- 
age. It blooms in July with delicate sprays of pink 
flowers. Because the tops are likely to kill back a little 
during the winter it is well to cut the bush back in 
spring to 2 or 3 feet above the ground. After that it 
will make a rapid growth and blossom beautifully. 
Does well in sandy and poor soils. 
AMURENSE. A variety with a light green foliage and 
pink flowers. 
HISPIDA. A variety with bluish green foliage and 
carmine-pink flowers. 
Spirea Anthony Waterer 
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Spirea Van Houttei 
SPIREA 
Most Universally Planted of All Shrubs 
This family of shrubs offers a variety 
of form, size, color of blossom and foli- 
age, as well as time of blossoming. The 
riotous luxuriance of bloom makes them 
most striking and beautiful. All the va- 
rieties are extremely hardy and easy to 
grow in almost any soil or situation. 
ANTHONY WATERER. (A variety of Bum- 
alda.) Red flowers in July in showy flat clus- 
ters, borne on strong, erect stems. If the blos- 
soms are cut as they fade, Anthony Waterer 
will continue to blossom until frost. It is fine 
in front of larger shrubbery; it is very hardy, 
and will succeed in any soil. A very profuse 
bloomer. 2 to 3 feet. 
ARGUTA (Garland Flower.) In early May its 
branches are completely covered with small 
white flowers. Bush is of a light open habit 
with small leaves. 3 to 4 feet. 
BILLIARDI. Long plumes of soft pink blooms 
cover the plant in July and August. The bush 
itself grows compact and shapely. 4 to 5 feet 
high. It is very fine in the border. Will grow 
almost anywhere, 
FROEBEL’S. Pink flowers. This variety is quite 
similar to Spirea Anthony Waterer but just a 
little more vigorous and slightly taller growing. 
An excellent suggestion for foundation plantings 
and for setting ahead of taller growing shrubs. 
Ultimate height 3 feet. 
OPULIFOLIA (Ninebark Physocarpus). It bears 
large clusters of white flowers soon after the 
Bridal Wreath season. These are followed by 
reddish seed pods, which are very ornamental 
later in the summer. The bark peels in narrow 
strips like the Birch. Use in mass plantings 
for screens and backgrounds. Grows 5 to 8 feet. 
OPULIFOLIA NANA (Dwarf Ninebark). A 
dwarf form of the ordinary Ninebark, growing 
3 to 5 feet high. A compact, bushy shrub; 
makes excellent hedges. 
SORBIFOLIA. Sometimes called Ash-Leaved 
Spirea for its handsome, fernlike foliage. In 
June and July the vigorous, branching bush is 
covered with lovely feathery panicles of creamy 
white blooms. 
VAN HOUTTEI. “‘Bridal Wireath’’, as it is com- 
monly called, is undoubtedly the most popular 
shrub we offer. About the time of Decoration 
Day the bush is a complete mass of white 
flowers, carried on long, graceful, drooping 
branches. It is a favorite shrub the country 
over—so hardy, so easy to grow, answering so 
many purposes, Used for foundation plantings, 
borders, or as trimmed or untrimmed hedges 
it serves nearly every purpose. Its foliage is 
attractive all through the season. Grows 4 to 
6 feet high. 
WITCH-HAZEL 
VIRGINIANA. A native shrub growing 7 to 10 
feet high, somewhat slow growing. It has small 
yellow flowers in October. Prefers shade or 
wet soils. 
