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SPIRAEA— VAN HOUTTE— is the best known of the lot. 
It is a rapid and vigorous grower, becoming a large 
gracefully arched plant with masses of white blossom 
heads all along the branches. 
18-24 in. $.50; 3-4 ft. $1.00 
STAPHYLEA TRIFOLIATA—American bladdernut is an up- 
right grower with bright light green foliage. The white 
flowers in nodding clusters are followed by bladder like 
fruits of good size and pale green color. 
18-24 in. $.75 
SHEPHERDIA ARGENTEA—Silver buffalo berry is a hardy 
shrub with silvery foliage, small yellow flowers and red 
edible fruit. 
18-24 in. $1.00; 3-4 ft. $1.75 
STRANVASSIA DAVIDIANA — Informal evergreen shrub 
with clusters of showy red berries competing with purple 
and bronze leaves from late fall to Christmas. White 
flowers in clusters in Spring. (Peaty soil) 
2-3 ft. $5.00 
SYRINGA — THE LILACS 
The lilac is one of the most popular of plants and if the 
little known species and the newer varieties were better 
known it would be still more so. We do not grow the old 
common lilacs as they are too slow to bloom. Instead, 
we are using the hybri dforms, the so called French lilacs. 
Most of these bloom when they are very small. Our list 
is rather long. Some of them we have very few, others 
we do in quantity. 
SYRINGA CHINENSIS (ROTHOMAGENSIS )—Chinese lilac 
is undoubtedly a hybrid with persian as one of its parents. 
It is much larger and better than persian in every way. 
The trusses are very large and feathery. There is a good 
deal of variation in color from lavender grey to reddish 
purple. 
18-24 in. $.75; 2-3 ft. $1.00; 3-4 ft. $1.50; 4-5 ft. $2.50 
SYRINGA AMURENSIS JAPONICA—Japanese tree lilac is 
an upright growing tree like lilac with bark Similar to 
an apricot. It is white with a creamy tint borne in im- 
mense trusses on old plants in the latter part of June. 
It is the last lilac to bloom. 
2-3 ft. $1.50; 4-5 ft. $3.00 
SYRINGA VILLOSA—Himalayan lilac looks much like Hun- 
garian but has lighter colored foliage and bloom that is 
on the pink order. 
2-3 ft. $1.50; 3-4 ft. $2.00 
FRENCH LILACS 
Here is a large selection of varieties giving bloom from 
early to late in all manner of color and form, as well as 
tall, short and medium growing sorts These days one can 
get a lilac to fit almost any specifications. We are describing 
in detail some of the newer ones, some of which we have 
not as yet seen in bloom. 
ALICE EASTWOOD—has large double flowers with dark 
purple claret buds changing to bluish purple as they 
expand and finally become mauve pink. The spikes are 
borne well above the foliage. 
3-4 ft. $4.00 
