. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 92 Catalogue of Reading" Nursery, Mass. —J. W. Manning, Proprietor. ASTILBE — False Goat's-Beard. {Rosacea?..) Showy, medium-sized perennials, of easiest culture in any good garden soil. Their compact habit of growth, neat foliage, and charming flowers render
. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 92 Catalogue of Reading" Nursery, Mass. —J. W. Manning, Proprietor. ASTILBE — False Goat's-Beard. {Rosacea?..) Showy, medium-sized perennials, of easiest culture in any good garden soil. Their compact habit of growth, neat foliage, and charming flowers render them especially valuable for use in borders. A. Chinensis. 18 in., 7-8. China. Handsome foliage, finely cut, and of a pleasing shade of green. Pink flowers, in a close, handsome spike. A rare and choice variety. 50 cents. A. Japonica. [Spircea Japonica or Iloteia Japonica.~\ 2 ft., 6-7. Japan. Handsome dark- green foliage and showy spikes of pure white flowers. Much used for winter forcing. 20 cents. var. foliis vgta. Foliage beautifully laced with golden-yellow. Very distinct in early spring. 30 cents. var. foliis purpurea. Foliage deeply tinged with bright purple. 30 cents. The three are admirable of contrast effects. var. grandiflora. [Multiflora var. compacta.~] A great improvement over the type for forcing purposes, with much larger, denser flower heads, and of a more prolific flowering habit. A plant of the highest merit for garden culture, for the border, the cut-flower garden, or for making edgings. 25 cents. ASTRAGALUS - Milk-Veitch. {Leguminosoe.) Easily grown in any soil. A. Monspessalanicus is especially showy when grown over the face of rock-work, its showy foliage being very effective, while its flowers lend an additional charm. A. Monspessalanicus. [Montpelier, M. V.] 9 in., 6-7. France. Handsome, deeply cut foliage and showy spikes of deep purple flowers. 35 cents. A. alopecuroides. 3 ft., 6-7. Siberia. A choice, bushy plant, with showy spikes of clear yell
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