Archive image from page 59 of Descriptive catalogue of fruit and. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, shrubs, roses, bulbs, etc. . descriptivecatal1895jewe Year: 1895 50 THE JEWELL NURSERY COMPANY'S WEIGELA ROSEA. I>. Candida. White-Flowered Weigela. —A valuable variety. All white varieties heretofore known have been lacking in some important charac' teristic. Hortensis Nivea, the best and only really white sort, is a poor grower and difficult to propa- gate. Other so-called white sorts have flesh colored flowers; so that the introduction of Candida suppli
Archive image from page 59 of Descriptive catalogue of fruit and. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, shrubs, roses, bulbs, etc. . descriptivecatal1895jewe Year: 1895 50 THE JEWELL NURSERY COMPANY'S WEIGELA ROSEA. I>. Candida. White-Flowered Weigela. —A valuable variety. All white varieties heretofore known have been lacking in some important charac' teristic. Hortensis Nivea, the best and only really white sort, is a poor grower and difficult to propa- gate. Other so-called white sorts have flesh colored flowers; so that the introduction of Candida supplies along felt want. It is of vigorous habit, an erect grower, becoming in time a large sized shrub. Flowers pure white and produced in great profusion in June, and the plants continue to bloom through the summer, even until Autumn. D. Rosea.—Rose colored; from China' hardy, and bears the most profuse, light, rosv trumpet flowers in May. In every way the most superb shrub of its season. D. Hybrida P. clear amaranth. D. 'Var. Veno§a Variegata.—A dwarf grower; variegation light yellow, changing to white. I>. Chameleon.—A variety of robust habit, with flowers of a deep rose color. EUOjVYMUS. Strawberry or Spindle Tree. The Euonymus are all highly ornamental in autumn, when covered with showy fruit. K. Europ£US. European Euonymus.—Fruit rose colored. E. 'Var. Fructu Albo. White-Fruited Euonymus. E. L,atifblius« Broad-Leaved Euonymus.—Leaves turn to a purplish red in autumn Very ornamental. FORSYTHIA. Golden Bell. These are pretty shrubs of medium size. All natives of China and Japan. The flowers are drooping, yellow, and appear very early in the spring before the leaves. The best very early flowering shrub. F'. Kortuneii. Fortune's Forsythia.—Growth upright; foliage deep green; flowers bright yellow. F\ 'Viridissima.—A fine, hardy shrub introduced by Mr. Fortune. Leaves and bark deep green; flowers deep yellow, very early in the spring. HYDRA
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