. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1920 45th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Spiraea Van Hpiittel. SPIRAEA—MEADOW SWEET. One of the prettiest shrubs In cultivation, and exceedingly desirable; in fact, we mav sav indis- pensable for the lawn or shrubbery border. ' It is of the easiest culture, succeeding' well in anv situa- tion. The varieties we name are the best for gen- eral purposes. All are thriftv growers and most profus
. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1920 45th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Spiraea Van Hpiittel. SPIRAEA—MEADOW SWEET. One of the prettiest shrubs In cultivation, and exceedingly desirable; in fact, we mav sav indis- pensable for the lawn or shrubbery border. ' It is of the easiest culture, succeeding' well in anv situa- tion. The varieties we name are the best for gen- eral purposes. All are thriftv growers and most profuse bloomers, each in its turn furnishing a succession of flowers all through the summer. Anthony Waterer—Blooms all summer. Makes a dwarf compact bush two to three feet high, crowned with a mass of red flower lieads. Argruta—One of the very best of the Spiraeas. Re- sembles the well-known variety Thunbergil, but is stronger and more upright; flowers white, borne in great profusion early in summer. Ulllardil—Bears spikes of flowers; very desirable. CoIIoHa Alba—A dwarf and compact shrub bearing a great abundance of white flowers; very desir- able. OpuUfolIa—(Nine Bark)—A robust grower; flow- ers white. Opultfolla .Aurea—This strikingly handsome vari- ety is practically indispensable in any arrange- ment of shrubbery. Its bright golden foliage, very pleasing in itself, presents a charming ef- fect in contrast with other shrubs. It is there- fore used freely in combination with other shrubs In the same group or massed in solid groups according to the extent and style of planting adopted. The habit of the plant is bushy and of medium height. Flowers white. Each SOc; per doz. Van Houttel—This is beyond doubt the handsomest of all Spiraeas; in fact, it has few if any equals among orna- mental shrubs. When in full bloom in May and June it presents an appearance difllcult to describe, except that from a little distance it seems to be wreatlied with snow, the bra
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