. Parrys' Pomona Nurseries : fall, 1897. Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants Ornamental Catalogs. PARRYS' POMONA NURSERIES. 43 RED FLOWERING. ( rubra).— This is simply a great and grand improvement upon the otherwise unrivalled White Flowering variety. It possesses the same freedom of flowering, producing what might be termed a drift of bloom of a bright, fresh and cheerful rosy red. In habit it is more upright; the foliage larger, somewhat more velvety, darker green in summer, and even richer and mor
. Parrys' Pomona Nurseries : fall, 1897. Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants Ornamental Catalogs. PARRYS' POMONA NURSERIES. 43 RED FLOWERING. ( rubra).— This is simply a great and grand improvement upon the otherwise unrivalled White Flowering variety. It possesses the same freedom of flowering, producing what might be termed a drift of bloom of a bright, fresh and cheerful rosy red. In habit it is more upright; the foliage larger, somewhat more velvety, darker green in summer, and even richer and more wonderful in the brilliancy of its autumn crimson. The fruit or berries are the same as those of the species. Parsons says of it: "Flowers suffused with bright-red color, lasting long, * * * a fresh pronounced red, continuing with the flowers from the beginning to the end of its bloom. Planted with the white variety the effect is ; Meehan says: "Of the most beautiful rosy pink color, bordering on red. A grow- ing plant before me also shows the leaves to have a rich velvety appearance and to be darker than the white variety. * * * * That this is undoubtedly a grand acquisition to the list of ornamental flowering trees, no one will doubt after seeing it in ; Price, by express, 2 to 3 ft, 50 cents; 8 to 4 ft, $ WEEPING (C f. penduld).—K weeping form of the white flowering variety, and un- like that of any other weeping tree. It pos- sesses the properties of the species in early and prof usebloom, brilliant autumn foliage and attractive fruit in winter. The Editor of the Canadian Horticulturist describes it thus : "It is a variety of the white Cornus (C. florida) which is common in rocky woods southward. A tree which only attains a height of twenty or thirty feet, and which is also a very attractive Ornamental Tree, with showy white flowers in spring and clus- ters of red berries in autumn. The Weeping Cornus is similar in flower
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