. BuDDLElA (Butterfly Shrub) Buddleia Variabilis Magni&ca {Butterfly Shrub or Summer Lilac). One of the most desirable summer flowering shrubs, beginning to bloom in July, it continues until cut by severe frost. The flowers are of a pleasing shade of violet mauve, and are borne in dense cylindrical spikes from 12 to 15 inches in length by 3 inches in diameter; it succeeds everywhere and flowers freely the first season planted. Good plants from 3-inch pots. 30 cts. each; $ per doz. Callicarpa Purpurea {Beauty Berry). A splendid berried Shrub for the border or planted in clumps on the la
. BuDDLElA (Butterfly Shrub) Buddleia Variabilis Magni&ca {Butterfly Shrub or Summer Lilac). One of the most desirable summer flowering shrubs, beginning to bloom in July, it continues until cut by severe frost. The flowers are of a pleasing shade of violet mauve, and are borne in dense cylindrical spikes from 12 to 15 inches in length by 3 inches in diameter; it succeeds everywhere and flowers freely the first season planted. Good plants from 3-inch pots. 30 cts. each; $ per doz. Callicarpa Purpurea {Beauty Berry). A splendid berried Shrub for the border or planted in clumps on the lawn; it grows about 3 feet high, its branches gracefully recurving; these are covered in August with tiny pink-tinted flowers, followed by great masses of violet-purple berries, these remain on the plant until mid-winter. Strong plants, 60 cts. each. Calluna {Scotch Heather). Very pretty small shrubs, growing from one to two feet high, producing their interesting flowers from July to September. — Vulgaris. Rosy pink. Vulgaris Alba. Pure white. Strong plants of either, 75 cts. each. Calycanthus Floridus {Sweet or Strawberry Shrub). An old favorite with double chocolate-colored strawberry-scented flowers in May. 60 cts. each. Cercis Canadensis {Judas Tree, or Red Bud). A showy taU Shrub or small tree. All the branches and twigs are covered with a mass of small rosy-pink flowers early in the spring before the leaves appear. Plants, 2 to 3 feet high, 75 cts. each. Clethra alnifolia {White Alder, or Sweet Pepper Bush). One of the best of our native dwarf Shrubs, bearing spikes of pure white, deliciously fragrant flowers during July and August. 75 cts. each. Corchorus or Kerria Japonica Fl. PI. {Globe-flower). A particularly valuable shrub, graceful habit of growth and free and-continuous flowering, producing attractive double golden- yellow flowers from June to October. 60 cts. each. Cornus Alba Sibirica {Coral Dogwood). A strong growing variety, crimson colored branches in winter.
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