. Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue : Mount Hope nurseries. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 93 SAMBUCUS. Elder. Hollunder, Ger. Sureau, Ft. These are showy large shrubs, quite ornamental in flowers, fruit and foliage. They blossom in June. The plants should be kept in good shape by a frequent use of the pruning knife. S. nigra. Black-berried Elder. C. A native of Europe, of medium size, with purplish-black berries in Sep- tember. 35c. var. aurea. Golden Elder. C. A handsome variety, with golden yellow foliage. A valuable plant for enlivening shrubberies. 50c. var. heterophylla. Fern-leaved Elder. C
. Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue : Mount Hope nurseries. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 93 SAMBUCUS. Elder. Hollunder, Ger. Sureau, Ft. These are showy large shrubs, quite ornamental in flowers, fruit and foliage. They blossom in June. The plants should be kept in good shape by a frequent use of the pruning knife. S. nigra. Black-berried Elder. C. A native of Europe, of medium size, with purplish-black berries in Sep- tember. 35c. var. aurea. Golden Elder. C. A handsome variety, with golden yellow foliage. A valuable plant for enlivening shrubberies. 50c. var. heterophylla. Fern-leaved Elder. C. Luxuriant in growth, with deep and delicately cut foliage, fine. See cut. 50c. var. laciniata. Cut-leaved Elder. C. A valuable variety, with elegantly divided leaves; one of the best cut-leaved shrubs. See cut. 50c. var. pulverulenta. C. In spring the foliage is marbled with silver which continues the greater part of the summer. 50c. var. pyraniidalis. C. An upright grower with peculiar foliage turned back so as to conceal the stem. 50c, var. variegata. Variegated-leaved Elder. C. Of strong healthy growth ; foliage mottled with yellow and white. One of the best variegated-leaved shrubs. 35c. S. racemosa var. pluniosa. C. (New.) Leaves beautifully cut and drooping, giving the plant a unique and pretty effect. 75c. SPIRAEA. Meadow-Sweet. Spierstrattch, Ger. Spiree, Ft. The Spiraeas are all elegant, low shrubs, of the easiest culture, and their blooming extends over a period of three months. S. arguta. D. Of dwarf habit; flowers clear white. The best very early flowering white Spiraea. Early May. 50c. S. ariaefolia. White-beam leaved Spiraea. D. An elegant species from North West America; habit dense and bushy; plant entirely covered with greenish white blossoms in July. 50c. S. Billardi. Billard's Spir^a. D. Rose-colored. Blooms nearly all summer. 35c. S. Blumei. D. Has large panicles of deep rose-colored flowers. June and July. 35c. S. crenata. D. Dwarf in habit. Flowers dull
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