. Ornamental shrubs for garden, lawn, and park planting, with an account of the origin, capabilities, and adaptations of the numerous species and varieties, native and foreign, and especially of the new and rare sorts, suited to cultivation in the United States. Shrubs. 298 Ornamental Shrubs. the leaves of which are covered with hairs on both surfaces. There has been recently introduced a class of hybrids some of which are known to be of a superior value. They are the products of the skill and ingenuity of M. Lemoine, to whom the horticultural world has become so greatly indebted as a hybridis
. Ornamental shrubs for garden, lawn, and park planting, with an account of the origin, capabilities, and adaptations of the numerous species and varieties, native and foreign, and especially of the new and rare sorts, suited to cultivation in the United States. Shrubs. 298 Ornamental Shrubs. the leaves of which are covered with hairs on both surfaces. There has been recently introduced a class of hybrids some of which are known to be of a superior value. They are the products of the skill and ingenuity of M. Lemoine, to whom the horticultural world has become so greatly indebted as a hybridist. Most of them are not yet in culti- vation in America, but doubt- less will be at an early day. Among others they include the following : P. lemoinei av- alanche, the best known, is de- scribed as having long, slender branches, and very large, white, fra- grant blossoms, bending the stems under their weight. It is a bush from six to eight feet in height, and has often been figured in the magazines and catalogues, and is more or less familiar. P. lemoinei candelabre is another free- flowering variety, and has white flowers of unusual size, and prettily dentated and undulated. This is quite dwarf in habit, and makes a charming, compact little mass of blossoms. P. lemoinei erectus is an upright bush, and has small, very sweet flowers, while two others, called sheaf 0/ snow and Mont Blanc have large, fragrant flowers like the others of this class, completely covering the shrub at the. PHILADELPHUS Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, Lucius Daniel, 1826-1900. New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons
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