. CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS—Continued. Showy, Rhododendron Bhododeudrous. One of the most valuable of our haidy decorative plants. They require only a good garden soil, which should be dug at least 2 feet deep and mixed with some leaf mould or peat; it is also well to mulch the ground during summer, and protect with leaves or brush during win- ter. We offer a choice col- lection of plants from 12 to 24 inches high, bushy and well established, of hardiest varieties only, ranging in color from the purest white through all the shades of rose, pink, purple and crim- son. All the plants we offer are fine
. CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS—Continued. Showy, Rhododendron Bhododeudrous. One of the most valuable of our haidy decorative plants. They require only a good garden soil, which should be dug at least 2 feet deep and mixed with some leaf mould or peat; it is also well to mulch the ground during summer, and protect with leaves or brush during win- ter. We offer a choice col- lection of plants from 12 to 24 inches high, bushy and well established, of hardiest varieties only, ranging in color from the purest white through all the shades of rose, pink, purple and crim- son. All the plants we offer are finely set with buds. 12 to 15 inches high, 75 cts. each, $ per doz., i? per 100 ; 15 to 18 inches high, $ each, $ per doz.; 18 to 24 inches high, $ each, §15 00 per doz. Japan Snowball (Viiur- num Plicatum). This is one of the most valuable of our hardy shrubs. Flowers,though hardly as large as the old va- riety, are much more numer- ous. The leaves are in pairs along the stem, and from the base of each leaf a ball of flowers appears. There are often as many as twenty balls on a branch 18 inches long. These balls all face upward, so that a full view of their great beauty can be had. A fine lot of extra strong plants, 50 cts. each, $ per doz. Japanese Wlneberry. Interesting plant belonging to the Raspberry family. 10 cts. each, $ per doz. Seed, per pkt. 10 cts. Mock Orang-e, or Syring-a {Plnladdphus grandijlorus). fragrant large flowers, pure white. — Double Flowering- {Fhiladelphus Fl. PL). Large, fragrant, double, pure white flowers. Trifoliate Orange. This is the most hardy of the orange family, and will stand our northern climate with little or no proteclion, and is also de- sirable for pot culture. It is dwarf, of alow, shrubby growth, with beauti- ful trifoliate, glossy green leaves, and large, white, scented blossoms. Privet, California. Nearly evergreen. Bears white flowers in the early summer; one of the best hedge plants. Spirea Billardi
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