Archive image from page 70 of Descriptive catalogue of fruit and. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees : grapes, roses, shrubs, etc., etc. . descriptivecatal1894hook Year: 1894 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. (17 VIBURNUM PLICATUM. Spirea (continued). . Prunifolia flore pleno—A beautiful shrub from Japan, with double white flowers in May. Reevesii or Lance-Leaved — A charming shrub, with narrow-pointed leaves, and large, round clusters of white flowers that cover the whole plant. Double Lance-Leaved—A beautiful double flowering variety. One of the best, if the best. Van Houtt's
Archive image from page 70 of Descriptive catalogue of fruit and. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees : grapes, roses, shrubs, etc., etc. . descriptivecatal1894hook Year: 1894 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. (17 VIBURNUM PLICATUM. Spirea (continued). . Prunifolia flore pleno—A beautiful shrub from Japan, with double white flowers in May. Reevesii or Lance-Leaved — A charming shrub, with narrow-pointed leaves, and large, round clusters of white flowers that cover the whole plant. Double Lance-Leaved—A beautiful double flowering variety. One of the best, if the best. Van Houtt's (S. \ an Houttei)—The most showy of all the Spireas, and one of the very best flowering shrubs in cultivation. The plant is a rather tall, upright grower, with long, slender branches that droop gracefully with their weight of foliage and flowers. Foliage curiously lobed and rounded, of a lively green color. Flowers pure white, in great clusters and whorls, forming cylindrical plumes two to three feet long. Few plants present a more charming appearance when in blossom, or are more tasteful at other times. This is one of the hardiest of all the Spireas. St. Peter's Wort or Waxberry. Snowberry—A well-known shrub, with small pink flowers, and large white berries that hang on the plant through part of the winter. Red-Fruited or Indian Currant—A shrub of very pretty habit; foliage, flowers and fruit small; fruit purple ; hangs all winter. Strawberry Tree (See Euonymus). Syringa. European Fragrant or ' Mock Orange ' (Philadelphus coronarius)—A well-known, very hard}' shrub, with showy white flowers, which are very fragrant. Large Flowering (P. grandiflorus) — Large showy flowers; a valuable variety. Golden Leaved (P. foliis aureis)—A beautiful new variety, with bright yel- low foliage, which affords pretty contrasts with other shrubs, especially with the purpled-leaved varieties.
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