Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . , Sw^ect Pea Sl)i*^l>- iROBINIA HISPIDA.) The shrub of slirul>s for bomiuct iiiakors. Whon it is inbloom it, is rea lly but a bitr Ijouijuetit-self, so full is it of daintysprays of large, lovely rosi-piiik blooms to vvliii-h t hegraceful pinnate foliage hardy and robust, and eommenoes to bloomwhen but a foot high. It-s glorious flowers are bornein clusters and are the size and sliape of the mostlovely Sweet Peas, but its color is more beautiful The amoiint of bloom which one
Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . , Sw^ect Pea Sl)i*^l>- iROBINIA HISPIDA.) The shrub of slirul>s for bomiuct iiiakors. Whon it is inbloom it, is rea lly but a bitr Ijouijuetit-self, so full is it of daintysprays of large, lovely rosi-piiik blooms to vvliii-h t hegraceful pinnate foliage hardy and robust, and eommenoes to bloomwhen but a foot high. It-s glorious flowers are bornein clusters and are the size and sliape of the mostlovely Sweet Peas, but its color is more beautiful The amoiint of bloom which one of these little shrubs will oariy is astonishing, and the sight presented is oncof remark-able beauty. Blooms profusely in .Itine and July aud totiomc extent all summer. Me. each;° 3 fur Altl^ea, OP Tice HoUy^^ock. A line tjvU growing shrub, that once plai^ted is good for alifetime. Blooms when but a slip of a plant, but eventuallyreaches the size of a small tree. Always a symmetrical, up-right grower, well clothed with a dark green foliage, andbears every year, without fail, a profusion of large, showy,/.double Howers, that closely resemble Hollyhocks in shapeand colors, but often larger In size. They bloom from mid-summer until frost, at a time when few other shrubs arc inbloom. Fine for cemetery planting, or for grouping uponthe lawn. The following are new double varieties of superbbeauty. In Europi^his is the most popular of all floweringshrubs No flowering tree or large shrub can approach it inmajestic beauty. Rubra. Fine double red, large and brilliant. Meehanil. Enormous double white flowers having a flno iccl ci-nter. MagnificentDouble White. Great snowy blossoms of exquisite loveli- iies-. Gigantea. Large double white, with full red center. Extrafirii. /r/\-e
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