. Seeds, bulbs and plants. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 54 SCHLEGEL & FOTTLER CO:S SEED HARDY SHRUBS. (Continued.) Symphoricarpus Racemosus. (Snowberry). Small, pink flowers, and large, white berries, that remain through the winter, Jiily. Viburnum Opulus Sterilis. (Common Snowball or Guelder Rose). May — Plicatum. (Japan Snowball). Beautiful, pli- cated foliage, flowers larger and purer white than the preceding. May. .... Wei
. Seeds, bulbs and plants. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 54 SCHLEGEL & FOTTLER CO:S SEED HARDY SHRUBS. (Continued.) Symphoricarpus Racemosus. (Snowberry). Small, pink flowers, and large, white berries, that remain through the winter, Jiily. Viburnum Opulus Sterilis. (Common Snowball or Guelder Rose). May — Plicatum. (Japan Snowball). Beautiful, pli- cated foliage, flowers larger and purer white than the preceding. May. .... Weigelia Candida. Tubular white flowers all summer. ........ — Floribunda. Deep crimson flowers, freely pro- duced. Jiiyie. ...... — Rosea. J'ine, rose-colored variety. June. Nana Variegata. Silvery, variegated leaves and pinkish white flowers. June. Yucca Filamentosa. (Adams Needle). Sword- like foliage, and long spikes of cream-white, cup-shaped flowers. June. .... '35 •35 •50 •35 35 •35 •35 .25 and .50 Nelumbium Speciosum. AQUATICS. The hardy varieties may be planted as soon as vegetation com- mences in the spring. If not convenient to grow them in a pond or Lily tank (which is preferable), they may be grown in tubs, several varieties being well adapted to this mode of culture. A warm, sheltered position, yet with full exposure and sunshine, should be selected. Fill the tubs two-thirds full of turfy soil, enriched with decomposed hot-bed or farmyard manure ; cow manure is very desir- able ; cover with two inches of sand and fill with water. The crowns of the plants should be placed just under the surface of the soil. The tropical varieties are admirably adapted for out of doors in summer, if planted at the approach of warm weather, before which time they can be grown indoors in pots set in tubs of water. In planting Xelumbiums give them more root room than Nymphaeas; if grown in tubs, two or three inches of water will suffice. Those marked * are suitable for gro
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