Ellwanger & Barry's descriptive catalogue Ellwanger & Barry's descriptive catalogue of hardy ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, etc., etc., etc ellwangerbarrysd1868moun Year: 1868 46 Spiraea. BELLA. Flowers beautiful bright pink. 25c. CALLOSA ALBA. A new white flowering variety of dwarf habit, very fine. NOBLEANA. A hybrid between Cal- losa and Douglassi, very handsome, flowers rosy purple like the latter, but more flattened, is exactly in- termediate between the two pa- rents, with fine foliage. HAWTHORN' LEAVED (crenata.) Flowers dull white, dwarf habit, free bloomer. 25c. SMOOTH LEAVED, (
Ellwanger & Barry's descriptive catalogue Ellwanger & Barry's descriptive catalogue of hardy ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, etc., etc., etc ellwangerbarrysd1868moun Year: 1868 46 Spiraea. BELLA. Flowers beautiful bright pink. 25c. CALLOSA ALBA. A new white flowering variety of dwarf habit, very fine. NOBLEANA. A hybrid between Cal- losa and Douglassi, very handsome, flowers rosy purple like the latter, but more flattened, is exactly in- termediate between the two pa- rents, with fine foliage. HAWTHORN' LEAVED (crenata.) Flowers dull white, dwarf habit, free bloomer. 25c. SMOOTH LEAVED, (laevigata.) Quite distinct in appearance, leaves smooth,bluish green; flowers white, in branched spikes; from Siberia; May. 25c. WHITE BEAM TREE LEAVED, (serifolia.) An elegant species from North West America; habit dense and bushy; plant entirely covered with greenish white blossoms in July. CHINESE, (sinensis.) A Chinese species, with small, glossy leaves, and large clusters or spikes of white flowers ; July and August. SILVER LEAVED, (argentea.) A very distinct species, with small, round leaves, covered with a sil- very down. 25c. ELM LEAVED, (ulmifolia.) Leaves somewhat resembling an elm, and large round clusters of white flow- ers. 25c. Spiraea. LANCE LEAVED, (lanceolata, or Reevesii.) Narrow pointed leaves and large round clusters of white flowers, that cover the whole plant; a charming shrub ; blooms in May. 25c See cut REEVESI ROBUSTA. A new, su- perior variety of the preceding; of more vigorous growth, and flowers much larger ; blooms in June and September. DOUGLASS, (Douglassi.) Has spikes of beautiful deep rose colored flow- ers in July and August. 25c. LANCE LEAVED DOUBLE.(lance- olata, or Reevesii fl. pi.) A beauti- ful double flowering variety. 25c. FORTUNES, (Fortunei, or callosa.) Has large panicles of deep rosy blossoms ; grows freely, and blos- soms nearly all summer; fine. 25c. BILLARDI. Rose colored, blooms nearlv all summer. AUREA, (opulifolia aurea.) An
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