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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue 1895 : seeds
Identifier: annualdescriptiv1895fran (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Frank S. Platt (Firm); Platt, Frank S; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Connecticut New Haven
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Frank S. Platt
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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00 FKANK S. I'T.ATT'S FARM. GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL. SA i tth tmd Dm :rf Ornamental Trees- eontinued.
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Hydrangea Grandijiora. Calycanthns. Exochorda Qrandif lora. A finely-shaped shrub, with a profusion of the most lovely pure white flowers, borne in racemes of five or six. 50c. Forsythia. Leaves and branches deep green, flowers bright yellow. Blooms very early in Spring; 25c to 50c. Hydrangea Grandiflora. This is a beautiful, highly ornamental shrub from Japan, with enor- mously large and dense flower heads opening pure white, becoming-tinted with rose-color in their mature bloom. Blossoms profusely during the Summer months; needs no protection in Winter. Perfectly hardy. 25c , 50c and $1.00. Japan Quince. Has bright scarlet-crimson flowers in great profusion in early Spring. One of the most desirable. 25c, 50c. and $1.00. Lilac, Common. The common purple species; a good shrub. 25c and 50c Lilac, Common White. Flowers pure white; very fragrant. 25c and 50c Purple Fringe Smoke Tree. A shrub much admired for its curious fringe of hair like flowers, that cover the whole surface of the plant in Summer. 50c each. Rhododendrons. These are among the most valuable of our hardy flowering shrubs and cannot be surpassed for lawn decoration. The flowers range through shades of rose, pink, crimson, white, etc., six to twelve inches in diameter. Plants with 4 to 8 buds, $1.50 Spirea Prunifolia. Flowers in clusters, covering the whole length of the branches ; white and very double. Indispensable. May. 25c, 50c. Spirea Reevesii. Single white. Blooms in large clusters, on long, slender branches. 25c, 50c Spirea Crategifolia. Most beautiful of theSpireas; graceful, white, perfectly hardy. 25c to 50c Japan Snowball (Viburnumplicatum). Foliage corrugated, olive green through Summer, but towards Fall it turns much darker. Flowers, though hardly as large as the old variety, are much more numerous and pure white. There are often as many as twenty balls on a branch eighteen inches long. 50c, 75c and §1.00. Snowball. A favorite shrub, with clusters of white flowers. 50c. Weigela. An elegant shrub, with clusters of pink and white flowers. 50c Weigela rosea nana variegata. One of the most conspicuous shrubs that we cultivate ; leaves beautifully margined creamy-white ; flowers pink. It is a dwarf grower and admirably adapted to small lawns or gardens. 50c. each.

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