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Title: Descriptive catalogue : ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy perennials and fruits
Identifier: CAT31285688 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Thomas Meehan and Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Germantown, Pa. : Thomas Meehan & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 33 Hibiscus var. Due de Brabant. Dark Rose. " var. pseonseflorUS. Rosy Purple. " var. speciosus ruber. Red. " var. variegatUS. Leaves variegated; flowers reddish- purple, but never expanding more than half way. Price of Variegatus: 18 to 24 in. Traus $ 50 each $3 00 per 10 $20 00 per 100 " Seedlings, various colors. " Single White. Rose centre. " TotUS albUS. Pure white, single. " Single Lilac. Single Red. Single Pink. Price of any Hibiscag not Separately Priced. 12 to 18 in. Seed .$ 25 each ^ft. " 35 " 2 00 " 10 18 00 " 100 HYDRANGEA. Hydrangea arborescens. (4to5ft.) anativesort,bearing corymbs of white flowers about the close of June. 2 to 2)4, ft. 3 to 4 ft. Traus $ 35 each â ' 50 " $2 50 per 10 3 00 " 10 Hortensia. (2J^to3ft.) l ft. Trans. Strong. $ 75 each var. OtakSa. (2 to 3 ft.) it is the better for a Uttle protection. 1 ft. Trans $50 each $3 00 per 10 var. rosea. 4 to 6 in. From pots, $ 75 each paniCUlata. (5 to eft.) The heads of flowers maintain an erect position. Blooms in early August. 12 to 18 in. Traus $ 35 each $2 00 per 10 $15 00 per 100 var. Early Flowering. (5to6ft.) Flowers earlier. 4 to 5 ft. Trans $ 75 each var. grandiflora. (5 to eft.) (See cut.) 18 to 24 in. Trans $ 25 each 2Hto3ft. '⢠35 " 3 to 4 ft. " very bushy 50 " 4 to 5 ft. "tree form. 75 " $1 50 per 10 $10 00 per 100 2 00 â¢â 10 15 00 " 100 3 00 " 10 20 00 " 100 5 00 " 10
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JAPANESE HYDRANGEA. (Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora.) This is the plant generally known as the " Hardy Hydrangea." It is now so well known that it requires no description. Everywhere it is seen, either as a single specimen or in large beds. As a single specimen it makes a most conspicuous flowering shrub in late summer and fall, but when planted together in quantities, in a large bed, it has an eflTect that no other shrub in masses produces,âone great mass of snow-white flowers. Each head being so large, it makes the effect more striking than would otherwise be the case. Naturally, it makes a fine hedge. It is planted in great numbers at Newport, and attracts a great deal of admiration at that well known place. It should be pruned to the ground every winter, as it is desirable to prevent the plant from growing too tall, aud it will bloom as profusely, and in fact make larger heads of bloom, than if left unpruned. A bed of one hundred makes a most striking appearance. We particularly call your attention to the low price we are offering this shrub. The illustration was made from a photograph of a two year old group, planted by Mr. John G. Bullock, of Germantown, with plants grown in our nurseries. For a single specimen, or where but two or three Hydrangeas are planted on the lawn, some people prefer the Tree Form or those grown with a single stem about i8 to 24 inches high, then allowed to branch above that. We have some very fine strong plants grown as Tree Form,âwith strong, bushy two and three year old heads. The late flowering character and beauty of Hibiscns and Hydrangeas mnke them invaloable.

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