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Title: Everything for the fruit grower : 1899
Identifier: CAT31283881 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Reid's Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture), Ohio, Bridgeport, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Ohio, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs
Publisher: Bridgeport, Ohio : E. W. Reid's Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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E. W. REID'S NURSERIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO HARDY SHRUBS AND TREES
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Some Sprays of Fragrant Lilacs. LILAC. Purple. The well-known variety ; one of the best. A good grower ; flowers and yonng wood fragrant ; purple. Small, 15 cts.; large, 25 cts. White. Like the above, except in color. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts. Josikea. A fine, distinct species, of tree-like growth, with dark, .shining leaves and purple flowers in June, after all other Lilacs have done flowering. Esteemed for its fine habit and foliage. 30 cts. Persian. A medium-sized shrub, with small leaves and bright purple flowers. 30 cts. and 40 cts. PRUNUS PISSARDII. This elegant small tree or shrub comes to us from Persia. It is perfectly hardy, and the leaves are rich purple, with the ends of the growing shoots a brilliant red, retaining their bright purple through the entire season ; more perfect .in color than any other shrub. 20 cts. and 30 cts. QUINCE, JAPANESE. (Cydonia Japonica.) Blooms very early and profusely, and is very hardy ; makes a beautiful hedge. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts- (SPIREA. • Prunifolia (Bridal Wreath). A strong-growing, handsome shrub, with pure white double flowers in May and June. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts. Reevesii. A graceful shrub, with drooping branches and narrow lance- shaped leaves ; flowers white, very double, borne in large, round clusters in great profusion over the entire bush. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts. Van Houttei. An upright-growing shrub, with graceful, slender branches and bright green foliage. Flowers pure white, borne in cylindrical plumes nearly two feet long ; hardy and de- sirable. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts. SYRINGA. (Philadelphus grandiflorus.) The Syringa is a valuable hardy shrub of vigorous habit, with large, handsome foliage. All of the varieties flower in June, after the weigela. The white, sweet-scented flowers have a fragrance like orange blossoms. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts. SNOWBALL. Common (Viburnum sterilis). This well-known shrub attains the height of 8 or 10 feet, and produces its snowy white flowers, in large balls or masses in June. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts. Japan. A beautiful flowering shrub ; the flower- clusters, which are produced all over the bush, are spherical in form and pure white ; foliage dark green. 30 cts.; large, 40 cts. WEIGELA. Beautiful shrubs, that bloom in June and July. Rosea nana variegata. One of the most con- spicuous shrubs that we cultivate ; leaves beautifully margined with creamy white ; flowers pink. It is a dwarf grower, and admirably adapted to small lawns or gardens. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts. Candida. This is the very best of all the white- flowered Weigelas. A strong, upright, erect grower ; flowers pure white, and produced in great profusion in June. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts. Lemoinei. A variety with deep crimson flowers ; very free-flowering. 15 cts.; large, 25 cts.

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