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Title: Mount Hope Nurseries established 1840 : general catalogue
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Mount Hope Nurseries Ellwanger & Barry Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Roses Seeds Catalogs Strawberries Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs Fruit Catalogs Flowers Catalogs
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y. : Ellwanger & Barry
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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. Ledebouri. Ledebours Hoxeysuckle. D. A distinct species with red flowers in May. 35c. L. Morrowii. D. A fine variety from Japan; valuable for its handsome red fruit. 35c. L. Ruprechtiana. D. A fine varietjfrom Manchuria, particularly valuable for its showy red fruit. .35c. L. Standlshii. Staxdishs Hoxeysucku;. D. Flowers creamy white, fragrant, appearing in Maybefore the leaves; one of the earliest flowering shrubs. 50c. L. Tartarica. Tartarian Honeysuckle. D. Pink flowers, which contrast beautifully with the foli-age. This and grcindiflora appear to fine advantage planted together. June. 35c.var. alba. White Tartarian Honeysuckle. D. Forms a high bush, with creamy-white, fragrant flowers. May and June. 35c.var. grandiflora. Pink-flo^-ered Honey.suckle. D. A beautiful shrub, very vigorous, and pro-ducing large, bright red flowers striped with white, in June. .35c.var. grandiflora alba. D. A variety of upright habit, with very large, pure white flowers;fine. 50c. GENERAL CATALOGUE 53
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PRUNUS PISSARDI-PURPLE-LEAVED PLUM 54 ELLWANGER S^ BARRYS MYRICA. Bayberry M. cerifera. Caxdleberry, Wax Mvrtle. D. A low spreading native shrub, handsome foliage.Small white berries in autumn. 50c. PA VIA. Smooth-fruited Horse Chestnut P. macrostachya. Dwarf White Horse Chestxut. D. A beautiful spreading shrub producing numerous large showy spikes of flowers late in June; very valuable. $1.00. PHILADELPHUS. Syringa or Mock Orange The Syringa is an invaluable shrub. Of vigorous habit, very hardy, with large handsome foliage, and beautiful whiteflowers, produced in the greatest profusion at the blossoming season, it merits a prominent place in all collections of shrub-bery. jSIost of the varieties, except those of dwarf habit, form large sized shrubs, twelve to fifteen feet high. They can ofcourse be kept smaller by pruning. The dwarf sorts are such pretty, compact plants as io be ver>- useful where smallshrubs are desired. All of the varieties flower in June, after the Weigela. By

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