PRUNUS, PUERARIA, PYRETHRUM 



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what of that? It doesn't 

 happen every year, for here 

 and there one of our patrons 

 will point with pride to a spec- 

 imen ten or twelve years old 

 still good and unheirmed. 



These Prunus do not like 

 to be transplanted when large 

 and are best off if placed in the 

 beginning where they are to 

 remain. The smaller the stock 

 you plant the better. Two- to 

 3-ft. plants are best. 



Almost before any of the 

 other shrubs leaf out in Spring 

 you will behold Prunus triloba, 

 the double-flowering Plum, in 

 fuU bloom, the leafless stems 

 covered with light pink double 

 blossoms. It is these that 

 make it so desirable. 



Even when not in flower 

 these Plums are good looking 

 and when you take an order 



Fig. 260. — Pyrethrum rosbum. This per- 

 ennial, easily grown from seed, is among the 

 first to bloom in Summer. With its endless 

 variety of colors, long graceful stems and 

 Daisy-like flowers, it is fine for cutting 



for flowering shrubs always mention them, for it will prove a 

 pleasant surprise for those who get them, to have a few of these 

 plants coming into flower after they have been planted a year or 

 two. They may have almost forgotten all about when they were 

 to flower and how they were to look. 



PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA (JAPANESE KUDZU VINE) 



This is the vine that grows a foot overnight when once well 

 established; it has large bean-like foliage. This climber you should 

 recommend only when it is simply a question of getting something 

 to cover up a great area and do it quickly. The plant requires but 

 little attention. 



Your nurseryman has the plants but they are also easfly grown 

 from seed sown inside in March. This will give strong 3j^-in. pot 

 plants by the middle of May, which if planted out, will make fifteen 

 feet of growth or more the first season. 



PYRETHRUM 



Golden Feather, or Pyrethrum aureum is one of the most 

 popular dwarf, yellow border pleints the florist makes use of. With 



