LIST OF HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS FOR 1911. 



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In planning- a new or considering- the improvement of an old home one of the first thoughts in 

 the minds of our home-loving people is the very natural desire to make their place attractive and 

 pleasing, a beautiful picture, not only to themselves, but also to others. It usually then, becomes 

 simply a question of how to secure and maintain the greatest amount of beauty the ground will 

 admit of at a reasonable expense. Shrubbery must be considered and provided for. 



The following Shrubs are adapted to our climate. All are strong and especially prepared for 

 permanent planting, being bushy and well-rooted and in perfect condition. 



AILANTHUS — Tree of Heaven. 

 A. Glandulosa — An exceedingly attractive plant 

 of rapid, stately growth, with pinnate, feathery 

 foliage, giving it a tropical appearance, very 

 effective in shrubbery plantations, for which 

 purpose it should be severely pruned every year 

 or two. If allowed to grow it makes a hand- 

 some tree. It thrives well in any soil. Each 

 50c; per doz. $5.00. 



AMAGDALUS. 

 Flowering Almond. 



One of the earliest spring-flowering- shrubs; 

 very handsome, of easy cultivation in almost any 

 .soil and perfectly hardy. 

 A. Pumila Alba Plena — Flowers very double, pure 



white and produced in great profusion. 



A. Pumila Rosea Plena — Like the preceding, an exceedingly free bloomer; flowers double, color a very 

 delicate rose. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



BERBERIS. 

 A very valuable class of shrubs admirably adapted for massing, also excellent for hedges. The 

 flowers are succeeded by handsome berries, which remain on the plants all winter. 



B. Purpurea — A beautiful shrub; purple foliage. 



B. Thunbergii — A dwarf variety with small compact foliage; very desirable. 

 B. Vulgaris — Common Berbery. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



ARALIA — Angelica Tree. 

 A. Spinosa — Also known as Hercules Club; is a very handsome tropical-looking shrub, having large 

 finely-cut feather-like foliage and great clusters of white flowers; very effective in groups of 

 shrubs. Each 50c; per doz. $5.00. 



BERBERIS VULGARIS. 



JjXOWERlNG 



ALMOND. 



CALYCANTHUS. 

 Spice Bush or Sweet Shrub. 

 C. Floridus — Also known as the Strawber- 

 ry Shrub, owing to the exquisite straw- 

 berry-like fragrance of its flowers. 

 These are produced in great abundance 

 in early summer; color, a deep choco- 

 late. The plant is dwarf and the foli- 

 age dense and glossy. Each 25c; per 

 doz. $2.50. 



CHIONANTHUS — White Fringe. 

 C. Virginiea — One of the most ornamental 

 of shrubs. Flowers pure white and 

 very fragrant, produced in fringe-like 

 racemes succeeded by grape-like purple 

 berries. Each 50c; per doz. $5.00. Ex- 

 tra large, each $1.00. 



1VOTE — In filling orders the utmost 

 cure is exercised in selecting, digging, 

 handling and packing all shrubs, so as 

 to Insure safe delivery and perfect sat- 

 isfaction to our customers. 



BERBERIS THUNBERGII. 



Extra Large Bushy Plants of all of the Above Shrubs, each, except where noted, 50 cents, per do/.. $5.00. 



