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HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 



AILAATHtJS (Tree of Heaven). 



feathery foliage of a dis- 



A stately, rapid-growing tree with long, 

 tinctly tropical appearance. 

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



ALMOXD (Aniagdalus). 



Bears an abundance of pretty 

 flowers very early in spring, 

 ■white and pink. 



Alba — Pure white. LILAC. 



Vulgaris (Common Lilac) — Flowers fragrant, lilac color. 



PerHian — Various shades of lilac to deep purple. 



LOXICERA (BuNh Honeyouckle). 



Highly ornamental hardy shrubs, bearing an abundance 

 of flowers, followed by showy berries. 

 Tatarica — Flowers pink and creamy white. 

 Grandiflora — Flowers bright red, striped white. 



PHILADELPHUS (SyrlUBa or Mock Orange). 



Exceedingly popular and deservedly so. They are per- 

 fectly hardy and bear a profusion of sweet-scented flowers. 

 Coronarlus — Flowers very fragrant, pure white. 

 GrandifloruH — Flowers large, pure white. 

 Aurea — Foliage yellow, flowers while; fragrant. 



SPIREA. 



Favorite hardy shrubs, all of them blooming profusely. 

 They are thrifty growers, and succeed in almost any situation. 

 Anthony Waterer — Dwarf, flowers pink. 



Argruta — Bears a profusion of white flow^ers early in May. Of 

 graceful habit. 



Opulifolia — -Flowers white. 



Opiilifolia Aurea — Yellow leaves, white flowers. 



Pruuifolia — Blooms early and profusely; flowers 



double white. 

 Thunbergii — The small white flowers are borne 



very early; leaves small, light green. 

 Van Houteii (Bridal "^'reath) — Flowers 

 borne profusely. 



Any of the above Shrubs, except 

 othemise noted, each, S.jc; per doz.. $2..'>0. 

 .•«trong plants, each, 50c; per doz., $3.00. 



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Golden Elder. 



BERBERIS (Barberry). 



Excellent hedge plants, and valuable 

 for massing; very hardy. 



Purpureas — Foliage purple, bearing clus- 

 ters of small yellow flowers, followed 

 In fall by red berries. 

 Thunbergll (Japanese Barberry) — Dwarf 

 and compact. Invaluable for planting 

 in front of other taller growing 

 shrubs, or around the base of a porch, 

 and the best of all shrubs for a hedge. 

 The foliage is small and dense, bright 

 green, and assuming the most varied 

 tints in fall, deepening to bright red 

 as the season advances. Its bright 

 scarlet berries remain on the plant 

 almost all ■winter. 

 Vulgaris (Common Barberry) — The flowers are delightfully fragrant and 

 are followed by clusters of bright red berries in the fall. 



DEUTZIA. 



Gracilis — Of dwarf compact habit, densely covered with long sprays of 

 pure white flowers earlj' in summer. Also valuable for winter flower- 

 ing in pots in the house during winter. 



DOGWOOD (Cornus). 

 .Vlba — Flowers white, branches bright red in fall and winter. 

 $>angiiinea — The dark red bark is very conspicuous in winter. 



FLOAVERIXG CURRANT (Ribes). 

 Aurenm — Flowers yellow. 

 Sangulneuni — Crimson flowers. 



Golden Bell. 



Kortuneii — Bears brig 

 the leaves appear. 



FORSVTHIA (Golden Bell). 



ht yellow, drooping flowers early in spring before 



GOLDEN ELDER (Sambncus). 



Flowers white; foliage golden yellow, contrasting splendidly with other 

 shrubs. 



HYDRANGEA. 



.\rborescens Grandiflora — A valuable summer flowering hardy shrub, 

 coming into bloom after the early spring flov-ering shrubs, and bear- 

 ing an abundance of large snow-^white blossoms. 



I'aniculata Grandiflora — The most popular of all the late summer flower- 

 ing shrubs. The flowers are borne in large pyrimidal panicles, white 

 at first and gradually changing to rose as the season advances. 



Japouica — Of i 

 in spring. 



KERRIA. 



:raceful habit. Flowers bright yellow, borne freely early 



Splrea Van Houtell. 



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