Hardy Ornamental Shrubs 



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Shrubsare the most important group (if plants to piodui'O home-like surroundings and picture-like el'fecls in the garden. They should 

 be chosen not only for graceful habit and season of blooming, but for their variously tinted leaves and berries. Plant them liberally 

 and thickly for quick effects, and thin them out as they begin to crowd each other. They appreciate deep preparation of the soil and 

 liberal feeding with manure or other fertilizer. Keep the ground beneath them cultivated, and do not plant them in holes cut in the sod. 

 Prune them as they increase in age, in the winter cutting out old, decrepit canes entirely, and refrain from snipping at the ends of the 

 shoots. Encourage new growth from the base of the plants at all times. 



Early-flowering shrubs should be pruned immediately after they have finished blooming to encourage new growth to produce flowers 

 the next spring. If they are pruned in the winter, the buds which were formed the previous summer will be cut off and the quantity 

 of bloom will be seriously reduced. 



Late-flowering shrubs, such as Altheas and Hydrangeas, may be pruned in winter or spring because the flower-buds are formed 

 the same season as they bloom. 



Broad-leaved Evergreens are generally best with no pruning at all. 



Do not attack border shrubs as one would a privet hedge or a box tree. Allow the shrubs to assume their natural, graceful form, 

 but do not permit them to become old and crowded at the base. Keep them always growing new and fresh wood from the roots. 



Key to Abbreviations 

 For size, L. M. S. D. (abbreviations: L., large; M., medium; S., small; D., dwarf). 



1 denotes varieties for moderate shade; 2, varieties producing fruit which attracts birds; 3, varieties for seashore planting. 



Not less than 5 plants of one variety sold at the 10 rate 



ALTHEA (Hibiscus syriacus). Rose of Sharon. L. Very orna- 

 mental, tall-growing shrub, producing large, handsome, 

 mallow-hke single or semi-double flowers that come in the 

 early autumn, at a time when most shrubs are past blooming. 

 A most imposing plant of strong, robust habit and extremely 

 hardy, it is valuable for use wherever a tall, bushy growth is 

 desired, either as a specimen for lawn decoration or in form- 

 ing a hedge-screen. 

 Double Pink, Red, or White. 75c. each; $7.00 for 10. 



ALMOND, Flowering (Amygdalus) . See Prunus. 



ACANTHOPANAX pentaphyllum. Five-leaved Aralia. A 

 beautiful Japanese shrub of rapid growth. Its branches are 

 furnished with spines, leaves palmate, five-lobed and pale 

 green. 75c. each; $5.50 for 10. 



ARALIA spinosa. Hercules' Club; Angelica Tree. Page 157. 



ARONIA arbutifolia. Chokeberry. L23. Very ornamental 

 shrub, having bright autumn tints, pure white flowers, and 

 lustrous red berries. 75c. each; $6.50 for 10. 



Azalea Ksempferi 



AZALEA (Rhododendron). See also page 156. 



All the Azaleas offered are hardy and are adapted for massing 

 in shrubbery borders and naturalizing in woods. The flower- 

 ing period extends from May to July. Azaleas, like rhodo- 

 dendrons, do not thrive in a lime soil. 



arborescens. Sweet Azalea. Ml. A large, spreading native 

 Azalea, with handsome fohage and white or blush, fragrant 

 flowers coming in July. Easily grown in ordinary soil. 

 15 to 18 in., $2.00 each, $18.00 for 10; 132 to 2 ft., $2.50 each. 



calendulacea. Flatne Azalea. Ml. This showy plant is 

 covered in June vnih. masses of flowers, varying from pale 

 yellow to deepest orange. $3.25 each; $30.00 for 10. 



canadensis (Rhodora). An excellent variety for moist places. 

 Low-growing and covered 

 with lavender flowers in 

 May. $2.00 each; $18.00 

 for 10. 



hybrida, Louisa Hunnewell 



Ml. This gorgeous new 

 hybrid forms an erect bush 

 crowned with huge flower 

 clusters of glowing golden 

 yellow. It is perfectly hardy 

 in Massachusetts. Awarded 

 a Gold Medal by the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. $3.50 each. 



japonica. Japanese Azalea. 

 Ml. One of the hand- 

 somest of all hardy Azaleas, 

 having relatively stout, erect 

 shoots each terminating in a 

 large, globose cluster of 

 orange-red to flame-red fun- 

 nel-shaped flowers, about 

 2H inches across. $4.50 ea. 



Kaempferi. Torch Azalea. 



Ml. This charming and 



wonderfully floriferous Jap- 

 anese shrub has scarlet 



flowers and is absolutely 



hardy. One of the very 



finest of the introductions 



to our gardens from Japan. 



1}^ to 2 ft. $3.50 each, 



$32.50 for 10; 2 to 2^ ft. 



$4.50 each, $42.50 for 10. 

 mucronulatum. See page 



156. 



Azaleas continued on nezt page 



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