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This is the first time in a number of years that it has been our privilege to bring belore our Customers a group ot New Hardy Flowerinj 

 Shrubs, which for sheer beauty should command a central position in every garden. Two of them — the Daphne Somerset and Viburnum Burt 

 woodi — possess an enchanting fragrance which alone would merit a place for them Plant as early in Spring as possibli 



CARYOPTERIS 

 (Blue Spirea) 



This charming plant is a real contribution to the meagre list of summer and fall 

 flowering shrubs. It is covered from August till late autumn with clusters of powder- 

 blue fringed flowers. This shrub grows about 18 to 24 inches tall and is perfectly 

 rounded, making a small mound about two feet in diameter. The foliage is silvery 

 green in color. A truly worthwhile plant for the foreground of the shrubbery 

 border 



Price, strong 2-year plants, 12 to IS inches high, $1 .75 each; SI '.50 doz. 



NEW HARDY DAPHNE 



SOMERSET (Plant Patent 315 



This deliciously fragrant and easy-to-grow Hybrid Daphne originated in England 

 a few years ago. It has received the highest honors from The Royal Horticultural 

 Society. It has been on test in this country for five years, and has successfully 

 wintered without protection, through all kinds of weather. During May and early 

 June the plants are covered with delightfully scented blush-pink, star shaped flow- 

 ers. The fragrance is similar to that of Daphne Cneorum. 



The foliage is rich, dark green, giving the plants the effect of Boxwood, and it 

 remains green until the beginning of March, when the new leaves push the old one- 

 off the branches. Daphne Somerset may be used as a hedge. Spaced 18 inches 

 apart, it will grow into a tight fine mass. It may be clipped formally, and can 

 also be pruned ini?>rmally, if the wavy Boxwood effect is desired. Left undipped, 

 it grows about 3 feet high and 2'/2 feet wide. Can be kept 24 inches high and 18 

 inches wide without difficulty. 



It is a lovely low shrub lor the foreground of the shrub border, and blends 

 happily with hardy plants in the flower border. Mr. F. F. Rockwell, and writer of 

 many horticultural books, remarked when he first saw it in bloom, "Here is one of 

 those rare things that happens once every 25 years or so." It is a choice plant 

 with a great future. 



Price, strong 2-vear plants, 15 to 18 inches high, S2.25 each; $22.50 doz. 



HYPERICUM PATULUM 



SUNGOLD (Plant Patent Applied Fori. A hardy, shapely, dwarf, twiggy 

 shrub which grows into an almost completely oval globe of 2 l /i to 3 feet in diam- 

 eter, and about 18 to 24 inches in height, densely covered with foliage that is 

 handsome throughout the summer. It bears its cymes of golden flowers at the 

 end of every shoot of the summer's new growth. It flowers more freely and much 

 longer than any of the Hypericum Patulum now in general use. Its flowers are 

 bigger and produced in immense quantities, transforming this lovely plant into 

 a small mound of gold when in full bloom. 



The introducer says: "Of particular interest and value is its exceptional 

 hardiness. In our nursery tests over five years it has proven its ability to with- 

 stand cold weather as well as outgrow and outbloom any Hypericum we have 

 ever seen." 



Price, strong 2-year plants 12 to 15 inches high, S2.00 each; $20.00 doz. 



VIBURNUM BURKWOODI 



Waxy blush-white and deliciously fragrant, the flowers of this new fragrant 

 Viburnum are produced in early spring when the leaves are unfolding. They form 

 round, domed clusters, and the gardenia-like fragrance is so sweet, as to pervade a 

 large area. The plant grows about 4 feet high, and 5 to 6 feet in diameter. It 

 likes a well drained, sunny place, with plenty of moisture throughout the season: 

 This is a new jewel for the garden — a real aristocrat. For the small garden where 

 there is room for only the choicest shrubs, the one Viburnum above all others that 

 should be grown is Viburnum Burkwoodi. Foliage brilliant in autumn and 

 persists till late winter. In the southern states, it is semi-evergreen. 



Price, strong 2-year plants, 18 to 24 inches high, $3.00 each; S30.00 doz. 



NEW SCARLET WEIGELA 



BRISTOL RUBY (Plant Patent 492 



Blooms from June to October 



It makes a shapelv thrifty plant with attractive rich green foliage,- Color is a soft 

 ruby red shading to garnet crimson; extremely pleasing in effect and without harsh 

 tone. Attaining a height of 6 to 7 feet at maturity, it makes a perfectly formed, well 

 rounded specimen requiring very little pruning because it flowers well from old 

 wood; no die-back or uneven growth at any time. It has been widely tested, and 

 has proven perfectly hardy. Excellent reports from Vermont and other dittcult 

 regions, fully substantiate our own estimate of its unusual hardiness. Bristol 

 Ruby is definitely superior to Eva Rathke in every respect. 



Price, strong 2-year plants. 2 to 3 feet high, SI. 50 each; $15.00 doz. ■ 



SPECIAL OFFER: One each of the Five New Hardy Flower- 

 ing Shrubs, $9.50. -. n-% 



