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HETHER you have a lawn of many acres, or an humble door yard, we commend this class of plants as indispensable: 
to the real beauty of your home. If you select with care, you can have a succession of bloom from April to snow,, 
to say nothing of the beautiful color, form and shadow effects of flowers, foliage and bright.berries: For planting: 
along border lines, filling in or rounding off angles or for screens to hide fences or other unsightly objects, you will find no- 
thing more permanenily pleasing than varieties listed below. They may be planted with equal success, either individually 
or in groups. (Arrange the low kinds in front.) Prepare the ground and maintain it as if for a crop of potatoes. Plant 
in the Fall or Spring about four feet apart and mulch with straw or leaves. The time of bloom and height at maturity will 
be found with each item. 
DOUBLE ALTHEAS OR ROSE OF SHARON. Gyaiaccs) 
These Altheas are among our most Hardy Flowering shrubs for lawns, parks and cemeteries. They make nice shapely 
trees or bushes, six to eight feet high and during July and August are literally covered with large, single or double 
flowers of most brilliant colors. These may be planted singly, or when grouped the different varieties blend beautifully. 
NEW VARIEGATED ALTHEA ‘“ MEEHANII’’ — Leaves 
beautifully variegated with creamy white. Flowers single, 
three and one-half to four inches in diameter, of a satiny 
lavender sheen and purple blotched. Price, one-year, 
25c. each, postpaid. Two-year size, 50c., by express. 
DOUBLE PURE WHITE ALTHEA JEAN D’ARC (The 
Gold Medal Althea)—Large double pure white flowers like 
roses, each one three to four inches across. Won a prize 
for us at St. Louis. 
DOUBLE ALTHEA ‘“ BANNER’’—Flowers as large and 
double as roses, richly striped pink and crimson. 
ALTHEA (Bicolor)—Large double white with red center. 
ALTHEA (Double Pink)—A beautiful shade of solid pink. 
ALTHEA (Double Red)—Large, well opened ruby red 
flowers. 
ALTHEA (Double Violet)—Large, double flowers of rich 
violet blue. 
PRICES OF ABOVE (except Meehanii), 15c. each, postpaid. Two-year, 30c. each; three-year, 50c. each, by exp. 
OFFER No. 58—The above Altheas (except Meehanii), 6 in all, one=year size, 75c., postpaid. 
Two-year size, the 6 for $1.60, by express. 
HARDY DWARF AZALEAS 
The two varieties of Hardy Azaleas offered below, Amoena 
and Mollis, are among the choicest and most valuable hardy 
flowering shrubs ever offered. They are dwarf bushy grow- 
ers, making neat, compact plants, 2 to 3 ft.; entirely hardy 
and suitable for planting in a nice bed or border in the open 
ground. Bloom May and June. 
A Beautiful Hardy Evergreen 
Azalea Amoena Shrub, of low, bushy _ growth; 
has bright, shining, glossy, green leaves, in the Spring is 
entirely covered with clusters of rosy red double flowers. 
Price, 25c. each, ppd.; 2-yr. plants, with buds to bloom 
this season, 50c. and 75c. each, according to size, by exp. 
‘ (JAPAN AZALEA)—Similar to the 
Azalea Mollis above in low, bushy growth, but 
with larger flowers of various shades of brilliant colors, 
yellow, orange, carmine, etc. Entirely hardy and suitable 
for beds and borders in open ground. Price, 30c. each, 
postpaid; 2-year plants, with buds to bloom this season, 
50c. each, by express. 
NAMED VARIETIES (15 to 30 buds) 
AMBROSE VERSCHAF= ANTHONCE KOSTER —A 
FELT — Bright orange. fine. yellow. Price, 75c. 
Price, 75c. each, by exp. each, by express. 
M. KOSTER—Delicate rose. : 
Price, 75c. each, by exp. | J.C. VAN TOL—Bright red; 
BYRON—Pure white. Price, flowers large. Price, 75c. 
each, by express. 
75c. each, by express. 
Azalea Mollis in May and June 
