AUTUMN. 1923 • A GOOD TIME TO PLANT FLOWERING SHRUBS 



HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 

 Hydrangea arborescens grandiflora 



("Hills of Snow," or Snowball Hydrangea). Sec cut 

 Rlooms fi\-e weeks earlier than //. paiiiculala 

 grandiflora. Produces exquisite, lasting, snow-white 

 flowers during June and July when few other shrubs 

 are in bloom. This is a shrub you will be proud to 

 own. The illustration shows how it blooms. 



bnowberry {Sy7nphoricarpos racemosus) 



A small, native shrub that succeeds in shaded loca- 

 tions. It is (juitc hardy, produces small white or pink- 

 ish flowers in J uly and August, and these are succeeded 

 b>' white berries that last well into the winter. 



Japan Snowball (Vibumuin pHcatum) 



The illustration beloiu shows the amount of bloom 

 the Japan Snowball will produce, and every ball and 

 flower is perfect. Flowers are pure white and come 

 in dense, globular clusters resembling balls of snow, 

 each cluster being 4 to 5 inches in diameter, and they 

 fairly cover the bush. It will make plants 8 to 10 

 feet in height with strong, crinkled, dark green 

 leaves entirely distinct from other shrubs. 

 TREE FORM, Japan Snowball, price $1.50 each. 



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Hydrangea arborescens. (Hills of Snow) 



Two Choicest Spireas 



Spiraea Van Houttei. Blooms in May and June. One of the 

 most beautiful of all Spireas. Profuse bloomer; pure snow-white 

 flowers borne in elegant, plume-shaped clusters. Makes a 

 unique, graceful, ornamental hedge. 



Red Spirea, Anthony Waterer, Perpetual-blooming. Makes nice, 

 shapely bushes 2 to 3 feet high; begins to bear its large flat 

 clusters of rich rosy red flowers almost as soon as planted, and 

 continues blooming all summer and fall. 



Viburnum plicatum (Japan Snowball) 



DO YOU WANT "A 

 SUCCESSION OF BLOOM"? 



Plant the following 12 shrubs; 

 they will give you bloom from 

 spring to frost. All are hardy. 



1 Forsythia (April) 



2 Deutzias (June) 



1 Snowball Hydrangea (July) 



1 Spirea (May) 



2 Weigelas (June) 

 2 Altheas (August) 



1 Philadelphus (May) 

 1 Snowball (June) 

 1 Hydrangea (September) 

 OFFER 13. The above 12 

 Hardy Shrubs, $3, postpaid; or 

 2-yr. size, the 12 for $5 □ 



Free-Flowering Weigelas 



These most attractive shrubs make beautiful specimen plants and 



produce great masses of showy flowers. 



Eva Rathke. Red. Considered the handsomest of all. The flowers 

 are crimson, with creamy markings, and are borne in great quantities. 

 This variety blooms all summer and is, without question, the choicest 

 shrub in this class. It is low-growing and spreading in habit, there- 

 fore it should be planted alone or in clumps or else on the outside of 

 shrubbery borders, where it will prove a constant source of pleasure. 



Candida (White Weigela). Snow-white bell-shaped flowers in great 

 profusion. Blooms throughout the summer. 



Rosea. Rose-pink flowers in such profusion they almost cover the bush. 



PrirP« nf *>liriiV»Vkorv except where noted, l-yr. size, 35 cts. each, 10 for 

 r rices 01 OnrUDDery, $3, postpaid; 2-yr. size. 6O cts. each, 10 for $5; 

 extra-heavy, 3-yr. size, 90 cts. each, 10 for $7.50 D 



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