STAR GUIDE TO GOOD PLANTS 



Hardy Hedge and Edging Plants 



Box-Barberry Edging 



Box-Bar berry ( See illustration) 



HARDY ANYWHERE IN U. S. A. 



This dwarf Barberry comes to fill a long-felt need 

 for an edging plant that is dwarf and dense in 

 growth, free from all diseases and insect pests, and 

 absolutely hardy everywhere in the United States. 

 The foliage is small and dainty — the young leaves a 

 beautiful emerald-green in the spring, changing to 

 rich red in the early fall. 



Border your rose-beds, also your perennials and 

 annuals, with this neat, upright, hardy little shrub. 

 Our illustration shows how neat a garden can be. 

 This is a lovely, compact shrub to use around the 

 base of a porch with some gay annual flowers planted 

 in front, such as geraniums, violas, pansies, pe- 

 tunias, or nasturtiums. If something quite hardy 

 is wanted, use the continuous-blooming Polyantha 

 roses. See pages 36 and 37. 



Prices by express, not prepaid 



10 ppd. 



100 □ 



1,000 □ 



2-year, field-grown 



$1 50 

 2 50 



$12 00 

 20 00 



$100 00 



3-year, field-grown 



175 00 







Roses to Use for Hedges 



Choose the taller of the Polyanthas, the heavier- 

 growing Hybrid Teas, or tall-growing Sweet Briar 

 or Rugosa Roses. You can use any of the Poly- 

 anthas we offer. Hybrid Teas, such as Radiance, 

 Red Radiance, Airs. Charles Bell, and Gruss an 

 Teplitz are all hardy in the temperate zone and ever- 

 blooming. It is advisable to use one variety only, 

 planted 15 inches apart, to insure uniformity. (See 

 Rose index, pages 2 and 3, for page references.) 



Red-leaved Japan Barberry 



Berberis Thunbergi atropurpurea 

 The foliage is rich, bronzy red, similar to the 

 richest red-leaved Japanese maples and the color is 

 retained from spring until autumn. This new shrub 

 is ideal to use as single decorative specimens or to 

 plant in clumps. _ Along the edge of a planting of 

 flowering shrubs it makes a pleasing contrast with 

 the green foliage of other plants. Habit and fruit 

 are similar to the regular Japan Barberry but the 

 foliage is larger. Grow in full sunlight to develop its 

 brilliant coloring. 1-yr. size, 35 cts. each, 12 for $3.50, 

 postpaid; 2-yr. size, 50 cts. each, 12 for $5 D 



Evergreen Boxwood Edging 



Evergreen Boxwood 



Buxus sempervirens suffruticosa 

 The lovely, dwarf, very dark green Boxwood 

 for edging walks and flower-beds. Can be trimmed 

 any shape. Boxwood has an individual aromatic 

 odor that many people love, as it reminds them of 

 old-fashioned gardens, like that planted by George 

 Washington at Mount Vernon. Can easily be kept 

 6 inches high. 



Our plants should not be judged by height alone, 

 for bushiness also should be considered. We plant 

 far enough apart to allow for natural, spreading 

 growth instead of planting close to get height. Our 

 stock is the true old English Dwarf Boxwood that is 

 used for edging flower-beds. 10ppd 100n 



4 to 6-inch. The true dwarf variety. Bushy 



field-grown stock. The aristocrat of edging 



plants $3 00 $25 0C 



6 to 8-inch, bushy field-grown stock 5 00 45 00 



Boxwood for Formal Hedges 



Buxus sempervirens 



More robust in growth than the Dwarf Boxwood, 

 and useful for low, formal hedges or for quick-growing 

 specimen plants. The foliage is somewhat larger than 

 the Dwarf Boxwood and the growth is more open. An 

 intermediate kind between the dwarf and the tree 

 Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens arborescens) . 10 to 12-in., 

 bushy plants, $1 each, 10 for $7.50. 18 to 24-in., bushy, 

 transplanted plants, balled and burlapped, to make fine 

 specimens, $2.90 each, 10 for $27.50 □ 



evergreen Luonymus japonicus 



An evergreen shrub with large, round foliage that 

 is so glossy it seems to be varnished. Makes lovely, 

 upright, shapely growth and if left undisturbed will 

 grow to 10 feet or more in height. It is hardy without 

 protection as far north as Philadelphia. Fine to use 

 in tubs for indoor decoration. 1-yr. size, 35 cts. each, 

 postpaid; 2-yr. size, 60 cts. each; 3-yr. size, $1 each □ 



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Low-growing and spreading in habit, with gracefully 

 drooping branches. White flowers are followed by blue- 

 black berries which remain on the bush all winter. 

 The autumn foliage is rich red. Single plants are often 

 used as specimens and also in shrub borders. 



10D 100 a 



18 to 24 in $3 00 $25 00 



2 to 2 V 2 ft 5 00 40 00 



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