USEFUL ORNAMENTAL HEDGES 



AND HARDY BORDERING PLANTS 



This is the new Box Barberry used for edging. Does not winter-kill 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET 



(Liffustrum 

 ovalifolium) 



Most Popular Hedge-Plant 



Thrives in all kinds of soils and situations, in sun or shade, 

 around railroads or smoky factories, and for seashore planting 

 it is one of the best hedge-plants known. Plant 6 to 9 inches 

 apart. Our plants are thrifty and well rooted. 



,o- .. «.J°« c^-^°°r.\ NOTE: These plants will be 



12 to 18 inches. . . .$5 00 $40 00 (trimmed back, before shipping, 

 18 to 24 inches ... 6 00 50 00 , to save space in packing and 



2 to 3 feet 7 00 60 00 ) cost of transportation. 



25 at 100 rate, 250 at l.OOO rate, by express only 



BOX EDGING (Buxus sempervirens suffruticosa) 



Hardy here, evergreen, and slow in growth. For edging walks 

 and flower-beds. Alwa>s dwarf. Home-grown stock. 



PRICES, delivery prepaid: 10 100 1,000 



3 to 4-inch size $1 50 $12 00 $100 00 



Symmetrical Little Specimen Plants 12 to 15-in., 75 cts. each, 

 $6 for 10 D 



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Japan Barberry grows only 4 feet high and makes a hedge that is chicken- 

 proof and dog' proof. A beautiful, living, garden fence 



West Grove, Penna. 



THE NEW BOX-BARBERRY 



An exquiaite, new. perfectly hardy edging for formal beds. Makes 

 shapely, upright plants, 30 inches high, when fully matured, but can 

 be kept 6 inches high by trimming. Our stock is grown from cut- 

 tings made from the original plant. 



1 his new dwarf Barberry comes to fill a long-felt need for an 

 edt;ing plant that is dwarf 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 are a beautiful 

 emerald-green in the spring, changing to a pleasing, soft green 

 during the summer and bright red in the fall. In many parts of 

 this country, garden-beds had to be bordered annually or not at 

 all, as there was no perfectly hardy edging plant to use, but now 

 no garden need be incomplete on this account. 



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. Plant 4 inches apart for a low border and 

 keep the plants pruned to whatever height you want. They can 

 be trimmed at any time without injury. The one-year size is 

 best for using in garden borders. I^rice, i-yr. size, $3 for 10, 

 postpaid; $20 per 100 n. 2-yr. size, 75 cts. each, postpaid or 

 S4 for 10; S30 per 100 D 



California Privet. Can be trimmed and shaped at any time without injury 



JAPAN BARBERRY 



New 



Berberis 

 Wilsonas 

 See page 34 



{Berberis Thunbergii) Hardy Everywhere 



Neatly Kept Hedges Give That Finished 



Effect to Your Home 



Read description below given by U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. Buyers for important park systems come to us for 

 Barberry, because our stock is grown, not from seeds, but from 

 cuttings, and produces a uniform, shapely hedge. 25 at 100 

 rates, 250 at i,ooo rates. 

 Prices by express collect: 10 100 1,000 



1-year size, 9 to 12-inch plants $2 00 $15 00 $120 00 



2-year size, 18 to 24-inch plants 2 50 20 00 175 00 



3-year size, 18 to 24-inch plantsf very bushy 3 00 25 00 200 00 



3-year size, 2-foot plants, extra heavy 4 00 35 00 300 00 



BANISH 



COMMON 



BARBERRY 



The U. S. Govern- 

 ment has requested 

 that every possible 

 plant of the Common 

 Barberry be destroyed 

 because it harbors a 

 pest that is injurious 

 to the wheat crop. 



This does not apply 

 to the Japan Bar- 

 berry, which the 

 Government urges 

 you to plant. 



"JAPAN BARBERRY HARMLESS" 



An extract from a letter distributed by U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture 



"The Japan Barberry (Berberis Thunbergii) 

 does not rust; it is harmless and need not be 

 destroyed. It is more beautiful, both in sum- 

 mer and winter, than the common Barberry 

 and can be distinguished from it quite easily. 

 The edges of the leaves of the common Bar- 

 berry are toothed, while those of the Japan 

 Barberry are not; the spines of the common 

 variety are usually in groups of three, while 

 those of the Japan are usually single. Both 

 have red berries, but tho.'se of the common 

 form are borne in racemes like currants, 

 while those of the Japan form are borne 

 singly like gooseberries." Plant a Hedge. 



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