4 UNUSUAL PLANTS 
DWARF BONANZA PEACH. You know it has to be unusual—and have 
extraordinary merit for us to offer a peach tree. And that’s just what Bo- 
nanza is. A true dwarf ornamental peach that is lovely in bloom; produces 
full sized, delicious fruit, and makes a fine, decorative ornamental. Bonanza 
has all of the finest features of the most desirable peach trees, yet requires 
only a 5 to 6-foot square of sunny garden space to grow. By the second 
summer, and often even in the first summer, you’ll be harvesting full-size 
fruit, and enjoying the ornamental beauty of this well-shaped tree. Bonanza 
will grow most anywhere any other peach tree will grow. . . a sunny spot and 
good garden soil is all that is needed. ‘Taking only 5 to 6 feet of space, there’s 
a place for it in every home planting. Its size and beauty make it an ideal 
ornamental for use as a single specimen—used as a hedge— a border along 
walks or walls—even in a container for porch or terrace. Once you’ve seen 
ie . : Le the beauty of Bonanza and tasted its fruit, youll want several more. 
v) Nope NAT A $8 ea.—3 for $19.95—6 for $37.95. 
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THE FABLED DAWN REDWOOD (Metasequoia glyp- Enjoy beauty—and fruit from the . . . 
tostroboides) This is the tree that has been called the ‘“‘new CHINESE DATE TREE (Jujube zizyphus) Now 
living fossil.”’ It isa beautiful tree that actually grew 20 million you can have exotic, Chinese dates growing in your 
years ago and was thought to be extinct. But in 1945 it garden. . . not just a few, small ones, but a whole crop 
was discovered growing in China! We are pleased to of fat, crisp dates for eating or to make jam or candied 
make this “rarest of all trees’’ avail- confections. The fruit is 2 inches in length or more, 
__ DAWN REDWOOD able. It grows quickly and it grows deep brown in color. A fine shade tree and yet its 
$ i “ag , tall and as a pyramid. A tree only shade is not dense or deep but more like filtered sun- 
Pe a dozen or so years old will often light. This Chinese Date has, for centuries, been one 
have a trunk 12 inches in diameter. of the chief producers of fruit in North China. It grows 
Even so it is very long lived. It is a easily in almost any 
conifer (bearing cones) that is de- ee type of soil and is 
ciduous (drops its foliage in winter). 
The small needle leaves, like a 
cypress, are an attractive green, but 
turn a light pink in the fall. It has 
proven hardy as far north as Boston 
and Chicago. An easy grower and 
durable . . . with a rare beauty that 
makes it an outstanding addition to 
any yard. Excellent 2-year-old plants. 
$4 ea.—2 for $7. 
JAPANESE FANTAIL WILLOW 
(Salix sachalinense sekka) This 
strange and striking Japanese-y plant 
comes straight from the Orient and 
JAPANESE FANTAIL WILLOW has made a big hit with gardeners 
# and flower arrangers in many lands. 
Very hardy and vigorous. It’s shaped 
as crooked as can be in the most in- 
teresting forms you can imagine. It 
is a medium spreading shrub that’s 
fluffy with soft, silvery catkins.in the 
spring and attractive all summer, 
dressed in long, narrow shiny green 
leaves. In the fall, when the branches 
are fully ripened, their odd twistings 
and turnings provide, for even the 
inexperienced arranger, the most 
arty of Japanese-style decorations. 
2-year plants, $3 ea.—2 for $5. 
hardy anywhere in 
America except in 
the extreme north. 
The tree is fast- 
growing, very at- 
tractive with lacy 
bright green foliage. 
You'll enjoy the 
beauty and the fruit 
of this fine tree. 
$8 ea.—2 for $14. 
