Pot-Grown Choice Hardy Shrubs 



FOR SUMMER PLANTING 



Why wait until late in the autumn oi possibly until next spring to plant shrubbery when you can plant our pot-grown Shrubs at 

 any time during the Summer, thereby gaining almost a full season's time, the plants being ready to give a satisfactory account of 

 themselves this summer, doing nearly as well as if planted last spring, and failure being almost out of the question if only the 

 slightest regards are paid to their requirements. 



We have now in pots in good condition a line of the more popular sorts for this purpose. You may have an incomplete spot in 

 your border or perhaps some of your spring plantings have failed. If so, you cannot go wrong in planting some of these pot- 

 grown plants at the present time instead of losing a full season's growth in waiting for dormant, field-grown plants late in fall 

 or spring. 



Abelia Chinensis Qrandiflora. A choice small Shrub of graceful habit, pro- 

 ducing through the entire summer and fall months white tinted lilac heather- 

 like flowers in such abundance as to completely cover the plant. 35 cts. each. 



New Giant-floiivered Alttiea William R. Smitli 



Everyone will be pleased with this splendid new variety; one of our own intro- 

 ductions named in honor of the late William R. Smith, who for over a half cen- 

 tury was superintendent of the Botanical Gardens at Washington, D. C. 



The habit of the plant is ideal, naturally forming attractive, symmetrical, bushy 

 specimens, while the glistening pure white flowers are of giant size compared to all 

 other sorts, being fully 4 inches in diameter under ordinary cultivation, and open 

 out flat or salver-shaped quite different from the older types which only partially 

 expand; these large, showy flowers are produced in great profusion from early in 

 July until late in September, and are very conspicuous at a period 

 when comparatively few Shrubs are in bloom. Two-year old plants, 

 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Andromeda Japonica {Lily of the Valley Shrub). A splen- 

 did dwarf evergreen shrub, bearing in May panicles of pretty, 

 drooping, bell-like flowers, reminding one of Lily of the Valley. 

 It is perfectly hardy and a fine subject to use in connection with 

 Rhododendrons, Azaleas, etc. fl.oO each. 



EuDDLEiA (Butterfly Shrub) 



Abelia Chinensis Gkandiflora 



Berberis Dictyophylla. A new Chinese species which is entirely- 

 distinct and unique on account of the young branches as well as the 

 underside of the foliage being covered with a white bloom, giving the 

 plant a silvery appearance, different from all other shrubs. It grows 

 6 to 7 feet high, has yellow flowers in spring, followed in the autumn 

 by brilliant red berries. Good young pot-grown plants, 50 cts. each. 



— TYmnhQTgi {Japanese Barberry). A beautiful variety with small 

 foliage, assuming the most varied tints of coloring in the autumn, and 

 attractive scarlet berries, which remain on the n^nt the greater part of 

 the winter; very desirable for grouping, particufarly around the base of 

 a porch or veranda to hide the foundation; succeeds in sun or shade 

 and is the best hedge plant we know. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Buddleia Variabilis Veitchiana {Butterfiy Shrub or Summer 

 Lilaa). One of the most desirable summer flowering shrubs, begin- 

 ning to bloom in July, it continues until cut by severe frost. The flow- 

 ers are of a pleasing shade of violet-mauve, and are borne in dense 

 cylindrical spikes, which, under liberal cultivation, are from 12 to 15 

 inches in length by 3 inches in diameter; it succeeds everywhere and 

 flowers freely the first season planted, and is always admired. 30 cts. 

 each. 



■ Amplissima. Of rather looser and more graceful habit of growth 



than the above and with brighter reddish- violet flowers. 30 cts. each. 



Callicarpa Purpurea. A splendid berried shrub for the border or 

 planted in clumps on the lawn; it grows about 3 feet high, its branches 

 gracefully recurving; these are covered in August with tiny pink-tinted 

 flowers, followed in late September by great masses of violet-purple 

 berries, borne in clusters from the axil of every leaf, these remain on 

 the plant until mid-winter. All fall berried plants are useful and at- 

 tractive, and this is one of the most desirable. Strong plants, 50 cts. 

 each. 



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