POT-GROWN CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS 



FOR SUMMER PLANTING 



Why wait until late in the autumn oc possibly until next spring to plant shrubbery when you can plant jOur 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. 

 Althea {Hose of Sharon). The Altheas are among the most valuable 



of our tall hardy Shrubs on account of their late season of blooming 



which is from August to October, a period when but few Shrubs are in 



flower. They are "also extensively used as hedge plants, for which they 



are admirably adapted. We offer the following choice sorts: 



— Coerulea plena. Double blue. 



— Duchesse de Brabant. Double dark red. 



— Jeanne d' Arc. Double pure white. 



-^ Lady Stanley. Double blush-white with crimson centre. 

 Rubis. Single, deep crimson. 



— TotUS Albus, Fine, single, pure white; veiy desirable. 



50 cts. each. Set of 6 varieties, $2.50. 



Berberis DIctyophylla. A new Chinese species, which is entirely dis- 

 tinct and unique on account of the young branches as well as the under- 

 side 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. 



— Thunbergi(<7apffl»esei?«r6er?'«/).Abeautiful variety with small foliage, 

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

 scarlet berries, which remain on the plant the greater part of the winter; 

 very desirable for grouping, particularly 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. 



— Wilsonae. An introduction from Western China, and a splendid, 

 very dwarf, decorative Shrub, with small glossy green leaves and long 

 spines; the foliage in the fall takes on the most beautiful autumnal red 

 tints. 50 cts. each. 



BuDDLEiA (Butterfly Shrub) 



Buddleia Variabilis Veitchiana(5M!;/€?-_/?3/ Shruh or Sum- 

 mer Lilac). One of the most desirable summer-flowering 

 shrubs, beginning to bloom in July, it continues until cut by 

 severe frost. The flowers 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. 

 — Variabilis Magnifica. Similar to the above, with flower 

 spikes not quite so large, but of a deeper violet-rose color. 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 

 attractive, and this is one of the most desirable. (See cut.) 50 cts. each. 

 Calycanthus Floridus {Sweet or Strawberry Shruh). An old favorite 

 with double chocolate-colored, strawberry-scented flowers in May. 50 cts . each. 

 Clerodendron Trichotomum. A valuable but little known Shrub that is 

 deserving of great popularity. It forms bushy specimens 6 to 10 feet high, 

 with large Catalpa-like foliage and large, loosely arranged panicles of white 

 flowers, backed by a reddish-brown calyx. These develop during August 

 and September, and are followed by peacock-blue fruits which set on the 

 red calyx, making the plant attractive until severe winter weather sets in. 

 Strong young pot-grown plants, 30 cts. each. 



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Callicarpa Purpurea 



