For COLOR and EFFECT PLANT SHRUBS 



HARDY SHRUBS (Deciduous) 



If you have seen a newly constructed house, you 

 will remember a feeling of need for shrubs that first 

 struck you. For shrubs are as essential to the com- 

 pleted home as are good architecture and good build- 

 ing materials. They are the frame to your picture, 

 and should be selected as carefully as your type of 

 house is chosen. There are very few home grounds 

 which would not be materially improved by the addi- 

 tion of some lovely flowering shrubs. So try a few 

 this season and watch your grounds improve in 

 beauty and value for many years to come. 



(The descriptions and prices below refer only to 

 those shrubs which shed their leaves each winter, 

 taking on a new garb every spring. Evergreen shrubs 

 will be found listed and described on page 21 and 

 succeeding pages.) 



A dozen of any variety will be supplied for ten 

 times the price of one (six for five times the price of 

 one), but this dozen rate may be used only when six 

 or more of one variety are taken. The hundred rate 

 of any variety will be promptly sent if desired. 



W e solicit an opportunity to give special quotations 

 upon lists of Shrubs and Ornamental Trees for land- 

 scape planting. 



Shipment should he made by express or freight, not by parcel post. 



ALMOND. FLOWERING (Prunus glandulosa) 



4 to 5 ft. Symmetrical, upright lawn specimens with rosy pink 

 flowers clasping and concealing each limb in early spring, before 

 the leaves appear. Each: 18 to 24 in. 50c, 2 to 3 ft. 75c. 



ALTHAEA {Rose of Sharon; Hibiscus syriacus) 



10 to 12 ft. Big, colorful. Hibiscus-like blooms from mid-August 

 until October, make these formal plants delightful as specimens 

 for your lawn or as a flowering hedge. 



* Anemoneflora. Best double pink flowered sort. 

 *Ardens. Unusual mottled violet- 

 purple flowers, double. 



*Boule de Feu. Double, with deep 

 fiery red blooms, slightly tinged 

 purple. 



* Jeanne d'Arc. Best double white- 



flowered sort. 



*Lucy. Best double clear red-flow- 

 ered sort. 



'Purpurea Semi-plena. Best semi- 

 double purple-flowered sort. 



Rubic. Best of the single red Al- 

 thaeas. 



Snowdrift. Best of the single white- 

 flowered sorts. 



*The Banner. Lovely double white 

 flowers with red centers. 



All varieties, each: 18 to 24 in. 30c, 

 2 to 3 ft. 40c, 3 to 4 ft. 50c. 



Variegated Leaved Althaea (Hibis- 

 cus syriacus folio-variegata) . 8 ft. 

 Chocolate-colored flowers from dis- 

 tinct foliage, with broad blotches 

 of cream and pure white. Each: 

 18 to 24 in. 50c, 2 to 3 ft. 65c. 



'Standard (Tree-Form) Althaea. We 

 can also offer those varieties 

 marked (*) above, in standard or 

 tree-form. They are indispensable 

 for lining a formal walk or for dig- 

 nified lawn specimens. Splendid 

 specimens with stems 2 to 3 ft. tall. 

 Each: $1.50. 



AZALEAS (Deciduous) 



Evergreen Azaleas are offered on page 21. 

 To increase the loveliness of spring. 



Altaclare Azalea (A. altaclarensis) . 4 ft. Bears big trusses of 

 lovely flowers in mid-May, of lemon-yellow, reversed deep 

 orange. Very hardy. Each: 12 to 15 in. $1.50, 15 to 18 in. $2.00. 



Chinese Azalea (A. mollis). 4 ft. Big clusters of tawny orange, 

 red, and yellow flowers in late spring. Equally good for founda- 

 tion, mass or large rockery planting. Each: 12 to 15 in., $2.00, 

 18 to 24 in., $3.00. 



Flame Azalea (A. calendulacea). 8 to 

 10 ft. A glorious sight in late 

 spring, with many gaudy flowers 

 ranging from pale orange-yellow 

 to brightest flame-red. A hardy 

 native which is particularly effec- 

 tive in a mass planting. Each: 18 

 to 24 in. $2.25, 2 to 3 ft. $3.00, 3 to 

 4 ft. 34.00. 



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ARALIA, FIVE-LEAF 



( Acanthopanax pentaphyllum ) 



7 to 8 ft. Shining green foliage on 

 graceful arching branches renders 

 this shrub ideal for covering rocky 

 slopes. Also good in a city planting, 

 being apparently immune to smoke- 

 laden air. Each: 18 to 24 in. 40c, 2 to 

 3 ft. 60c. 



BUTTERFLY BUSH 

 Left, Farquhar; center, lie de France; right. Charming 



Royal Azalea (A. schlippenbachi) . 

 6 to 7 ft. Big pink spring bloom, 

 dotted with brown, on purplish 

 twigs, and lovely crimson-and-gold 

 fall foliage. Each: 12 to 15 in. 

 $2.00, 15 to 18 in. $2.50, 18 to 24 

 in. $3.00, 2 to 21/2 ft. $3.50. 



Torch Azalea (A. kaempferi). 5 to 

 6 ft. Flame-to-salmon flowers in 

 great abundance transform these 

 semi-evergreen shrubs into gor- 

 geous specimens in May. Each: 

 15 to 18 in. $2.00, 18 to 24 in. $2.75, 



2 to 3 ft. $3.50. 



Yodogawa Azalea (A. yodogaica). 



3 to 4 ft. Semi-evergreen and very 

 hardy, this shrub is buried beneath 

 a lovely covering of lavender-pink 

 bloom in May. Each: 15 to 18 in. 

 $1.75, 18 to 24 in. $2.25, 2 to 21/2 

 ft. $3.00, 21/2 to 3 ft. $3.75. For our 

 glorious assortment of Evergreen 

 Azaleas, turn to page 21. 



Aronia. See "Chokeberry," page 13. 



BARBERRY 



For Japanese Barberry, Red-Leaf 

 Japanese Barberry, Mentor Barberry, 

 and that sensational new plant. True- 

 hedge, see under "Hedge Plants," 

 page 27. 



[12] Hardy Shrubs 



Lovett's Nursery, Inc. 



