HARDY SHRUBS 



LoveWs Nursery, Inc. 



LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



Peegee Hydrangea 



FORSYTHIA 



Golden bugles announce the arrival of 

 Spring. 



Golden Forsythia (F. suspensa variegata). 

 6 to 7 ft. The gracefully pendulous 

 branches have foUage of gold, with 

 equally bright spring flowers. Each: 2 to 

 3 ft. 50c, 3 to 4 ft. 75c, 4 to 5 ft. $1.00. 



Showy Border Forsythia (F. intermedia 

 spedabilis). 8 to 9 ft. Most spectacular 

 of the Forsythia group, with big broad 

 flowers of deepest yellow completely 

 covering the arching branches in April. 

 Each! 2 to 3 ft. 40c, 3 to 4 ft. 60c, 4 to 5 

 ft. 75c. 



Weeping Forsythia {F. suspensa). 4 to 5 

 ft. Graceful shrub, indispensable for 

 holding banks, and effective on waUs, 

 rocks, arches or trelUses, with each 

 wiUowy branch a slender arch of gold in 

 early Spring. Each: 18 to 24 in. 35c, 

 2 to 3 ft. 50c. 



Hawthorn — See under Deciduous Trees, 

 page 26. 



HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera) 



Oldfashioned favorites, deUghtfully per- 

 fumed. 



Morrow Honeysuckle (L. morrowi). 6 ft. 

 Useful for screening undesirable views, 

 with wide spreading branches covered 

 in June by creamy flowers, and later by 

 many lasting bright crimson berries. 

 Each: 2 to 3 ft. 50c, 3 to 4 ft. 65c. 



Rosy Tatarian H. (L. tatarica rosea). 8 to 

 10 ft. Rapid growing, mth many rosy- 

 pink flowers in late Spring, followed by 

 a wealth of orange-scarlet fruit in Sum- 

 mer and Fall. Its attractive fohage makes 

 it gorgeous in a mass planting or as a 

 hedge or screen. Each: 2 to 3 ft. 45c, 

 3 to 4 ft. 60c. 



Winter H. (L. fragrantissima). 6 to 8 ft. 

 Semi-evergreen, with highly perfumed 

 pink and white flowers in early Spring, 

 and red berries in the Summer. Each: 

 18 to 24 in. 35c, 2 to 3 ft. 45c, 3 to 4 ft. 

 60c, 4 to 5 ft. 75c. 



HYDRANGEA 



Popular, with huge heads of white 

 bloom. 



Peegee Hydrangea ( H. paniculala grandi- 

 flora). 7 to 8 ft. Extremely popular, with 

 showy conical flower heads frequently a 

 foot Ln length, pure white at first, but 

 turning to pink, and then to bronze and 

 green. Indispensable for lawn or border, 

 and perfect for Winter bouquets and 

 decoration, if flowers are cut and dried. 

 Each: 18 to 24 in. 45c, 2 to 3 ft. 60c, 



3 to 4 ft. 75c. 



Snowhill Hydrangea {H. arborescens 

 grandiflora). 4 to 5 ft. Just after the 

 Spring-flowering shrubs are gone, great 

 round heads of white flowers appear 

 among the heart-shaped fohage of this 

 hardy sort. Good in a mass planting and 

 will succeed in shade or sun. Each: 15 to 

 18 in. 35c, 18 to 24 in. 50c, 2 to 3 ft. 75c. 



KERRIA 



Double Kerria (K. japonica floreplena). 



4 to 5 ft. Oldfashioned but still most 

 popular is this slender, erect shrub with 

 its long green stems supporting memy 

 rich deep golden flower-baUs like Pom- 

 pon Chrysanthemums in late Spring, 

 and intermittently through the Summer. 

 Each: 18 to 24 in. 60c, 2 to 3 ft. 90c. 



LILAC {Syringa) 

 Sweetest scent in the May garden. 



Late Lilac (S. villosa). 8 ft. Pale purple 

 buds open to silvery rose flowers, in long 

 loose fragrant panicles, from dark shiny 

 foUage in June. Each: 2 to 3 ft. 50c, 

 3 to 4 ft. 75c, 4 to 5 ft. Sl.OO. 



Purple Lilac {S. vulgaris). 12 to 15 ft. 

 The popular, sweetly fragrant old 

 favorite, with many purple flower heads 

 in May. Good as specimens or as a tail 

 screen-like hedge. Succeeds in sun or 

 shade and is indifferent to location. 

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



White Lilac (S. vulgaris alba). 12 to 15 ft. 

 As fragrant flowers as the Purple Lilac, 

 and a perfect contrast plant with it. 

 Each: 2 to 3 ft. 50c, 3 to 4 ft. 75c. 



Forsythia 



Lilac, Marie LeGraye 



NAMED HYBRID LILACS 



12 to 15 ft. 

 Infinitely superior to the older, more 

 familiar sorts, a border of these glorious 

 hybrids wiU give you a June festival of 

 fragrant charm. Our list of color approaches 

 perfection this season. 

 Charles the Tenth. Single. Rich purple- 

 red. 



Edouard Andre. Double. Clear rosy pink. 

 Jean ]Mace. Double. Cobadt blue. 

 Lud^vdg Spaeth. Single. Deep purple blue. 

 Marie Le Graye. Single, creamy white; 

 tall. 



iMichel Buchner. Double. Lilac-pLnk 



buds, lilac-blue flowers. 

 jMme. Casimir Perier. Best double white. 



Large clusters. 

 President Grevy. Double. Rosy mauve 



viithin, outside blue. 

 Rubra de Marley. Single, lavender-blue. 

 Ruhm von Horstenstein. New. Single 



lilac-red. 



Any of the above sorts, 2 to 3 ft. plants, 

 for Sl.OO each. 



SPECIAL OFFER 



One each of the above ten sweet- 

 scented beauties, for only $9.00 



MAPLE (Acer) 



Bloodleaf Japanese Maple {Acer palma- 

 turn airopurpureum). 10 to 12 ft. Most 

 conspicuous and aristocratic of all lawn 

 specimen shrubs, this compact, shapely, 

 rounded bush is furnished to the ground 

 with finely cut fohage, a brilliant \vine- 

 red in Spring and early Summer, and a 

 striking bronzy purple in the Fall. Best 

 in full sun, this peer among shrubs im- 

 proves steadily with age, and is a perfect 

 contrast plant vrith Evergreens. Each: 

 18 to 24 in. $1.75, 2 to 3 ft. $3.25, 3 to 4 

 ft. $5.00. 



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