Two dozen Cotoneaster salicifolia (a willow- 

 leaf Cotoneaster). 



Two dozen Hypericum patulum var. Henryi. 



Two dozen Sorbaria arborea glabrata. 



Two dozen Philadelphus incanus. 



Two dozen Spiraea henryi. 



When I received the acknowledgment of my 

 order and the date when I should receive it, I 

 telephoned to the man who did all my trucking 

 to inquire at the station for a large shipment of 

 shrubs which I wished delivered immediately. 

 Late that afternoon my truckman drove in, not 

 on his large truck, but in his little Ford, and de- 

 posited on a low stone wall a medium-sized wooden 

 box. I was puzzled. The box was unpacked. I 

 need not say, need I ? that it contained my entire 

 order for the Wilson novelties. The plants were 

 all in six-inch paper pots, very sturdy but very- 

 miniature. I was rather amused at myself that 

 I expected a truck full of rare novelties, the 

 plants averaging only a dollar each. They all 

 wintered well and I did not lose a single plant, 

 and they have grown prodigiously, particularly 

 the Sorbaria arborea glabrata, which is now at 

 this writing over five feet tall, with the promise 

 of an abundance of September blooms. The 

 Spiraea henryi bloomed this past June; the 



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