Choice Hardy Shrubs 



Prices include boxes and packing and delivery to transportation company 



in Philadelphia 



Abelia Chinensis Grandiflora 



A choice, small, hardy Shrub of graceful habit, pro- 

 ducing 1 through the entire summer and fall months 

 white-tinted lilac heather-like flowers in such abun- 

 dance as to completely cover the plant. 3-inch pots, 

 51.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Giant-flowered Althea 

 William R. Smith 



Everyone will be pleased with this splendid variety. 

 The habit of the plant is ideal, naturally forming 

 attractive, symmetrical, bushy specimens, while the 

 glistening, pure white flowers are of giant size, open 

 out flat or salver shaped, quite different from the 

 older types, and are produced in great profusion from 

 early in July until late in September. 



Strong 3-year-old plants, bushy, 24 inches high. 

 $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Japonlo-n. 



each. 



Andromeda (Pieris) 



Bushy plants. 12 to 15 inches high. $1.28 



The New Red-Leaved 

 Japanese Barberry 



Berberis Thunbergi Atropurpurea 



(For Lining Out) 



Strong selected three-year-old untransplanted 

 seedling's, 12 to 15 inches high, for lining out. 

 $3.50 per 100; $25.00 per 1,000. 



Lots of 5,000 or more, $2O.00 per 1,000. 



Larger Sizes 



Per doz. Per 100 



Bushy plants, 15 to 18 inches high. $2 50 $15 00 

 Bushy plants, 18 to 24 inches high. 3 50 20 00 

 Bushy plants, 24 to 30 inches high. 4 50 25 00 



Corchorus or Kerria (Giobe-Fiower) 



Japonlca Fl. PI. This old-fashioned shrub deserves far 

 greater popularity. It is particularly valuable on 

 account of its clean, graceful habit of growth and 

 its free and continuous flowering, producing its at- 

 tractive double golden yellow flowers continuously 

 from June to October. We offer an exceptionally 

 fine lot of shapelv, bushy plants, 24 inches high, at 

 $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Cotoneaster 



Very ornamental Shrubs with decorative fruits re- 

 maining usually throughout the winter. The dwarfer 

 varieties are nearly evergreen and while especially 

 adapted for rockery plantings are equally effective 

 planted in clumps in front of the shubbery border or 

 mixed with the dwarfer broad leaved evergreens. 

 Francheti. Tall upright densely branched Shrub with 

 spreading branches. Fruit orange-red; semi-ever- 

 green. 

 Henryana. Half evergreen tall growing variety with 



bright red fruits. 

 Horizontalis. Low growing Shrub with almost hori- 

 zontal branches. Small shiny green leaves and 

 orange-red berries produced in great quantity. One 

 of the most effective evergreen plants for rockery 

 or border planting. 

 Prostrata. A very neat dwarf variety with miniature 



leaves and bright red berries. 

 Salicifolia Floccosa. Large growing Shrub of grace- 

 ful habit and willow-like foliage, bright red fruits 

 extending well along the branches. 

 Any of the above varieties in strong, 4-inch pots, 

 (JO cts. each; $6.00 per doz. 



Daphne Cneorum (Garland Flower) 



A pretty dwarf spreading Shrub from 6 to 8 inches 

 high, valuable for the rockery or for the front of 

 the border, producing beautiful bright pink, sweet- 

 scented flowers early in May. Strong bushy plants 8 

 to 10 inches in diameter. $6.50 per doz.; $50.00 per 

 100. 



Erica (Heath) 



Most of these Heaths are compact, low-growing, and 

 extremely useful for rockeries. The small foliage is 

 densely arranged around the wiry stems, and either in 

 full bloom or in mid-winter they make a very pretty 

 picture. Give some protection the first winter to ac- 

 climatize them. Semi-shady location. 

 Vagans (Cornish Heath). Compact growing ever- 

 green Shrub with dark green small foliage and pale 

 purplish red flowers in August and September; 12 

 inches. A good rock plant for a semi-shaded posi- 

 tion. 

 Vulgaris (CaUuna vulgaris). (Scotch Heather). A 

 dense-growing Shrub, with erect branches covered 

 with short, closely lapped leaves. The pretty, bell- 

 shaped flowers are rosy lavender and occur in great 

 profusion toward tops of the shoots. 



— Alba. Pure white. 



Aurea. A pretty gold leaved form of the white 



variety. 



— Rubra. Rosy carmine. 



Any of the above varieties, 4-inch pots, $4.50 per 

 doz. 



Golden Variegated California Privet 



Three-year-old bushy plants, 24 to 30 inches high, 

 $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Kolkwitzia Amabilis (Beauty Bush) 



An exceedingly handsome new ornamental Shrub 

 from the wilds of China, resembling the Welgela and 

 Honeysuckle to which it is allied. Growing 6 to 8 feet 

 high at maturity, with long arching branches, this 

 variety combines all the merits of a perfect Shrub; 

 hardiness, year-round beauty of foliage and habit, 

 and an amazing profusion of pale-pink bell-shaped 

 flowers in June. Strong plants 18 to 24 inches high, 

 $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Nandina Domestica (Chinese Bamboo) 



A very handsome small Shrub, hardy as far north 

 as Philadelphia; it grows about three feet high with 

 graceful, light green foliage, which turns to a most 

 attractive bronzy red early in the fall. The small 

 white flowers are produced in good-sized erect pani- 

 cles in spring and are followed by crimson berries. 

 Strong 5-inch pots, 65 cts. each; $6.50 per doz. 



Osmanthus (Holly Osmanthus) 



Aquifolium. A beautiful evergreen; strong growing, 

 holly-like Shrub with dark green, shiny, crinkly, 

 spiny-toothed foliage; attractive not only In summer 

 but throughout the winter. Naturally grows in a 

 shapely bushy form, usually from 5 to 8 feet high. 

 Strong plants. 18 inches high, $1.25 each. 



General List of Select Hardy Shrubs 



We grow large quantities of many of the popular 

 varieties of Hardy Flowering Shrubs, such as Deut- 

 zia, Forsythia, Hydrangea, Philadelphus, Spiraea, Vi- 

 burnum, Weigela, etc. List of Varieties and Spe- 

 cial Prices mailed on application. 



Boxwood and Hedge Plants 



Boxwood Edging — Bushy Plants 



Per doz. Per 100 



4 to 6-inch ... $1 75 $12 OO 



6 to 8-inch 2 50 20 00 



Japanese Barberry (Berberis Thunbergi) 



A splendid lot of three-year-old bushy plants, 18 to 

 24 inches high. $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



California Privet 



Good, heavy, well-branched stock. 24 inches high. 

 $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. 



We make no Charge for Boxes or Packing. 



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