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 through the entire summer and fall months 

 white-tinted lilac heather-like flowers in such abundance 

 as to completelv cover the plant. 3-inch pots $2.00 per 

 doz.; $15.00 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, $3.00 

 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Andromeda — Pieris 



Japonica. Bushy plants. 12 to 15 inches high. $1.50 

 each. 



The New Red-Leaved 

 Japanese Barberry 



Berberis Thunbergi atropurpurea 



(For Iiining' Out) 



Similar in all respects to the Green-Leaved Jap- 

 anese Barberry and suited for the same purposes. 

 Has rich lustrous bronzy red foliage changing to 

 vivid orange-scarlet and crimson in tlie autumn. 

 Should be planted in full sun to develop its brilliant 

 coloring to the fullest extent. 



Strong selected two-year-old untransplanted seed- 

 lings, 12 to 15 inches high, for lining out. $3.50 per 

 100; $25.00 per 1,000. 



Lots of 5,000 or more, $20.00 per 1,000. 



Larger Sizes p„ ^oz. Per loo 



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

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

 Bushy plants, 24 to 30 inches high.. 3 50 25 00 



Corchorus or Kerria — Globe-Flower 



Japonica 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 attractive 

 double golden yellow flowers continuously from June 

 to October. We offer an exceptionally fine lot of 

 plants in 4-inch pots at $3.00 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 rocltery plantings are equally effective 

 planted in clumps in front of the shrubbery border or 

 mixed with the dwarfer broad leaved evergreens. 



Francheti. Tall upright densely branched shrub with 

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



Horizontalis. Low growing shrub w^ith 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. 



Salicifolia Floccosa. Large growing shrub of graceful 

 habit and willow-like foliage, bright red fruits ex- 

 tending well along the branches. 



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

 60c each; $6.00 per doz. 



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 verj' pretty 

 picture. Give some protection the first winter to ac- 

 climatize them. Semi-shady location. 

 Vag-ans (Cornish Heath). Compact growing evergreen 

 shrub with dark green small foliage and pale purplish 

 red fiowers in August and September; 12 inches. A 

 good rock plant for a semi-shaded position. 

 Vulg'aris (Calluna vulgaris) (Scotch Heather). A dense- 

 growing shrub, with erect branches covered with 

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

 fiowers are rosy lavender and occur in great profusion 

 toward tops of the shoots. 



— alba. Pure white. 



anrea. A pretty gold leaved form of the white 



variety. 



— mlira. Rosy carmine. 



Any of the above varieties, 4-inch pots: 

 $4.50 per doz. 



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 

 fiowers are produced in good-sized erect panicles in 

 spring and are followed by crimson berries. Strong 5- 

 inch pots 75c each; $7.50 per doz. 



Golden Variegated California Privet 



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

 $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Viburnum Carlesi 



A rare Korean variety which is entirely distinct. Has 

 salver-shaped flowers of a delicate rose-tinted white, 

 passing to white. The sweet-scented flowers are pro- 

 duced in terminal subglobose cymes 2 to 3 inches in 

 diameter, reminding one somewhat of a spray of Bou- 

 vardia. Good bushy specimens 2 feet high $1.25 each. 



Viburnum rhytidophyllum 



A rare variety, particularly attractive on account of 

 its large dark green, nearly evergreen foliage, the yel- 

 lowish white flowers are followed in September by red 

 berries flnally turning black. 6-inch pots $1.00 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. 



HEDGE PLANTS 



Boxwood Edging — Bushy Plants 



Per Doz. Per 100 



4 to 6-inch $2 00 $12 00 



6 to 8-inch 3 00 20 00 



Specimen Boxwood "^^^IT 



Pyramid — Globe — Tree-Shaped 



See pa^e 12 



Japanese Barberry — Berberis Thunbergi 



A splendid lot of three-vear-old bushy plants, 18 

 to 24 inches high. $2.50 per doz,; $15.00 per 100. 



California Privet 



Good, hea^o^ well-branched stock. 24 inches high. 

 $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. 



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