CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS 



THE BEST TIME TO PLANT SHRUBS IS LATE AUTUMN 



NOTE.— We usually begin digging Shrubs about the middle of October, and planting may be continued successfully from then 

 until the ground is frozen. Shrubs can only be sent by Freight or Express, at purchaser's expense. They are too heavy and large 

 to be sent by mail. Na charge for boxes, packing or delivery to express, freight or steamship lines in Philadelphia. 



SHRUBS are as much a part of the well balanced garden as the lawn or flower 

 borders. Many of them are as decorative as any ornamental foliage plant, 

 while others are highly useful as cut flowers, and a well-arranged planting 

 presents an attractive appearance throughout the entire year. 



The late autumn is the ideal time to plant Shrubs. The plants can usually be 

 dug any time after the middle of October and set out from then until the ground 

 is frozen, which rarely happens before December in this latitude. When planted 

 in fall they get the benefit of the early spring months in which to make roots and 

 become established before liot weather sets in. 



Abelia Chinensis Grandiflora. A choice small Shrub of graceful habit, 

 l^roducing through the entire summer and fall months white tinted lilac heather- 

 like flowers in such abundance as to completely cover the plant. 50 cts. each. 



l^GW Giant-flowered Altliea 

 IIVII^HAM R. SMITH 



Everyone will be pleased with this splendid new variety; one of 

 our own introductions. 



The habit of the plant is ideal, naturally forming attractive, sym- 

 metrical, bushy specimens, while the glistening pure white flowers 

 are of giant size compared to all other sorts, being fully 4 inches in 

 diameter under ordinary cultivation, and open out flat or salver-shaped 

 quite different from the older types which only partially expand; 

 these large, showy flowers are produced in great profusion from 

 early in July until late in September, and are very conspicuous at a period 

 when comparatively few Shrubs are in bloom. Strong three-year-old plants, 

 $1.00 each. 



Abelia Chinensis Grandiflora 



I'.UDDLEIA (Butterfly Shrub) 



Althea {Rose of Sharon). The Altheas are among the most valuable 

 of our tall, hardy Shrubs on account of their late season of blooming, 

 which is from August to October, a period when but few Shrubs are in 

 flower. They are also extensively used as hedge plants, for which they 

 are admirably adapted. We ofi'er the following choice sorts: 



— Alba plena. Double white, crimson centre. 



— Coerulea plena. Double blue. 



— Duchesse de Brabant. Double dark red. 



— Folils Variegatis. Leaves variegated green and white. 



— Jeanne d'Arc. Double pure white. 



— Lady Stanley. Double blush white, with crimson centre. 



— Rubis. Single, deep crimson. 



— TotUS Albus. Fine, single, pure white. 



60 cts. each. Set of 8 varieties, $4.00. 



Amorpha Fruticosa {Fidse Indigo). A strong-growing Shrub, from 

 6 to 7 feet high, with finger-like spikes of indigo-colored flowers, three 

 or more spikes in a cluster; blooms early in June. 60 cts. each. 



Aralia Spinosa {Hercules Club, Angelica Tree, or Devil's Walk- 

 ingstick). A singular native tree-like Shrub, growing from 10 to 15 

 feet high, with very prickly stems, pinnate leaves and immense panicles 

 of white flowers in August, followed by black fruit, which make it at- 

 tractive until late in fall, an odd tropical-looking plant. Strong plants, 

 $1.00 each. 



Baccharis Halimifolia ( Groundsel Tree). A pretty, tall Shrub, 

 which is especially attractive in the fall on account of its flufly white 

 seedpods. 60 cts. each. 



Buddleia Variabilis Veitchiana (Butterfly Shrub or Summer 

 Lilac). One of the most desirable summer flowering shrubs, beginning 

 to bloom in July, it continues until cut by severe frost. The flowers are 

 of a pleasing shade of violet mauve, and are borne in dense cylindrical 

 spikes, which, under liberal cultivation, are from 12 to 15 inches in 

 length by 3 inches in diameter; it succeeds everywhere and flowers 

 freely the first season planted, and is always admired. 30 cts. each. 



Amplissima. Of rather looser and more graceful habit of growth 



than the aliove, and with brighter reddish-violet flowers. 30 cts. each. 



We will supply all Shrubs priced at 60 cts. «ach for $6.00 per doz.; $40,00 per 100 



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