Specialties and General List 
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 abun- 
dance as to completely cover the plant, 38-inch pots, 
$1.50 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 38-year-old plants, bushy, high, 
$4.00 per doz.; $30.00 per 100. 
24 inches 
Japanese Azaleas 
Young Stock for Growing On or Lining Out 
We will have ready for shipping, after March 1dth, 
a splendid lot of 24%-inch pots, suitable for lining out 
in the foliowing varieties: 
Doz. 100 1000 
Amoena. Bright rosy magenta.. $1 25 $8 00 $75 00 
Wlame. Brilliant madder_ red 
with coppery suffusion. One 
Ofstherhardiest v5 a2 esis woke cis 150 10 00 90 00 
Hinamayo. Salmon-pink........ 150 10 00 90 00 
Hinodegiri. Brilliant fiery-red.. 1 50 10 00 90 00 
Maxwelli. Large carmine red.... 175 12 00 100 00 
Japanese Azalea Hinodegiri 
We offer a wonderfully fine lot of well budded 
plants, splendid stock either for forcing for Easter or 
for outdoor planting; they are nicely shaped, bushy, 
well finished plants of excellent value. 
Crowns 8 to 10 inches in diameter, $1.00 each 
a 10 to 12 £ es Ss 1.50 ‘ 
“ 12 to 15 “ “ “ 200“ 
Various Japanese Azaleas 
All nicely shaped bushy plants for outdoor planting. 
Amoena. The popular bright rosy purple. 
Crowns, 10 to 12 inches in diameter, $1.00 each 
“s 12 to 15 1.50 
15 to 18 2.00 
Hinamayo. Lively soft salmon-pink. 
Crowns, 12 to 15 inches in diameter, $2.00 each. 
Ledifolia Alba. The large hardy single white. 
Bushy plants, 15 to 18 inches high, $1.50 each. 
Yodogawa. Very early double lavender pink. 12 to 15 
inches high, $1.50 each. 
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New Red-leaved Japanese Barberry 
(Berberis Thunbergi Atropurpurea) 
This splendid novelty has met with unusual popular 
favor, immense quantities have been disposed of dur- 
ing the past few years, and it is certain to continue 
in good demand. 
9 to 12 inch $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
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We are now booking orders for one year seedlings 
for lining out, delivery fall of 1930 and spring of 1931. 
$5.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 
Three Choice Evergreen Barberry 
These beautiful and rare Barberries are among the 
best and hardiest of our evergreen Shrubs. To the 
plant lover, who is looking for something different, 
whether for single specimens or group planting, they 
cannot be too highly recommended. From a long list 
of varieties recently introduced we offer the follow- 
ing three distinct kinds. 
Berberis Gagnepaini. Long narrow green foliage with 
blue-black fruits. 
—Julianae. Deep green leaves with black fruits. Very 
hardy evergreen variety. 
— Verruculosa. Small shiny green leaves; 
growing evergreen, ideal for rockery. 
Strong pot-grown plants, 75 ets. each; $8.00 per doz. 
compact 
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Buddleia (Butterfly Shrub or Summer Lilac) 
Variabilis Magnifiea. The best of the Buddleias. Spikes 
of flowers 18 to 20 inches long, of violet-mauve with 
yellow centre. 
3-inch pot-grown plants, $2.60 per doz.; $15.00 per 
100. 
Cailuna (Scotch Heather) 
Small evergreen Shrubs growing one to two feet 
high, with small bell-shaped flowers in -great profu- 
sion from July to September. 
Vulgaris. Rosy pink. 
—Alba.. Pure white. 
—-— Aurea. A pretty gold leaved form of the white 
variety. 
——  Searlei. A tall growing form of Alba flowering 
in late fall. ; 
—Alporti. Vigorous grower with rosy carmine flow- 
ers. Any of the above varieties, 50 ets. each. 
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 shrubbery border or 
mixed with the dwarfer broad leaved evergreens. 
Wraneheti. Tall upright densely branched Shrub with 
spreading branches. Fruit orange-red; semi-ever- 
green. 60 ets. each; $6.00 per doz. 
Henryana. Half evergreen tall-growing variety with 
bright red fruits. 60 ets. each; $6.00 per doz. 
Humifusa. Prostrate variety of trailing habit. Bright 
re } berries; excellent for rockery. 60 ets. each; $6.00 
per doz. . 
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. 4-inch pots, 60 ets. each; $6.00 
per doz. 
Prostrata. 
leaves and bright red berries. 
each; $6.00 per doz. 
Salicifolia Flocosa. Large growing Shrub of graceful 
habit and willow-like foliage, bright red fruits ex- 
tending well along the branches. 60 ets. each; $6.00 
per doz. 
A very neat dwarf variety with miniature 
4-inch pots, 60 ets. 
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, $1.00 each. 
Golden Variegated California Privet 
We offer a splendid lot of two-year-old plants, 
nicely trimmed, very bushy specimens, from 12 to 15 
inches high, which, if potted in 6-inch pots, will make 
most valuabie material for use in window or porch 
boxes and other plantings. $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 
100. 
We also offer three-year-old bushy plants, 24 to 30 
inches high, $4.50 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 
One-year-old stock for lining out, 12 to 15 inches 
high, $10.00 per 100; $80.00 per 1000. 
Kolkwitzia Amabilis (Beauty Bush) 
An exceedingly handsome new ornamental Shrub 
from the wilds of China, resembling the Weigelia 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, 
75> ets. each. 
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, 75 ets. each. 
