CALIFORNIA 

 PRIVET 



The One Best Hedge Plant, 

 Combining Beauty, Hardi- 

 ness and Efficiency. 



Our Privet has been special- 

 ly prepared for transplanting 

 this fall, and if set out now 

 will break into leaf early next 

 spring and soon form a splen- 

 did hedge. 



CALIFORNIA Privet 

 has long been recog- 

 nized as the one very 

 best plant for Hedge 

 purposes, as it is re- 

 markable for its beautiful, 

 dark-green, glossy foliage, 

 its quick, strong and symme- 

 trical growth, its freedom 

 from insects and scale, and 

 its ability to withstand prun- 

 ing and trimming into any 

 desired shape. 



For many years we have 

 made a specialty of growins 

 California Privet for Hedges, 

 and our stock cannot be sur- 

 passed anywhere. It is 

 strong, thrifty and in the 

 best of shape for transplant- 

 ing. We have it in all sizes, 

 from one-year-old plants to 

 large, vigorous bushes which 

 can be used with telling ef- 

 fect in the formation of an 



immediate hedge. These large plants are the most economical to buy, for with them 

 the years of tedious waiting for the hedge to grow will be avoided. 



Our California Privet is not grown by the usual nurseryman's method, but is as 

 carefully propagated as other higher-priced shrubs. By frequent transplanting the 

 plants are kept bushy to the ground, and will soon form a splendid hedge. We have 

 an immense surplus stock, and have made the prices exceedingly low. One of the 

 best bargains of the year awaits you. 



First-size, 15 to 24 inches. 10 cts. each; 6 for 50 cts., postpaid; $3 per 100, by 

 express or freight. Second-size, 3 to 4 feet, 15 cts. each; 5 for 50 cts.; 86 per 100. 

 by express or freight. Extra-large, 5-foot plants, specimens. 20 cts. each: S10 per 

 100. (Orders for 50 filled at 100 rates). 



The greatest of all hedge plants, California Privet. Our 

 extra large five-year-old plants will form a hedge like this 

 as soon as planted and trimmed. On the house is grown the 

 handsome Boston Ivy, described elsewhere in this book. 



Clematis Paniculata 



Of all the hardy climbing vines grown there is none which surpasses the Clematis 

 paniculata in grace of form and foliage, beauty and fragrance of its flowers, and 

 its utility as a porch adornment or covering for shade. It blooms in August and 

 September with a myriad of small white flowers covering the entire vine as with a 

 mantle, and the flowers are so fragrant that they fill the atmosphere with their de- 

 licious perfume. We have a magnificent lot of field plants, 4 and 5 years old. which 

 are in splendid shape for planting this fall. Planted now, they will put forth their 

 new growth next spring and soon become a most beautiful adornment to the home. 

 These plants are so large they can only be shipped by freight or express, at pur- 

 chasers expense, and as a special inducement we have placed the extremely lew 

 price of 75 cts. each on them. 



Our New Guide to Rose Culture for 1913 



Will be ready to send out January 1, 1913. It is the acknowledged authority on 

 matters pertaining to the culture of Roses, as well as all other flowers of worth. It 

 will be sent free to customers of the past few years, also to those who order from this 

 book. To others free upon application. 



IORSE COM PAN' 



ST JOSEPH. MICH 



