MOON'S    DECIDUOUS   SHRUBS        m  ""'"nird^-S 
Morrisville,  Pennsylvania 
Spirea  salicifolia.  Willow-Leaved  Spirea. 
(M)  June  to  September.  Erect,  strong  habit;  fond 
of  wet  ground,  but  succeeds  almost  anywhere.  Use- 
ful for  masses  and  wild  effects.  White  flower  panicles. 
Each  10  100 
2  to  3  ft   $0  25    $2  00    $18  00 
4  to  5  ft.,  bushy   50     3  50     25  00 
5  to  6  ft.,  bushy   60      4  00     30  00 
S.  Thunbergii.  Thunberg's  Spirea.  (D) 
April  and  May.  A  graceful  bush,  with  innumerable 
small,  white  flowers  and  tiny  leaves.  It  is  almost 
identical  with  Spirea  arguta. 
Each  10  100 
2  to  3  ft   $0  35    ?2  50    f20  00 
S.  Tomentosa.  Hardback.  (S)  July  to  Sep- 
tember. Flowers  in  deep  pink  panicles.  Valued 
for  low  places  and  wild  effects. 
Each  10  100 
3  to  4  ft   $0  35    $2  50    S20  00 
S.  Van  Houttei.  (M) 
finest  of  flowering  shrubs, 
of  graceful,  drooping  habit. 
The  profusion  of  bloom  wei^ 
and  covers  the  bush  with 
white.  Desirable  from  any 
tration,  page  53. 
2  to  3  ft  
3  to  4  ft  
May.  Among  the  very 
A  strong,  hardy  grower 
with  handsome  foliage. 
;hs  the  slender  branches 
a  beautiful  canopy  of 
standpoint.  See  illus- 
Each  10  100 
$0  35    S2  50    $18  00 
50      3  50      25  00 
Symphoricarpus  Hyerii.  (D)  A  French  va- 
riety similar  in  habit  to  the  other  kinds,  but  its 
leaves  remain  green  much  later  in  the  Fall. 
2  to  3  ft. 
Each 
$0  25 
10  100 
$2  00    $15  00 
S.  racemosus.  Snowberry.  (D)  July  and 
August.  Small  red  flowers,  succeeded  by  abundant 
white  berries  that  last  a  long  while  during  late  Fall 
and  earlv  Winter. 
Each  10  100 
2  to  3  ft   $0  35      $2  50    $18  00 
S.  vulgaris;  syn.  rubra.  Coralberry.  (D) 
July.  Similar  in  character  to  the  above;  useful  in 
the  same  ways.  Purplish  red  berries  in  Autumn. 
Perhaps  better  suited  for  shaded  places. 
Each  10  100 
2  to  3  ft   $0  25      $2  00    $12  00 
3  to  4  ft.,  bushy   50       3  50      25  00 
var.  variegata.  (D)  The  leaves  are  varie- 
gated with  golden  yellow  and  green. 
Each 
2  to  3  ft   $0  25 
10  100 
:  00  $15  00 
Stephanandra 
Stephanandra  flexuosa.  (S)  A  thick  shrub, 
with  graceful  branches,  and  small  foliage  that  is 
almost  as  delicate  as  a  fern,  and  turns  bronze-red 
in  late  Summer  and  Autumn.  In  June,  small, 
inconspicuous,  fragrant  flowers  line  the  branches. 
Each        10  100 
2  to  3  ft   $0  25      S2  00    $15  00 
3  to  4  ft.,  bushv   50       3  50      30  00 
Styrax 
Styrax  Japonica.  (L)  An  exceedingly  desir- 
able small  tree  or  shrub,  that  is  covered  in 
June  with  fragrant,  drooping  racemes  of  white 
flowers.  A  splendid  plant  for  individual  planting 
at  conspicuous  places  or  in  connection  with  other 
trees  and  shrubs.  Its  many  desirable  features  have 
not  heretofore  been  fully  appreciated. 
Each  10  100 
2  to  3  ft   $0  25  $2  00  $18  00 
3  to  4  ft.,  very  bushv   50       3  50     30  00 
6  to  7  ft.,  very  bushv   1  25  10  00      75  00 
Symphoricarpus 
Small  native  shrubs  that  are  much  used  in  shaded 
places  and  in  mass  plantings.  They  grow  well  in 
almost  any  soil;  are  quite  hardy  and  very  orna- 
mental, especially  so  when  covered  with  berries 
in  Fall  and  Winter.  They  grow  3  to  6  feet  in 
height,  have  small  leaves  and  slender  branches. 
Spirea  Douglasi.  The  Spirea  Billardi,  Salicifolia  and 
Tomentosa  have  similar  flowers.  They  are  conspicuous  as 
Summer-flowering  shrubs,  and  are  especially  desirable  in 
mass  and  natural  planting. 
Five  or  more  plants  of  any  one  variety  at  price  per  lo;  25  or  more  at  price  per  100 
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