-yyESTBURY NURSERIES ^j. Flowering Shrubs 



PRIVET, Californian. No 



plant of recent introduction 



has come more rapidly and 



deservedly into public favor. 



Though mainly used for 



ornamental hedges, it is of 



great value for phruhberies. 



It is of very vigorous, upright 



growth, thriving finely in 



seaside as well as other un- 

 favorable situations. Foliage 



dark, glossy and nearly ever- 

 green ; unaffected by insects 



or blight ; flowers in July ; 



white and fragrant, similar 



to the lilacs. 

 Most of the Privet now on 



the market is grown by 



sticking down cuttings close 



together, which send up 



from two to five slender 



bra.nches. The plant is 



usually chopped out with a 



spade, which cuts the roots 



closely. Planted in a hedge, 



they start to grow from the 



top, leaving the bottom thin, 



or nearly bare of leaves. In 



order to produce a fair hedge 



with such plants, a double 



row is often resorted to. 

 Our plants are cut back 



several times a season^ caus- 

 ing wide branching at the 



bottom, making them from 



i}4 to 2% feet in width. They 



are transplanted at one year. 



wide apart, highly fertilized, 



cultivated in long fields, and 



dug with a tree- digger and 



eight horses. The result is 



line, stocky, broad - based 



plants, with numerous 



fibrous roots, economically 



and well grown. 

 These plants, if set five 



inches deeper and one foot 



or more apart, form a hedge 

 solid at the bottom ; far bet- 

 ter than a double row of the ordinary sort. Al- 

 though Privet is easily grown, the numerous thin 

 hedges seen are the result of poor plants, which 

 take two years o^ cutting back and fertilizing to 

 equal ours in its first year. See illustration, page 7. 

 Californian, Tree-form. The Privet, trained up 

 to a single stem and globular head, makes an 

 excellent plant for tubs and urns in the formal 

 garden. It is equally as good as the tender Bay 

 Tree or Laurus nohilis, being hardy and costing 

 only a fraction in comparison. 

 Crolden Variegated. A variety with yellow, pink 



and green foliage. 

 Ibota. A Japanese sort, with dark shining foliage 

 and showy panicles of pure white flowers. Branches 

 long and graceful. As a flowering shrub this is 

 far superior to the Californian. 5 feet. 

 Ibota amurense (Amoor Privet). Upright and 

 vigorous. Light green foliage ; showy white flower 

 spikes. 8 feet. 

 QUINCE, Japan (Fire Bush, Pyrus Japonica) . The 

 thorny,' shining stems and bright flowers make a 

 brilliant display in April. Fine for shrubberies 

 and hedges. Scarlet, Blush and White. 

 RHODOTYPUS (White Kerria). A good shrub, 

 blooming all summer, bearing flowers like synnga 

 blossoms, followed by shining black seeds. 4 feet. 

 SEA BUCKTHORN. An irregular shrub of silvery 

 foliage, vigorous and tall ; especially good for sea- 

 shore planting. 6 to 8 feet.! 

 SIBERIAN PEA TREE. A choice shrub or small 

 tree, bearing clusters of small yellow pea-shaped 

 flowers along the branches in June. A pretty little 

 tree. 



MAG .OLIA COWSPICUA. 



Large pure white lily-like flowers, 4 or 5 inches high, which are occasionally 

 caught by late snow storms. It makes in time a small tree. 



SNOWBERRY (Waxberry). An old-fashioned, 

 free growing shrub, bearing small pink flowers, 

 followed by large, showy, pure white berries, 

 which cling late in the autumn. 

 SNOWBALL. Large shrubs, bearing large balls of 

 white flowers in June. Native kinds are excellent 

 for quick-growing thickets, where shrub screens 

 are needed. The newer sorts are fine for single 

 specimens. 



Common (Guelder Rose). The favorite old-fash- 

 ioned Snowball. 

 Japan. For description, see under cut, page 24. 

 SFIR^A. The Spirseas are fine shrubs, of easiest 

 culture in all situations, and among them are 

 found some of the most beautiful of hardy flower- 

 ing shrubs. They present great diversity in form, 

 color, and time of flowering. The following 

 species are given in the order of blooming : 

 Thunbergii. A distinct species of delicate beauty 

 at all seasons. It has fluflf^y masses of small white 

 flowers in April and May ; narrow, willowy lea\es, 

 turning bright orange and red in late autumn. 

 Makes a fine low hedge. 

 Bridal Wreath. (5. prunif olio) . Its long, slender 

 branches, loaded in May with tiny double white 

 flowers along their entire length, give a solid white 

 effect. The' small and glossy oval leaves form 

 pleasing masses of dark green foliage in summer, 

 and assume rich autumnal shades of red and 

 orange. 



Van Houttei. For description, see under cut, p. 24. 

 Reevesii var. flore plena. Large, round clusters 

 of double white flowers gently curving the 

 branches in June ; lanceolate leaves. Very 

 choice. 



