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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
FLOWERING SHRUBS 
Althea, or Rose of Sharon 
Double-flowering. Tliere are many 
varieties of these plants with a great va- 
riety of habit. They belong to the Hibiscus 
family, and are not hardy in this section, 
except wliere well protected. They bloom 
very freely in August and September, and 
flowers vary much in color among the 
different varieties. 
Flowering Almond 
A low shrub with leaves similar in 
shape to our wild plum, but a little more 
pointed: flowers very double. We grow 
two kinds, oiie with red and the other 
with white flowers. 
Bechtel's Double^Flowering 
Crab 
Most beautiful of all the fine varieties 
of Flowering Crabs. At a distance the 
pretty medium -sized tree seems to be 
covered wMth dainty little roses of a deli- 
cate pink color. Blooms when quite 
young. Is very fragrant. This is a va- 
riety of our native wild Crab, I'l/rus 
ciiroiHu-ia lonensiti. 
Barberry 
Purple-leaved. Bee Hedge Plants. 
Thunberg's. See Hedge Plants. 
Buffalo Berry 
A native shrub in the dry sections of 
both North and South Dakota, and it is 
also found throughout the Rocky moun- 
tains from Canada to Mexico. The flow- 
ers are small and yellow. The berries 
are a bright red and very sour. The 
leaves are a downy white on both sides. 
A peculiar shrub and should be much 
more grown than it is for ornamental 
purposes. 
Calycanthus floridus 
(Carolina Allspice, Sweet Shrub) 
This unique shrub grows rapidly up- 
right, clothing its straight, strong, red- 
dish brown shoots with large, 
glossy leaves, from the axils of 
which spring odd, double, spicily 
fragrant flowers of chocolate- 
red. It is a hardy native shrub 
that deserves much wider 
planting. 
Cornus sanguinea 
The leaves are elegantly 
marked with white, contrasting 
lineiy with the deep blood-red 
li.irk; hardy. 
High Bush Cranberry 
We have been trying for years 
past to save from total destruc- 
tion some of our native shrubs 
and plants. Among these we 
class the High Bush Cranberry 
as one of the most desirable. It 
resembles the snowball, both in 
form of plant and leaf. This 
shrub will grow to a height of 
fromaS to 15 feet, and is not 
troubled with in.^ect pests. It is 
most highly appreciated in win- 
ter when it is covered with large 
clusters of scarlet berries, which, 
if not disturbed, will hang on 
until spring. The fruit isi)rized 
by many for the brilliantly 
colored and highly flavored jelly 
which is made from the berries. 
'The shrub is perfectly hardy. 
It succeeds best in a moist, rich 
soil. 
