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Azalea mollis (Chinese Azalea). Of dwarf, 
sturdy growth, and has much larger flowers 
than any other hardy sort. 50 cts. to $1..')0. 
A. nudlflora (Wood Honeysuckle). 2 to 3 ft. 
Beautiful pink flowers in early spring. 50 
cts. to $1.50. 
A. Pontica (Ghent Azalea). 3 to 4 ft. In many 
colors and hardy ; beautiful when in bloom. 
It is largely used for planting in beds with 
Rhododendrons or with Azalea mollis, mak- 
ing a particularly beautiful showing. $1.50 
to $3. 
Barberry (Berheris) 
Berberis Thunbergi (Japanese). 2% to 3 ft. 
A dwarf, spreading, .Japanese species, with 
small, neat foliage and compact, rounded 
growth. The white fiowers are followed by 
scarlet berries in great abundance. The 
foliage is brilliant in its autumnal coloring. 
It is much used for ornamental hedging, and 
for planting in masses. 35 cts. to $1. 
B. vulgaris (Common Barberry). 4 to 5 ft. 
Pretty yellow fiowers of erect growth ; and 
its prickly nature fits it for hedging. 35 cts. 
to 75 cts. 
B. vulgaris purpurea (Purple Barberry). 4 to 
.5 ft. The same as the preceding, but with 
pretty purple foliage, which makes it very 
desirable for massing with other shrubs 
where it is e.xtremely efifective. 35 cts. to 
75 cts. 
Sweet Shrub (Calycanlhus) 
Calycanthus floridus. 5 to f> ft. The oddly 
formed, double flowers are a rare chocolate 
color and have a peculiar agreeable odor. 
They are borne in the axils of the leaves 
all along the branches in .June. 35 cts. to 
75 cts. 
C. occidentalis (Western Sweet Shrub). Flow- 
ers much like the other, but they come later 
in the spring. 25 cts. to 50 cts. 
Siberian Pea {Caragana) 
Caragana arborescens. 8 to 10 ft. A very 
hardy, tall-growing shrub, bearing pea-shaped, 
yellow flowers, in bunches of two to three, in 
the first week of May. A useful shrub for 
massing. 50 cts. to 75 cts. 
Verbena Shrub (Caryopteris) 
Caryopteris Mastacanthus (Blue Spiraea). 2 to 
3 ft. A new shrub, which is planted because 
of its blooming late in the fall, when but few 
shrubs are in flower. In the axil of each 
leaf-stalk is a bunch of bright blue fiowers. 
It continues in flower from the middle of 
September to frost. An entire bed of this 
plant produces a striking effect. 35 cts. to 
50 cts. 
