KELSEY^ HARDY AMERICAN PLANT|^ 
Grolvn in the Carolina jyfountains at sSoo^et elel^ati^^^% 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS, continued 
ROBINIA hispida rosea. 3 to G ft. A rare variety of tlie preetiliiiar, with piilcr flowers an<l smootlier stems, 
kelseyi. Ai.i.f.giiaxy Moss Loctst. New speeies. 2 to v> ft. Iiitroilueed liy us. iiiul a tliie variety with 
leaves imieli lil\e tlie yellow loeust and hriglit pitik elusters of flowers. A ilistinct ami valuable n<U)ition, 
visoosa. l*i\K-fi.o\vEiiiN(j Locust. 12 to 40 ft. Sometimes makes a considerable tree, with spreading 
growth and pink-rose llowers in great profusion. 
ROSA blanda. Mkadow Rose. 2 to 4 ft. All the native Roses arc valuable 
garden (;lants, free from tliseaso and of easy eultuix'. Nearly all the s]>ecies 
arc very sliowy, and sliould he planted in large ni.asses. The foliage of many 
varieties colors shades of red antl brown in late summer and autumn. Our 
collection is very line. Fruit nsiudly re^l and always showy. U. hlumlit has 
large pinii llowers and smooth stems, 
arkansana. -Aukansas Rose. 1 to 2 ft. ]>ensely covered with slender bris- 
tles. A pretty species. June atid July. 
Carolina. S\VA.\tp Kosk. 1 to 8 ft. Thick, strong growth and bright pink, 
fragrant flowers. June and July. A good wet-groutid species, 
humilis lucida. Pasti kk Rose. 1 to 2 ft. Weak, often procumbent growth. 
Rosy ]>ink tl(»w<'rs in early June, 
lucida alba. White Pasti'ije Rose. 1 to 4 ft. While variety of former 
species. V'ery fine. 
nltida. NoitTiiKAsTERN Rose. 1 to 3 ft. Slender stems covered with weak 
spines. Flowers very bright pink and showy. Leaves shining gre< ii. 
nutkana. Wasatch Rose. 1 to 4 ft. Stout stems; large, solitary flowers 
and fruit. A rare western sjiecies. 
rubiginosa. Sweet Bkiak. 4 to G ft. Sot ualife. Well-known, old-fashioned, 
aromatic Rose of gardens. Escaped cultivation ami it is growing wild 
commonly. 
setigera. I'kaihie Rose. .5 to 12 ft. One of the most beautiful of 
the geiuis. Sometimes clitnbing or covering the grounti or walls. 
A profusion of beautiful rose-pink llowers in June, 
woodsli. Wood's Rose. 4 to 8 ft. Low, bushy, western species. 
Delicate white or pink flowers. 
RUBUS nutkanus. Salmon- Berry. 3 to 8 ft. Large white flowers. A shrrb from thi- Viburnum 
Rocky .Mountains, the stems recurving gracefully. ^ caBSinoides 
odoratus. Pi.owEiitNo Rasprekry. 3 to 5 ft. Elegant plant for massing and quick effect. 
Very large, showy leaves and rosy purple blossoms. 
SALIX discolor. Pfs.sY Wii.i.ow. 810 2.") ft. Good shrub for wet situations, quick growth. 
Silky "aments" appear iti earliest spring before the leaves. 
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sericea. Sti.Kv Wit-i.ow. 
SAMBUCUS canadensis. 
to 12 ft. Showy spreading 
Common Elder. 4 to 10 ft. 
variety, densely flowered. 
A fine shrub for massing. 
The creamy white flowers of Stuartia pentagyaa, the rare 
" American Camellia " 
Showy 
cymes of white llowers in June and 
July and black-purple fruit, 
pubens. Rei>-Berhiei> Elder. 2 to 
12 ft. \'ery showy llowers in May 
and handsome bright red fruit in 
June. 
SPIRAEA salicifolia. Jl E a D o w 
.Sweet. 2 to 4 ft. Flowers white 
in June or July, 
tomentosa. Steeple Bush. 2 to 4 
ft. Fuzzy, dense, upright rose-col- 
ored panicles in June and July, 
van houttei. 4 to 5 ft. Nol tindve. 
Bushy variety with abundant white 
flowers, 
STUARTIA pentagyna. SOUTH- 
ERN Stuartia. 6to 15ft. This, 
the so-called "American Camel- 
lia," is one of the most rare and 
beautiful of all North American 
shrubs. An erect shrub, well 
foliaged and with large, axillary 
flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, 
with white -creamy petals, 
deeply crenulated in the mar- 
gins, resembling some of the 
single Camellias, June. See 
illustration. 
SYMPHORICARPUS racemosus. 
SNowuEitiiV. 4 ft. A shrub much 
used for massing, the showy white- 
berried fruit hanging till late in 
the season, 
symphoricarpus. Coral Berry. 2 
to 5 ft With smaller berries than 
the preceding, which are red and 
thickly clustered. 
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