KELSEY'5 HARDY AMERXCIAN PLANT| 
Grolvn in the Carolina jyfountains at 3800 fiet elel^atioj^^ 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS, continued 
ROBINIA hispida rosea. 3 to (i ft. A rare viiriety of tlie precivUri:;, willi paler flowers anil smootlicr stems, 
kelseyi. Ai-lfjjuaxy ^[oss IjOcust. Xew species. 2 to .'> ft. Introduced by lis, ami ji Inn? variety witli 
leav'-s iiiucti iilve tlie yellow locust aiul Ijrij^lit piuli clusters of Howers. A distiiict and valuable addition, 
vlscosa. I'iNK Fi.dWEKiN'i Loci sT. 12 to 10 ft. Sometimes makes a considerable tree, with spreading 
growth and pink-rose llowers in great profusion. 
ROSA blanda. Meadow Rose. 2 to 4 ft. All the native Roses are valuable 
garden plants, free from disease and of easy culture. Nearly all the species 
are very slutwy, and should be plante<l in large masses. 'J'hc foliage of nuiny 
varieties colors shades of red and l>ro\vn in late summer and autumn. Our 
collection is very tine. Fiuit usually red and always showy. U. hUiiuUi has 
large pink flowers and smooth stems, 
arkansana. Arkansas Rose. 1 to 2 ft. Densely covered with slender bris- 
tles. A pretty species. June and July. 
Carolina. Swamp Rosk, 1 to H ft. Thick, strong growth and bright pink. 
fra^'rant llowers, June and July. A good wet-ground species, 
humilis lucida. Pasti he Rose, " I to 2 ft. Weak, often procumbent growth. 
Rosy ]»iidi llowers in early June, 
lucida' alba. Whitk Pastcke Rose, 1 to 4 ft. White variety of fornier 
st)ecies. Very tine. 
nitida. Nohtiikastekn Rose. 1 to 3 ft. Slender stems covered willi weak 
spines. Flowers very bright pink and showy. Leaves shining green, 
nutkana. Wasatch liosE. 1 to 4 ft. Stout stems; large, solitary flowers 
atid fruit. A rare western si>ecies. 
rubiglnosa. Sweet Bhiah. 4 to Oft. A'ot nalire. Well-known, old-fashioned, 
aromatii^ Rose of gardens. Escaped cidtivation and it is growing wild 
coninionly. 
setigera. PiiAiRiE Rose. 5 to 12 ft. One of the most beautiful of 
the genus. Sometimes climbing or covering the ground or walls. 
.\ profusion of beautiful rose-piidc Howers in June, 
woodsii. Wood's Rose. 4 to 8 ft. Low, busliy, western species. 
Delicate white or pink flowers. 
RUBUS nutkanus. Salmon Berry. 3 to 8 ft. Large white flowers 
R<ieky .Mountains, the steins recurving gracefully, 
odoratus. Fi.owerini; Raspberry. 3 to 5 ft. Elegant plant for massing and quick effect. 
Very large, showy leaves and rosy purple blossoms. 
SALIX discolor. Ft'ssv Wii-i.ow. 8to2ofl. Good shrub for wet situations, quick growth. i4 
Silky "ameiits" a[>pear in earliest spring before the leaves. y 
sericea. Sii.kv Wii.i.ow. 5 to 12 ft. Showy s|)reading variety, densely flowered. ' 
SAMBUCUS canadensis. Common Elder. 4 to 10 ft. A fine shrub for massing. Showy 
cymes of white Howers in June and 
July and black-purple fruit, 
pubens. Red-Berrikd Elder. 2 to 
12 fl. Very sliowy flowers in Jlay 
and handsome bright red fruit in 
.June. 
SPIRAEA salicifolla. Meadow 
.'^wIa■:T. 2 to 4 ft. Flowers white 
ill June or July, 
tomentosa. Steeple BtSH. 2 to 4 
ft. Fuzzy, dense, upright rose-col- 
ored [)anicles in June and July, 
van houttei. 4 to ft. Aot tiaiite. 
liushy variety with abundant white 
flowers. 
STUARTIA pentagyna. SOUTH 
ERN STUARTIA, 6 to 1 5 ft. 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. 
SNownEiUiV. 4 fl. A shrub nnudi 
used for massing, the showy white- 
berried fruit hanging till late in 
the season, 
symphoricarpus. Coral Berrv. 2 
to ,") ft With smaller berries than 
the preceding, which arc red and 
thickly clustered, 
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The creamy white flowers of Stuartia pentagyna, the rare 
"American Camellia" 
