FLOWERING TREES 
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THE BERRYHILL NURSERY CO. 
The foundation planting makes this house inviting and cozy 
GROUP PLANTING 
It is a fundamental principle of landscape gardening 
that the lawn is the canvas upon which the gardener 
“paints” his picture with trees and plants of various 
kinds and sizes as his “colors.” 
To bring out the full beauty of the garden it is an 
unpardonable crime to “spot” the grais all over with 
shrubs or plants, no matter how beautiful they may be 
in themselves, and the only proper plan is to preserve 
the open lawn effect by placing the plants in groups 
about the edges. One can hardly realize how large a 
comparatively small place may be made to appear by 
this “plant-group” method. A certain shrub may have 
its use growing by itself in a special place on the lawn, 
but as a general rule, it looks lonesome and docs not 
nearly show its beauty as when planted in the right 
company. 
This is one object of our landscape Department, to 
show how to apply this group-planting to your place. 
FOUNDATION PLANTING 
There is little beauty in the bare walls of a house 
rising straight from the grass or ground, and neither 
house nor lawn are given a fair chance to show their 
good points. The softening influence of shrubbery 
planted about the foundation walls is full of the sugges- 
tions of beauty in itself, apart from the toning dow nof 
the hard lines of the stiff, straight lines of brick or stone, 
and they are given a graceful sweep toward the lawn, 
melting insensibly into the surrounding base. 
Color, too, plays a prominent part in the choice of 
shrubbery for foundation planting, and the raw red of 
certain brick and bright green of the lawn, contrasting 
most unfavorably at times, can be brought in a charming 
harmony of color by the soft greens and browns of certain 
shrubs. 
Low-growing evergreens, such as the Arborvitaes and 
Junipers, and the evergreen shrubs, like Rhododendrons 
and Laurel, are all desirable for planting at the base of 
the house or porch, and provision is easily made for 
necessary openings to the cellar. And many of the 
deciduous flowering shrubs find congenial surroundings 
in such locations. With their many colored flowers in 
spring and summer, and, in some cases, the dark or 
brilliant berries of fall, all add to the charm of this form 
of planting. Nothing does so much toward transforming 
the house and grounds into a complete picture as the 
shrubbery and flowers about the foundations. 
FLOWERING AND ORNAMENTAL 
FRUIT TREES 
MALUS • Fragrant Flowering Crab 
Malus baccata (Siberian Flowering Crab). Small, spreading tree; 
flowers white and fragrant; fruit ornamental. 75 cts. and Si. 
M., Excellenz Thiel. Beautiful novelty, with slender, drooping 
branches and pink blossoms and fruit. Si. 50. 
M. floribunda. One of the prettiest, loaded with pinkish buds and 
flowers in spring. 75 cts. and Si. 
M. floribunda atropurpurea. Has beautiful red blossoms. Very 
choice. 75 cts. and Si. 
M. Ioensis Bechteli (Bechtel’s Double-flowering Crab). Large, dou- 
ble flowers of delicate blush-pink and highly perfumed. 50 cts., 75 cts. 
and Si. 
M. Niedzwetzkyana. Striking, reddish brown bark and foliage- 
pinkish flowers. Si and Si. 50. 
M. pendula, Elise Rathke. One of our most effective weeping orna- 
mentals, the branches sweeping clear to the ground, covered with blos- 
soms in spring, and good-sized golden yellow fruit with red cheek in fall. 
The fruit is very good for eating. Grafted on 4- to 6-foot stems, Si. 50 
to S3- 
CERASUS avium flore pleno. The double-flowering Cherry; Pink 
and White varieties, A grand ornamental. Si. 50 to $ 2 . 
C. avium rosea pendula. A beautiful weeping Japanese Cherry, 
with rose-colored blossoms. Si. 50 to $2. 
PRUNUS Pissardi (Purple-leaved Plum). Very handsome and 
ornamental; foliage a striking purple. 50 cts. to Si. 
P. Sinensis flore pleno. Extremely pretty, double-flowering Japanese 
shrub. White and Pink sorts. 75 cts. and Si. 
P. triloba (Double-flowering Plum). One of our most attractive 
spring-blooming oranmentals, covered with delicate pink flowers in 
May. A healthy, vigorous grower. 50 cts. to Si. 50. 
STANDARD CURRANTS. Very distinct and attractive, especially 
when in fruit. Grafted about 3 to 4 feet high, Si to Si. 50. 
STANDARD GOOSEBERRIES. Just as pretty and effective as 
Standard Currants. Grafted 3 to 4 feet high, Si to Si. 50 each. 
Flowering Crab 
