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WILL’S PIONEER SEEDHOUSE, GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY 
Sumac 
The C. L, Young Home Showing Snowball in Bloom, 
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iint v i u opulus 
STERILIS. An old 
favorite the country 
over. Requires a fa¬ 
vorable location and 
plenty of moisture. 
When conditions are 
favorable it is un¬ 
surpassed among the 
early blooming 
shrubs, The last of 
May or in the first 
week or two of June 
it becomes almost 
completely covered 
with dense round 
white flower clus¬ 
ters. 18 to 24 in. 
size, each, 45o; 10', 
$4.00. 
CISTEN.4 PURPLE-LEAVED SA\D CHERRY. This is a very attractive shrub, the 
foliage being a rich purple all through the season. Very valuable as a plant to add 
color to the ordinary shrubbery clump. 2 to 3 ft., each, 50 c; 10, $4.50. 
GOLDEN ELDER. This is a handsome yellow leaved form of the common elder and 
is of value to lend color in shrubbery groups. 18 to 24 in. Price, each, 40c. 
COMMON BLACK ELDER. This is the common elder of the more northerly states 
and parent of the Golden. Height, 4 to 8 ft. Bears enormous clusters of white 
blossoms in July. 18 to 24 in. Price, each, 35c, 
CHINESE PEACH. A close relative of the flowering almond which it closely re¬ 
sembles in appearance, height 4 to 7 ft. Blooms very early in the spring with many 
handsome pink tinted flowers. Perfectly hardy. 18 to 24 in. Price, each, 40c; 5, 
$1.75. 
HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY or PEMBINA BUSH—VIBURNUM AMERICANA. It is a 
native shrub, and flourishes on all but the driest soils. The leaves are a glossy 
green and are always free from insects. It is very highly valued for its beautiful 
foliage and early white flowers, but mostly 
for its big clusters of red berries in the 
Pall. Our native relative of the Snowball 
which it resembles very much in appear¬ 
ance. IS to 24 in., each, 40c; 10, $3.75. 
NATIVE HAWTHORN, THORNAPPLE or 
RED HAW (Crataeg-us). A shrub or small 
thorny tree, a hardy native, which is a 
mass of white flowers in Spring and after 
July is covered with large red berries of a 
beautiful shade which hang till late in the 
Pall unless eaten by the birds. It is dif¬ 
ficult to transplant unless the stock has 
been transplanted from seed in the nursery 
as ours. A wonderful hedge plant. Price, 
12 to IS in., each, 30c; 5 for $1.40. 
JUNEBERRY or SASKATOON — AMELAN- 
CHIER CANADENSIS. A native of this 
state, attaining a height of 6 to 8 feet, 
bearing white flowers very early in the 
Spring and producing a large number of 
ornamental edible berries. Nursery grown, 
IS to 24 in., each, 30c; 10, $2.75. 
CARAGANA PYGMAEA. This is a very dwarf 
High Bush shrub with bright yellow and very hand- 
Cranberry some flowers in Slay or June. Resembles 
somewhat the tender brooms which are so valuable farther south. 
Scarce and hard to procure. 6 to 12 in. Price, each, 60c. 
BLACK HAW or SHEEPBERRY—VIBURNUM LENTAGO. An- Elder Bushes 
other handsome native viburnum which attains a height of six 
to ten feet. Bears white flowers in flat clusters followed by blue black berries which remain through 
the winter. Thick, glossy leaves take on beautiful colors and shades in autumn. 12 to 18 in., each, 
30c; 10, $2.75. 
RED BERRY ELDER. This type of elder is fully as handsome as the black and our stock is grown 
from Manitoba seed so that it should prove even hardier in the Northwest. Very similar to the other 
type except that the berries are bright red instead of black. 3 to 
4 ft., each, 35c; 10, $3.00. 
SUMAC, SMOOTH—RHUS GLABRA. Another very hardy and hand¬ 
some shrub, native in the eastern part of our state. The handsome, 
much divided leaves turn a brilliant crimson in the Pall, and the 
fruit takes on a crimson hue in August. Is also beautiful at blos¬ 
som time. Heavy plants. 18 to 24 in., each, 35c; 10, $3.00. 
SILVER BERRA'—-EL AE AGNUS ARGENTEA. The American cousin of 
the Russian olive. A less rank growing shrub, with many small 
yellow blossoms in the Spring of great fragrance. The unusual 
silvery color gives it great value in combination beds. 2 to 3 ft., 
each, 35c; 10 for $3.00. 
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SALT TREE or HALIMODENDRON, A wide spreading shrub 
with blue-gray foliage, covered in early summer with numer¬ 
ous pale violet pea like flowers. The small, pale foliage and 
slender-stalked drooping flowers give the plant a gracefulness 
and airiness of its own and make it a very desirable shrub. 
Absolutely hardy, will grow in salt or alkaline soil. Came 
to us from the Morden Station. Price, 18 to 24 in., each, $1.00. 
POTENTILL A FRUTICOSA, A native shrub, hardy, drouth resistant, 
distinctive with its bright green foliage and many bright yellow 
blo~dms resembling strawberry blossoms. Valuable as a low shrub 
in foundation plantings. Postpaid, each, 30c; doz., $3.00. 
