Exceptionally Desirable Shrubs 
We list here a variety of shrubs selected from a long list, each because of some particularly desirable 
characteristics. Every one a “Hill Top Quality” shrub dug fresh for your order. 
Butterfly Bush. 
Jetbead. 
Flowering Almond (Prunus glandulosa). Its slender branches are 
literally covered with showy, double pink flowers. 2-3 ft., 65c each; 
3 or more, 60c each. 
Devil's Walking Stick (Aralia spinosa). Add atmosphere to your 
plantings. The immense palmdike leaves of this plant lend a tropical 
effect to your garden. Large panicles of creamy white flowers in 
August. 2-3 ft., 65c each; 3 or more, 60c each. 
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia Farquhari). An attractive fall flowering 
shrub 4 to 5 feet high. Many spikes of rich lilac'purple flowers of 
delightful fragrance. Heavy 3-yr.-old plants, 50c each; 3 or more, 
45c each. 
Pekin Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster acutifolia). Upright spreading 
slender branches clothed with small roundish dark green leaves. Black 
fruits in fall. 2-3 ft., heavy, 50c each; 3 or more, 45c each. 
Spreading Cotoneaster (C. divaricata). A low spreading bush with 
small, waxy, dark green leaves. Bright pink flowers followed by showy 
bright red berries late in summer. Special “Mospakt,” see page 9. 
2-3 ft., $1.25 each; 3 or more, $1.00 each. 
Silver Dogwood (Cornus elegantissima). A new variety having dark 
green leaves margined with silver and red. Bright red bark. 2-3 ft., 
65c each; 3 or more, 60c each. 
Cut-Leaved Elder (Sambucus canadensis acutiloba). All the beauty 
of flower and fruit of the common elder plus the ferndike effect of 
its deeply cut leaves. 2-3 ft., 30c each; 3 or more, 25c each. 
Winter Honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima). Fragrant pink and 
white flowers very early. Pleasing oval foliage remains all winter. 
18-24 in., 40c each; 3 or more, 35c each. 
Rosy Honeysuckle (L. tatarica rosea). A mass of bright pink 
flowers in May. Orange and red berries in summer. 2-3 ft., 40c each; 
3 or more, 35c each. 
Jetbead (Rhodotypos kerrioides). A neat, compact shrub with light 
green deeply serrated leaves and white flowers in spring. Black 
berries are attractive in fall. One of the best shade shrubs. 2-3 ft., 
45c each; 3 or more, 40c each. 
Kerria japonica. A slender'Stemmed shrub with sharply toothed 
green leaves. Numerous bright yellow single flowers in spring. 12-18 
in., 40c each; 3 or more, 35c each. 
Double Kerria (Kerria jap. flore pleno). Similar to the single variety 
except that the very double golden flowers are borne continuously. 
Fine for shady locations. 18-24 in., 75c each; 3 or more, 70c each. 
Lemoine Mock Orange (Philadelphus Lemoinei). A slender' 
branched shrub covered with small, fragrant, white flowers in June and 
July. Bushy. 18-24 in. plants, 45c each; 3 or more, 40c each. 
Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia). A very tall handsome shrub 
with silvery leaves. Fragrant yellow flowers followed by silvery olive' 
like fruits. 4-5 ft., 45c each; 3 or more, 40c each. 
Spirea, Billiard (Spiraea Billiardi). A hardy shrub of medium height, 
producing long panicles of pink flowers in summer. 2-3 ft., 35c each; 
3 or more, 30c each. 
Siberian Pea Tree (Caragana arborescens). This tall graceful shrub 
will grow in dry sandy locations. Pale yellow peadike flowers are 
followed by pods that burst with a small explosion that scatters the 
seed. 2-3 ft., 40c each; 3 or more, 35c each. 
Smoke Tree (Rhus cotinus). An interesting and distinctive shrub. 
Large, loose, fluffy panicles form the bloom in early summer. 18-24 in., 
60c each; 3 or more, 55c each. 
Tamarix, African (Tamarix africana). The airy gracefulness of its 
foliage is excelled only by the delicate small rose'pink flowers in early 
spring. 2-3 ft., 40c each; 3 or more, 35c each. 
Tamarix, Indian (T. gallica indica). Like the African except that the 
pink flowers are borne in August. 2-3 ft., 40c each; 3 or more, 35c each. 
American Cranberry Bush (Viburnum americanum). An excellent 
background shrub, cherished for its translucent orangemed fruit which 
remains until spring. 18-24 in., 45c each; 3 or more, 40c each. 
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Cranberry. 
