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PETRIE LANDSCAPE NURSERIES 
Potentilla fruticosa —Shrubby cinquefoil, 
small shrub with silver gray fine foli¬ 
age and yellow bloom throughout the 
summer. 
18 to 24 inches . $ .60 
P. fruticosa Veitchii —A large white 
blooming form of the above. New and 
scarce. 
12 to 18 inches .$ .75 
Primus tomentosum —Nanking Cherry. 
A medium sized shrub with very at¬ 
tractive foliage and pinkish white bloom. 
Small edible red cherry in masses. 
2 to 3 feet .$ .60 
4 to 6 feet . 1.00 
6 to 8 feet . 1.50 
P. triloba —Flowering plum. Large double 
deep rose blossom at the time of Spiraea 
arguta with which it combines well. 
Plants get big and are very showy. 
3 to 4 feet.$ .75 
4 to 5 feet. 1.00 
Pyracantha Lalandi —Firethorn. The har¬ 
diest of the many pyracanthas. Ever¬ 
green with brilliant orange red berries. 
Grows well under the protection of a 
building. 
18 to 24 inches .$1.50 
2 to 3 feet . 2.25 
Rhamnus cathartica —Buckthorn. A rather 
thorny shrub with black berries and 
good foliage. For heavy border. 
4 to 6 feet .$ .75 
Rhodotypos kerrioides —White kerria. An 
attractive medium sized shrub with 
small white dogwood-like flowers and 
black berries. Foliage pleated and good 
looking. 
18 to 24 inches .$ .35 
2 to 3 feet .60 
3 to 4 feet .75 
RHUS—The Sumacs 
Rhus canadensis —Aromatic sumac. A 
dwarf ivy leaved sumac with very aro¬ 
matic foliage. Good color both summer 
and fall. 
2 to 3 feet .$ .60 
3 to 4 feet .75 
4 to 6 feet . 1.00 
R. coppalina —Shining sumac. Tall stems 
with lustrous deep green varnished 
leaves fading with brilliant crimson in 
fall. Yellow flowers. 
3 to 4 feet .$ .60 
R. glabra —Smooth sumac. Smooth barked 
tall variety of value for screen plant¬ 
ing. 
3 to 4 feet .$ .60 
8 feet and up . 1.00 
R. typhina —Staghorn sumac. Tall species 
with soft tipped stems. Best fall color 
of the larger species. 
3 to 4 feet .$ .60 
Robinia hispida —Rose Acacia. Locust like 
foliage with pink blossoms. 
6 to 8 feet .$1.50 
We can also furnish these grafted on 
black locust standards at .$2.00 
ROSA 
The Shrubby Roses 
Rosa foetida hybrida — Austrian Copper 
Rose. The most striking shrubby rose 
with single flowers of coppery red on 
the lower surface and gold on the up¬ 
per .$ .75 
R. hugonis —Father Hugo’s rose. Light 
yellow roses on reddish twigs. The first 
rose to bloom coming with Van Houtte 
spirea and Persian lilac with which it 
makes lovely groups. 
2 year .$ .75 
R. lucida —Virginian Rose. Light pink 
flowers, small growing plant, brilliant 
bark. 
2 years .S .60 
R. rubrifolia —Red leaved rose. Small 
starry pink flowers on six foot shrub 
with bluish foliage tinged crimson. 
2 years .$ .60 
R. rugosa —Japanese wrinkled rose. A 
very hardy rose with wrinkled leaves 
and red or white large single blooms 
throughout the summer. Seed hips are 
large and very showy in winter. 
2 years . $ .60 
3 years .75 
Rosa rugosa —Named varieties— 
A gnes—Y ellow; 
C. F. Meyer —Pink; 
PI a nsa —Reddish violet; 
Sarah van Fleet —Clear pink; 
Blanc de Coubert —White; 
Grootendorst —Crimson; 
All are double and bloom off and on 
all summer. 
2 year .$ .60 
3 year .75 
R. spinosissima —Scotch Rose. A low grow¬ 
ing rose of lovely texture with large 
fragrant single white bloom in June. 
3 to 4 feet .$ .75 
4 to 6 feet . 1.00 
Sambucus nigra laciniata —Cut Leaved 
Elder is a tall white blossomed black 
berried shrub good for heavy screen 
plantings, by water edges. 
3 to 4 feet .$ .60 
4 to 6 feet .75 
6 to 8 feet . 1.00 
Sorbaria aitchisoni —Aitchison’s Spirea. 
Tall reddish barked shrubs with large 
white plumes of feathery bloom in mid¬ 
summer. Scarce. 
18 to 24 inches .$ .75 
S', arborea glabra —The Tree sorbaria. 
Tall hardy plant attaining 18 feet with 
tremendous spikes of bloom. It is very 
rare. 
4 to 6 feet .. 
$3.50 
