FRENCH PUSSY WILLOWS 
This is not the wild pussy willow, but a cultivated 
variety that has made a sensation wherever it has 
been shown. Branches of this variety have been 
sold at retail during the winter months in cities at 
from $1.00 to $2.00 per dozen. You can grow them 
on your own lawn. Enjoy these dainty silvery flow¬ 
ers every winter. A beautiful round shrub in sum¬ 
mer. Wherever you have room for a Lilac or Snow¬ 
ball you have room for a Pussy Willow. Use them 
for tall screens or backgrounds. Cut the ends of 
the branches in January or February. Place them 
indoors, in a vase of water. Watch them unfold 
their large catkins of silvery pink, from 1 to 2 inches 
long. They will repay you many times their cost. 
50c each—3 for $1.25, Postpaid 
GROW FIGS IN THE NORTH 
Dwarf Fig Fruits, Reduced in Size 
Our Dwarf Fig is particularly adapted to pot culture. 
As a pot or tub plant it is extremely valuable either 
indoors or outdoors, and is an abundant bearer of 
the most delicious fruit. It will winter safely in an 
ordinary cellar, or it can be allowed to harden off 
with a few fall frosts and then be brought indoors 
for growing during the winter. Our Dwarf Fig is a 
variety which fruit's on the young wood, that is wood 
of the current year’s growth, which makes it a most 
desirable variety where the tops are likely to be 
frozen back, for if the top is frozen, it can be cut 
to the ground, and when it begins growing it will 
produce fruit on the new wood. It is for pot or tub 
culture that we particularly recommend this Fig, but 
PLANT A CHINESE ELM 
The Most Rapid Growing of All Fine Shade Trees 
As beautiful as t'he American Elm and has the ad¬ 
vantage of being a rapid grower. Grows as rapidly 
as the Cottonwood and the Poplars, and, being a tree 
without faults, is rapidly replacing other quick-grow¬ 
ing trees. The picture shown on this page is from a 
photograph taken six years after planting, the trunk 
of the tree measuring 34 inches in circumference 
18 inches from the ground. If set at the same time 
as American Elms, the Chinese Elms will attain a 
height of 15 feet when the American Elms are grow¬ 
ing only 5 feet. In other words, you need not wait 
15 to 20 yeafs for shade, as Chinese Elms will give 
luxurious shade in 5 to 8 years. With no other de¬ 
sirable tree can new homes enjoy the luxury of cool 
shade in such a short time. The Chinese Elm is a 
tree of rare beauty: has dense, dark green foliage; 
is the first shade tree to put out leaves in the spring 
and the last to shed them in the fall. Thrives on 
either rich or poor soil, resists drough and cold, and 
makes a fine showing even if neglected. It’ succeeds 
in all parts of the United States. Being resistant to 
alkali, it' will thrive in the western plains. It has also 
proven successful at high altitudes. Our stock is the 
Northern China strain. Nice little trees, 2 to 3 feet, 
60c each—3 for $1.50, Postpaid. 
Larger Trees, 5 to 6 feet, $1 each—3 for $2.50 
you pay express. 
FEATHER FERN 
The Feather or Sprengeri Fern is a variety of Aspar¬ 
agus Fern with long, drooping branches. Fine for 
suspended baskets, window boxes, etc. 
Pkt. 10c— 3 for 25c 
when grown in the open ground it will develop a crop 
of fruit farther north than is true of other varieties. 
Plants bear the first’ year they are set and abundantly 
each year thereafter. The fruit is very sweet and 
delicious; of good size; with flesh that is firm and 
meaty, and of very fine quality for making preserves, 
jams, canning, drying, or to eat in the fresh state. 
Choice Plants, 85c each—3 for $2.00, Postpaid 
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