Home Grounds * * * 
\AT THESE LOW PRICES 
LILAC, Persian. 6'7 feet. Fine leaved, fine twigged variety. Does not 
sucker like common lilacs. Great masses of delicate purple blooms. 
LILAC, Villosa. 8-10 feet. Delicate pink blooms when other lilacs have 
gone by. 
LILAC, French. 6-8 feet. The most gorgeous flowers of all large 
blooming shrubs. Do not sucker profusely like common lilac. 
Alphonse Lavallee. Double flowers of a lovely blue shade. 
Chas. Joly. Double dark purplish red flowers. 
Ludwig Spaeth. Single. Long heads of very dark purple flowers. 
Mme. Lemoine. Double, pure white, makes a beauti' 
ful contrast with the darker colors. 
Chinese Hedgewood on Experiment Station 
Grounds near Washington, D. C. 
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MOCK ORANGE. 8'10 feet. Sembspreading large 
shrub. The profuse bloom is very fragrant. 
MOCK ORANGE, Virginal. 6'7 feet. Double Mock 
Orange. Blooms from June throughout the season. 
Beautiful, double flowers of orange blossom fragrance. 
Fine for the border or as single specimens. One of the 
newest shrubs; supply limited. 
RUSSIAN OLIVE. 10'12 feet. A gray'green foliage 
plant. Splendid in background screen plantings. 
Plant 
S P I R E A, Anthony 
Waterer. 18'24 in. Excel' 
lent for border and low 
foundation planting. 
Blooms freely in July and 
with plentiful rainfall the 
crimson flowers on the 
new growth give color to 
the shrub over a long 
period. 
SPIREA, Snow Garland 
(Arguta). 4'5 feet. The 
habit of covering the 
branches with pure white 
flowers gives this shrub 
its popular name. The 
branches look like gar' 
lands of snow. The earliest blooming Spirea, dwarf 
shrub. 
Rose Tree of China. 
SPIREA, Van Houttei (Bridal Wreath). 5'6 feet. 
The most popular shrub, useful in foundation and bor' 
der plantings. 
TAMARIX. 6'7 feet. A beautiful shrub with lace' 
like foliage. Bluish'gray with large clusters of pink 
flowers. An excellent shrub that is becoming very 
popular. 
WEIGELA, Eva Rathke. 4'5 ft. A beautiful pink' 
flowered shrub, good in borders. Flowers profusely. 
climate. Many more 
less desirable could 
be included, but this 
is a selected list that 
will give you satisfac' 
tion. Plant freely as 
the prices are ex' 
tremely low this year 
and you can get a 
splendid assortment 
for a small sum. 
Mock Orange. 
ROSE TREE OF 
CHINA. 6'7 feet. The 
earliest flowering hardy 
shrub of deep pink color. 
The double blossoms ap' 
pear in great profusion 
before the leaves develop, 
completely covering the 
branches with what ap' 
pear like small pink roses. 
One or two should be in 
every planting. 
SNOWBERRY. 3'4 
feet. Produces great masses 
of white berries in the 
fall. 
Wcige,a< SUMAC, Staghorn Cut 
Leaf. Splendid cut leaf va' 
riety. Produces a beautiful effect in planting. The 
colors are vivid crimson in the fall. 
HEDGES 
BARBERRY, Japanese. Informal hedge to 3 feet 
high. (See description on page 14). 
BUCKTHORN. Flardy, dependable in the North. 
As a formal sheared hedge, this heads the list. Foliage 
dark green. 
CARAGANA. For extremely dry and cold locations, 
Caragana is well adapted. May be sheared to any de' 
sired height. Bright yellow flowers in May. 
CHINESE HEDGEWOOD. An ideal hedge. See 
full description on inside front cover. 
PLANT THIS 
SPRING AT 
THESE LOW 
PRICES 
Prices of Hedging 
10 
50 
100 
BARBERRY, Japanese . 
. 12-18 
in. 
#0.75 
#3.35 
# 6.50 
BARBERRY, Japanese. 
. 18-24 
in. 
1.35 
6.35 
12.00 
BUCKTHORN . 
. 12-18 
in. 
.75 
3.65 
5.85 
BUCKTHORN . 
. 18-24 
in. 
1.25 
5.35 
9.85 
BUCKTHORN . 
2-3 
ft. 
1.50 
5.95 
11.35 
CARAGANA . 
3-4 
ft. 
1.25 
4.95 
9.00 
CHINESE HEDGEWOOD . . 
. 12-18 
in. 
1.25 
2.85 
4.85 
CHINESE HEDGEWOOD .. 
. 18-24 
in. 
1.45 
3.65 
6.65 
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