FROM GROWER TO CONSUMER 
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Forsythia 
Fortunei or Fortune’s Golden Bell. A spreading busli, the variety most often seen, grows 5 to 
8 feet. Bears quantities of yellow blossoms in April before leaves appear. It needs plenty of 
room to develop. 
Spectabilis. One of the newer varieties and one of the best. Has slender branches with dark glossy 
leaves, grows about 8 feet high. Large yellow flowers which cover the stems in early spring. 
Suspensa (Weeping Forsythia). Yellow flowers in April. A beautiful drooping or weeping type 
resembling a small weeping tree. Like all Forsythias it produces its mass of yellow bloom in 
very early spring before the leaves appear. Ultimate height, 6 feet. 
CLIMBING HONEYSUCKLE. See Vines. 
Honeysuckle - Lonicera [Bush Form] 
Morrow's Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera Morrowi or Japanese Bush Honeysuckle). It has pure 
white flowers, which change to a yellow tone in May and June, followed by a multitude of br ght 
red berries, which rema n on the bush from August till 
winter. A hardy shrub in dry, upland situations. Ulti¬ 
mate height, 6 to 8 feet. 
Fragrantissima. Grows 8 feet in height. Has slender, 
graceful, incurving branches, making a particularly 
symmetrical shrub. Leaves are semi-evergreen, hanging 
Hydrangea, Hills of Snow. to Christmas. Flowers are fragrant, small and not 
showy. They are pink and come in April and May before 
leaves appear, and are followed by scarlet berries. Will thrive in dry, upland locat.ons. 
Tartarian. An upright shrub with a profusion of small fragrant blossoms in May and 
June but its chief charm is in its wealth of ornamental berries, which cover the bush in 
summer and autumn and usually into the winter. We offer varieties that have white, 
pink or red flowers, all having showy berries. 
Hydrangea 
Hills of Snow (Hydrangea arborescens) (Summer Snowball). A very beautiful shrub 
growing to a height of 3 to 4 feet according to how it is trimmed in the spring. It has 
large white blossoms which come in July and last until August. When planted alter¬ 
nately with Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora forms a most conspicuous hedge with 
continuous bloom from July until frost. Should be well pruned in March before the 
shoots start to grow. Should be grown in rich soil and well watered. Does well in shade. 
Paniculata Grandiflora. One of the most popular shrubs in cultivation. May be planted 
in hedges, beds, groups scattered among other shrubs in massed plant ngs, or planted 
alone as a specimen, and produces an attractive effect wherever placed. Flowers in 
August, in huge panicles from 8 to 12 inches. Blossoms delicate pink, changing to 
bronze and lasting until autumn. Grows 6 feet tall. 
Paniculata Grandiflora (Tree Form). Grown in tree form, it reaches a height of 
from 6 to 8 feet and sometimes much more. The blossoms are the same as on the bush 
form. 
Tartarian Honeysuckle. 
Kerria 
Japonica. A hand¬ 
some green-leaved 
shrub. Graceful, 
slender, drooping 
branches, painted 
with a wealth of 
rich, dark single yel¬ 
low flowers in June, 
and to some extent 
all summer. Height, 
3 to 5 feet. 
Japonica flore ple- 
no. Of medium size, 
double yellow flow¬ 
ers. Height, 6 feet. 
KOLKWITZIA AM- 
ABILIS. See Beau¬ 
ty Bush. 
Every home 
should have an 
outdoor living 
room. 
The front yard 
should be open 
and inviting. 
