GREAT NORTHERN SEED CO., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS—BEST QUALITY SEEDS 
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HARDY ORNAMENTAL 
Amoor River Privet 
Fine for Hedges 
Unusually hardy variety and one that can be planted as far North as Canada. Being 
very bushy, this variety can be trimmed to give any desired effect. Far superior to other 
and similar hedges as it is not subject to blight. The dark green foliage lasts until late in 
the Fall. 6 for 46c; doz., 86c, postpaid. Larger size, 6 for 79c; doz., $1.48, postpaid. 
In quantities, can offer good plants at $6.00 per 100 By Express not Prepaid. 
Golden Bells 
A splendid shrub with dark, shining foliage and bright golden-yellow flowers, which are 
borne in great profusion. Fine young plants, 35c each; 3 for 95c, postpaid. Extra size 
plants, 60c each, postpaid. 
Indian Currant or Coral Berry 
A useful shrub for covering banks and dry spots, growing from 3 to 4 feet high. It is 
spreading in habit and its long slender branches bend gracefully towards the ground. In 
Autumn it is covered with red currant-like fruit. Fine young plants, 25c each; 3 for 70c, 
postpaid. 
SHRUBS POSTPAID 
Amoor River Privet 
Smoke Bush 
PURPLE FRINGE—Long feathery flower 
stalks. 49c and 70c each. 
Red Bud 
CERCIS CANADENSIS — Heart - shaped, 
glossy leaves fading with tones of yellow 
rosy pink blossoms. 35c each, 3 for 
$1.00; larger plants 58c each. 
Hardy Butterfly Bush or 
Summer Lilac 
Beautify Vour Home This Year 
With Shrubs 
An exceptionally pretty shrub of spread¬ 
ing habit, growing 4% feet high and 
flowering freely the first season. The long 
tapering flower spikes, often 12 inches long, 
are densely covered with lilac shaped violet- 
mauve colored blooms from June till frost. 
Delightfully fragrant. During the summer 
this plant is usually surrounded by butter¬ 
flies, and for this reason it is named the 
“Butterfly Bush.” Price, strong, thrifty 
plants, 25c each; 3 for 70c, postpaid. 
WHITE—New White Bush, with pure 
white fragrant flower-spikes. Not quite 
hardy in the North. It is a glorious 
pot plant for winter blooming. Fine 
young plants, 20c each; 3 for 53c, post¬ 
paid. Extra size plants, 50c, by Express. 
FARQUERI—Rather dwarf and compact 
with purplish-like flowers. Fine young 
plants, 20c each; 3 for 55c, postpaid. 
Extra size plants, 50c each, by Express. 
NEW CLIMBING—Fine young plants, 25c 
each; 3 for 70c, postpaid. Extra size 
plants, 50c each, by Express. 
Butterfly Bush 
Jap Snowball 
This Japanese variety of 
Snowball forms an erect, 
compact plant, 6 to 8 feet 
in height, blooms in June 
and are filled with hundreds 
of big snowy balls. Fine 
young plants, 40c each; 3 
for $1.15, postpaid. 
Common 
Snowball 
The standard variety and 
a favorite with everyone. 
Fine young plants, 35c 
each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
Beauty Bush 
Trumpet-shaped flowers. Outside color 
deep pink, stained yellow-brown on lower 
throat and lip. Perfectly hardy. Fine young 
plants, 35c each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
Weigelia 
EVA RATHKE—Flowers continuously 
throughout the Summer and Autumn; rich 
ruby-carmine, borne in clusters all along 
the branches. Fine young plants, 35c 
each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
ROSEA—Dwarf shrub with beautiful foliage; 
the flowers are delicate rose-pink. Fine 
young plants, 25c each; 3 for 70c, post¬ 
paid. 
Feather Tree of Tamarix 
Beautiful shrubs with feathery asparagus¬ 
like foliage and pinkish white blossoms in 
June and July. The delicate bloom which 
covers the bush is beautiful. Fine young 
plants, 35c each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
Double Syringa or Mock 
Orange 
Something entirely new. Not the old- 
fashioned Single Mock Orange, but a per¬ 
fectly double ivory white flower, deliciously 
fragrant and completely covered with flowers. 
Fine young plants, 40c each; 3 for $1.00, 
postpaid. 
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>irea 
BRIDAL WREATH—This lovely shrub is 
always popular, and justly eo, because of 
its real beauty; bears large spirals of 
densely crowded pure white flowers, each 
blossom like a miniature rose the entire 
length of the branches—and they appear 
by the million—hence the common title 
of “Bridal Wreath.’* Fine young plants, 
20c each; 3 for 55c, postpaid. 
Hydrangea—Paniculata 
Grandiflora 
Unsurpassed for the lawn, hedge, or cemetery, 5 to 
7 feet; hardy in all localities, the flowers are massive, 
cone-shaped, sometimes 10 inches in length. Fine 
plants, postpaid, 25c each; doz. $2.50. Larger plants, 
by express, not prepaid, 35c each; doz. $3.50. 
New Hydrangea 
“Hills of Snow” 
Immense snow-white 
panicles of blooms, lit¬ 
erally covering the 
bush, absolutely hardy, 
standing 20 degrees below 
zero without injury. Its 
long season from early 
June through September 
renders it doubly valuable 
as there is no shrub so 
grandly decorative. Strong 
plants, postpaid, 25c each; 
3 for 70c; doz. $2.50. Larger plants, by express, 50c 
each; 3 for $1.45; doz. $4.95. 
Hills of Snow 
New Red Leaved Japanese Barberry Sweet Scented Shrub 
Double Syringa or Mock Orange 
Similar to the Green Leaved Barberry which is so uni¬ 
versally grown, either mixed in the shrubbery as specimen 
plants, as foundation plantings or as straight hedges, you 
will find the Red Leaved to be the most ornamental you have 
ever grown. The great beauty is of course in its foliage 
v which resembles Japanese Maples in coloring, which is a 
lustrous, bronzy-red. In late fall the color changes to 
orange-scarlet and red shades. Perfectly hardy anywhere. 
Grows 18 to 30 inches high. 15c each; 3 for 35c; doz., $1.48; 
larger size, 24c each; 3 for 68c; doz., $2.45, postpaid. In 
quantities can offer good plants at $8.95 per 100 by Express 
collect. 
Green Leaved Japanese Barberry 
The always popular variety and one that is grown every¬ 
where. Foliage is small, bright green which changes to 
varying shades in the Fall. Bears attractive red berries 
which remain on the plant almost the entire winter. Does 
well in sun or shade and requires practically no pruning 
or trimming. 12c each; 3 for 32c; doz., $1.26; larger size, 1 
each; 3 for 54c; doz., $1.95, postpaid. 
CALYCANTHUS—Double,_ dull brownish 
purple flowers of exquisite strawberry¬ 
like fragrance. Fine young plants, 35c 
each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
Bush Honeysuckle 
TARTARIC A— (Tartarian Honeysuckle) — 
Flowers are of pink color, borne in great 
profusion in late spring. Fruits are 
and very showy. Fine young 
each; 3 for 85c, postpaid. 
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