PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Hardy Ornamental Shrubs 71 
The Feathery Grace of Tamarix. 
Dilatatum (Linden Viburnum). A handsome upright and 
bushy shrub with thick roundish leaves like the Lindens. 
Flowers pure white in short-stemmed cymes. The late 
season aspect is even more attractive, when the branches 
are laden with persisting scarlet fruits. 
Each 
1V 2 to 2 feet .$0.75 
2 to 3 feet . 1.00 
Lantana (Wayfaring Ti-ee). Beautiful lantana-like leaves; 
white flowers in May and June. Fruits color unequally 
from crimson to black. 
|Each| 3 
2 to 3 feet .|$0.40|$1.10 
3 to 4 feet .| ,50| 1.35 
Qpulus. Broad, brilliant green foliage ; a rich setting for 
large bunches of crimson berries which persist on bare 
branches into the winter. The flowers are in dense cymes 
about 4 inches across, pure white. 
[Each [ 3 
2 to 3 feet .$0.40|$1.10 
3 to 4 feet .| ,50| 1.35 
Opulus nanum (Dwarf Cranberry). Dwarf, compact, 
rounded, with darkly lustrous, irregular leaves, and red¬ 
dish twigs. It bears no flowers, but is very valuable for 
low edging. [Each[ 6 
9 to 12 inches .I$0.50|$2.50 
12 to 15 inches .[ .601 3.50 
STEPHANANDRA 
Flexuosa. An attractive 3-ft. shrub specially suitable for borders 
of other shrubs, and rocky banks. Branches angular, even zig¬ 
zagged, with handsome deep lobed foliage which colors to purplish 
red; panicled racemes of white flowers in June. Not hardy far 
north, must have winter protection. |Each| 3 
1% to 2 feet .|$0.30|$0.85 
2 to 3 feet .'...| .401 1.10 
TAMARIX 
Tall growing shrubs, 8 to 12 feet high, with fine 
leathery foliage like that of the Juniper; small, usually 
pink flowers from April on. Splendid for seaside plant¬ 
ing, or equally good in dry sand. The slender varieties 
should be grouped close. 
Africana. Reddish brown bark and slender spreading 
branches, flowers pink in long terminal panicles in 
May. 
Odessana (Caspian Tamarix). 4 to 6 feet. Exquis¬ 
itely feathered foliage of silvery green, blooming 
July and August with large, loose panicles of lav¬ 
ender-pink flowers. Dwarfer growing, more bushy 
and spreading than the others. 
Hispida (Spanish Tamarix). Densely bushy, a foam¬ 
ing mass of glaucous foliage. Flowers in extra large 
upright panicles, bright coral-pink ; midsummer and 
to some extent thereafter. This variety is much used 
for cutting, not only for its bloom but for the “mix¬ 
ing” character of its foliage. 
All: 2 to 3 ft., 40c each; 3 for $1.10. 
VIBURNUM 
Americanum (High Bush Cranberry). Similar to Opulus, but 
more open and spreading, with longer, more numerous, more 
visible and longer lasting fruits. Broad flower corymbs with 
usually only the outer fringe fully opened. Fruits bright scarlet, 
persisting from July until spring, mainly because the birds won’t 
eat them. (See color page F). 
2 to 3 feet 
3 to 4 feet 
Each| 3 
$0.40|$1.10 
.50| 1.35 
Carlesi A valuable recent 
——— introduction from 
Korea, producing its deli¬ 
cate, spice-scented flowers 
in May and June. The buds 
before expanding are an 
attractive mauve-pink, de¬ 
veloping into Bouvardia- 
like umbels of pure white. 
Flowers preserve their per¬ 
fect form and purity of 
color an unusually long 
time. 
Eachl 3 
Snowball. 
12 to 15 inches $0.60[$1.65 
15 to 18 inches .75| 2.09 
18 to 24 inches 1.00| 2.75 
Cassinoides (Withe Rod). 
Broad, flat topped panicles 
of creamy white in early 
summer, followed by pink 
berries which change to 
blue. (See color page F). 
[Each| 3 
1% to.2 ft. .. . $0.45|$1.25 
2 to 3 ft. ...| .60[ 1.65 
Viburnum Carlesi. 
Flicatum (Japan Snowball). Erect, compact. Purple 
tinged foliage of beautiful pattern, spangled with per¬ 
fect ovoid corymbs of purest white, in June. Can be 
kept down to 4 or 5 feet. |Each| 3 
1 y 2 to 2 feet .|$0.45|$1.25 
2 to 3 feet .I -601 1.65 
Sieboldi. Tall, stoutly branching. Long oval leaves 
dark and glossy, pubescent beneath. Early summer 
creamy white flowers in 3-inch panicles; pink fruits 
ripening black. |Each| 3 
iy 2 to 2 feet .|$0.40|$1.10 
2 to 3 feet ..50| 1.35 
Sterile. The common “Snowball” with its lovely white 
balls of bloom for Decoration Day. |Each| 3 
2 to 3 feet .|$0.40|$1.10 
3 to 4 feet .I .601 1.35 
