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The Sarcoxie Nurseries Peony Fields 
Shrubs , (Continued 
Foundation planting of Barberry and other shrubs 
Barberry, Thunberg’s or Japanese 
Dwarf, dense, compact, spreading habit with graceful spiny 
branches; its small, beautiful bright green leaves appear very 
early in spring and color brilliantly in autumn, a mingling of 
bronze, orange, scarlet and crimson; berries scarlet % to Yl in. 
long, remaining into late winter. Thrives in moderately fertile, 
well drained soil; endures partial shade. Excellent for founda¬ 
tion plantings, about doorways, walks, etc., and for massing in 
front of taller shrubs; a good hedge. Grows 2 to 4 ft. high; 
may be kept any height desired by pruning in spring. 
Mail size, postpaid_$0.10 each, $0.80 per 10, $6.00 per 100 
8 to 1 2 in., bushy_ . 1 5 each, 1.00 per 1 0, 8.00 per 1 00 
12 to 18 in., bushy__ .20 each, 1.50 per 10, 1 2.00 per 1 00 
18 to 24 in., bushy_.35 each, 3.00 per 10, 22.00 per 100 
Barberry, New Red-leaved Thunberg’s 
A very showy showy shrub for lending all-summer color to 
the shrubbery border with its rich, lustrous metallic or bronzy 
red foliage if planted in full sun; becomes green in shade; scar¬ 
let berries in fall and winter. 
Mail size, postpaid_$0.15 each, 3 for $0.43, $1.40 per 10 
8 to 1 2 inches_ .20 each, 3 for .57, 1.80 per 10 
12 to 15 inches_ .25 each, 3 for .70, 2.00 per 10 
18 to 24 inches_ .50 each, 3 for 1.40, 4.50 per 10 
Butterfly Bush 
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Forsythia 
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Beautybush; Kolkwitzia amabilis 
In latter spring a mass of arching sprays of weigela-like flow¬ 
ers, but more dainty, pink on the outside, mottled with orange 
on the lower lip: of graceful habit, attaining a height of 4 to 6 
feet: prune after blooming. 
18 to 24 inches_$0.45 each, $4.00 per 10 
Butterfly Bush; Summer Lilac; Buddleia 
One of the most desirable summer-blooming shrubs; long, 
dense panicles of fragrant lavender flowers with orange eye, re¬ 
sembling Lilacs, from early July till frost the first summer; 
grows 4 to 7 ft. high; may be kept any desired height; succeeds 
with sun half the day; prune to the ground each spring. 
Mail size, postpaid_$0.15 each, $1.20 per 10 
1 yr.. strong plants, tops cut back_ .20 each, 1.80 per 10 
2 yr., strong plants, tops cut back_ .25 each, 2.20 per 10 
Calycanthus floridus; Carolina Allspice 
Odd. double, spicily fragrant, chocolate-red flowers about 2 
in. across in latter spring; any well drained, somewhat rich soil, 
in sun or shade; grows 3 to 6 feet high; prune after blooming. 
2 to 3 feet_ .50 each, 4.50 per 10 
Cornus, see Dogwood 
Cotoneaster acutifolia; Peking Cotoneaster 
An upright, spreading shrub from Northern China, usually 
growing about 6 ft. high; small whitish-pink flowers in early 
summer, followed by black ovoid fruits about Yi in. long; dense 
acute leaves, in fall purplish-red. 
18 to 24 inches_ .30 each, $2.50 per 10 
2 to 3 feet_ .35 each. 3.00 per 10 
Crab, Flowering, see Shade Trees 
Rock garden on the steep bank of a pool, showing the use 
of distant trees for a background 
Cranberry Bush; Viburnum opulus 
Planted mainly for its bright scarlet, cranberry-like fruits in 
late July, remaining well into winter when not eaten by birds. 
Flowers in flat clusters, the center flowers which produce the 
berries small, with a ring of showy outer flowers like the indi¬ 
vidual flowers of the snowball, surrounding the small flowers 
in the center; endures partial shade; prune, if necessary, after 
blooming; (8 to 12 ft.) 
18 to 24 inches_$0.35 each, $3.00 per 10 
2 to 3 feet_ .40 each, 3.50 per 10 
Desmodium penduliflorum; Lespedeza formosa 
Very showy in late Aug. or Sept., when few other shrubs are 
blooming, with its branches somewhat arched with their load of 
drooping clusters of rose-purple flowers nearly Yi in. long like 
small peas; prune to ground each spring; (3 to 4 ft.) 
Mail size, postpaid_$0.25each, $2.50 per 10 
2-year plants_ .40 each, 3.50 per 10 
Deutzia gracilis; Slender Deutzia 
Forms a dense, bushy plant 3 ft. high with slender, often 
arching branches, covered in early May with graceful single, pure 
white, starry flowers, almost as dainty as Lily of the Valley; 
will bloom with sun half the day; prune part of old wood out 
each spring directly after blooming. 
15 to 18 inches_$0.30 each, $2.50 per 10 
