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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. 
MOCK ORANGE. 8-10 feet. Semi-spreading 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 
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. 
S P I R E A, Anthony 
Waterer. 18-24 in. Excel¬ 
lent for border and low 
foundation planting. 
Blooms freely in July. 
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 earli¬ 
est blooming Spirea, 
dwarf shrub. 
SPIREA, Vanhouttei. 
Rose Tree of China. (Bridal Wreath). 5-6 feet. 
The most popular shrub, useful in foundation and bor¬ 
der plantings. 
SPIREA, FROEBEL’S. Flowers bright, rosy red in flat clusters 
produced during July and August. Foliage purple-red in early 
spring and again in late fall. 
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. 
HEDGES 
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. 
Wei s e,a - SUMAC, Staghorn Cut 
Leaf. Splendid cut leaf va¬ 
riety. Produces a beautiful effect in planting. The 
colors are vivid crimson in the fall. 
BARBERRY, Japanese. Informal hedge to 3 feet high. (See 
description on page 18). 
BUCKTHORN. Hardy, dependable in the North. Good as a 
formal sheared hedge. Foliage dark green. 
SPIREA, VANHOUTTEI (Bridal Wreath). 
CHINESE HEDGEWOOD. (See cut above). Extremely hardy 
and drought-resistant; stands 40 below zero of northern winter as 
well as sweltering temperatures in summer. 
An Ideal Hedge, well adapted to trimming, forms a dense com¬ 
pact wall. Ideal as a tall screen to “plant out” unpleasant views 
or for low clipped boundary hedges. Stands close clipping and 
makes a clean, trim, dense hedge. Plant 6 inches to 1 foot apart. 
Beautiful Foliage. The small, fine leaves are rich bright green, 
appear early in tbe spring and remain in the fall long after most 
hedges have dropped their foliage. 
Prices of Hedging 
10 50 100 
Barberry, Thunbergi ....12-18 in. Seedlings $0.75 $3.35 $6.50 
Barberry, Thunbergi .... 18-24 in. Seedlings 1.35 6.35 12.00 
Buckthorn .12-18 in. Seedlings .75 3.35 5.85 
Buckthorn .18-24 in. Transplants 1.45 6.65 12.85 
Buckthorn .2-3 ft. Transplants 1.65 7.65 14.85 
Chinese Hedgewood ....12-18 in. branched 1.25 3.15 5.25 
Chinese Hedgewood ....18-24 in. branched 1.45 4.65 8.65 
Chinese Hedgewood .2-3 ft. branched 1.95 7.65 14.85 
Spirea, Vanhouttei ...12-18 in. Transplants 1.35 4.40 7.85 
Spirea, Vanhouttei ...18-24 in. Transplants 1.65 7.65 12.85 
Spirea, Vanhouttei .2-3 ft. Transplants 2.50 11.15 20.00 
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