Shrubs 
SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
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HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS 
It’s Easy to Landscape Your Own Yard 
People everywhere today are conscious of the value 
of flowering shrubs. They realize that to paint the 
house is not enough. It needs the softening of shrubs, 
needs the lovely green and the color of the flowers to 
make it an ideal home. For very little money you can 
transform your place from the ordinary to an un¬ 
usually attractive and beautiful spot with a smooth 
green lawn with lovely flowering shrubs around the 
edge and up against the house. 
Japanese Barberry 
Here Are the Choice Varieties 
Take time to look over these varieties, read the de¬ 
scriptions and see how easy they are to grow. Look 
at the height and figure where you could plant them 
around your own place. There they will be for years 
and years to add to your pleasure and pride in your 
home. 
ALMOND FINK DOUBLE. Earliest in the spring to be a 
mass of double rose-pink blooms thick on the stem. They 
are a gay mass of flowers before the leaves appear. Com¬ 
bine with spirea prunifolia and Mertensia blue bells. 
Doesn’t mind north side planting. 12 to 18 in., 35c each; 
18 to 24 in., 50c each postpaid. 
BARBERRY—Japanese (Thumbergi). This glossy green 
foliage will turn a crimson red in the fall. It is used a 
great deal for hedges and makes a very ideal entrance 
planting shrub for either side of the porch, or is extreme¬ 
ly beautiful in front of taller growing shrubs in your 
foundation planting. The red berries hold on all winter 
and give a bit of color. Special prices for hedging. 18 to 
24 in., 20c each postpaid. 
Bed Leaf. A new brilliant barberry that is red all sum¬ 
mer long'. It grows the same as thumbergi, just as hardy, 
just as vigorous, but gives the accent of color that is 
much needed in many plantings. 15 to 18 in., 20c each: 18 
to 24 in., 30c each postpaid. 
CHINESE BEAUTY BUSH. A grace¬ 
ful, vigorous plant from the wilder¬ 
ness of China. The flaring, tubu- Butterfly Bush 
lar flowers are in clusters up and 
down the stem of the plant giving 
a mass effect of pink. This shower of pink blossoms in June is enough to make it 
one of thg most popular plants, but the unusual webby fruit that comes on after¬ 
wards is very interesting. Don’t fail to try this new, beautiful shrub. 12 to 18 im, 
30c; 18 to 24 in., 40c postpaid. 
BUTTERFLY BUSH (Buddliea). This summer lilac comes into bloom with lilac 
colored flower heads that attract a cloud of butterflies. 25c each postpaid. 
lie de France. The new variety of Buddleia with extra large, deep purple blooms make 
a wonderful bush. Fragrant and lovely. 55c each postpaid. 
BUSH BITTERSWEET (Euonymous Europaeus). A great value because of its beau¬ 
tiful green foliage, but more particularly for its brilliant yellow and orange hues 
in autumn that resemble the tiny bittersweet. A really unusual and valuable shrub. 
18 to 24 in., 40c each postpaid. 
CALYCANTHUS. “Sweet-scented shrub.” A favorite in tall shrubs because the odd, 
double, spicily fragrant flowers are a mahogany red. 18 to 24 in., 35c. 
CORAL BERRY — “Indian Currant.” Here is a graceful shrub that is loaded with pink 
flowers followed by clusters of bright red berries. We need all of the color in win¬ 
ter that, we can get and shrubs with beautiful berries are necessary to our plant¬ 
ing, 12 to 15 in., 35c each postpaid. 
HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY (American). One of the most handsome of the tall shrubs. 
The green low leaves turn a brilliant color in the fall. The flat cluster of white ber¬ 
ries are followed by great clusters of cranberry size red berries that hold on into the 
winter. Plant it where it will have plenty of room to grow tall. It is very showy. 
Some people make jell of the fruit. 12 to 18 in., 25c; 18 to 24 in., 30c each postpaid. 
Bush Crftabesrr 
DESMODIUM. Here is a low growing, lacy bush that comes up from the ground 
every year to be a mass of fine, lavender blossoms in late summer. When other 
things fail the desmodium will give you quantities of color. Put them at the end 
of your flower bed, or at either side of your porch steps. Everyone will be amazed 
at the mass of flowers in late August. 60© ©ach postpaid. 
