Bird Attractors 
Sweet Bay or Laurel Magnolia 
(Magnolia glauca) 
The flowers resemble giant Gardenias in shape 
and fragrance, opening a rich cream color and 
gradually acquiring a pale apricot tint. Unlike the 
Chinese Magnolias this excellent small shrubby tree 
(6 to 8 ft. in North, taller in South) blooms in the 
month of July. The rich glossy-green, almost ever¬ 
green foliage is glaucous beneath, giving the whole a 
silvery sheen. The beauty of the Laurel Magnolia 
continues throughout the year: in Autumn its red- 
jacketed fruit opens to the waiting Birds, and then 
until Spring again we see its cheerful apple-green 
stems. Thrives in any damp, sunny location. Hardy 
Ohio grown plants, dug with a ball of earth. 
Bushy 2 to 3 ft. Plants, $1.95 each; 
3 to 4 ft. $2.95 each, F. O. B. Piqua 
Autumn Oleaster 
The summer-flowering Laurel 
Magnolia 
(Elaeagnus umbellata) 
If the birds had their way they would call this their “Christmas Dinner”; they will strip 
the berries off of this plant at Christmas time, and you will enjoy watching them feed. The 
grayish green leaves look as if they had been coated with aluminum dust. 
The salmon-pink berries of the Oleaster are incrusted with silver 
The foliage and flowers are both attractive 
This is a shrub that can be planted and forgotten, as it 
“fixes” nitrogen from the air by means of nodules on its roots 
and is therefore able to flourish by means of its own labor without 
troublesome fertilizing of the soil. It enjoys full sunlight and 
will grow 8 to 10 ft. high. As it does not spread much, it can 
easily be inserted in the background of other shrubs. Grows 
well in sandy as well as clay soil, and resists drought. 
3 to 4 ft. Plants, $0.85 each; 3 for $2.25 F. O. B. Piqua. 
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