Hardy Flowering Shrubs 
Shrubs are of great importance for the ornamentation of home-grounds. They have many uses; some are valuable as cut-flowers, while 
others are as decorative as any ornamental foliage plant. They may be used as a background for the flower border, and for hiding an un¬ 
sightly building, fence or foundation. Soil where they are to be planted should be well spaded and enriched with bonemeal. Unless a very 
immediate effect is required, sufficient space should be allowed between them to permit of full development—3 feet for dwarf varieties and 
5 feet for the taller ones. 
Prices on all Shrubs, unless otherwise noted, 75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
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Abelia grandiflora 
The habit and foliage are distinctly orna¬ 
mental, and it blooms almost continuously 
from early summer until frost. The flowers 
are white, tinted lilac. Matured height 3 to 
4 feet. 2 to 3-ft. plants, $1 each, $10 per doz., 
$75 per 100. 
Almond/ Flowering 
Amygdalus 
The flowers are borne on its slender 
branches during May, and are very fragrant. 
5 to 6 feet high. 
Pink. Double-flowering; pink. 
White. Double-flowering; white. 
3 to 4-foot plants 
Althea (Rose of Sharon) 
The Altheas are among the most valuable 
of our tall, hardy shrubs on account of their 
late blooming, which is from August to Octo¬ 
ber. We offer in four colors. 10 to 12 feet 
high when mature. Red, Pink, White, 
and Purple. 3 to 4-foot plants. 
New Red-Leaved 
Japanese Barberry 
The finest shrub novelty of recent years. 
Identical with the Green-leaved Barberry, 
except that the foliage is a rich, lustrous 
bronze-red which becomes more vivid as the 
season advances, lf^ to 2-foot, 2-year-old 
plants. 
Buddleia variabilis 
Veitchiana 
Butterfly Shrub; Summer Lilac 
The flowers are of a pleasing shade of 
violet-mauve, and are borne in dense, cylin¬ 
drical spikes from 12 to 15 inches in length 
by 3 inches in diameter. The plant dies down 
in winter, coming up the following spring. 
5 to 6 feet high when mature. 3 to 4-foot 
plants. 
_ Dogwood (Comas') 
Florida. Handsome, small trees covered with 
large, four-petaled white flowers in spring; 
beautiful, glossy foliage. 15 to 20 feet high 
when mature. 3 to 4 feet, $1.50 each, 
$1 5 per doz. 
Florida rubra. Like the preceding, except 
that the flowers are bright pink. 15 to 20 
feet high when mature. 4 to 5 feet, $4 each, 
$40 per doz. 
Sibirica (Siberian Dogwood). This type of 
Dogwood differs from the above in that it 
is distinctly shrubby in growth. It is a 
strong variety with small white flowers. 
The branches are crimson colored in win¬ 
ter. 8 to 10 feet high when mature. 3 to 
4-foot plants. 
Deuizla 
Prunus 
Gracilis. A great favorite. Dwarf, covered 
with spikes of pure white flowers in early 
summer. 1% to 2-foot plants. 
Pride of Rochester. A fine, tall-growing, 
double, white-flowering variety. 9 to 10 
feet high when mature. 3 to 4-foot plants. 
_ Forsythia _ 
A very decorative shrub with bright golden 
yellow, star-shaped flowers which burst into 
bloom at the beginning of spring while the 
bush is otherwise bare. 
Suspensa (Weeping Golden Bells). A tall 
shrub of willowy growth, the branches 
gracefully arching. 4 to 6 feet high when 
mature. 3 to 4-foot plants. 
Viridissima (Golden Bells). Similar to the 
above but of more erect habit. 7 to 8 feet 
high when mature. 3 to 4-foot plants. 
_ Hydrangea _ 
We offer two varieties of this, perhaps the 
most popular of flowering shrubs. 
Arborescens grandiflora (Snowball Hy¬ 
drangea). This magnificent, perfectly 
hardy American shrub has snow-white 
blossoms of largest size. 4 to 5 feet high 
when mature. 2 to 3-foot plants. 
Paniculata grandiflora. The flowers, which 
are borne in dense, pyramidal panicles a 
foot long, are white when they first open 
but gradually change to rose color. 8 to 
9 feet high when mature. 2 to 3-foot plants. 
_ Kerria 0 Cor chorus ) 
Japonica flore-pleno. Attractive golden 
yellow flowers are borne continuously from 
June to October. 4 to 5 feet high when 
mature. 2 to 3-foot plants, $1 each, $10 
per doz. 
Pissardi (Purple-leaved Plum). A dwarf 
shrub covered with single white flowers in 
spring. When they first appear the leaves 
are crimson, changing to rich purple. 12 
to 15 feet high when mature. 
Triloba (Double-flowering Plum). An inter¬ 
esting shrub, bearing in early spring semi¬ 
double, delicate pink flowers. 7 to 8 feet 
high when mature. 
Serrulata (JaDanese Flowering Cherry). 
The blossoms of these trees appear in 
April. The sudden transition from bleak 
winter to spring, with a display of blos¬ 
soms, is startling, and the beauty of the 
trees a sight to behold. Double-flowering 
Pink and White. 2 to 3-foot plants, $2 
each, $20 per doz. 
Pyrus (Cydonia) japonica 
Flowering Quince 
A showy shrub that blooms profusely in 
early spring; flowers dazzling scarlet. 4 to 
5 feet high. 2 to 3-foot plants. 
_Spiraea_ 
Anthony Waterer. Color bright crimson. 
It is of dwarf, dense growth, and blooms 
the entire summer and fall. 3 feet high 
when mature. 1J^ to 2-foot plants. 
Van Houttei. Of compact habit and, when 
in flower, the white blooms almost entirely 
cover the foliage. 8 feet high when mature. 
3 to 4-foot plants. 
_Symphoricarpos_ 
Racemosus. A dwarf shrub with pink 
flowers and white berries. 5 to 6 feet high 
when mature. 3 to 4-foot plants. 
Vulgaris. Similar to the above, but with 
bright red fruit. 4 to 5 feet high when 
mature. 3 to 4-foot plants. 
Kolkwitzia amabilis 
Beauty Bush 
Mature plants of this introduction appear 
like a cloud of beautiful pink when in flower. 
Attains a height of 4 to 6 feet. 2 to 3-foot 
plants. 
Malus 
(Flowering Crab) 
Bechtel’s Double-flowering. The Flower¬ 
ing Crab is valued not only for its beautiful 
blossoms but for the handsome fruits, 
which in the fall are attractive to us. In 
the spring a well-grown plant is a mass of 
bloom. 3 to 4-foot plants. 
Philadelph US (Mock Orange) 
This old-fashioned sweet-scented shrub has 
long been a close rival of the lilac in popularity. 
Coronarius. This variety has large white 
flowers. 10 feet high when mature. 3 to 
4-foot plants. 
_ Syringa or Lilac 
We offer two very satisfactory varieties. 
Common Purple (Syringa vulgaris). 
Common White (S. vulgaris alba). 
2 to 3-foot plants 
_Viburnum_ 
Plicatum (Japan Snowball). The perfect 
balls of pure white flowers are borne in 
great profusion in May. 7 to 8 feet high. 
2 to 3-foot plants. 
_Weigela_ 
These are among the most popular flower¬ 
ing shrubs, covered in May and early June 
by their large, trumpet-shaped flowers. 
Eva Rathke. Blooms all summer. The 
flowers are ruby-carmine. 5 feet high 
when mature. 2 to 3-foot plants. 
Rosea. Soft rosy carmine. 8 feet high 
when mature. 3 to 4-foot plants. 
STUMPP & WALTER CO. # NEW YORK CITY 
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Hardy Flowering Shrubs 
