SPIREAS 
Deciduous Shrubs 
HE crowning improvement of the home is the planting of the grounds; but mere planting and 
grading will not suffice. The right shrubs and plants must be in the right places. Habits 
of growth, color, and period of bloom and other characteristics must be considered. It is not 
generally known that ninety per cent of all flowering shrubs bloom in May and June. The 
other ten per cent, must supply the bloom for the other months, but a judicious selection will supply bloom 
beginning with the Daphne Mezereum as soon as released from the icy bounds of winter until the frosts 
of autumn nip the Althea and the Hydrangea. Also the color effect as seen in foliage in autumn covers 
a wide range and must be studied. (See page 2.) And last, but not least, consideration must be given 
to the beautiful fruits and berries which some shrubs carry all winter. Hence, it is possible to 
arrange groups and borders, masses and specimens in such a way as to create a picture of marvelous beauty 
every month in the year. . 
Our list of hardy shrubs is sufficiently large to supply eveiy requirement and the plants of suffi¬ 
cient size to produce immediate results. 
Prices, except where otherwise noted, 35 cts. each; $3 per doz. Special prices on larger quantities. 
AMORPHA fruticosa ( False Indigo). Long, pen- showiest of all our deciduous shrubs. When they 
dulous branches, with indigo-colored flowers. bloom in early summer every twig carries a splen- 
AMYGDALIS communis flore pleno {Double- ^ truss of flowers. The native variety should 
flowering Almond; Syn., Prunus Japonica). , . . n- • 
One of the most beautiful early-flowering shrubs, have some shade and are very effective in securing 
bearing lovely pink rosettes all over the bush. a natural woodland effect by planting in front and 
close up to borders of large shrubs and evergreens. 
AZALEA arborescens (Fragrant White Azalea). 
Flowers white tinged with rose and very frag¬ 
rant. A good native variety. 12-18 in., 75 cts. 
each; $7 per doz. 
A. calendulacea ( Flame Azalea). May and June. 
Almost scentless but gorgeous, with a multitude 
of large orange-yellow or fiery red flowers that 
A most charming family for the lawn. Lavish last a long time. 1^-2 ft., 75 cts. each; #7 per 
of bloom and gorgeous in coloring, they are the doz. 
There is also a pure white variety. 
ARALIA spinosa ( Hercules' Club). Stout, thorny 
branches of tropical appearance; large panicles 
of white flowers in August. Very hardy and j 
ornamental. Grows rapidly in any soil and 
does well in shade. 3-4 ft., 50 cts. each; $4 | 
per doz. 
AZALEAS 
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