HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 
Whether you have a lawn of many acres, or a humble dooryard, we commend this 
class of plants as indispensable to the real beauty of your home. If you select with 
care, you can have a succession of bloom from April to snow, to say nothing of the 
beautiful color, form and shadow effects of flowers, foliage and bright berries. For 
planting along border lines, filling in or rounding off angles or for screens to hide 
fences or other unsightly objects, you will find nothing more permanently pleasing 
than varieties listed on pages 48 to 51* Plant in the fall or spring, about 4 feet apart. 
DOUBLE ALTHEA, or 
ROSE OF SHARON 
(Hibiscus syriacus ) 
These will bloom profusely during 
July and August. 6 to 8 feet. 
Meehani. Leaves variegated white and 
green; single flowers; satiny lavender- 
color. i-yr. size, 25 cts., postpaid; 2-yr., 
50 cts., by express. 
Jeanne d’Arc. Large, double, pure white flowers 
like roses. 
Banner. Flowers richly striped with pink and 
crimson. 
Bicolor. Large, double, white flowers with red 
center. 
Double Pink. A beautiful shade of solid pink. 
Double Red. Large, well-opened, ruby-red flown s. 
Price of above (except Meehani), in 1-yr. size, 15 ct*. 
each, postpaid; 2-yr. size, 35 cts. each; 3-yr. size, 50 
cts. each, by express. 
SUMMER LILAC, or BUTTER¬ 
FLY SHRUB C S U T 
(Buddleia Variabilis Veitchiana) 
This most desirable summer-flowering shrub 
grows rapidly and will produce masses of bloom 
the first season it is set out, even the one-year 
plants. The blooms first appear in July, and are 
continuous from then until cut down by frost. 
Its freedom of bloom, ease of culture, attractive 
violet-mauve color and delightful fragrance create 
a demand for it everywhere, i-yr., 20 cts.; larger 
size, 35 cts., postpaid; 2-yr., 50 cts., by express. 
BUDDLEIA variabilis magnifica. Similar in 
every respect to the above, only the flower- 
spikes are not so long and the color is deep 
violet-rose. In i-yr. size 25 cts., postpaid; 2-yr. 
50 cts., by express. 
CORCHORUS (Kerria japonica flore-pleno). 
Double, orange-yellow flowers, borne abun¬ 
dantly in May. i-yr. size, 15 cts., postpaid; 
2-yr., 35 cts., by express. 
CYDONIA japonica (Pyrus japonica, or Japan 
Quince). Bears quantities of brilliant scarlet 
flowers in late March and April. 2-yr. size 
only. 35 cts., by express. 
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5 in 3-yr., 6 in all, for $2.50 by express. 
£0 The above Altheas, 6 in all, 1 ft • i/< . 90e» postpaid; 
“CJ 2-yr. size, the 6 for $2. Meehani in 2-yr. and the other 
Calycanthus 
(Sweet-scented 
Shrub) 
ALMONI), Double - flowering 
Pink. Blooms before the leaves 
appear, with tassel-like flowers 
the whole length of the 
branches. 25 cts. each, ppd. 
Double-flowering White. 25c. 
each, postpaid. 
AZALEA Hinodegiri. Grows to 
2pZ feet in height, is extremely 
hardy, and its brilliant, fiery 
red, single flowers are produced 
in masses. Fine plants, $1.25 
each, by express. 
BARBERRY, Purple ( Berberis vul¬ 
garis purpurea). Beautiful pur¬ 
ple foliage. The young shoots 
are red, and in May it bears 
small yellow flowers. 2-yr. size 
only, 35 cts., by express. 
BARBERRY, Japan ( Berberis 
Thunbergii). See page 51. 
BOXWOOD, TREE (Buxus sem- 
pervirens arborescens). Small, 
dark, evergreen leaves, always 
fresh and glossy. 8- to 10-inch 
plants, 35 cts. each, postpaid; 
12- to 15-in., 50 cts., by express. 
CALYCANTHUS (“Allspice,” 
Sweet-scented Shrub, or Straw¬ 
berry Shrub). Grows 5 to 6 ft. 
Dark crimson flowers. 15 cts., 
postpaid; 2-yr., 35 cts., by exp. 
(See cut above.) 
CERCIS japonica (Japan Judas 
Tree). Flowers are rose-pink 
with a purple cast, and come in 
solid clusters before the leaves. 
25c.,ppd.; 2-yr., 40 cts., by exp. 
ABEL1A GRANDIFLORA 
(Bu>h Arbutus) See cut below 
This magnificent flowering shrub should 
be used in every planting of shrubs on 
account of its unusual beauty. The ex¬ 
quisite white flowers, faintly flushed with 
pink, almost cover the bush all summer, 
i-yr , 3.5 i ts., ppd.; 2-yr., 50 cts., by exp. 
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Hardy Shrubs 
The Conard s? Jones Co. 
