EDWARD GIL LETT, SOUTHWICK, M'A SSACHUSETTS 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS AND TREES 
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BERBKKIS THUNBEROI (Seepage 43.) 
CLETHRA alnifolia (Sweet Pepper Bush). Flowers creamy white, very sagtan‘. 
Grows 3 to 5 feet high. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per do/. 
COMPTONIA asplenifolia (Sweet Fern). A low shrub, with sweet-scented foliage. 
15 cts. each, #1 per do/. 
CORNUS (Dogwood) 
C. alternifolia (Green Osier). A shrub-like tree, 8 to 20 feet high, with wide-spread¬ 
ing branches and a flat top. Flowers pale yellow or white ; fruit deep blue. 
20 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
C. circinata. h ive to 8 feet high, with large white flowers ; fruit light blue. One of 
the prettiest in cultivation. Leaves larger than in any other species. 25 cts. each, 
11.50 per doz. 
C. florida (Flowering Dogwood). A large shrub or tree, often 30 feet high. Flowers 
white. Very showy in flower and fruit. Fine plants. 25 cts. each, $2 per do/. 
C. Mas (Cornelian Cherry). Has quantities of yellow flowers in early spring, followed 
by brilliant crimson edible fruit. \}/ 2 feet, 25 cts. 
C. paniculata. Grows 4 to 12 feet high ; bark gray. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
C. sericea (Silky Cornel). A shrub 3 to 10 feet high with purplish bark, white flowers 
and pale blue fruit. One of the latest to flower. 25 cts. each, £1.50 per doz. 
C. stolonifera (Red Osier). Handsome in winter on account of its bright reddish 
purple bark. 25 cts. each, #1.50 per doz. 
C., Golden-leaved. A very hardy sort with dark red branches and golden-marked 
leaves, forming fine symmetrical bushes. 25 cts. 
C., Silver-leaved. Similar to the above, only the leaves are marked with white. 
Fine. 25 cts. 
CORYLUS Americana (Wild Hazelnut). A shrub 3 to6feet high. Flowers in catkins 
in early spring. 20 cts. each, #1.25 per doz. 
DEUTZIA crenata. A shrub 5 feet high, with single white flowers in June and fine 
leaves. 25 cts. 
DIRCA palustris (Moosewood, Leatherwood). Shrub 2 to 5 feet high. Flowers light 
yellow, preceding the leaves. 20 cts. each. 51.50 per doz 
DIERVILLA trifida (Bush Honeysuckle!. A little low shrub, with pale yellow flowers 
and ovate-pointed leaves. 20 cts. each, %\ per doz. 
FAGUS purpurea (Purple Beech). Leaves of a very deep purple color. One of the 
very best for a lawn tree. Fine specimens. 6 to 8 feet. $2. 
