HARRISON’S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD 
Euonymus. A shrub that gets from 5 to 8 feet high. Char¬ 
acterized by the most brilliant red and purple leaves in the 
fall, and by fiery crimson fruit. They are fine when massed, 
especially with other shrubs that bloom earlier and later. 
The common names are Burning Bush and Strawberry Bush. 
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. This well-known 
shrub gives a splendid effect in a border or as a single specimen. 
The flowers come late in summer, are borne in great clusters 
or panicles, and when first opened are pure white, but change, 
as they grow old, to pink, then to bronzy shades. 
Blue Hydrangea. A smaller form very suitable for 
masses. The color of the flowers varies from very light to 
darker blue, the soil and location having certain effects on 
the color. The foliage is intense, shining green, and the 
whole shrub is very showy. In the South they stand the 
winters, but in the North they require protection. 
Cherry Laurel. A small tree with straight stem, twisted, 
bushy branches and large, handsome, shining foliage. It has 
a straight trunk and a round head like a miniature Norway 
Maple. In April or May it bears hosts of white flowers that 
look like cherry blossoms. Does well in tubs. Here at Berlin 
we have them planted along our driveway to the house, and 
while they are not supposed to stand zero weather none have 
winter-killed. Sometimes called the mock orange of the South. 
Magnolia, Soulange’s. A hybrid tree-shrub, handsome 
in leaves and flowers. Flowers come and go before the leaves 
expand. Blossoms are white, with rosy tints, fragrant, large, 
and cup-shaped. 
Hall’s Japan Magnolia (Starry Magnolia). A tree-shrub 
with spreading branches like the cucumber tree. It has the 
magnolia habit of blooming in early spring before the leaves 
come out. Fragrant flowers 3 inches across. 
Rose of Sharon (Althaea). This is in a class with Hydran¬ 
geas and Rhododendrons for showiness of blooms. It is a 
large shrub that naturally grows narrow at the base and broad 
at the top. The flowers are borne on wood of the current 
year’s growth, and, therefore, the shrub can be pruned as 
much as you please. during the winter without preventing 
bloom. As the bush is tall, it is fine for setting back of lower 
shrubs or of. flower-beds. They bloom in great profusion. 
Our plants will bear flowers of all colors, from white to dark 
maroon. 
Japanese Snowball. A shrub of medium size, with 
showy flowers and beautiful leaves. 
Spiraea Van Houttei. This is Bridal Wreath, a very grand, 
very graceful shrub with dark green leaves and white flowers. 
Grows 5 to 6 feet high, and the branches arch nicely. 
Weigela, Eva Rathke. A showy shrub that blooms in 
May; sometimes grows 8 feet high. The flowers are trumpet¬ 
shaped, deep carmine-red. 
Weigela rosea. A taller variety than Eva Rathke, with 
many branches. The flowers are rose-colored and come in 
great numbers. 
Weigela amabilis. Similar to Rosea, except that the 
flowers are a little darker. 
VINES 
Vines are needed at every home of any size to finish up 
the planting and the house. No porch can be entirely com¬ 
fortable without them, because they both shade and screen. 
A half-dozen vines cost such a little bit that everyone should 
buy that many and have them adding their beauty to the 
rest of the planting and to the buildings. 
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