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JOS, W. VESTAL & SON > Box 871 « LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 
Shrub Planting 
FLOWERING SHRUBS, continued 
LONICERA (Bush Honeysuckle). Strong shrub, about 
5 feet high. Flowers fragrant, white with tinges of 
yellow and red. 3-ft. plants, 40c each. 
PHILADELPHUS, Mont Blanc (Mock-Orange). A 
very free-flowering variety with large, milky white 
flowers in such abundance that they cover the bush. 
3-ft. plants, 40c each. 
P., Virginal. Strong bush with semi-double flowers, 
produced abundantly in early summer and occasion¬ 
ally throughout the rest of the season. 3-ft. plants, 
50c each. 
SALVIA leucantha. Attractive, compact-growing 
plants 4 to 5 feet tall, with numerous ascending 
laterals. The flower-spikes are about 5 inches 
long, of rich violet-purple calyces and white flow¬ 
ers which pop out at intervals from the colored 
calyces. A very fine tender perennial blooming late 
in the season. 35c each; 3 for SI.00. 
SNOWBALL (Viburnum opulus sterile; Guelder Rose). 
The old-fashioned Snowball is a very popular shrub. 
Its dazzling white flowers appear in balls in late 
spring. 2-ft. plants, 50c each. 
SPIR/EA, Anthony Waterer. An erect, dwarf shrub 
about 2 to 3 feet high with flat heads of soft rosy red 
flowers in midsummer and fall. 2-ft. plants, 40c each. 
S. Billiardi. Tall-growing shrub with pink flowers in 
late summer. Very attractive in group plantings. 
2-ft. plants, 40c each. 
S. Thunbergi. A fluffy, erect shrub, 5 feet or more 
high, with feathery foliage covered with a cloud of 
dainty white flowers in early spring. All of the Spireas 
are important flowering shrubs and 5. Thunbergi is 
one of the best of all. 2-ft. plants, 40c each. 
Spiraea Vanhouttei. Compact shrub with such pro¬ 
fusion of white blooms that they literally cover the 
foliage. Grows 8 feet high. 4-ft. plants, 40c each. 
TAMARIX. Graceful shrub with feathery foliage and 
large, long, slender sprays of pink flowers. Fine to 
grow among other shrubs. 3-ft. plants, 50c each. 
T. africana. An upright grower with gray foliage. 
Pink flowers in May. 
T. hispida. Graceful, silvery gray foliage on upright 
branches. Pink flowers in August. 
T. odessana. Light gray-green foliage with pale pink 
flowers in midsummer. 
VITEX macrophylla (Chaste Tree). See description 
and color illustration on page 29. 
WEIGELA, Eva Rathke. A fine shrub bearing an 
immense quantity of dark ruddy pink flowers with 
creamy white centers. 3-ft. plants, 50c each. 
W. rosea. Handsome shrub with deep rose-pink, 
trumpet-like flowers in great profusion. 3-ft. plants, 
40c each. 
W. rosea nana variegata. A striking shrub with dark 
green foliage margined and streaked with creamy 
white. Pink flowers. 3-ft. plants, 40c each. 
HARDY HEDGE PLANTS 
PRIVET, Amur River. A superior variety for the 
South, retaining its foliage all the year. Grows 
rapidly and adapts itself to all kinds of soil. It is 
a tall grower with lustrous, dark green foliage and 
is hardier than most varieties. 15 to 18-in. plants, 
12 for $1.00; 100 for $5.00. \y 2 to 2 ft., 12 for $1.25; 
100 for $6.00. 
