RIOTOUS COLOR AND ENTRANCING BEAUTY 
GREENING’S CHOICE ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 
Amelanchier 
Shadblow 
A. CANADENSIS 
(Downy Service- 
berry) —A bushy 
shrub flowering in 
May, followed by 
fruit of a maroon- 
purple in June. 
Very profuse 
bloomer. Flower, 
white. 
Aralia 
A. ACANTHO- 
PANAX PEN- 
TAPHYLLUM 
(Angelica Tree)— 
Buddleia, lie de France A pretty Japanese 
Shrub of medium 
size and rapid growth; branches furnished with 
spines; leaves pale green. Blooms in June. 
Aronia—Chokeberry 
A. ARBUTIFOLIA (Red Chokeberry) —A beautiful, 
densely-branched shrub bearing clusters of white 
flowers in May, followed by extremely ornamental 
red berries. 
From the Golden Forsythia of early Spring with its unusual contrasting yellow 
which lasts until late, to the blazing bronze foliage and sparkling berries of late 
fall, and all of the "coats of many colors" which adorn them in between, orna¬ 
mental shrubs offer a useful, practical means of dressing-up the home and grounds 
which no other gift of nature possesses. They lend themselves to the most formal 
garden, or to bring colorful privacy to a favored nook. Properly planted, with 
little attention, they bring delicate flowers in many colors, sparkling berries and 
foliage color changes that delight every eye. Ease of growth, economy of labor 
and time, suggest that you consider ornamentals for a variety of uses. 
Aronia 
A. BRILLIANTISSIMA— Similar to 
the type except that the fall coloring 
of the foliage is beyond description. 
Foliage changes from a bronze green 
to a flaming red and is one of the 
most striking plants for fall coloring 
effects. 
Buddleia—Butterfly Bush 
B. MAGNIFICA (Oxeye Butterfly Bush)— 
Flower spikes ten inches in length by three 
in diameter. Color deep violet-rose, with a 
pronounced orange center. 
Buddleia—lie de France 
B. ILE DE FRANCE —By far the outstanding 
Butterfly Bush of recent introduction. Flowers 
larger and of intense purple,- blooming from 
July to September. 
Berberis—Barberry 
B. THUNBERGI (Japanese Barberry) —From 
Japan. An attractive species of dwarf habit, 
small foliage, changing to a beautiful cop¬ 
pery red in Autumn. Valuable as an orna¬ 
mental hedge or specimen. Beautiful red 
berries in Winter. 
Clethra 
C. ALNIFOLIA (Cinnamon Clethra) —Low 
and dense growth; leaves abundant and light 
green, has numerous spikes of small white, 
fragrant flowers. Blooms abundantly in late 
July and August. One of the few plants that 
blooms during the heat of Summer. 
Corylus—American Hazel Nut 
C. AMERICANA (American FHazelnut)— 
The well known hazelnut. 
Cydonia—Quince 
C. JAPONICA (Flowering Quince) —Very 
early in Spring this fine old shrub is com¬ 
pletely covered with dazzling scarlet flow¬ 
ers. The leaves are deep green and glossy, 
the growth bushy. The quince-shaped fruits 
are quite fragrant. 
Cornus—Dos wood 
C. ALBA (Tartarian Dogwood) —Very con¬ 
spicuous and ornamental in Winter, when 
the bark is blood-red. Berries, black. 
C. FLAVIRAMEA (Golden Twig Dogwood) 
—Bright yellow bark in Winter, particularly 
effective in shrubbery planted with the Red- 
Branched Dogwood. 
C. MASCULA (Cornelian Cherry) —A small 
tree, producing clusters of bright yellow 
flowers early in Spring, before the leaves, 
followed by red berries. 
C. STOLONIFERA (Red Osier Dogwood)— 
A native species, with smooth, slender 
branches, which are usually red in Winter. 
B. THUNBERGI ATROPURPUREA 
(Red Leaved Barberry) — This is an 
exact reproducton of the Japanese 
Barberry except that where the or¬ 
iginal is a deep green from Spring 
until Fall, this variety starts its first 
foliage a warm bronze red. The heat 
of summer intensifies its red brillian¬ 
cy, and Autumn adds other tints to 
its richness. The abundant scarlet 
berries persist throughout the Win¬ 
ter. 
B. THUNBERGI MINOR (Box Bar¬ 
berry) —A dwarf upright form of 
the popular B. Thunbergi. It lends 
itself most happily to low edgings 
for formal gardens when set from 4 
to 6 inches apart and kept trimmed. 
The foliage is a pleasing light green, 
changing in Autumn to rich reds and 
yellows. 
Calycanthus 
C. FLORIDUS (Common Sweet Shrub) 
—The wood is fragrant, foliage rich,- 
flowers of rare chocolate color, hav¬ 
ing a peculiarly agreeable odor. 
Flowers in June and at intervals 
afterwards. 
Red Leaved Japanese Barberry 
'Every Tree a Money-Maker," a golden rule of Greening’s that means much. 
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