TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS FOR AMERICAN HOMES 
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Forsythia 
Fortunei or Fortune’s Golden Bell. A spreading bush, the variety most often seen, grows 5 to 
8 feet. Bears quantities of yellow blossoms in April before leaves appear. It needs plenty of 
room to develop. 
Intermedia. Flowers bright golden, foliage glossy green, like Viridissima, but hardier than that 
variety. Valuable. 
Spectabilis. One of the newer varieties and one of the best. Has slender branches with dark glossy 
leaves, grows about 8 feet high. Large yellow flowers which cover the stems in early spring. 
Suspensa (Weeping Forsythia). Yellow flowers in April. A beautiful drooping or weeping type 
resembling a small weeping tree. Like all Forsythias it produces its mass of yellow bloom in 
very early spring before the leaves appear. Ultimate height, 6 feet. 
Viridissima. A very singular and quite ornamental shrub. Its branches in the very early spring, 
before the leaves appear, are covered with bright golden yellow, pendulous flowers. 
Tartarian. An upright shrub with a profusion of small fragrant blossoms in May and 
June but its chief charm is in its wealth of ornamental berries, which cover the bush in 
summer and autumn and usually into the winter. We offer varieties that have white, 
pink or red flowers, all having showy berries. 
Fragrantissima. Grows 8 feet in height. Has slender, graceful, incurving branches, 
making a particularly symmetrical shrub. Leaves are semi-evergreen, hanging to Christ¬ 
mas. Flowers are fragrant, small and not showy. They are pink and come in April 
and May before leaves appear, and are followed by scarlet berries. Will thrive in dry, 
upland locations. 
Hydrangea 
Hills of Snow (Hydrangea arborescens) (Summer Snowball). A very beautiful shrub 
growing to a height of 3 to 4 feet according to how it is trimmed in the spring. It has 
large white blossoms which come in July and last until August. When planted alter¬ 
nately with Hydrangea Paniculata Grand iflora forms a most conspicuous hedge with 
continuous bloom from July until frost. Should be well pruned in March before the 
shoots start to grow. Should be grown in rich soil and well watered. Does well in shade. 
Paniculata Grandiflora. One of the most popular shrubs in cultivation. May be 
planted in hedges, beds, groups scattered among other shrubs in massed plantings, or 
planted alone as a specimen, and produces an attractive effect wherever placed. Flowers 
in August, in huge panicles from 8 to 12 inches. Blossoms delicate pink, changing to 
bronze and lasting until autumn. Grows 6 feet tall. 
Hydrangea, Hills of Snow 
Honeysuckle - Lonicero (Bush Form) 
Morrow’s Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera Morrowi or 
Japanese Bush Honeysuckle). It has pure white flow¬ 
ers, which change to a yellow tone in May and June, 
followed by a multitude of bright red berries, which 
remain on the bush from August till winter. A hardy 
shrub in dry, upland situations. Ultimate height, 6 to 
8 feet. 
Paniculata Grandiflora (Tree Form). Grown in tree form, it reaches a height of 
from 6 to 8 feet and 
sometimes much 
more. The blossoms 
are the same as on 
the bush form. 
Tartarian Honeysuckle 
Kerria 
Japonica. A hand¬ 
some green-leaved 
shrub. Graceful , 
slender, drooping 
branches, painted 
with a wealth of 
rich, dark single yel¬ 
low flowers in June, 
and to some extent 
all summer. Height, 
3 to 5 feet. 
Japonica flore ple- 
no. Of medium size, 
double yellow flow¬ 
ers. Height, 6 feet. 
KOLKWITZIA AM- 
ABILIS. See Beau¬ 
ty Bush. 
Every home 
should have an 
outdoor living 
room. 
The front yard 
should be open 
and inviting. 
BEFORE AND AFTER PLANTING 
Notice in this illustration what a vast difference just a 
small investment makes 
