25 NO FELT IES in This GUIDE 
ISew and Rare Trees, Shrubs or Plants of Surpassing Merit, 
NEW PERENNIALS 
Russels Lupines—A new strain, the re¬ 
sult of a lifetime of work—has lifted 
this perennial into the forefront of 
flowering plants. A sensation every¬ 
where. (Page 33). 
Fall Blooming Iris—Not yet perfect but 
promise to increase the value of Iris 
a hundred-fold. One kind blooms in 
spring, again in fall and somewhat 
through summer ! (Page 32). 
NEW FRUITS AND NUTS 
Grafted American Grapes—On disease 
free roots, bear earlier and heavier and 
less trouble. (Page 40). 
Hybrid Blueberries — Unbelievably su¬ 
perior to any previous fruit in size and 
taste. (Page 36). 
Grafted Nut Trees—Particularly Black 
Walnut for high yield and easy open¬ 
ing; and Blight Resistant Chestnut, for 
same reasons. (Page 40). 
New Berries—Boysenberry and Logan¬ 
berry, Youngberry, etc. (Page 39). 
New Highbush Cranberries—Yield bet¬ 
ter jelly and more of it. (Page 39. 
Adams Elderberry — Much more and 
larger fruit. Elderberry pie takes on 
new meaning with this. (Page 39. 
Hansen Bush Cherry—Enormous yield 
of tasty cherries from a five-foot 
shrub. Loaded to the ground. Very 
much hardier than tree cherries. Beau¬ 
tiful flowers, too. (Page 39). 
Fall-bearing Cherry — Pick dark red 
sweet cherries in September ! This 
novelty should be in every home 
orchard. (Page 38). 
NEW DECIDUOUS TREES 
Vossi Hybrid Laburnum — Very rare, 
and bears more, larger, racemes of 
gold than ordinary Golden-chains. 
(Page 25). 
The Rare Franklinia—America’s most 
neglected and most beautiful tree. 
Fragrant white from early August to 
frost, while leaves blazze in fall tones. 
(Page 25). 
Columnar Beech—A hardy strong up¬ 
right tree, narrow and straight. Very 
ornamental. (Page 27). 
Yellow-berry Dogwood — Same white 
flowers in spring, but in fall the birds 
usually leave these strange fruit alone. 
Ordinary red berries go in a week, 
you know. (Page 25). 
NEW (StiR Nameless) 
MAGNOLIA 
A pyramidal bush or small tree 
with slender branches. Blooms 
about May 1st. Flowers are flesh 
pink, a clean color, somewhat like 
the Star Magnolia, but consist of 
three or more rows of petals, which 
have good character, stand upright 
and are well placed at branch ends. 
Blooms are about 5 inches across 
and sensationally showy. 
Above description is from intro¬ 
ducer’s notes, plant too new to 
have had general observation as 
yet. Probably a hybrid, Stellata X 
Soulangeana. Not listed elsewhere 
in this Short Guide. 
Heavy 3-ft. plants.$7.50 each 
(packing and transportation extra) 
NEW VINES 
Hybrid Wisteria Praecox—No more dis¬ 
appointments, this cross between Chin¬ 
ese and Japanese types blooms when 
a year or two old—heavily! (Page 12). 
NEW SHRUBS 
Albizzia julibrissin rosea — A hardy 
dwarf Mimosa, to fetch the tropics 
into the north. (Page 13). 
NEW EVERGREENS 
Golden Pfitzer Juniper—This most sat¬ 
isfactory of dwarfs now has a rich 
new color. (Page 21). 
Sentinel Cedar—Thin tall pole clothed 
with green. (Page 19). 
Vermeulen Yew—Dwarf, thickset, dark 
pyramid. The one best dwarf ever¬ 
green for foundation or hedge. Good 
red berries, too. (Page 24). 
Kelsey Berrybush Yew—Loaded with 
many large red fruit. Birds love ’em 
and against the dark green they make 
a real show. (Page 24). 
EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
Croonenburg Holly—Just out this year 
and is a hardy american, but looks 
almost as shiny and spiny as the 
English Holly. (Page 9). 
Conestoga Dwarf Rhododendron — A 
Carolina hybrid. Faithful bloomer. 
Real dwarf. Very hardy. (Page 8). 
Viburnum Burkwoodi—Lovers of Carles’ 
Korean Viburnum have here a new 
hybrid with the same flower and frag¬ 
rance, neater bush, evergreen! (Page 9) 
Arnoldiana Azaleas—A strain of semi¬ 
evergreens, very hardy. Originated at 
Arnold Arboretum, Boston. (Page 7). 
//0/r TO SAFE MONEY IN ORDERING (o“t” ) 
We Like Small Orders 
However, we do not handle them the same way as most 
“mail-order” nurseries, who dig everything months in ad¬ 
vance and store it in the packing house. We try to dig each 
order fresh the day before shipment. It costs money to dig 
one plant; A man has to go into the field, locate the block, 
inspect, dig and return with the plants and pack them. He 
can dig several in almost the same time as one of a kind. 
For this reason our prices for one of a kind are much higher 
than quantity rates. 
You pay less for 5 plants than for 4 ! 
There are real bargains only if you order several of one 
size and kind. The hundred rates (50 or more of one kind) 
are many of them amazing bargains. We suggest if you 
yourself cannot use enough of one item to earn a low rate, 
you arrange with a friend or neighbor to share a shipment. 
Our costs are much lower, and we just pass this saving 
along in a lower price. 
Small sizes are cheaper than they seem. 
Because not only is the initial cost lower than for large 
trees and shrubs, but packing cost is included and the expense 
of transportation is much less. Then on arrival, the labor 
of planting is absurdly lower than for big stock. Buy as 
small as you feel you can wait for. 
Transportation costs are Very Low. 
You can reckon on about the following scale of costs:— 
1. Seedlings and Transplants (marked *) 5-10% of price. 
2. Young Aristocrats, even with B&B, 10-15%. of list price. 
3. Larger trees and shrubs without ball—10-15% of price. 
4. Larger evergreens, with B&B, see page 17. 
This Guide offers the Right Kinds of Plants. 
Never buy the wrong kind of thing because of price, 
rather spend your money for a smaller size of the right 
thing. This advice is much more important than the amateur 
will think. We can furnish very complete lists—many hun¬ 
dreds of things not listed even in such a complete list as 
this Guide offers. Don’t put yourself in the position of wish¬ 
ing you had planted something different years afterwards ! 
Guaranteed to Live ? 
No one can guarantee that trees, animals, or any other 
living thing will live. Not even a human being can be 
guaranteed to live. We do guarantee two things:— 
1. That we will ship healthy plants to arrive in good, live 
condition. We will replace free otherwise. 
2. That we are so sure of our stock, we will take half the 
risk even if it arrives in good condition and subsequently 
fails to live. We will replace at half price under these 
conditions. 
Established 1878 
“Our 61st Year” 
F. W. KELSEY NURSERY COMPANY 
■SO CHURCH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. 
L. E. Manning, Pres. 
C. N. Skinner, Vice-Pres. 
