N o home planting is complete without some flowering shrubs and a few 
of the smaller flowering trees. We offer a list of the best varieties, especially 
those suitable for smaller yards and gardens and for planting as back¬ 
grounds for perennial borders. Most of these varieties can be planted either in 
spring or fall, a few of the less vigorous succeeding better if planted in spring. 
ACER palmatum atropurpureum. Blood- 
leaf Japanese Maple. Small, slow-growing, 
shrub-like tree with red foliage especially 
brilliant in spring. The grafted plants prop¬ 
agated from selected specimens are uniform 
bright red which is retained through the 
season. The seedlings vary in color, some 
quite red in spring but turn green as the 
season advances. Each 10 
2 ft., grafted, b. & b. $2.50 
4 ft., seedlings. 3.00 
5 ft., seedlings. 4.00 
AMELANCHIER canadensis. Downy Shad- 
blow. Large native shrub. Birds like fruit. 
6 ft. $1.50 
AZ.4LEA calendulacea. Flame Azalea. Flow¬ 
ers pale vellow to orange in June. 
3 ft., b. &b. $4.00 
4 ft. 5.00 
5 ft. 6.00 
Poukhanensis. Korean Azalea. Rosy purple 
flowers in early May, very fragrant. 
Each 10 
IMft., b. &b. $1.75 $16.00 
rosea. Downy Pinxterbloom. Pink flowers in 
May. Sweet fragrance. This is the northern 
form, very similar to Azalea nudiflora. 
15in., b. &b. $1.50 $14.00 
18 in. 1.75 16.00 
vaseyi. Pinkshell Azalea. Delicate pink 
flowers in May before the foliage. Quite 
rare and lovely. 
1ft., b. &b. $1.25 $11.50 
IH ft. 2.00 
2 ft. 3.00 
viscosa. Swamp Azalea. Very fragrant white 
flowers in J uly. A native variety that grows 
well under cultivation. 
IHft., b. &b. $1.00 $9.25 
2 ft. 1.50 14.00 
kaempferi. Torch Azalea. Brilliant shades 
of pink from salmon to almost red. Very 
profuse bloomer in late May. 
iHft.. b. &b. $2.00 $18.50 
2 ft. 2.75 25.50 
2}^ ft. 4.00 
3 ft. 5.00 
mollis hybrid. Seedlings raised by us from 
seed of two large plants. 25 years old, grow¬ 
ing in a local garden. One of these plants 
bears large yellow, the other orange 
flowers. We can supply either yellow or 
orange in the seedlings. 
12in., b. &b. $1.25 $11.50 
15 in. 1.75 16.00 
mollis, Louisa Ilunnewell. Brilliant large 
orange-yellow flowers. These seedling 
plants vary in shade. 
1ft., b. &b. $1.50 $14.00 
IH ft. 2.00 18.50 
2 ft. 2.50 
mucronulatum. Very showy rosy lavender 
flowers in April. The earliest Azalea to 
bloom. Stands dry location. 
2 ft., b. & b. $2.50 
BERBERIS thunbergi. Japanese Barberry. 
Red berries and brilliant foliage in fall. 
12 in. $ .20 $1.50 
15 in.25 1.85 
—minor. Box Barberry. Dwarf form suitable 
for edging in gardens. Can be used in place 
of the dwarf evergreen Box. 
12 in. $ .30 $2.50 
vulgaris purpurea. Purple Barberry. Purple 
foliage. 
3 ft. $ .65 $5.50 
BUDDLEIA, He de France. Oxeye Butterfly- 
bush. Red-purple flowers in long spikes 
in July and August. Can be planted with 
taller perennials. Not quite hardy in this 
climate but worth replacing. 
3 in. pots. $ .50 $4.50 
CHIONANTHUS virginica. Fringetree. Large 
shrub with tassels of fragrant white flowers. 
3 ft.$ .85 
CLETHRA alnifolia. Summersweet. Very fra¬ 
grant white flowers in July and August. 
2 ft. $ .50 $4.50 
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