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FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERYSTOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol. XXVIII HATBORO, PENNA. MARCH 1920 
Cotoneaster Acutifolia 
In the January issue of the National Nurseryman, we 
published an inquiry asking for information about 
Cotoneaster acutifolia from any of our readers who may 
have had practical experience with this plant. 
Mr. J. A. Young, president of the Aurora Nurseries, 
Aurora, Illinois, very kindly sent the following infor¬ 
mation : 
Its growing range for hardiness extends well north 
into Canada, east of the Atlantic Coast and west of the 
Pacific. It is one of the few shrubs that can he grown 
successfully as a hedge plant throughout the cold wind¬ 
swept regions of Minnesota. It will stand any amount 
of shearing and its appearances are equally as attrac¬ 
tive clipped either in formal outline or permitted to take 
a more natural growth. It is an individual shrub and 
assumes a slender, gracefully arching growth with 
leaves of shiny green. The flowers are white, borne the 
entire length of the stems. Each flower is followed in 
the autumn by a black berry. This fruit remains on the 
shrub until late in the autumn. After the first frost in 
the fall, the foliage assumes an attractive scarlet color 
immensely attractive. It is an excellent plant for large 
groups on account of its splendid fall color of its fo¬ 
liage. In summing up the merits of this plant, it is 
certainly a most valuable acquisition to our list of 
shubs that have been offered to the trade in recent 
years. 
LeRoy Cady, Associate Professor of Horticulture, 
University of Minnesota, says— 
Cotoneaster acutifolia probably came originally from 
the Orient by way of the Kew Gardens of England and 
into this country probably through the Experiment Sta¬ 
tion at Ottawa, Canada. It is one of the most attractive 
shrubs for hedge purposes, especially clipped hedges. 
The plant is one of the earliest to leave out in the spring 
and one of the last to lose its foliage in the autumn. The 
foliage is dark green, glossy or shiny, and in the au¬ 
tumn on some soils takes on the autumn colors very 
nicely. The plant has given a good account of itself 
at University Farm for some ten or fifteen years. 
The Aurora Nurseries are specializing on this plant 
as they consider it one of the best possible hedge 
plants for the northwest in addition to its value as an 
ornamental shrub. 
Cotoneaster acutifolia used as a hedge in Minnesota 
