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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., 
LA CROSSE, WIS 
1939 
SALZER’S HARDY SHRUBS 
AI.I> SHRUBS ARK SKAT POSTPAID 
Salzer’s ornamental flowering shrubs 
are perfectly hardy everywhere, they 
need no protection and last for years. 
Flowering Almond 
FLOWERING ALMOND 
A desirable shrub, 3-5 ft. high. Be¬ 
cause of it.s compact shape ami dwarf 
height, it is an elegant .subject fur 
lawn planting where a cunspicnons 
shrub is desired. The flowers usually 
appear before the leaves. 
—DOUBLE PINK. Branches loaded 
in May with large, double rose colored 
blossoms. Each, 12 to 18 in., 44c; 3 for 
.81.25. 
AZALEA, MOLLIS 
A breath taking display of color! 
The large bell-shaped orange and 
flame colored flowers appear in May, 
before the leaves. Will grow in shade. 
Hardy. 3 ft. Each, strong plants 
from 3 in. pot, 75c; 3 for $2.15. 
Japan Barberry or Berberis Tliunbergi 
JAPAN BARBERRY 
(Berberis Thnnbcrgi.) Of dwarf 
growth, uniformly bushy and rounded, 
with thorny twigs. Very desirable as 
a low, compact hedge. It is covered 
with bright scarlet berries and the 
foliage turns to scarlet in fall. Each, 
12-15 in., l»c; 3 for 50c; O for 05c; 
do*., $1.65; 25 for $3.15; 50 for $5.05. 
RED LEAVED BARBERRY 
The foliage is always a rich, lus¬ 
trous, bronzy red. Throughout the 
summer this color is intensified until 
in the fall its foliage changes to vivid 
orange, scarlet, and red shades, and is 
followed by brilliant scarlet berries. 
To develop its brilliant coloring, it 
should be nlanted in full exposure to 
the sun. Each, 12-15 in., .‘{7c; 3 for 
«5c; 12 for $3.50; 25 for $it.:{5; 50 for 
$12.2,5. 
Salzer’s Beauty Bush 
BEAUTY BUSH 
An exceedingly handsome, hardy, 
ornamental shrub. The foliage and 
habit of growth of Salzer’s Beauty 
Bush when not in flower, is very at¬ 
tractive, making it desirable the year 
round. 
Sal*er’.s Beauty Bush (Kolkwitzia 
Ainabalis) grows 6 to 7 feet high when 
mature, erect and twiggy, producing 
long arching branches which in spring 
are simply covered wuth clusters of 
sniiill, tubular, pink flowers of the 
honeysnckle type, borne in such pro¬ 
fusion that the bush is one eloiid of 
deiicate pink. 
Mr. E. H. Wilson, former explorer 
for and now keeper of the Arnold Ar¬ 
boretum in Jamaica Plains, Mas.s., 
writes, “Of the many valuable hardy 
•shrubs which our gardens have re- 
ceivetl from the Orient, none i.s more 
lovely than Kolkwitzia Amabali.s or 
Beauty Bush.” In early June, its 
sprays of abelia-like blossoms trans¬ 
forms it into a fountain of pink love¬ 
liness. It is a beautiful shrub in 
every respect and is very hardy every¬ 
where. It seems to thrive in any lo¬ 
cation, growing under almost abso¬ 
lute neglect. Each. 12 to 18 in., 44c; 
3 for $1.20; 6 for $2.25. 
BRILLIANT CHOKEBERRY 
Arbntifolia. Beautiful in spring 
with its fragrant white flowers, and 
glorious in fall with its bright col¬ 
ored foliage and the most brilliant 
red berries that any plant can boast. 
5 ft. The berries are sought bv birds. 
Each, 12 to 18 in., 49c; 3 for $1.35. 
Brilliant Chokeberry 
BUTTERFLY BUSH 
Biiddleia or Summer Lilac. Shrubs 
of vigorous growth, flowers very sweet 
and fragrant. Buddleias are slow in 
starting their growth. When trans¬ 
planted, the tops nsiially die down be¬ 
fore the root starts growth. Allow 
fully one month before deciding it is 
not growing. It sometimes dies down 
to the ground in winter, but shoots 
forth quickly in spring. 3 to 6 feet. 
Buddleia Fortune 
—Buddleia Fortune (Plant Patent 
206). Panicles of flowers 12 to 18 in. 
long, pure lilac in color with a bril¬ 
liant orange eye in each tiny flower, 
thousands of which make up one 
flower spray. Grows 4 feet high, and 
blooms extravagantly throughout 
summer until frost. The flowers may 
be cut with stems 2 to 3 feet long and 
last in water from 3 to 5 days. Strong 
plants. Each, 75c; 3 for $2.10; 6 for 
$3.}>5. 
—Buddleia llartwegi. A beautiful 
variety with extremely long panicles of 
bright lavender flowers. Strong 
plants. Each, 50c; 3 for $1.35; for 
$2.50. 
—Isle de France. Rosy violet-pur¬ 
ple floweis, long panicles, very fra¬ 
grant. Strong plants. Each, 40c; 3 
for $1.10. 
One Each of Above 3, for $1.45. 
Butterfly Bush, Hartwegi 
The Beauty Bush that 1 ordered from you two years ago, blooms beautifully.—Mrs. R. A. Merwin, 223 Hancock St., 
Belvidere, Illinois. 
