HERBST BROTHERS. 92 Warren St., New York 5 
DISANTHUS CERCIDIFOLIUS 
(^Granted Award of Merit By Royal Horticultural Society^ 
An uncommon Japanese shrub, remarkable for its vivid autumnal coloring. 
It is of good habit, with slender, spreading growths, eventually reaching a 
height of 8 or 10 feet. The large leaves are broadly ovate or suborbicular, 
cordate at the base, dark green and somewhat glaucous beneath during the 
summer, changing to a rich vinous red. The insignificant reddish flowers 
are occasionally produced during the summer. 
$2.50 Ib; $22.50 10 lbs. 
EUONYMUS ALATLJS ("Winged Euonymus} 
Turns brilliant-red in the autumn. Berries also turn to bright red. Very 
showy. 85 ^ lb ; $ 7.50 10 lbs. 
IDESIA POLYCARPA 
An ornamental tree which commands great attention. Bark is greyish 
white. The fragrant yellowish flowers appear in pendulous panicles and 
are followed in fall by large red berries. 
$ 2.00 lb ; $ 18.00 10 lbs. 
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ILEX CRENATA Japanese Holly) 
A small tree with small thick glossy foliage similar to Boxwood. Lends 
itself to specimens and hedgework and may be trimmed frequency. 
80?! lb; $7.20 10 lbs. 
MAGNOLIA CONSPICUA (Yulan) 
'Ours is true strain. Flowers large, campanulate, white, sweet scented. 
Order early. $ 5.00 lb ; $ 45.00 10 lbs. 
MAGNOLIA KOBUS (^Japanese Magnolia^ 
Many nurserymen have trouble in starting the seed but. we can supply 
such Kobus seed which is sure to germinate. They are harvested with 
utmost care and dried in such manner that they do not fail to germinate. 
Customers must plant our seeds immediately on their arrival. 
$ 1.40 lb ; $ 12.50 10 lbs. 
MAGNOLIA LILIFLORA 
A large flowering Magnolia. The flower appears in March-April before 
leaves come up and is even larger than Yulan but with dark purple-red 
color, and remains cupped and does not open flat. 
$ 3.50 ib ; $ 31.50 10 lbs. 
NANDINA DOMESTICA RED 
One of the most beautiful of red berries in Japan. Usually they attain 
from 3 to 6 feet high making standard appearance as they lose their 
foliage from the bottom. The brilliant 'red berries born on the top part 
of the plant in very heavy clusters which easily measure more than foot 
long covered by hundreds of good sized round berries of most brilliant 
red imagined. Easily can be grown from seed and comes to berry within 
a few years. $ 1.20 lb ; $ 11.00 10 lbs. 
PRUNUS INCISA (^Mamc Cherry) 
Absolutely hardy in the Arnold Arboretum and rivals P. subhirtella in 
abundance of blossom. As the petals fall, the calyx become bright colored 
and add fully a week to the spring beauty of this tree. 
$ 1.80 lb ; $ 16.50 10 lbs. 
Special prices on larger quantities. 
