Hardy Flowering Shrubs .. . 
Flowering Shrubs can be utilized in many different ways because of their natural 
beauty and flexibility. For instance: Shrubs against the house foundation blend the 
house with the lawn. . 
. they serve as a wonderful background for flowers and have 
beautiful flowers and berries of their own. Their beauty is ever changing, always 
interesting. They serve to give privacy along the side or the rear of your house. 
Select your Shrubs so as to have some in bloom all the time, from early spring 
until late fall. 
The following Shrubs are all hardy varieties, suitable for growing in Northern 
Illinois. 
ALMOND, FLOWERING — PRUNUS 
Glandulosa (Flowering Almond) — An early spring- 
blooming shrub; branches gaily covered with 
beautiful double pink flowers. 
EG mee eS alae 4 ase als Each $0.75 
Prunus Triloba (see page 12) 
ACANTHOPANAX 
Pentaphyllum “Five Leaved Aralia’” — Bushy shrub 
with slender arching branches; ornamental foli- 
age; grows well in the shade and is sometimes 
used for hedging. 
DEO gee ee eb. he eee Each $0.50 
ARONIA — CHOKEBERRY 
Arbutifolia (Red Chokeberry) — 
shrubs with clusters of small white flowers in 
Very attractive 
May; the bright-red berries appear in August 
and remain until winter; bright crimson foliage 
in autumn. 
Ca OR Ee eR IO Ns is eis a eens Each $0.70 

Prunus Triloba 
ARALIA 
Spinosa (Devil's Walking Stick) — Upright heavy 
stemmed thorny shrub; ornamental foliage. 
At eh. See ee Cc ee Each $0.60 
BARBERRY — BERBERIS 
Japanese (Thunbergia) — The Japanese Barberry is 
an attractive shrub, forming a 
rounded bushy plant from 3-4’ high. It has 
small bright-green leaves that change to brilliant 
in fol 
berries that hang on the bush all winter. It is a 
slow-growing 
scarlet and a profusion of bright-red 
beautiful hedge plant that needs no trimming. 
Each $0.35: 10 for $3.00 
Each .45; 10 for 4.00 
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Truehedge Columnberry (Plant Patent No. 110) — 
The "Ready Made Hedge,” upright, dense, and 
perfectly hardy; requires practically no trimming 
to keep a compact hedge; foliage changes to 
brilliant scarlet in fall. The bright red berries 
are very showy in fall and winter. 
Each 10 BS 100 
Ora eat tor esate $0.30 $2.40 $4.75 $16.00 
LoS LB ee hoes 35 2.70 5.50 19.00 
TO 2AM eee .40 3.20 6.75 24.00 

Right: Japanese Barberry 
Left; Truehedge Columnberry 
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