Shrubs 
Prunus melanocarpa, WESTERN 
CHOKECHERRY Nee10; 
melanocarpa [me-lan-o-car’-pa] Black fruit 
The familiar native shrub with clusters of white 
fragrant flowers and black edible fruit. Useful for 
tall thickets. Hardy and slow growing. Nursery 
grown plants. 6-8 ft. $1.50,.4-5 ft. $1.00, 3-4 ft. 75e 
Prunus newport, PURPLE LEAF PLUM 10’ 
yD Similar to Prunus cistena in color but more upright 
habit of growth. Hardy here. 5-6 ft. $2.00 
Prunus OKA PLUM 8’ 
Combines beauty with utilitv. A nice shaped little 
PURPLE LEAF PLUM tree bearing excellent quality plums the second year 
from planting. 3-4 ft. $1.00 
Prunus pennsylvanica, PIN or 
BIRD CHERRY N. 8’ 
pennsylvanica [penn-sil-vane’-i-ca] From Penn- 
sylvania. 
A neat and attractive native shrub, which is adapted 
to planting in groups or for tall backgrounds. It has 
a profusion of fragrant white blossoms in spring 
and a beautiful array of tiny bright red cherries in 
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Prunus tomentosa, NANKING CHERRY 8’ 
tomentosa [to-men-tow’-sch] Hairy, fuzzy. 
@ Large attractive shrub having beautiful pink blos- 
soms and red edible fruit. Will be more commonly 
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BIRD CHERRY Prunus triloba, DOUBLE-FLOWERING 
ji PLUM 3’ 
triloba [tri-lobe’-ah] With three lobes 
Covered with beautiful double pink flowers in early 
spring. Often mistaken for a large flowering almond. 
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Ptelea trifoliata, HOP-TREE or 
WAFER ASH N. 6’ 
Ptelea [tee’-leah] Greek for “elm” because of 
similarity of fruit. 
trifoliata [tri-fole’-e-ata] Three-leaf 
A partly hardy shrub with inconspicuous flowers 
; but large showy clusters of silvery hov-like fruit 
NANKING CHERRY which remain attractive through winter. 6-8 ft. $2.00 


Rhamnus cathartica, COMMON ; 
BUCKTHORN 10 
Rhamnus [ram’nus] Ancient Greek 
cathartica [cath-ar’-tic-a] With cathartic prop- 
erties. 
Sometimes used for tall hedges but usually as a 
background shrub. Clusters of black berries in fall. 
5-6 ft. $1250, 4-5 ft. $1.25, 3-4 ft. (oc 
Rhamnus dahurica, DAHURIAN 
, 
V BUCKTHORN 12 
1 dahurica [da-hoor-i-kah] From Dahuria in 
Siberia. ; 
DOUBLE- Another new buckthorn. Of similar habit to Rhamnus 
FLOWERING PLUM cathartica but superior. 3-4 ft. $1.50, 2-3 ft: $1.00 
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