Flowering 
Peach 
There is a place in 
practically every garden 
for a Flowering Peach, 
hardy over most of the 
country. 
PRUNUS PERSICA ALBA 
FL.-PL. Double White- 
flowering Peach. A small 
tree covered with little ro- 
settes of white flowers. 
Blooms in early spring and 
should be pruned severely 
every year as soon as the 
flowers are gone. To be 
planted at the edge of a 
shrub border where its 
blooms can be enjoyed. 
P. PERSICA ROSEA FL.- 
PL. Double Pink-flower- 
ing Peach. Similar to the 
preceding, but bearing soft 
pink flowers. 
P. PERSICA RUBRA FL.- 
PL. Double Red-flowering 
Peach. Darker-colored flow- 
ers than Rosea. 
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 












Stewartia 
anthers. 
3-inch white flowers showing orange anthers. 
A drift of Peach blossoms on a grassy slope 
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The gardener looking for a “different” shrub 
to plant on his grounds will be pleased with 
Stewartia. It bears showy white flowers in the 
axils of the leaves in early summer, and is 
clothed with healthy foliage. A mixture of peat 
and loam suits it best, and it is fairly hardy. 
STEWARTIA MONADELPHA. A species from the 
Orient that eventually attains a considerable size. 
bears white flowers 114 inches across, with violet 
It 
S. PENTAGYNA. Native in the southeastern United 
States. This variety is a shrub about 15 feet tall with 
S. PSEUDO-CAMELLIA. This shrubby form grows 
about 50 feet tall. The flowers are 214 inches in 
diameter, with white stamens and orange anthers. 
