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Size Each Per3 Perlo  fusely. : produced in great profusion. Fo- lilacs. Grows 3-5 ft. Pink Frobeli—very hardy. 3 ft 
arya safer? qe $0.35 $1.98 Rise Each Per3  Per5 ae fernlike. a Size Each Per3 Per5 ize Each Per 3 Per 5 
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Tamarix Hispid 
The Long Blooming Variety 
A very hardy Tamarix. Grows 
10 to 12 feet tall if not pruned, 
but it can be kept any height. 
Grows in sun or shade and in 
wet or dry locations. Foliage 
is very fine, feathery, and dense, 
and is of a silvery-blue color. 
(Kolkwitzia Amabilis)—A Chi- 
nese shrub covered in June with 
a mass of arching sprays of pink, 
tubular flowers. One of the most 
graceful of shrubs and in the 
spring when in bloom, its 
branches sweep clear to the 
ground in a mass of bloom that is 
Blooms Before Leaves Appear 
(Fire Bush) 
Bright red flowers borne in profusion 
on sturdy, black-barked branches. A 
flame of color that is strikingly beau- 
tiful in the shrub border or for speci- 
men planting. The fruit is used in con- 
serves. Grows 3 to 5 ft. One of the 
A rapid, robust grower, pro- 
duces cones of bright red fruit. 
Leaves beautifully formed 
rivaling the most delicate fern. 
Can be cut to the ground each 
season and a mass of beautiful 
(Prunus Triloba) 
The Rose Tree of China when in 
full bloom is breath-taking. It is 
covered with Bright Pink Double 
Flowers which somewhat resemble 
a rose. The tree blooms in May of 
the first year after planting. Grows 
foliage will result. 
In the fall, 
the 
eaves turn to the most 
‘ F : oa beautiful pinkish-red. Every . 
breathtaking in its beauty. Hardy ape shrubs to bloom in gee gan i pene coral-pink flowers. bianting should havelteome 6-8 ft. — 
ee southward, BS AE ee ce sind ale > == ee $1.50 19-94 j Nabe $1.00 Fye00 TR Sa a 39 Bf 8 2-8 ft “ioe $1.29 
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EVERYONE LOVES 
LILACS 
STANDARD LELACS a 
PURPLE: Your Mother loved them as all ? 
mothers have for centuries. They grow any- 
where. 
WHITE: Just as lovely as the Purple and 
of the Purest White. 
WHITE AND PURPLE LILAC PRICES 
i Each Per5 Perl0 


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LATE BLOOMING LILAC 
Stretches ‘‘Lilac Time” 
CHINESE PINK LILAC (Villosa): A late 
lilac of compact growth... Blooms in LATE ee 
June, Loose panicles of light Pinkish-laven- ‘ 
der ... Very Prolific. BLOOMS 2ND YEAR AFTER PLANT- 
ING 
Per 5 






Size" 
The big, round, dense, dark green 
shrub with hundreds of pink 
blooms in June. Foliage rich and 
heavy. Grows 4 to 6 ft. This is 
one of the most beautiful shrubs 
that grow, but we do not recom- 
grown successfully, south of Min- 
nesota it is one of the shrubs that 
draws envious comments from 
friends both when in bloom in 
June and all summer long as its 
foliage is so dark green and heavy. 


$1.65 

RR 1.85 
QUICK BLOOMING LILAC Blooms First Year 
PERSIAN PURPLE: 8 to 10 feet high, with slender upright 
branches, foliage rich green; blossoms in late spring with 











i le lilac colored flowers, very fragrant. An excellent fast 
men torts Guanes Mort SEs in... fe $008 ‘Sid | Eruwine vere, aowets ine drat Yeor gray pling 
e 5 - - in, .... 3 r 
tan cover. But where it can be 18-24 in. .... 39c 1.10 1.70 aze S50 $0.98 $1.50 
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NOW ALL COLORS IN LILACS 
New FRENCH HYBRIDS 
New 



Grafted French Lilacs (Blossom in 2 
years)—These have greater beauty, more 
fragrance, more attractive heavy foilage 
and are quick bloomers. They bloom the 
first year after planting. It is only in 
French Lilacs that you can get all the 
colors of lilacs, blues, whites, all shades 
of reds and wines. See list at left. 

CHARLES X: Free-Flowering, <™ French Lilac Prices: 
as Single, fine clusters of reddish-lilac Size Each Per 3 Per 5 
BLE MOCK ORANGE : 
eH er A and pat hate GOLDEN ELDER flowers. 18-24 .........$0.59 $1.65 $2.70 
MME. LEMOINE: Large pure 
white double flowers and a very de- 
pendable bloomer. 
riety. The double flowers are the 
largest, handsomest, and most sweet- 
ly fragrant of any known variety. 
Rich Gold-Leafed Shrub 
ha shrab=withetoliace. pricht BARGAIN LILAC COLLECTION 
Rieti tie i each® Pers Feri golden yellow all summer long. _PRESIDENT GREVY: Double, [7] persian—sure Blooming 
18-24 in. ...... 45¢ $2.10 $4. Sia Sinister vary fast Has light blue, immense panicles, and is 1 Villosa—Late Blooming. § 19 
Sweet cee eta balck ure. White flowers and_ elderberries one of the most desirable. 1 Chas. X—Red Hybrid Lilac. 
winter eee ogden Extra parades which birds enjoy. Grows 4-6 ft. SOUVENIR LUDWIG SPAETH: 1 Belle DeNancy—Rose Hybrid Lilac. 
Grows about 8 to 10 ft. Pniegiinis Size Fach Per5 Flowers dark purplish-red, and ex- ALL FOUR 
fea in. ...... 806 Yee, $110 2-3 ft, ............... 35e $1.55 ‘tra large. One of the prettiest lilacs, 
36 GURNEY’S, Yankton, So. Dak.—‘‘Northwest’s Largest Seed and Nursery House’”’ 
