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AMERICAN SMOKE TREE. 
GARDEN ARISTOCRATS 
This is a collection of lovely ornamentals, shrubs ond trees of outstanding beauty, for 
specimens on your lawn. Plant them where nothing else will interfere with them. 
Height listed after name of variety indicates size at maturity 
(Listed in order of ultimate height) 
Actual 
Size Each 
ROSE TREE OF CHINA (Prunus. triloba). 8-10 ft. This beautiful 
shrub is completely covered with double, pink flowers resemb- 
ling small roses in early spring. 3- 4 ft. $1.50 
DOWNY SHADBLOW (Amelanchier canadensis). 10-15 ft. Early 
in the spring, before most other shrubs bloom and before its 
own leaves appear, this shrub has a wonderful display of 
beautiful white flowers. Bright red berries follow in profusion 
during June. The shrub does well in shady places. 3- 4 ft. 1.25 
AMERICAN SMOKE TREE (Purple Fringe). 10-15 ft. One of the 
most beautiful and unusual plants. From mid-summer until 
autumn surmounted with masses of feathery panicles of flow- 
ers which give the effect of a cloud of smoke. Makes a unique 
specimen on the lawn. See illustration. 2- 3 ft. 1.00 
BECHTEL’S CRAB (Malus ioensis plena). 12-15 ft. A beautiful, 
double pink flowering crab with fragrant flowers in May-June, 
covering the whole tree. 4- S$ ft. 2.00 
BLOOD-LEAF PLUM (Prunus cistena). 12-15 ft. A new colorful 
shrub with deep purple leaves all season. Even the bark 
itself and the wood is purple. Its unusual foliage makes an 
attractive contrast to the green of the lawn. The shrub is very 
hardy. 3- 4 ft. 1.25 
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