
Choice Ho werxng Shrubs 
| And Small Ornamental Trees 
In most gardens, particularly those started many years ago, one is apt to find big, overgrown shrubs of little value, 
taking up a lot of room. Their long roots reach out for moisture and plant food needed by more valuable flowers 
growing nearby. Often, too, their branches cast heavy shade, preventing sun-loving flowers from developing to their full 
beauty. Such overgrown and out-of-size bushes should be promptly removed and replaced with more suitable kinds. 
The removal of overgrown and undesirable material and replacing it with new and appropriate plants is a “face 
lifting” for a garden. Changes outdoors give you the pleasant sensation of having acquired a new garden and there is 
nothing like “a change” to boost us along. 
The list of shrubs and small flowering trees offered on the following pages is decidedly one suited for the small 
garden where every square foot counts. It contains the very best and most colorful new things, many not found in 
the average nursery. 
Among them are the remarkable new Cotoneasters brought from China by Wilson, which he called “the Queen 
of Shrubdom.” Interesting in a unique individuality of growth, flowers and colorful fruit. 
Another one that’s particularly worthy is the Flowering Crab. Far superior in so many ways to the Japanese 
Cherry trees, which can’t approach them in color and beauty of bloom and hardiness. 
Lemoine’s new Mock Oranges and new Lilacs, as well as the new Weigelas, new Viburnums and Daphnes, make 
this listing one of the choicest in America. 
If you, therefore, seek the newest and finest in flowering shrubs and trees, Wayside has selected them for you. 
ALTHEA,; HIBISCUS - Rose of Sharon 
Erect growing shrubs of stately dnd formal shape, particularly well 
suited for screens or specimens in the shrub border. They bloom from July 
to frost and give color when most other shrubs have finished blooming. 
We offer three beautiful varieties of recent introduction, practically unknown, 
and in our estimation the three best. Their ultimate height is about 10 feet. 
Celestial Blue Each 90c, Three $2.60, Doz. $7.25 
A magnificent, distinct and truly blue Althea. The gorgeous single 
disk-like blue flowers are produced in large amounts. Planted with 
our white variety, Snowdrift, it makes a most handsome color effect 
in the summer border. Plants we send out will bloom this year. 
Snowdrift Each 90c, Three $2.60, Doz. $7.25 
Giant single, disklike, pure white flowers fully 4 inches across. The 
flowers open flat and are produced in great numbers from early July 
until frost. The plants we send out will bloom the first year. 
Rubis Each 90c, Three $2.60, Doz. $7.25 
Very large, wide-open, deep rose-pink flowers with deeper center. The 
best and most brilliant of the pink shaded Althea. Infinitely better 
than the ordinary double varieties in common use. 
CALLICARPA - Violet Jewel Berry 
Purpurea Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
Gracefully recurving branches, covered in August with thousands of 
closely set, small, pink tinted flowers. These cre followed in late Sep- 
tember by masses of violet-purple berries which last until mid-winter. 
There are few shrubs which give as much pleasure in the garden or 
which are so satisfactory for cutting. Ultimate height about five feet. 
We offer nice plants that will bear fruit at once. 
CALYCANTHUS 
Floridus Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
Few shrubs are so well Known as the Carolina Allsdice. In fact, over 
a large part of the United States it is called ‘Shrub’ or ‘Shrub Bush’’ 
without any other qualification. In some piaces it is referred to as the 
“Sweet-Scented Shrub,’ the ‘Sweet Shrub,’’ or the ‘Strawberry Shrub.’ 
The handsome, dark red-brown flowers are produced in early spring. 
They are deliciously fragrant, especially when wilted, and school-boys 
frequently fill their pockets with them, carrying them about until they 
are shriveled husks. The curious large pods which follow are full of 
smooth, brown seeds, like coffee beans, which are elusively aromatic 
when rubbed in the hands and often used as counters in children’s 
games. During the summer, the plant is neat and very handsome, with 
glossy, corrugated foliage. It grows 4 to 5 feet high, and in time will 
spread over an area equally broad. 
Azalea Pontica—Hardy Ghent Azaleas 
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zaleas 
Just as the Rhododendron is the king of the Evergreen Shrubs, so 
are its cousins, the Azaleas, the aristocrats of the Deciduous Shrubs. 
In color, the Azaleas give an assortment of hues in much wider range 
than in the Rhododendrons—and flowering periods from mid-April to 
early July. While classed as acid soil plants they thrive in soils of 
considerable range, particularly the Asiatic sorts, which even prefer 
some lime in the soil. The opportunities for using deciduous Azaleas 
are almost unlimited. Their graceful habit appears to good advantage 
in informal plantings either in wooded areas or in shrub borders, 
while many are most decorative used in the foundation planting where 
evergreens create a dark background for their vivid colors. They 
succeed equally well in sun or shade, preferring a moderately moist 
soil or a mulch of leaf mold. 
Culture: Plant in full sun, in the South in light shade, in soil freely mixed 
with leaf mold and peat in about equal proportions. A yearly top dressing 
of well-rotted stable manure or one pound of Wayside Gardens Plant Food 
scattered around each plant in the fall will help to produce abundant 
blooms. Remove faded flowers at once, do not let plants go to seed; never 
cultivate. Water freely in dry weather. All the varieties offered here are 
quite tolerant of lime and do well in alkaline soils. 
Mollis Hybrids 
12-15 in. high Each $2.00, Three $5.75, Doz. $20.00 
15-18 in. high Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
18-24 in. high Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Without exception one of the most satisfactory of all. The color range 
is through innumerable shades of orange, flame, yellow and, salmon- 
orange of the most brilliant hues. Unlike all other Azaleas, it is quite 
tolerant of lime, and does well most anywhere. It is very hardy, ten 
degrees below zero does not affect the flower buds. A group of these 
in bloom in the foreground of the shrub border is a delightful sight. 
Average height of old plants about 3 to 5 feet. 
Mucronulata 
15-18 in. high Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
18-24 in. high Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
One of the very first Azaleas to flower, opening rosy lavender flowers 
the same time as Forsythia, thus lengthening by several weeks the 
blooming period of the Azaleas. It will succeed in dry locations and it 
likes some lime. Can be grown quite successfully in slightly alkaline 
soils. Planted in front of a Forsythia, it makes a handsome combination. 
Pontica, “Golden Yellow” 
15-18 in. high Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
18-24 in. high Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Not unlike the Azalea Mollis in habit or appearance but faster and 
stronger growing, forming perhaps a more compact and bigger plant. 
Another outstanding feature is the leaves which in autumn turn to rich- 
est shades of coppery red and fiery browns, creating an effect as color- 
ful as in the spring when the hundreds of golden yellow flowers trans- 
form the plant into a mound of golden yellow. Pontica Azaleas are 
aften called Hardy Ghent Azaleas. You'll enjoy some of them in the 
ae border. They are particularly beautiful in combination with spring 
ulbs. 
Poukhanensis 
12-15 in. high Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
15-18 in. high Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
A compact iow-growing Azalea which in late May produces such a pro- 
fusion of fragrant orchid-lavender flowers. The plant is entirely hidden 
by its blossoms. It is easily one of the best hardy Azaleas for form as 
well cs color and combines brilliantly with the golden yellow Pontica. 
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