Prunus 
FLOWERING ALMOND 
Glandulosa alba Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
(Flowering Almond.) The small, very double, white rosettes grow in 
great quantities along the stem in late April and early May. Lovely 
when in bloom. Ultimate height about 4 to 5 feet. 
Glandulosa rosea Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
Produces very double, rose colored flowers in great profusion in spring. 
One of the most charming old-fashioned early flowering shrubs, and 
is still unsurpassed in beauty in its season. Our plants are grown on 
their own roots, thus insuring extra vigor and more lasting satisfaction 
as well as no “wild suckers.’ 
FLOWERING PLUMS 
Pissardi' rosea (Purple-Leaved Plum “Special Selection’’) 
Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $30.00 
The deep bronzy purple foliage of this small tree is its great attraction; 
however, the thousands of pink, single flowers in spring are not to be 
overlooked. Most ‘‘purple’’ leaved trees lose much of their color through- 
out the summer, but this is not the case with this special selection of 
ours recently imported from England. Its foliage is of the deepest shade 
or purplish red imaginable, almost black. It makes a fine contrast plant 
and helps give variety and color in the garden, easily grown and ideal 
for the small yard or a special point of interest. Ultimate height about 
10 feet. Occasional pruning will keep it in shape desired. 
Pissardi veitchi Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $30.00 
This small tree grows about 10 feet tall, but can be pruned to small 
size if desired. In early spring it is covered with thousands of large 
clusters of double pink blossoms not unlike those of the double flow- 
ering Cherry or Peach. It is very hardy and should be used in place of 
flowering Peaches or Cherries in those localities where the latter are not 
hardy. In addition to the delightful display of double pink flowers you 
will enjoy the light bronze colored foliage which in late summer turns 
green. 
Triloba Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
(Flowering Plum.) The flowering Plum blooms early in May before the 
leaves come out. The delightful double, quilled, bright pink flowers 
stud every twig and branchlet so heavily no wood is visible. Very 
handsome and should not be left out of any garden. We offer plants 
growing on their own roots because they are so much more satisfactory. 
Ultimate height about 8 feet. 
SALIX - Willow 
French Pussy Willow Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
Not the wild Pussy Willow but a fine cultivated French variety. 
Branches of this variety have been selling at retail during the winter 
months in cities at from $1.00 to $2.00 per dozen. You can grow them 
on your lawn! Enjoy these dainty silvery pink flowers every winter. 
A beautiful round shrub in summer or use them for tall screens or back- 
grounds. Cut the ends of the branches in January or February. Place 
them indoors in a vase of water. Watch them unfold their large catkins 
of silver-pink, from 1 to 2 inches long. They will repay you many times 
their cost in pleasure. Ultimate height 10 feet. Cut back branches to 
6 inches when planting and each spring after catkins have formed to 
promote long, vigorous new canes. 
Purpurea nana Each 55c, Doz. $4.50, 100 $25.00, 1000 $225.00 
Dwarf Blue-Leaf Arctic Willow. Discovered north of the Arctic Circle. 
A charming low-growing Willow excellently suited for edgings. Grows 
anywhere in wet or heavy soils where other plants perish. It is able to 
withstand the lowest temperatures encountered in this country, is of 
easy culture. Just the plant for low edgings, around beds or along walks 
in difficult soils or localities. The foliage is a lovely gray-blue-green. 
Can be clipped for formal effects or left natural as desired. Should 
be planted about 8 inches apart. May also be grown as single specimens 
in the rock garden. 
SORBUS - Mountain Ash 
Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
This prolificly fruiting variety resembles the well known Mountain Ash 
very closely. It does not grow quite as tall, only 20 to 25 feet, but pro- 
duces twice the amount of flowers and fruit. The branches literally bend 
under the brilliant loads of orange fruits. This small tree can be grown 
in every small garden without damaging nearby flowers. Transplants 
readily. We offer nice young trees about 6 feet tall. 
SPIRAEA 
A very important family of shrubs. Most Spiraeas are sun loving, but 
withstand much abuse in location and soil conditions, and are a source of 
joy and satisfaction. 
Bumalda crispa Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
The ornamental foliage of this Spirea is crested and covers the plant 
heavily, giving a most attractive effect. The flowers are deep crimson- 
red and occur throughout the summer. A choice, low growing shrub 
for foreground planting or a colorful low hedge which requires no 
pruning. Ultimate height about 24 to 30 inches. 
Japonica coccinea Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
Similar in growth and habit to the Anthony Waterer Spirea. The 
flowers of this new variety are much better and richer crimson-red. 
No one will ever again plant the old Anthony Waterer once they have 
seen this fine improvement. Ultimate height about 30 to 36 inches. 
(Color illustration, page 55.) 
SNOWBANK SPIREA 
Mongolica Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
This is the earliest flowering of the Spireas, in full bloom along with 
the Forsythias. It is a gracefully slender but erect shrub about 4 to 
5 feet high at maturity. The branches are thin and arching, plenti- 
fully besprinkled with pure white flowers like snow lingering from 
winter. It is a dainty and very beautiful shrub with feathery fresh 
green foliage that in autumn turns orange and scarlet. Makes a 
fine informal hedge or attractive in groups or singly in the border 
nia ne early bloom blends beautifully with Daffodils and early 
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Syringa 
NEW HYBRID SPECIES LILACS 
THE DAPHNE LILAC 
Microphylla superba Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
A remarkably lovely shrub, deliciously fragrant, introduced from 
China. Graceful, slender stems; pinkish red buds opening to pale 
pink, loose panicles of small individual florets. The flowers produce 
a two-tone effect that is very pleasing and novel. The. main truss 
is on top of each stem and smaller trusses are set down the branches, 
so that the entire plant forms one large bouquet. The foliage is 
very pretty, about one inch long and three-fourths inch wide. Blooms 
again in the fall. The fragrance of this Lilac _is something never to 
be forgotten. More like that of Daphne and Gardenia blended than 
the Lilac fragrance we are familiar with. 
HYBRID HUNGARIAN LILAC 
Henri Lutece Each $2.50, Three $7.00, Doz. $25.00 
A hybrid between S. Villosa and S. Josikea, with a round, shapely 
bush about midway in size between the two parents. The blooms 
are enormous panicles, open, plumelike in appearance, held erect 
and of beautiful light violet in color. Has the heavy foliage of 
Josikea. A fine ornamental shrub coming into bloom about a week 
after the French Lilac. This variety deserves a place in all Lilac 
plantings. One who has never seen one of these hybrid Lilacs cannot 
imagine how beautiful they are and how different from other Lilacs, 
THE PINK PEARL LILAC 
Sweginzowi albida Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
This new Hybrid Lilac was originated by Mr. Lemoine, of Nancy, 
France, who without a doubt has created the world’s finest Lilacs, 
Peonies, and many other things. This Lilac is not a so-called French 
Hybrid, but a cross between S. Sweginzowi Superba and S. Wilsoni. 
At the end of May it produces a profusion of many-branched pan- 
icles of the most elegant character; the large, long-tubed flowers 
with reflexed lobes are of a delicate pale pink passing to white and 
are very sweet scented. The flowers remind one of large trusses of 
pink pearls. Hardy anywhere. 
VITEX - Chaste Tree 
Macrophylla Each $1.25, Three $3.50, Doz. $12.00 
A graceful shrub with attractive spikes of lovely lavender-blue flowers. 
Blooms profusely from July until fall and grows more than ten feet high 
unless pruned back. It is a most desirable summer-flowering shrub of 
distinctive appearance. Fits in well in the border and is also suitable 
as a lawn plant. Its form, foliage and lilac flowers are very unusual. 
Viburnum - Snowball 

Burkwoodi (New English Hybrid) 
Bushy plants, 3-4 ft. Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
Bare root, 2-3 ft. Each $3.00, Three $ 8.50, Doz. $32.00 
Bare root, 18-24 in. Each $2.00, Three $ 5.75, Doz. $20.00 
Improved Carlesi. Waxy blush-white and delicately fragrant, the 
flowers of this new fragrant Viburnum are produced in early spring 
when the leaves are unfolding. They form round, domed clusters, 
and the gardenia-like fragrance is so sweet as to pervade q large 
area. The plant grows about 6 feet high and 4 to 5 feet in diameter. 
It likes a well drained, sunny place, with plenty of moisture. This 
is a new jewel for the garden—a real aristocrat. For the small 







garden, the one Viburnum above all others that should be grown, 
is Viburnum Burkwoodi. 

Foliage shiny dark green all summer. 
Carlesi Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
Waxy white, deliciously fragrant flowers in early spring when the leaves 
are unfolding. This fragrant Snowball is a great favorite. It is very 
hardy, easily grown and does well in light shade, as well as in full sun. 
Tomentosum Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
If all the other Viburnums were thrown into the discard, this one would 
justify the family. It is a superb flowering shrub and the spectacle of 
a good Tomentosum in bloom is a sight not ever to be forgotten. In early 
June the horizontal branches become perfect mosaics of wheel-like 
clusters ringed with dazzling white flowers, with spidery sunburst cen- 
ters, resembling a fall of snow. Ultimate height 8 feet. 
Tomentosum plicatum Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
The Japanese Snowball has its pure white flowers arranged in a perfectly 
round ball 3 to 4 inches across. Its clean foliage is quite similar to the 
Tomentosum. Much neater and in every way superior to the common 
Snowball which is usually covered with aphids. It makes a commanding 
specimen and there are few shrubs handsomer than this when well grown. 
Opulus Xanthocarpum (Apricot-Fruited Cranberry Bush) 
; Each $2.00, Three $5.75, Doz. $20.00 
This makes a handsome bush 5 to 7 feet high. It is particularly attrac- 
tive from July to December after when its beautiful blossoms are re- 
placed by immense clusters of V/2-inch apricot-yellow fruits. The clus- 
ters of berries are many and heavy, and create a beautiful show against 
the rich green foliage. The heavily fruited branches may be cut for 
indoor decoration. They combine stunningly with Gladioli, Dahlias, or 
Chrysanthemums. The clusters of fruits retain their beautiful apricot- 
yellow tint for six weeks or more. Easily grown, hardy as an oak. May 
be planted in fall or spring. The plants we ship are about 3 feet tall. 
