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SPIREAS 
RED SPIREA (Anthony Waterer). 21% feet. Handsome round bush, 
2% to 3 feet in height and width. Begins to bloom in early summer, and 
if the dead blossonis are picked off, it will continue blooming until late 
in the fall. Bright red flowers in large clusters, all over the bush. The 
most popular of all red flowered shrubs. Hardy in zone 4. Size 1% to 2 
feet, 90c each; 3 for $2.40, postpaid. 
WHITE SPIREA Bridal Wreath (Van Houttei). 7 fect. A leader among 
shrubs and a beautiful ornament at all seasons. Sometimes called Bridal 
Wreath. A round and graceful bush with arching branches, covered with 
,white flowers in the spring. No doubt one of the ‘most useful of all shrubs 
‘for the border, around porches and for hedges. For prices on smaller 
hedge size see page 63. Hardy in zone 4. Size 2 feet, 60c each; 3 for 
$1.50, postpaid. ‘ 
FRENCH PUSSY WILLOW 
10 feet. Not the wild pussy willow but a cultivated variety that has made a sensation 
wherever it has been shown. 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 Own Lawn. Enjoy these dainty silvery flowers every winter. A beautiful round 
shrub in summer. Wherever you have room for a Lilac or Snowball, you have room for 
a Pussy Willow. Use them for tall screens or backgrounds. 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 silvery pink, from 1 to 2 inches long. They. will repay you many 
times their cost in pleasure, Hardy in Zone 2, 2 feet, 60c each; 3 for $1.50, postpaid. 

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HOW TO USE THE HARDINESS MAP 
So many of our customers in the northern states want to know just how much 
cold a ‘“‘hardy’’ shrub or plant will stand that we have incorporated as much of 
this information as possible into our catalog. Wherever this information is avail- 
able, we have given it in the description of each variety. As an example, Pussy 
Willow above is listed as ‘‘Hardy in Zone 2.’’ This means that it will survive 
the winters in any territory marked 2 or higher, on the map below. As a gen- 
eral rule, most plants will survive one zone farther north if planted in a sheltered 
location. 
This map was furnished us through the courtesy of the Arnold Arboretum at 
Jamaica Plains, Mass. 

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THE LIMITS OF THE 
AVERAGE ANNUAL MINIMUM 
TEMPERATURES FOR EACH ZONE } 
5 
Zone t In Nerthern Canada 
9 ile lg aS Zone 2-50° to ~35 ood 
L cine Zone 3-35" to -20° 
Zone:4 “20° te ~10°. Gm 
Jone 5 ~10° to - 5° 
Zone & -5° to +5° 9 
Zone 7 8° to 10° ee 
Zone 8 10° to 20° Sz 
Zone 9 20° to 30° Fag 
Zone 10 30° to 40° Ge: 
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ae ore hosed on average annual minimum 
sratures as listed by the U. 5. Weather Bureau 
> yea s 1895-1935 ae uublished in the Atlas 
rican Agriculture, U. S.D. A., Washington, 1936 
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