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Beauty-Bush (Kolkwitzia amabilés}. 
Introduced by J. & P. in 1928. The 
arching branches bestow graceful 
cascades of thickly massed, deep pink, 
fragrant flowers in May. Very hardy. 
Up to 5 ft.; grows even in poor soil. 
Hydrangea (H. arborescens grandiflora}. 
Large, round, white flower-clusters, almost 
everlasting, up to 51% in. across in Aug. Long- 
lived. Does well in semi-shade. Medium 
height, 3 to 4 ft. $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50 


$1.25 each; 3 for $3.15 
Flowering Shrubs belong to the home. 
They bestow color and fragrance and give 
personality. The J. & P. Dept. of Plant 
Research has selected those best suited 
for your home—all subjected to rigid 
“‘lawn laboratory’’ tests that insure your 
getting plants like those pictured. With 
well-chosen shrubs, your home lives in- 
timately with its surroundings, in color- 
ful harmony with the changing seasons. 
Flowering Shrubs are also interesting 
decorative plants for lawn specimens, 
backgrounds for vegetables and in the 
border, in the garden, and for estate 
plantings. Plant groups of Floribunda 
Roses with them and your garden and 
grounds will have constant color. 

Smoke-Bush {Rhus cotinus}. Often called 
“Purple Fringe.” Large, gossamer panicles 8 in. 
long almost completely cover bush from June to 
Sept. Suggest purplish haze of smoke. Beautiful, 
well-rounded bush; rich purple-green foliage. 
Ultimate height 15 ft. $1.25 each; 3 for 
Philadelphus virginalis {Mock-Orange; Sweet Syringa}. 
Prized double, pure white; precious orange-blossom fra- 
grance, exotic in evening; lovely in bouquets. Medium 
height. 
of foliage. Grows 3 to 4 ft. high. 
Variegated Mock- Orange {Philadelphus 
aurea}. Glistening gold and green foliage. 
Leaves are marked with distinctive gold 
splashes setting plant in a class _by itself, 
White flowersin May. $1.25 each; 3 for $3.15 
to 6 ft. 
$1.25 each; 3 for $3.15 

Flowering Quince {Cydonia japonica}. The brilliant scarlet 
flowers of early spring, blooming with Forsythia. Often 
called ‘“Firebush.” Lovely flowers cover branches even ahead 
$1.00 each; 3 for $2.50 
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Werlals Xpreges? Rose Grower, 
drenched with golden yel- 
low. Medium height, up 


Flowering Almond. Dainty, pastel pink, in- 
tensely double flowers like miniature roses, in 
great profusion in May. Dwarf, bushy, rounded. 
Grows anywhere, 3 to 4 ft. tall. 
$1.25 each; 3 for $2.15 
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Forsythia {Golden Bells} : 3 
spectabilis. Far superior - * : coal ad 
to other Forsythias. First Me + 
flowers of spring. The 
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$1.00 each; 3 for $2.50 

Burning-Bush (Exonymus alatus}. A gor- 
geous sight in fall, with its strawberry-crimson 
foliage. Striking reddish orange berries 
which remain till winter. Interesting corky 
twigs; picturesque, spreading branches. A 
glorious spot of fall color. Slow-growing up 
to 6 ft. $1.50 each; 3 for $3.75 
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