WILD BROS. NURSERY CO., SARCOXIE, MO. 3 
Safe Arrival Guaranteed 
Call for shipment upon arrival and care for it as directed 
on card we will mail you. Should damage occur by delay, 
which rarely happens, we will refund or duplicate it if you 
report at once. If by freight, express or truck, we must have 
receipt for charges, with agent's notation of damage, so we 
a enter claim against them when damage was caused by 
elay. 
Price, Size and Quality 
You buy trees and shrubs, not for a few months’ use, but 
to grow into beauty. The best are no more trouble to grow, 
often not as much, and give you better results. Quality can- 
not be shown in a catalog. For that you have to depend 
upon the reputation of your nurseryman. That reputation, 
after all, is more guarantee than anything he can say. Since 
1875 this nursery has supplied quality fruits, trees and flowers 
at reasonable prices. 
When we can we tell you the size. Yet every nursery- 
man knows some growers’ 3 to 4 ft. shrubs, for example, 
may be larger and better branched than anothers. In some 
cases, for example perennials, the size can hardly be de- 
scribed. Again you must depend upon the reputation of your 
nurseryman. It is impossible for any nurseryman to furnish 
all stock equally rooted, equally branched, or even of equal 
size, because they don't grow that way. An Apple is better 
rooted than a Cherry, a Spirea better branched than a Su- 
mac, a Daisy larger than a Phlox. Some kinds of Roses are 
larger than others. 
We do promise you first class stock of its size and variety. 
A deep well and irrigation system enables us to water the 
plants when needed. A well equipped storage building with 
artificial refrigeration enables us to properly care for the 
stock after it is dug and while it is being prepared for ship- 
ment to you. You can depend upon well grown stock, lib- 
erally graded and properly packed. Plant it carefully, water 
it as needed, and we feel sure it will please you. 

Althea blooms in July and August. 
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MISSOURI SALES TAX 
Missouri customers please add two per cent sales 
tax, which we are required to collect and remit to the 
State Auditor. Price lists are necessarily issued subject 
to State or Federal regulations that may be hereafter 
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Hardy Flowering Shrubs Beautify the Lawn 
A proper selection will give you flowers from snow to 
snow, making a beautiful display in a year or two. They 
give best effect in groups along the boundaries or along the 
division lines of the property, at the edges or corners of the 
lawn, along walks or drives and as foundation plantings. 
The Golden Forsythia and fiery Japan Quince bloom before 
the leaves are developed. Lilacs, Spirea, Mock Orange, But- 
terfly Bush, Hydrangeas and Altheas will carry the display 
through summer. Some shrubs with colored twigs such as 
Bailey's Dogwood, and berried shrubs such as Barberry and 
Cranberry Bush continue the color effect well into winter. 
Foundation Plantings. For high foundations, the taller 
growing shrubs may be used about the base, dwarf varie- 
ties for low foundations. The outlines of the plantings should, 
as a rule, be irregular and usually two or more of a kind 
should be used. The height at maturity and the blooming 
times are the average for southern Missouri. 
Shrubs for Shady Situations. Success is largely a matter 
of good drainage, fertility and humus or vegetable matter in 
the soil. It is assumed that reasonable attention will be 
given to these needs. No shrub gives satisfactory results in 
excessively wet or excessively dry or poor soil. 
Pruning. Shrubs blooming before mid-summer, hence on 
old wood, should be pruned after blooming or the flowers 
will be reduced in number. Prune in early spring those 
blooming after mid-summer, hence on new wood. A two- 
page circular giving more complete suggestions will be 
mailed on request. Ask for, ‘When Shall I Prune My Shrubs.” 
Mail Sizes, Postpaid 
Those quoted as “mail size, postpaid,’ while not as heavy 
as the others, are sturdy, well rooted young plants, and will, 
with reasonable care, give good results. In fact, they are 
such as we grow on to larger sizes. If others not quoted post- 
paid are desired by parcel post, postage will be additional. 
Five or more of a kind at the 10 rate, less at each rate. 
Althea; Rose of Sharon; Hibiscus syriacus 
Its fluted or ruffled flowers, resembling hollyhocks, appear 
in July and August, often through September, when few other 
shrubs are in bloom. Of stately upright habit, it is good for 
specimen plants, backgrounds and tall hedges or screens. 
Succeeds in any good soil, not excessively dry; tolerates par- 
tial but not dense shade; attains 6 to 10 ft., occasionally 15 
ft.; prune in early spring. Double Pink and Double Red. 
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Barberry, Japanese or Thunberg’s; Berberis Thunbergi 
Discovered in 1864, it has become one of the most popular 
shrubs. Dwarf, dense, compact, spreading habit; graceful 
spiny branches; excellent for foundation plantings, about 
doorways, walks, etc., and for massing in front of taller 
shrubs; makes a good hedge. It grows 2 to 4 ft. high, or may 
be kept any height desired by pruning in the spring. It 
thrives in moderately fertile, well drained soil, and endures 
partial shade. Its small, beautiful bright green leaves, % to 
1 in. long, appear very early, and color brilliantly in autumn, 
a mingling of bronze, orange, scarlet and crimson. Tiny 
greenish-yellow flowers in April; scarlet berries ¥ to 1% in. 
long in October, remaining into late winter or early spring. 
This variety does not produce wheat rust. 
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Tune in WMBH for Garden Talks. 
Those within range of the Joplin, Mo., radio station, WMBH, 
1450 kilocycles, are invited to tune in each Sunday at 1:00 
p. m. for a gardening talk and musical program, 
