



Hardy Flowering Shrubs 
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ALL SHRUBS OFFERED on this page are individually labeled and wrapped. 

Laburnum 

Laburnum .© Golden Chain 
Vossi. 15 ft. Tree-like, green-barked shrub 
with hanging clusters of golden yellow pea- 
flowers. Imagine a yellow wisteria that 
does not climb. Will stand partial shade. 
The pods and seeds are poisonous. Strik- 
ing plant, covered with blooms in May 
and June. 4 to 5 ft., $4 each, $44 per doz. 


Weigela 
These are among the most popular flower- 
ing shrubs, covered in May and early June by 
their large, trumpet-shaped flowers. Prune 
as soon as blooms are mostly over and from 
time to time shorten branches that grow 
over-long. This encourages a continuance of 
flowers all year. They do best in full sun. 
Bristol Ruby. New. Plant Patent No. 
492. An attractive shrub with ruby-red 
blossoms on entire plant from June through 
July, and intermittently throughout the 
season. Six-foot fine-formed shrub at 
maturity. 2 to 3 ft., $1.50 each, $16.50 
per doz. Sold out 1946. 
Eva Rathke. Blooms all summer. The flow- 
ers are ruby-carmine. 5 feet high when 
mature. 2 to 3-foot plants. $1.25 each, 
$13.75 per doz. 

Weigela 



Spiraea 
Anthony Waterer. Color bright crimson. A 
dwarf subject which blooms in July and Au- 
gust. 3 feet when mature. 114 to2-ft. plants. 
Van Houttei. Bridal Wreath. In May and 
June the white blooms almost entirely 
cover the foliage. 8 feet htgh when mature. 
3 to 4-foot plants. 
Above, $1.25 each, $13.75 per doz. 


Lilac . Syringa 
Purple. Large showy panicles; fragrant 
White. Delicious perfume; pure white. 
Above, 2 to 3-foot plants, $1.25 each, 
$13.75 per doz. 
French Hybrids 
SINGLE VARIETIES 
Charles X. 10 ft. Single. A profuse bloomer, 
good for cutting. Violet-red. 2 to 3 ft. 
Ludwig Spaeth. 10 ft. Smegle. Dark 
crimson-purple; very fragrant. 2 to 3 ft. 
Marie Legraye. 10 ft. Single. Pure creamy 
white. A profuse bloomer. 2 to 3 ft. 
Above French Hybrids, $1.75 each, 
$19.25 per doz. 


Pyrus (Cydonia) 
Flowering Quince. A showy shrub that 
blooms profusely in early spring; flowers 
dazzling scarlet. 4 to 5 feet high. 2 to 
3-foot plants, $1.25 each, $13.75 per doz. 
Chinese Hybrid Chestnut 
Low, spreading tree which should begin to 
bear three years after planting. Nuts are of 
excellent roasting or stuffing quality. 
Thisis the American scientist’s answer to the 
blight, which has killed nearly all our native 
Chestnuts in the northeastern United States. 
Any good Joamy soil will grow them, pro- 
vided it drains well. Best planted in threes, 
neighbors codperating by planting one or two, 
where necessary; this is to insure pollination, 
on which the formation of nuts depends. 
Two-year saplings, 3 to 4 ft., $2 each, 
$5.75 for 3, $22 per doz. 

NEW YORK 8, N. Y. 
Dig hole 2 ft. by 2 ft. Have earth-mark on shrub even with surface; spread roots 
outwards and downwards; work soil around them. Fill hole to the top; then water. 





Philadelphus coronarius (Mock-Orange) 

Philadelphus ¢ Mock-Orange 
This old-fashioned sweet-scented shrub has 
long been a close rival of the lilac in popu- 
larity. Will grow in almost any kind of soil, 
and is tolerant of partial shade. Prune after 
flowering. 
Coronarius. This variety has large white 
flowers in early summer. 10 feet high when 
mature. 3 to 4-foot plants, $1 each, $11 
per doz. 
Virginal. 8 ft. Without doubt, the finest 
variety. Large, semi-double flowers of 
haunting fragrance. June. 3 to 4 ft. 
$1.25 each, $13.75 per doz. 

Viburnum 
Plicatum. V. tomentosum sterile. Oriental 
Snowball. 10 ft. Perfectly round balls of 
pure white in great profusion in May. 
Spray early and continuously with Rotene 
for plant lice, which often attack this 
plant. Sold out 1946. 



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Viburnum plicatum (Sold out) 
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