If You Wish 
Brilliant Coloring 
In Your Garden 
All Summer 
and Fall, 
Plant Newport, 
Cistena and 
Ruby Brilliant 

PRUNUS CISTENA 
Pre}. HA-ansens Gamous Red-Leaued Cherry 
A wonderful low-growing intense red-leaved Cherry that grows in bush form up toa 
height of 6 feet. Foliage brilliant red all summer. After passing southern end of Lake 
Michigan, color much more intense than in the West. Fine for border planting. This 
is about the most brilliant purple-leaved shrub we can grow in the North. Try it. It will 
please you. 2 to 3 ft., $1.25; 3 to 4 ft, $1.50 
RUBY BRILLIANT 
A New Brilliant Foliaged Cherry for Fall Coloring 
Most all of the varieties of sweet Bush Cherries listed in this catalog have very bril- 
liant foliage in the fall over a period of about two weeks. Orange, red and different 
shades of yellow appear in a dazzling parade of colors. 
One variety, Ruby Brilliant, was especially noticeable for its brilliancy from all the 
rest. A brilliant yellowish red. 
One of the hybrid Cherries growing in a strong bush about 5 feet high. A heavy 
bearer of nice red Cherries about the size of Early Richmond. 
Strong bushes, $1.50 each 

PRUNUS, Newport Improved. The Minnesota Fruit Farm sent out the 
PHI wegela ile US; MA Re NAL Newport which was a fairly good red-leaved tree. They later on discov- 
Finest of the Philadelphus ered among their red seedlings a tree which resembled the Newport but 
Semi-double. White. Everblooming. Everything considered this is the most which had much redder leaves and was far superior to the Newport in 
sensational of all the Philadelphus. In fact, we regard it the most valuable every way. This is the Improved Newport. The foliage is an intense 
acquisition to the flower garden of recent years. The bush is a moderately . 
strong grower, with us attaining a height of 6 to 7 feet. Rather open, sparse rich red all through the season. A row of Improved Newport in the 
foliage to make the wonderful blooms all the more conspicuous. Flowers pure nursery all through the season is a brilliant sight. The most bnilliant of 
white, semi-double, often 2 inches in diameter. Begins to bloom about June all red-leaved trees and perfectly hardy 100 miles north of Faribault. 
15th with us, and blooms profusely for about 3 weeks. Then it rests a few 
weeks and starts to bloom again, continung with a small amount of bloom until 3 to 4 ft., $1.50; 4 to 5 Lites $1.75 
frost. 2 to 3 ft., $1.25; 2 for $2.25 
} ; RHUS (Smoke Tree; Purple Fringe). A noticeably spreading shrub or 
The Finest New Shrub Brought Out In the Past 50 Years small tree with large, round eee Covered in midsummer with a mist- 
like cloud of very small flowers. These panicles are light lavender, last 
long, and from a 
distance they give 
one the impression 
of acloud of smoke 
hanging over the 
bush. A very odd, 
aristocratic looking 
shrub that will add 
much to any gar- 
den. Each $1.00, 
postpaid 

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