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RAMSEY'S AUSTIN NURSERY 
FLOWERING SHRUBS 
(Also see Native Flowering Shrubs) 
These are mostly the deciduous types of flowering shrubs that can be transplanted 
bare-rooted in the dormant season. This helps to make them inexpensive, but they ‘will 
give you a profusion of color and flowers that will be a joy. 
PRUNING OF SHRUBS 
This is important. 
catalogue. 
See LATER PRUNING under General Information in back of 
ULTIMATE GROWTH 
First figures given in descriptions indicate average height of growth when fully grown. © 

Most of the bare-root plants can be 
shipped by parcel post. The heavier 
balled and burlapped (B&B) plants 
should be shipped by motor or rail- 
road freight, or by express. 
Please indicate on your order how 
you want shipments made. Express 
cr freight charges ‘can be sent to you 
collect, but for parcel post or prepaid ° 
express or prepaid freight, please add 
10% to your order for shipment into 
Texas, 15% to adjoining states, and 
20% to other states. 
On B&B plants, leave the soil 
around the plant roots when planting. 
It is not necessary to remove or cut 
the burlap. Handle B&B plants by 
the ball of earth only — DO NOT 
HANDLE PLANTS BY THE TOPS. 

ALTHEA. Rose of Sharon, 5 to 9 feet. 
Single and double lavender, double pink, 
double red, single and double white. Con- 
tinual summer bloomers. Excellent for large 
individual flowering shrubs and_ hedges. 
2 to 3 feet, 50c; 3 to 4 feet, 75c. 
ALBIZZIA julibrissin (Mimosa or Silk 
Tree). 6 to 10 feet. Small tree or large 
shrub. Soft feathery foliage, with pink 
flowers in spring. 4 to 5 feet, $2.00; 6 to 7 
feet, $3.50; 8 to 10 feet, B&B, $15.00. 
BUDDLEIA. 3 to 5 feet. Ie de France. 
Improved BUTTERFLY BUSH. Long 
spikes of deep violet-purple flowers, bloom- 
ing freely all summer. 2 year, 75c. 
CRAPE MYRTLE. 5 to 10 feet. Univer- 
sal flowering shrub of the South. Lavender, 
light pink, dark pink, red, and white. May be 
grown as large shrub, or kept ‘small by 
pruning. Cutting off flowers as they ma- 
ture, before seed forms, will produce con- 
tinual flowering. 2 to 3 feet, 75c; 3 to 4 
feet, $1.00. 
ESPERANZA (Tecoma mollis). 3 to 5 
feet. Bright yellow flowers in summer. 2 to 
3 feet, B&B, $1.50. 
JASMINE floridum. 
JASMINE primulinum. 
See under Broad-leaf Evergreens. 
LANTANA trailing. 1 to 14 feet tall. 
Grows several feet wide. Lavender flowers, 
blooming freely all summer. Good as indi- 
vidual plants, low border, in rock garden, 
or to trail over walls. From 24-inch pots, 
strong, 35c; Medium clumps, B&B, $1.00; 
Heavy clumps, B&B, $1.50. 
LILAC. Purple. 5 to 7 feet. Fragrant. 
Spring bloomer. 2 to 3 feet, $1.00 
MOCK ORANGE. Philadelphus, 5 to 7 
feet. Beautiful white, fragrant flowers. Old 
favorite of Southern gardens. 2 to 3 feet, 75c. 
OLEANDER. 5 to 7 feet. White, red and 
yellow, 2 to 3 feet, $1.25; 3 to 4 feet, B&B, 
$2.50; 4 to 5 feet, B&B, $5.00. 
POINCIANA. Bird of Paradise, 5 to 7 
feet. Panicles of red and yellow flowers. 
3 to 4 feet, $1.25. 
POMEGRANATE, FLOWERING. 6 to 8 
feet. Double red flowers, almost like roses. 
3 to 4 feet, $1.25. 
POMEGRANATE, FRUITING. 4 to 6 
feet. Flowers bright red, followed by at- 
tractive red fruit. 3 to 4 feet, $1.50. 
