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Salix—French Pussy Willow 
P, UUs 
FLOWERING ALMOND 
Glandulosa alba Each $2.00, Three $5.75, Doz. $20.00 
The small, very double, white rosettes grow in great quantities along 
the stem in late April and early May. Lovely when in bloom, Ultimate 
height about 4 to 5 feet. 
Glandulosa rosea Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
Produces very double, rose colored flowers in great profusion in spring. 
One of the most charming old-fashioned early flowering shrubs, and 
is still unsurpassed in beauty in its season. Our plants are grown on 
their own roots, thus insuring extra vigor and more lasting satisfaction 
as well as no “wild suckers.’’ 
FLOWERING PLUMS 
Pissardi rosea (Purple-Leaved Plum ‘Special Selection”) 
Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
The deep bronzy purple foliage of this small tree is its great attraction; 
however, the thousands of pink, single flowers in spring are not to be 
overlooked. Most ‘’purple’’ leaved trees lose much of their color through- 
out the summer, but this is not the case with this special selection of 
ours recently imported from England. Its foliage is of the deepest shade 
of purplish red imaginable, almost black. !t makes a fine contrast plant 
and helps give variety and color in the garden, easily grown and ideal 
for the small yard or a special point of interest. Ultimate height about 
10 feet. Occasional pruning will keep it in shape desired. 
Pissardi veitchi Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
This small tree grows about 10 feet tall, but can be pruned to smaller 
size if desired. In early spring it is covered with thousands of large 
clusters of double pink blossoms not unlike those of the double flow- 
ering Cherry or Peach. It is very hardy and should be used in place of 
flowering Peaches or Cherries exclusively in those localities where the 
latter are not hardy. In addition to the delightful display of double pink 
flowers you will enjoy the light bronze colored foliage which in late 
summer turns green. 
Triloba Each $2.00, Three $5.75, Doz. $20.00 
The flowering Plum blooms early in May before the leaves come out. 
The delightful double, quilled, bright pink flowers stud every twig and 
branchlet so heavily no wood is visible. Very handsome and should not 
be left out of any garden. We offer plants growing on their own roots 
pocouee they are so much more satisfactory. Ultimate height about 
eet. 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT 
As Well as for Your Flowers 
What your plants need is a balanced organic plant food. Not just a 
stimulant. They need one containing in right amounts, those things that 
make plenty of strong roots, produce sturdy stalks, thrifty foliage and 
an abundance of good sized blooms. °* 
What it has done, and is doing for our 600 miles of plants, it will do 
for your garden. 
Turn to page 123 and get the full facts about it. 

Salix. - Willow 
French Pussy Willow Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
Not the wild Pussy Willow but a fine cultivated French variety. 
Branches of this variety have been selling at retail during the winter 
months in cities at from $1.00 to $2.00 per dozen. You can grow them 
on your own lawn! Enjoy these dainty silvery pink flowers every: winter. 
A beautiful round shrub in summer or use them for tall screens or back- 
grounds. Cut the ends of the branches in January or February. Place 
them indoors in a vase of water. Watch them unfold their large catkins 
of silver-pink, from 1 to 2 inches long. They will repay you many times 
their cost in pleasure. Ultimate height 10 feet. Cut back branches to 
6 inches when planting and each spring after catkins have formed to 
promote long, vigorous new canes. 
Purpurea nana Each 60c, Doz. $5.00; 100 $30.00 
Dwarf Blue-Leaf Arctic Willow. Discovered north of the Arctic Circle. 
A charming low-growing Willow excellently suited for edgings. Grows 
anywhere in wet or heavy soils where other plants perish. It is able to 
withstand the lowest temperatures encountered in this country, is of 
easy culture. Just the plant for low edgings, around beds or along walks 
in difficult soils or localities. The foliage is a lovely gray-blue-green. 
Can be clipped for formal effects or left natural as desired. Should 
be planted about 8 inches apart. May also be grown as single specimens 
in the rock garden. 
Sorbus : Mountain sh 
Each $5.00, Three $14.00, Doz. $50.00 
This prolificly fruiting variety resembles the well known Mountain Ash 
very closely. It does not grow quite as tall, only 20 to 25 feet, but pro- 
duces twice the amount of flowers and fruit. The branches literally bend 
under the brilliant loads of orange fruits. This small tree can be grown 
in every small garden without damaging nearby flowers. Transplants 
readily. We offer nice young trees about 6 feet tall. 
Spiraea 
A very important family of shrubs. Most Spiraeas are sun loving, but 
withstand much abuse in location and soil conditions, and are a source of 
joy and satisfaction. 
Japonica coccinea Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
Similar in growth and habit to the Anthony Waterer Spirea. The 
flowers of this new variety are much better and richer crimson-red. 
No one will ever again plant the old Anthony Waterer once they have 
seen this fine improvement. Ultimate height about 30 to 36 inches. 
Potentilla Gyruticosa 
Gold Drop 
A charming small shrub of such compact growth as to resemble a small 
irregularly shaped mound about 2 to 214 feet high. It is closely and 
densely covered with small, fernlike leaves and studded with intensely bril- 
liant golden yellow, Buttercup-like flowers from early June until October. 
This delightful small shrub may be used in front of the shrub border or in 
the foreground of any perennial planting. It does best in full sun and is 
hardy in below zero temperatures. The original plant we selected from the 
common Potentilla Fruticosa. It is far superior both in flowering qualities, 
habit and general appearance. We know of no shrubs which flower so 
consistently and remain so cheerfully brilliant throughout the entire sum- 
mer and fall. Spaced 12 inches apart in a single row it will make one of 
the most charming informal hedges that can be imagined. 
Each $2.00, Three $5.75, Doz. $20.00 

Potentilla Fruticosa, Gold Drop 
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