40 Plant a Butterfly Bush Collection for Summer Beauty 
Ornamental and Flowering Shrubs 
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Our Shrubs are blooming size, ready for immediate effect. The shrubs we 
listed here have been carefully selected, hardy, 2-year old stock, well branched. 
THE BUTTERFLY BUSHES 
OR SUMMER LILACS FAMILY 
PINK DAWN—Recent introduction —cross _be- 
tween Buddleia Fortune and Pink Charming. The 
compact plant attains a height of 4-5 ft., carrying 
deep, dark green foliage. The flower is pink 
throughout and produced in great abundance 
throughout the entire Summer and Autumn. 
Excellent as a cut flower with sprays of two 
to three feet in length. This is the best truly 
pink flowering Buddleia in existence today. 
Price: Heavy 2-year plants 75c each. 
ROYAL RED—(Plant Patent Applied For.) The ~ 
Sensational New Buddleia. In presenting Bud- | 
dleia Royal Red we believe we are introducing a *..* 
new hardy plant that will be the sensation of the --«* 
plant world for years to come. Royal Red repre- §-- 
sents eight years of intensive breeding work, cul- ‘3.% 
minating in the first truly red Butterfly Bush. — : 
As a hardy summer cut flower plant and as an ‘ 



ornamental lawn shrub, Royal Red is un- 
surpassed in beauty and usefulness. From 
July until frost the plant produces an 
abundance of rich dazzling red panicles 
that attract instant attention. For gar- 
den planting, Royal Red is one of the 
most beautiful hardy plants that has ever 
been produced. The plant is_ hardy, 
grows 4 to 6 feet high and the foliage ‘is 
deep leathery green. The sturdy plants 
we offer will flower abundantly the first 
eee Prices: Heavy 2 yr. plants, 85c 
each. 
BUTTERFLY BUSH 
COLLECTION 
1 White Bouquet 1 Royal Red 1 Empire Blue 
1 Pink Dawn 
FOUR IN ALL. EACH PLANT WILL BE 
CAREFULLY LABELED 
SPECIAL PRICE 

EMPIRE BLUE—(Patent No. 557) We 
have seen no other blue Buddleia. that compares 
with this. The color is an Aster-blue with a deli- 
cate lilac tone, the whole effect being an exquisite 
shade of blue, Prices: Heavy 2-yr. plants 85c each. 
WHITE BOUQUET—(Patent No. 536). 
—A new white beautiful Buddleia carrying 8 to 
12 inch spikes of fully rounded-out blooms. Splen- 
did for cut flower purposes. Prices: Heavy 2-yr. 
plants, 85c each. 
PERSIAN LILAC—The sure blooming 
lilac. Grows 6 to 8 ft. These new ‘‘sure bloom- 
ers’? are like Grandmother grew—except these 
will bloom the first year after planting. No need 
to wait 3 or 4 years for your lilacs to bloom. 
These are hardy as all lilacs, graceful, don’t 
sucker, extremely fragrant. Reddish purple flow- 
ers during April and May. Heavy 18 to 24 inch 
plants, 65¢ each. 
DOGWOOD or CORNUS 
FOR BEAUTIFUL BARE 
The Dogwoods are valuable for their 
foliage in summer, brilliancy of fruits 
in fall, and highly colored barks in 
winter. All varieties do well in sun 
or shade, and afford excellent contrast 
in shrub groups, while the berries at- 
tract birds in fall and winter. 
GOLDEN-BRANCHED—6 ft. A broad 
bush with bright yellow bark. Strik- 
ingly conspicuous when combined with 
the red barked varieties. Small white 
flowers; white berries. Very attrac- 
tive. Prices: Heavy 24 inch plants, 
60c each; 3 for $1.50. 
RED-BRANCHED—=8 ft. Bright coral- 
red bark. Yellowish white flowers in 
spring and a profusion of bluish white 
berries in the fall. Prices: Heavy 24 
inch plants, 60c each; 3 for $1.50. 












FLOWERING ALMOND — Earliest 
spring-flowering shrub, in full bloom before the 
leaves appear. Beautiful pearly pink, double 
blooms snuggle tight to the twigs, completely 
covering the bush. Medium height, reaching about 
4 feet. 18 to 24 inch plants, 65c each. 
RUSSIAN OLIVE — Rugged, treelike 
shrub, growing 10 to 12 feet high. Foliage is a 
beautiful, silvery gray, contrasting sharply with 
other shrubs. Flowers are deep golden and very 
fragrant, followed by ornamental yellowish brown 
fruits with silvery scales. Heavy 18 to 24 inch 
plants, 50c each. 
