Better Shrubs 19 


Cotinus coggygria rubrifolius Bronze-leaved Smoke Tree 
Few shrubs cause more comment than this new variety of Smoke 
Tree, which is a bronze-leaved form and has a bronze colored plume 
or “smoke.” 
Each 
Amita 5. ft. ‘ Sete ithe st: $3.00 
Cotoneaster 
This large Asiatic family has many members of high value 
for landscape planting. They vary tremendously in habit, yet 
all are attractive, and especially decorative when covered 
with their brilliant or glossy fruits. The larger types make 
excellent specimen shrubs while the low, prostrate forms are 
fine for use in the rock garden or against walls. 
Cotoneaster apiculata Cranberry Cotoneaster 
Beautiful hardy dwarf Cotoneaster, growing about four feet high 
with pendulous branches covered in the fall with masses of shiny 
crimson fruits. 
Each Per 10 
12 to 15 in. phere $3.00 $27.00 
C. divaricata Spreading Cotoneaster 
Best suited for planting in groups or as an individual specimen in 
the open. Long arching branches studded with tiny rose-pink flowers 
in June, followed by brilliant scarlet fruits, which persist into the 

winter. : 
Each Per 10 Each Per 10 — i aie 3 
H a ea ee ee 2 to 3 ft. B-B $3.00 $27.00 Cotoneaster divaricata — Spreading Cotoneaster 
Cydonia — (see Chaenomeles) 
b Daphne mezereum February Daphne 
A low-growing shrub ultimately 3 feet high, flowering in late March 
with rosy purple blossoms, that have a Gardenia-like fragrance. 
Each Per 10 
15 to 18 in. B-B mtd cep if ae RRR eee Mp reves $2000 $22.50 
Deutzia 
Few shrubs are of such easy culture and give such univer- 
sal satisfaction. The dazzling white and soft pink of their 
myriad bell-shaped flowers yield many handsome effects in 
garden or border arrangements. They prefer medium to 
dry soils and full sun. In acid soils they like occasional ap- 
plications of lime. 
Deutzia gracilis Slender Deutzia 
A small, compact shrub whose slender, arching branches are pro- 
fusely covered by pure white flowers in early summer. 
Each Per 10 
antoelLo aneen B32 ratte Se m $1.25 $11.00 
D. lemoinei Lemoine Deutzia 
An early blooming, vigorous, floriferous shrub, with pure white 
flowers in great sprays along its stout branches. 
Each Per 10 Each Per 10 
18 ti 24 in ........ $1.50 $13.50 DetOnon ite $2.50 $18.00 
D. seabra, Pride of Rochester 
Perhaps the best known and most popular of all the Deutzias. It 
makes a tall, wide-spreading bush, covered with a cloud of large, 
double, fringed pink and white flowers in June. 
Each Per 10 Each Per 10 
ion Lona) it. $1.25 $11.00 Letom tts $1.50 $13.50 
Elaeagnus 
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive 
A spreading, somewhat spiny bush with gray, almost woolly leaves 
and fragrant yellow flowers. Especially good for the seashore. Very 
attractive when in fruit. 

, en Each Per 10 
Chaenomeles lagenaria (Cydonia japonica) — Flowering Quince 3 to 4 ft. ee _ bey aoe $1.25 $11.00 
