
f FINEST FLOWERING 
and 
ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 
Planting Aids 
Shrubs like any good fertile garden soil. Acid (sour) soil will not give the best results, but most types do fairly well 
in it. Azaleas and Blue Hydrangeas must have an acid (sour) soil and like plenty of humus. Plant to the depth they 
have been grown. You can see the soil line on the plants. Spread the roots well and tamp soil around them. Water 
well. Never remove the burlap from balled and burlapped plants. Plant ‘‘as is,” cutting only top strings after setting. 
Don't over-water, as most plants don't like ‘‘wet feet'’ any more than humans. Mature height is indicated by figures 
following names of plants. In most cases plants may be kept to half this size or less by proper pruning. 

Coleh New EVERBLOOMING 
PINK SPIREA 
(Spiraea Macrothyrsa). 5 feet. This is without doubt 
the finest pink Spirea ever introduced. The enormous 
spikes of cameo-pink flowers up to 12 inches long, are 
produced on strong, willowy stems up to 4 feet long. Clus- 
ters of secondary spikes follow after cutting, and by 
trimming out the old flowers, the plant can be made to 
bloom all summer until late September. 2 to 3 ft. $1.10 
each; ‘$2.75 for 3. 3 to 4 ft., $1.50 each; $4.00 for 3. 
Qoles NEW DWARF ROSE- 
GOLD PUSSY WILLOW 
Illustrated on Front Cover — Our Outstanding ‘48 Introduction 
(Salix). Picture in your mind a lovely shrub of semi-dwarf growing habits that 
never becomes leggy and unattractive; that grows tall enough (about 4% to 5 ft.), 
so that it is not puny and is large enough to produce an attractive display of flowers. 
You know the pussies, or catkins, are actually flowers, and their early emergence on 
this new plant make it one of the earliest flowering shrubs known. About ten days 
earlier than the usual Pussy Willow, that is in late February or early March, these 
plants burst forth with literally thousands of attractive silvery catkins. In the various 
stages of growth, they are first silver-gray, silvery pink, and, at maturity, a rosy pink 
color overlaid with golden stamens. They last and last, and finally reach their maturity 
some ten days after the common varieties are completely out of the picture. The 
amazing size of the catkins will astound you. Many of them attain a length of 3 
inches or more. After the flowering season is over, the entire fountain-like plant is 
liberally clothed with a wealth of attractive silvery green foliage which persists quite 
late in the fall. We have never seen any diseases or insect pests on this plant in the 
nursery. For winter bouquets, liberal stems of these may be brought indoors and 
forced as early as Christmas time. Not particular as to soil and truly a gem among 
plants. Husky, 2-yr. plants, $2.00 each; $5.00 for 3. 
AFRICAN TAMARIX 
(Tamarix Africana) 
(Illustrated on page 15) 
Exotic pink, plumy clusters on 
nodding willowy stems in the 
spring. Slender, evergreen- 
like foliage completely cover- 
ing the plant throughout the 
summer. Brown-barked twigs 
attractive throughout the win- 
ter. This strongly growing 
plant will reach a mature 
height of 8 feet in 2 to 3 
years, but may be kept 
smaller by cutting for bou- 
quets and careful pruning. 
One of the finest of its genera. 
Heavy, 3 to 4 ft. plants, $1.50 
each. 
DOUBLE 
GOLDEN KERRIA 
(Kerria Japonica Flora Plena) 
(Illustrated on page 15) 
An attractive, compact bush é 
to 5 feet, which, during the & x 
blooming season, is spangled : : 
with literally hundreds _ of fe ne 
very double golden blossoms. 

This, in the older single form, DOUBLE MOCK ORANGE 
has been a favorite in gar- 
dens for years. Even after the (Philadelphus Virginal). 7 feet. The universal 
foliage drops in the fall, the favorite of the double white Mock Orange. Extremely 
bright green stems make this fragrant and floriferous. Very useful for accent plant- 
a handsome plant throughout ing or in the shrub border. Heavy blooms in June 
the winter season. Strong, 2- and intermittently throughout the summer. 1% to 2 
yr. plants, $1.25 each; $3.25 ft., $1.00 each; 2 to 3 ft., $1.25 each; 3 to 4 ft, 
for 3: $1.65 each. 
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