Leaburnum - Golden Chain 
Vossi Each $5.00, Three $14.00, Doz. $50.00 
} Long-clustered Golden Chain. Small tree-like shrub with green bark 
} and foliage like exaggerated Clover leaves. Flowers are pure golden 
yellow and formed exactly like those of Wisteria. The hanging ¢lusters 
| are 18 to 20 inches long and are borne very profusely in late spring. 
Very beautiful. Usually bloom the first year after planting. 
| Magnolia 
Soulangeana Each $11.00, Three $30.00 
Soulange’s Magnolia, sometimes called the Saucer Magnolia for no 
reason at all, is the rather rare Pink Magnolia of city gardens and 
| parks. It makes a small tree with gorgeous shining foliage and in 
early spring produces its enormous, pinkish white flowers, more or less 
purplish outside and slightly fragrant. This Magnolia is the showiest of 
the family for planting in northern gardens, and when in bloom, even 
i one plant will dominate the garden—yes, the neighborhood, if it is a 
| sizeable specimen. A whole street in Rochester, lined with this variety, 
fF | is a mecca for all enthusiasts every spring. We offer flowering plants 
\ with a lot of buds, about 3 to 5 feet tall. 
| 


: MAHONIA 
| Aquifolium Each $1.75, Three $4.75, Doz. $17.50 

This is more popularly known as the Oregon Holly-Grape. It has shiny, 
E || large, spiny, metallic looking leaves which turn a bronzy red in : 
1 autumn. In spring the clusters of yellow flowers are very attractive. Potentilla Fruticosa, Gold Drop 
! i } 

These flowers are followed by blue fruit in June and July. We consider 
it one of the most attractive evergreens of easy cultivation. Does 
perfectly in north exposure in plantings of evergreens. Ultimate height 
about 21/ to 3 feet, depending on location where grown. Gale GFruticosa 
PACHISTIMA 

Canbyi Each 75c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00, 100 $40.00 Gold Drop 
This small holly-leaved prostrate little evergreen shrub spreads about _ A charming small shrub of such_compact growth as to resemble a small 
18 inches. Several planted together make a perfectly charming ground irregularly shaped mound about 2 to 214 feet high. It is closely and 
cover. It grows equally well in sun or shade and is hardy anywhere. Be- densely covered with small, fernlike leaves and studded with intensely bril- 
cause of its ease of culture and fine habit without any care, it is rapidly liant golden yellow, Buttercup-like flowers from early June until October. 
becoming first choice as a cover for graves as well as in small shady This delightful small shrub may be used in front of the shrub border or in 
places in the garden. As a ground cover, plants should be spaced 6 the foreground of any perennial planting. It does best in full sun and is 
inches apart. 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 
FCOD FOR THOUGHT the most charming informal hedges that can be imagined. 
As Well as for Your Flowers Each $2.00, Three $9.75, Doz. $20.00 
| 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 
“J ipa of good sized blooms. ae | ra Yurzus 
at it has done, and is doing for our miles of plants, it will do 
for your garden. , FLOWERING ALMOND 
Turn to page 123 and get the full facts about it. 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. 
Mahonia Aquifolium 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 
because they are so much more satisfactory. Ultimate height about 
8 feet. 

State quarantines prohibit the sending of certain fruits and their 
flowering horticulturol forms such as: 
Flowering Almonds, Flowering Plums, and: Purple-Leaf Plum, 
Into Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, 
Utah, and Washington. 
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