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HARDY SHRUBS. 
LILAC. Syringa. Spring-blooming shrubs 
loved by everyone. They will thrive 
almost anywhere, and mature at 12 feet. 
Single-flowered varieties, 3 to 4 ft. 
5A 3918 White 5A 3919 Purple 
$1.50 each, $4 for 3, $15 per doz. 
French Hybrid Lilacs 
Larger flowers, and more striking colors. 
SINGLE VARIETIES 
5A 3922 Charles X. A profuse bloomer, 
splendid for cutting. Flowers violet-red. 
5A 3923 Ludwig Spaeth. Dark crimson- 
_ purple. 
5A 3924 Marie Legraye. Creamy white. 
DOUBLE VARIETIES 
5A 3927 Le Gaulois. Soft lilac-blue. 
5A 3928 Mme. Abel Chatenay. Large, 
double flowers of milk-white. Late. 
Above five French Lilacs, all 2 to 3 ft., 
$1.75 each, $5 for 3, $19.25 per doz. 
ROSE OF SHARON. Althxa; Hibiscus 
syriacus. Hardy shrubs blooming from 
August to October. Height 10 to 12 
feet when mature. 3 to 4 ft. 
DOUBLE 
5A 3932 Purple 5A 3933 Red 
5A 3934 White 
$1 each, $2.75 for 3, $10 per doz. 
5A 3860 SNOWBERRY Racemosus. Sym- 
phoricarpos; Waxberry. Shrub with 
pink flowers and white berries. 5 to 6 
feet high when mature. 3 to 4-ft. plants, 
$1.50 each, $4 for 3, $15 per doz. 
SPIRAA. 
5A 3937 Anthony Waterer. Color bright 
crimson. A dwarf subject which blooms 
in July and August. 3 feet when mature. 
11% to 2-ft. plants. 
5A3938 Van Houttei. Bridal Wreath. In 
May and June the white blooms almost 
entirely cover the foliage. 8 feet high 
when mature. 3 to 4-ft. plants. : 
Above 2, $1 each, $2.75 for 3, $10 per doz. — 
VIBURNUM. 
5A 3939 Carlesii. Fragrant 
5 to 6 feet when mature. Large, fra- 
grant, waxy white flowers in_ spring. 
2 to 314-ft. bushes. *B&B. $6 each, 
$17.25 for 3. 
5A 3940 Tomentosum. Spreading 
branches covered with dazzling white 
flowers in clusters. 2 to 3-ft. bushes, 
$1.25 each, $3.50 for 3, $12 per doz. 
5A 3941 Tomentosum plicatum. Or- 
iental Snowball. Grows to 10 feet. Many 
white balls in May. 2 to 3-ft. bushes. 
$1.75 each, $5 for 3, $19.25 per doz. 
Viburnum. 



Flowering Cherries - Prunus 
5A 3862 Japan Rosy Red (Kwan- 
zan). Bushy, upright growth. 
Large, double flowers on long stems. 
Foliage in spring has a coppery hue. 
4to 5 ft. $5 each, 3 for $13.50, 
$50 per doz. 
5A 3863 Rosebud Cherry. Beau- 
tiful weeping tree with a pro- 
fusion of light pink flowers. 5 to 
6 ft. $8.50 each, 3 for $23.50. 









Chinese Hybrid Chestnut tree in bearing three years after planting the sapling 
(at right). 
The nuts are shown above 
54 3854 Chinese Hybrid Chestnut 
Low, spreading tree which should begin to bear three years after planting. Nuts are of 
excellent roasting or stuffing quality. 
The scientist’s answer to blight, which has killed native Chestnuts in the Northeast. 
Any good Joamy soil will grow them, provided it drains well. 
Best planted in threes, 
neighbors cooperating by planting one or two, where necessary; this is to insure pollination. 
Two-year saplings, 3 to 4 ft., $2.75 each, $7.25 for 3, $27.50 per doz. 
WEIGELA. Covered in May and early 
June by large, trumpet-shaped flowers. 
Prune as soon as blooms are over and 
from time to time shorten long branches 
to encourage flowers all year. Best in 
full sun. 
5A 3942 Bristol Ruby. Plant Patent 
492. An attractive shrub with ruby-red 
blossoms on entire plant from June 
through July, and intermittently 
throughout the season. Six-foot fine- 
formed shrub at maturity. 2 to 3 ft., 
$1.50 each, $4 for 3, $15 per doz. 
5A 3943 Eva Rathke. Blooms all summer. 
The flowers are ruby-carmine. 5 feet 
high when mature. 2 to 3-ft. plants, 
$1.50 each, $4 for 3, $15 per doz. 
Purchaser pays areal beyond 50 miles 
of New York 
BOXWOOD EDGING 
For defining a driveway, path, shrubbery, 
rose-bed or border. Keep trimmed, mulch 
over winter, rake under limestone every 
spring. Hardy within 100 miles of N. Y. Not 
recommended for northern and eastern New 
England. 
Suffruticosa. Fragrant. Dwarf; small- 
leaved. 5A 3851 4 to 6 inches high (allow 
4 per running foot), $3.50 per doz., $25 
per 100. 5A 3852 6 to 8 inches high (allow 
3 per running foot), 75 cts. each, $7.50 
per doz., $50 per 100. 
*Plants offered ‘‘B & B” (Balled and Burlapped) 
have their roots surrounded by the original: soil 
and wrapped in cloth. See footnote, page 86. 
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