Center Point, Iowa 
—Empire Blue. Patented. Aster blue with a 
delicate lilac tone making a very pleasing 
shade of blue. 
—Royal Red. Patented. An abundance of large 
sprays of rich dark royal purple looking al- 
most red in artificial light. 
—Ile de France. Large rich purplish red flow- 
ers. 
BUTTON BUSH (Cephalanthus occidentalis) 
5-6 ft. Greenish white globular flowers. Will 
do good on very wet soil and stands hard 
baked soil. 
CARAGANA arborescens. Siberian Pea. 10-15 ft. 
Soft pea-green foliage, very early, yellow 
flowers in late May. Endures the driest hard 
soil in either sun or shade. 
COTONEASTER divaricata. 4-6ft. 2000000000000... 
One of the more upright cotoneasters though 
the branches are spreading having small 
leaves that turn red in fall. Fruit is red. 
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A horizontally branching shrub with small 
glossy dark foliage and red fruit. 
CRABS. See Shade Trees. 
v CRANBERRY, Highbush. See viburnum. 
CORNUS amonum. Silky Dogwood. 6-8 ft. .... 
Dark red branches in winter, blue berries. 
Does good in moist or wet soils. All the dog- 
woods listed with colorful branches are more 
showy if cut back to the ground every few 
years. . 
Ee Pantissima.; Ott. cus ee nie 
Silver edging on the leaves makes a pleasing 
contrast to other shrubs. 
—Florida. Flowering Dogwood. Well known in 
the east and south for its showy white flow- 
ers. Will grow in protected places in central 
Iowa. ‘ 
—Siberica. Red Twig Dogwood. 6-8 ft, ...... see 
New growth has bright red twigs in winter. 
—Stolonifera lutea. Gold Twig Dogwood. 6-8 ft. 
Highly decorative with golden yellow bark 
in winter. 
EUONYMUS alatus—Winged Wahoo. 6-10 ft ao 
Broad corky wings on the twigs, red berries 
and brilliant fall foliage makes this attractive 
at all seasons. Unexcelled for specimens. 
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Size 
No. 
No. 
3-4 ft. 
15-18 in. 
18-24 in. 
2-3 
2-3 
2-3 
2-3 
1 
1 
Lt 
ft. 
pie 
tf, 
Li 
£U; 
Et: 
Each 
£75 
15 
1.50 
1.00 
1.50 
1.00 
1.75 
3.00 
2.00 
Shrubs 
Per 10 
12.50 
12.50 
