Oveusual Flowering Shrubs and Small Ornamental Crees 
Look carefully around your garden. Do you find any common, overgrown shrubs or out-of-size bushes? These may be 
‘ detracting from ihe beauty of your garden as a whole. Rather than assets, they quite likely are liabilities to other 
flowers growing nearby. Their long roots take valuable moisture and plant food from the soil, badly needed by other 
plants. Their branches may cast too much shade over other flowers, depriving them of essential sunlight and prevent- 
ing them from developing to the fullest extent of their beauty . 
.. Such shrubs and bushes that have grown too large 
for the space originally set aside for them should be removed as quickly as possible. Give your garden a “facial” by 
removing this overgrown and undesirable material, at the same time give yourself the pleasant sensation of having 
acquired an entirely new picture in your garden. 
Of definite superiority are Lemoine’s new Mockoranges and new Lilacs, as well as the new Weigelas and new 
Viburnums. 
Small trees of particular merit are the Flowering Crabs. Resembling but far surpassing Japanese Cherry Trees, they 
are noted for color, hardiness and beauty of bloom. Laburnum Vossi, a neat small tree with golden flowers, Paul’s 
Scarlet Thorn or the new Autumn Glory Thorn and Magnolias are but a few of the interesting things for the small 
garden. 
No finer or more carefully selected collection of Flowering Shrubs and Ornamental Trees is available anywhere. 
Make your selection TODAY as all are popular favorites. You will find that such “replacements” will complement the 
flowers in your garden, giving the latter an entirely new appearance. 
ACER - Japanese Red-Leaved Maple 
Palmatum atropurpureum Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Magnificent purple-red foliage, gracefully laciniated; one of the best 
of all small-leaved shrubs. It is attractive at all seasons and makes a 
handsome specimen on the lawn or a colorful group in the foreground 
of the shrub border. We offer 214- to 3-foot plants. 
Atropurpureum dissectum 5-year-old plants in pots, Each $5.00 
(Purple Threadleaf Japanese Maple). Magnificent purple-red foliage, 
gracefully laciniated; one of the best small-leaved shrubs. It is 
attractive at all seasons and makes a handsome specimen on the lawn 
or a colorful group in the foreground of the shrub border. We furnish 
te fa plants from pots about 12 to 15 inches high and well 
ranched. 
NORWAY MAPLE, “CRIMSON KING” 
Acer Platanoides Schwedleri Nigra 
(U. S. Plant Patent No. 735) 
About ten years ago a fascinating purple or maroon leaved Norway 
Maple tree was sent to America from Europe. It created the same sen- 
sation over here as it did in Europe. Several specimens were propagated 
and planted along the East Coast as well as on the Pacific Coast for 
observation. The results have been most gratifying. It proved perfectly 
hardy and happy where Maples grew and it retained its magnificent leaf 
color throughout the entire summer. The effect is not unlike that of the 
Copper Beech, but in addition, the tips of the branches and. the young 
foliage are of a lighter shade and glisten brilliantly in the sun. One 
would think the tree was in bloom. 
Here truly is a rare thing in trees; a superb plant for lawn small or 
large, street trees or specimen for contrast among other trees. Unfor- 
tunately not many big trees are available so we decided to offer our 
customers what is known as a “’whip.’’ This is a two-year grafted single 
stem tree about 6 to 7 feet tall without side branches. When this ‘’whip’’ 
is planted in the nursery it immediately starts to grow branches. It will 
do so, for you, in your garden. In two years time you will have a fast 
growing, vigorous young tree which makes it possible for you to enjoy 
this beautiful novelty two years sooner. Our supply is limited and will 
be for several years to come. Order promptly and you will possess one 
of the finest trees you ever owned. 
Crimson King Maple Whips 6 to 7 feet tall, Each $5.50 
ALTHEA; HIBISCUS - Rose of Sharon 
Erect growing shrubs of stately and forma! shape, particularly well suited 
for screens or specimens in the shrub border. They bloom from July to frost 
and give color when most other shrubs have finished blooming. We offer 
three beautiful varieties of recent introduction, practically unknown, and 
in our estimation the three best. Their ultimate height is about 10 feet. 
Celestial Blue Each $1.25, Three $3.50, Doz. $12.00 
A magnificent, distinct and truly blue Althea. The gorgeuos single 
disk-like blue flowers are produced in large amounts. Planted with our 
white variety, Snowdrift, it makes a most handsome color effect in the 
summer border. Piants we send out will bloom this year. 
Snowdrift Each $1.25, Three $3.50, Doz. $12.00 
Giant single, disk-like, pure white flowers fully 4 inches across. The 
flowers open flat and are produced in great numbers from early July 
until frost. The plants we send out will bloom the first year. 
Rubis Each $1.25, Three $3.50, Doz. $12.00 
Very large, wide-open, deep rose-pink flowers with deeper center. The 
best and most brilliant of the pink shaded Althea. Infinitely better than 
the ordinary double varieties in common use. 
CALLICARPA - Violet Jewel Berry 
Purpurea Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
Gracefully recurving branches, covered in August with thousands of 
closely set, small pink tinted flowers. These are followed in late 
September by masses of violet-purple berries which last until mid- 
winter. There are few shrubs which give as much pleasure in the garden 
or which aire so satisfactory for cutling. Ultimate height about five 
feet. We offer nice plants that will bear fruit at once. 
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Caryopteris- Ftardy Blue Spirea 
Blue Mist Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
(Mastacanthus x Mongolica. This charming low growing shrub is a very 
real contribution to the meager list of summer and fall flowering shrubs. 
It is covered from August till autumn frost with numerous clusters of 
powdery blue, fringed flowers. This shrub grows about 18 to 24 inches 
tall and is perfectly rounded, making a small mound about 2 feet in 
diameter. The foliage is lanceolate and slightly toothed and silvery 
green in color. A truly worth-while plant for the flower border as well 
as for in front of the shrubbery border. Perfectly hardy and replaces 
the tender Mastacanthus now in use. 
CERCIS 
Chinensis Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
This charming, brilliant spring-flowering shrub is a Chinese counterpart 
of the American native Redbud. It flowers at the same time, but the 
quantity and quality of its flowers far surpass those of our common wild 
form. It is shrublike in growth, and when in bloom, every branch and 
twig is covered with thousands of bright purple blossoms almost double 
the size cf tne common variety and noticeably darker. You wiil want 
this in your garden surely. Ultimate height from 6 to 8 feet. 
CHIONANTHUS 
Virginica Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
One of the most striking of native small trees. Its handsome, oblong 
leaves turn a bright golden yellow in autumn. In June large masses of 
loose panicles of feathery petaled, snow-white flowers make it an out- 
standing garden plant. 
Althea Rubis 
