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ABELIA grandiflora. Glossy Abelia. A 
lovely shrub bearing quantities of white and 
pink arbutus-like flowers all summer. About 
3 feet. Recommended for sunny or partly 
shaded situations. Pot-grown, $1.50 each. 
A. Schumanni. Flowers are larger, brighter, 
and more freely produced than those of the 
Grandiflora. Pinkish lilac, with a yellow throat. 
Grows 3 to 4 feet high. Pot-grown, $1.50 each. 
ARONIA melanocarpa. Purple Chokeberry. 
Vigorous shrub with showy spikes of white 
blooms in May. Purple-black or black berries 
in fall and reddish foliage. $1.50 each. 
BERBERIS Thunbergi. Japanese Barberry. 
A fine hedge plant having spray-like, spiny 
branches thickly covered with small leaves 
that turn to a beautiful red in autumn. During 
the winter months, the bright scarlet fruit is 
very showy. Will serve as a living barrier on 
corners of property. 11% to 2 ft., 10 for $5.00; 
100 for $40.00. 
B. Thunbergi atropurpurea. Redleaf Bar- 
berry. Same as above but with showy bright 
red leaves. Very colorful. 12 to 15 in., 10 for 
$4.00. 
CALYCANTHUS floridus. Strawberry 
Shrub. Also known as Sweet-Shrub. The 
dark red flowers appear in early spring and 
have a pleasing spicy fragrance. A handsome 
ornamental shrub. $1.50 each. 
COTONEASTER horizontalis. Rock Cotone- 
aster. Delightful, dwarf shrub of trailing 
habit, fine for rockeries. It is covered with 
brilliant red berries in autumn and winter. 
Pot-grown, $1.50 each;3 for $4.00; 10 for $11.00. 
ENKIANTHUS campanulatus. $2.75 each 
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HE members of this large family of hardy plants adapt themselves readily to most 
soils and situations and are found useful for many purposes. 
hedges, borders, etc. To insure success it is advisable at planting time 
planting, 
Excellent for screen 
to cut the branches of these plants back at least one half. This treatment will help the 
plant to become established and flower earlier than if allowed to remain as received. 
DAPHNE Genkwa. Lilac Daphne. This rare, 
hardy, dwarf shrub attains an ultimate height 
of only 3 feet. The interesting, Itlac-blue 
flowers are produced in March and April on 
slender, graceful branches before the foliage 
appears. $1.75 each. 
D. Mezereum. February Daphne. An erect 
shrub with stout branches thickly studded 
with deliciously fragrant, lilac-purple flowers, 
appearing long before the leaves in February 
and March. Attractive scarlet fruit. Grows 
4 to 5 feet tall. $2.00 each. 
ENKIANTHUS campanuiatus. Redvein En- 
kianthus. Handsome shrub with graceful, 
orange-red, pendulous flowers of bell-like 
form. Rich green foliage turns brilliant red in 
autumn. We highly recommend this shrub 
for any location. Ultimate height about 5 feet. 
114 to 2 ft., $2.75 each. 
FORSYTHIA intermedia spectabilis. Showy 
Border Forsythia. The Forsythia has be- 
come so popular that we scarcely need to 
describe it. This variety is particularly de- 
sirable because it surpasses all others in pro- 
fusion of bloom and vigorous growth. Foliage 
very dark green. $1.50 each. 
HYDRANGEA hortensis, Blue. Blue Hy- 
drangea. Great heads of blue flowers that 
create a spectacular effect. Blooms appear in 
July and August. Does well in northern gar- 
dens and at the seashore. Grows 3 to 4 feet. 
$2.50 each. 
H. paniculata grandiflora. Pee-gee Hy- 
drangea. A popular shrub with huge conical 
heads of flowers that turn pink as they age. 
The dried flowers are often used as winter 
bouquets. Blooms in August. Excellent for 
Grows 5 to 6 
borders or as single specimens. 
feet. $1.50 each. 
KERRIA japonica fl. pl. An unusually at- 
tractive shrub with showy golden yellow, 
double flowers in May and June. The smooth, 
bright green branches are especially effective 
in winter. Grows 3 to 4 feet. $1.75 each. 
KOLKWITZIA amabilis. Beauty-Bush. Long, 
curving branches with little bunches of pale 
pink and white flowers in May and nice foliage 
all season. Grows to 6 feet. $1.50 each. 
LIGUSTRUM ovalifolium. California Privet. 
Large, glossy dark green foliage; one of the 
most popular hedge plants. Thrives in almost 
any situation and retains its foliage until late 
winter. 2 to 3 ft., 10 for $2.00; 100 for $16.00. 
3 to 4 ft., 10 for $3.00; 100 for $25.00. 
LONICERA fragrantissima. Fragrant Up- 
right Honeysuckle. A _ beautiful almost 
evergreen shrub, with very fragrant flowers 
which appear before the leaves. $1.50 each. 
L. Yunnanensis. A new very hardy Chinese 
species with attractive glossy evergreen foliage. 
Fine for planting as a hedge, or among other 
evergreen shrubs in the foundation planting. 
A cross between nitida and pileata. $2.50 each. 
PHILADELPHUS coronarius. Sweet Mock- 
Orange. Fragrant, pure white blooms in 
May or June. Grows 8 to 9 feet. $1.50 each. 
Big Mock-Orange. Very 
Grows 10 feet. 
P. grandiflorus. 
large, scentless white flowers. 
$1.50 each. 
P. virginalis. Virginal Mock-Orange. Im- 
mense, fragrant, double white flowers in large 
clusters. Blooms in May, June and fall. Grows 
5 to 6 feet. $1.50 each. 
POLYGONUM amplexicaule rubrum. 
Mountain Fleece-Flower. This is truly a 
different and unusual herbaceous shrub, dis- 
playing a shower of striking red fleecy flowers 
during September on stalks or branches about 
5 or 6 feet in height. The flower racemes are 
pendulousandbreak from each leafaxil, creating 
a profusion of bloom amidst fine verdant foli- 
age. Being deciduous, the branches and stalks 
freeze back to the ground each winter but more 
and stronger new cane-like stalks come up 
again. $1.25 each; 3 for $3.00. Postpaid. 
KOLKWITZIA scabilis Panay -Bush. $1.50 each 
Flowering shrubs deserve far more consid- 
eration for general landscape planting. Every- 
where we see solid plantings of small ever- 
greens, frequently overdone and monotonous. 
Charming combination plantings of the better 
flowering shrubs are less expensive and oftimes 
Did you ever try planting a 
more permanent. 
group of Forsythia with Azalea mucronulatum 
(Dahurian Azalea) in the foreground? They 
bloom at the same time in very early spring and 
the combination of yellow and ‘‘violet-blue”’ 
is striking. 
CALYCANTHUS floridus. 
Strawberry Shrub. $1.50 each POLYGONUM amplexicaule rubrum. $1.25 each 
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