FLOWERING SHRUBS 
Add Beauty to Your Home 
A621 SPIREA BILLARDI. A lovely summer 
flowering shrub. Blooms are long pan- 
icles of rose-pink flowers from June to 
September. Very effective in any plant- 
ing. About 4 feet high. 18-24 inch, 50c 
each; 3 for $1.35, postpaid. 
SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI 
A620 SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI (Bridalwreath). This is by 
far the most popular and widely planted shrub and 
The flowers are in flat 
clusters, produced on spreading pendulant branches 
In full bloom 
they are a mass of white and never fail to attract 
attention. This shrub is perfectly hardy anywhere 
and can be used for foundation, hedge or group 
planting. Heavy 2-3 ft. shrubs, 50c each; 3 for $1.35: 
18-24 inch, 35c each: 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
makes good everwhere. 
often drooping clear to the ground. 
(See “Hedging” for smaller grade) 
A622 SPIREA BLUE MIST. This new in- 
troduction is not truly a Spirea, but has 
been so named because the type bloom. 
Developed in Minnesota, it is very hardy. 
Grows to be about 4 feet high, and is 
covered with dainty blue flowers all sum- 
mer. Blue Mist adds enchantment to your 
planting. 70c each; 3 for $1.95, postpaid. 
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SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI 
DOGWOODS 
The Dogwoods are tall, spreading shrubs, 
extremely hardy and most effective. They 
have small white flowers in early spring, 
followed by red berries that are popular 
with the birds. But their most striking 
beauty is in their brilliant colored bark. 
They are very effective in mass plantings. 
A627 RED BARK (Cornus Siberica). The 
name describes the brilliant red bark. 
18-24 inches, 55c each; 3 for $1.50, post- 
paid. 
A626 YELLOW BARK. The same shrub 
with bright yellow bark. 18-24 inches, 
55c each; 3 for $1.50, postpaid. 
A624 WEIGELA ROSEA. One of the love- 
liest of the very early spring flowering 
shrubs. The stems are a mass of deli- 
cate pink that are excellent for cutting. 
It is spreading type shrub, good either 
as a specimen or in a mass planting. 
18-24 inch, 55c each; 3 for $1.50, post- 
paid, — 
A628 PINK FLOWERING ALMOND. Almost 
the first of the early spring shrubs to 
bloom, the branches are completely 
covered with dainty pink, very double 
rose-like flowers before the leaves come. 
The shrub is symmetrical in growth— 
3 to 4 feet high. Good either in the 
foundation or shrub border planting. Ex- 
cellent for cutting. Heavy 18-24 inch, 70c 
each; 3 for $1.95, postpaid. 
A636 REGEL PRIVET. A wide spreading 
variety of Privet, very hardy. An excel- 
lent shrub for foundation planting or a 
low shrub grouping. Foliage a very dark 
glossy green. 18-24 inches, 60c each: 3 for 
$1.50, postpaid. 
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