lowering Shall aed! Thee: 
More and more gardeners are planting more and more flowering shrub 
borders. They are extremely valuable for screening, take a minimum of care 
and are a truly permanent planting. Careful selection will provide bloom 
throughout the summer. We urge the use of flowering shrubs for foundation 
planting instead of evergreens, most of which in a few years outgrow today’s 
rambling, one story houses. If you insist upon evergreens for this purpose, 
spend the money for the few truly dwarf types. 
Planting: Dig a hole (placing the topsoil on one side) 8 to 10 inches wider 
and deeper than you need to accommodate the roots. Place the plant. Put 
the topsoil in the bottom of the hole. When all the topsoil has been used, 
water thoroughly. Then finish with the subsoil and leave a dish of earth 
about 18 inches in diameter with a 6-inch rim. Fill with water—and fill at 
least once a week during the first summer. If you live nearby you might 
want Easimoye shrubs—they’ve been grown in their own ample tarpaper pots. 
They have heavy root balls; won’t know they have been moved. 
ALTHEA 
(Rose of Sharon) 
These shrubs grow erect and stately and formally—in- 
formally they bloom their heads off from July to frost. 
Ultimate height is about 10 feet. 
Balile de Feu Each $1.50, Three $3.50 
Double bright-red and a heavy bloomer. 
Each $1.50, Three $3.50 
This variety with single, disc-like blue flowers produces 
Celestial Blue 
heavily. 
Lucy Each $1.50, Three $3.50 
A double rose-red flower. 
W. R. Smith Each $1.50, Three $3.50 
Large disc-like white flowers that open flat. It is the only 
showy white variety. 
AZALEA (The Hardy Mollis) 
Azalea Mollis is a plant of gorgeous variety and beauty; 
it is very hardy; and, contrary to popular belief, it does 
not require an acid soil. All Azalea Mollis wants is a 
respectable soil, an occasional top dressing of well rotted 
cow manure (or dried cow dung); it does not require an 
inordinate amount of water. Mollis does well in shade 
but prefers full sun. Do not cultivate deeply as the fine 
root mass is very close to the surface. 
To get blooms in profusion year after year pick off 
the pods before seeds mature. If planted where tempera- 
tures go below 10 degrees minus, tops should be covered 
to prevent buds from blasting. We are sorry, but we are 
behind on deliveries with some of the named varieties. 
We suggest, though, that you order now for future de- 
livery. (Shipping plants are 15 to 18 inches high.) 
Chevalier de Realé — Each $2.75, Three $7.75, Doz. $27.50 
Large flowers of pale lemon-yellow. 
Comte de Gomer Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
A soft red shading to shrimp pink. 
Directeur Moerlands Each $2.75, Three $7.75, Doz. $27.50 
Soft pale yellow shading somewhat to apricot-yellow. 
Dr. M. Oosthoek Each $2.75, Three $7.75, Doz. $27.50 
Brilliant fiery azalea-pink with a soft almost burnt- 
orange glow. 
Koster’s Brilliant Red Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
As named, a brilliant, vermillion-red. 
Each $2.00, Three $5.75, Doz. $20.00 
These run the gamut of Azalea shades—amber, salmon- 
Mixed Varieties 
orange, copper, gold, yellow, flame-red, etc. Ultimate 
height runs from 3 to 6 feet. Shipping stock is three years 
old; it has flower buds and some will bloom a bit the 
first season. 
CARYOPTERIS 
(Hardy Blue Spires) 
This is a low-growing shrub which blooms after most 
other flowering shrubs—from August until frost. It is cov- 
ered with clusters of powdery-blue, fringed flowers. The 
plant is a nice rounded mound upon maturity—from 18-24 
inches tall and about 2 feet in diameter. Foliage is lance- 
olated and silvery green. In very cold climates Caryop- 
teris tops kill back to the roots. This doesn’t hurt the plant 
at all—the new growth is luxuriant and it blooms heavily. 
We offer the variety Blue Mist. 
Strongly rooted plants Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
CLETHRA ANIFOLIA 
(Sweet Pepperbush) 
A slow growing shrub reaching a height of not over 10 
feet upon maturity. The leaves are two-toned green and 
quite lovely; they turn to bright clear yellow in autumn. 
It does best in low, wet places (or in moist uplands) and 
because it grows well in half shade it is an excellent 
shrub for naturalizing. 
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COTONEASTER 
(The Queen of Shrubs) 
Let it be said that it is one Queen of Shrubs and perhaps 
the Chinese were somewhat over-enthusiastic in calling 
it The Queen. It is outstanding, however, for the rich 
colors of its autumnal foliage and for the conspicuous 
clusters of berries ranging in color from brilliant orange- 
scarlet through varying shades of red to black. They are 
preceded by a profusion of pinky-white flowers wreath- 
ing the small branches. Because they thrive in shade or 
sun, in damp or dry soils, they are extremely useable. 
Each $2.50, Three $7.00, Doz. $25.00 
This so-called Cranberry Cotoneaster is a dwarf reaching 
about 4 feet in height. Its arching branches are weighed 
down with bright crimson fruits in the fall and its foliage 
is shiny green throughout the year. Hardy. 
Divaricata Each $2.00, Three $4.75 
Grows from 5 to 6 feet high and has a graceful spread- 
ing habit. It has small polished green leaves and thous- 
ands of red egg-shaped berries. In the Fall the leaves 
turn brilliantly. 
Apiculata 
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