Sarconaie Nurseries Hardy Blowering Shrubs 
Flowering shrubs add much to the beauty of your home grounds at a low cost 
ALL SHRUBS PREPAID EXCEPT WHERE NOTED 
Abelia—See Broadleaf Evergreens 
Almond, Double Flowering Pink; Prunus glandulosa plena. 
One of the most showy shrubs in early April, with its many 
double pink flowers about an inch across, clustered thickly 
along the slender branches before the leaves are developed; 
grows 2 to 4 ft. high; prune after blooming. 
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Althea; Rose of Sharon; Hibiscus syriacus 
Illustrated and priced inside back cover. 
Barberry 
Barberry, Japanese or Thunberg’s; Berberis Thunbergi 
Discovered in 1864, it has become one of the most popular 
shrubs. Dwarf, dense, compact, spreading habit; graceful 
spiny branches; excellent for foundation plantings, about 
doorways, walks, etc., and for massing in front of taller 
shrubs; makes a good hedge. It grows 2 to 4 ft. high, or may 
be kept any height desired by pruning in the spring. It 
thrives in moderately fertile, well drained soil, and endures 
partial shade. Its small, beautiful bright green leaves, 3 to 
1 in. long, appear very early, and color brilliantly in autumn, 
a mingling of bronze, orange, scarlet and crimson. Tiny 
greenish-yellow flowers in April; scarlet berries 3 to 14 in. 
long in October, remaining into late winter or early spring. 
This variety does not produce wheat rust. 
A250) 15 iine.. $0.50 each; 3 for $1.35 
15 to 18 in .60 each; 3 for 1.65 
18 to 24 in... 75 each; 3 for 2.10 
Barberry, Red-Leaved Japanese or Red Thunberg’s 
Berberis Thunbergi atropurpurea 
A very showy shrub for lending all-summer color to the 
border, with its rich, lustrous metallic or bronzy red foliage, 
if planted in full sun; becomes green in shade; scarlet berries 
in fall and winter; holds its leaves later in autumn than the 
green-leaved Japanese. Does not produce wheat rust. 
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Beautybush; Kolkwitzia amabilis 
Discovered in China in the 90's, it is now one of the most 
popular May flowering shrubs, when for a distance of 1! to 
2, ft. its arching sprays are a mass of clustered, trumpet- 
shaped flowers like Weigelas but more dainty, 34 to 1 in. 
long, pink outside, mottled with orange within. The dark 
green foliage is dainty, up to 21/2 in. long. It attains a height 
of 4 to 6 ft; succeeds with sun half the day. Prune after 
blooming. While it does not usually bloom for a year or two 
after planting, it will, when established, reward you abun- 
dantly. 
12 to 18 in $0.85 each 
18 to 24 in... .. 95 each 
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Butterfly Bush; Summer Lilac; Buddleia 
Illustrated and priced inside back cover. 
Cotoneaster acutifolia; Peking Cotoneaster 
An upright, yet somewhat spreading shrub with graceful 
spreading branches reaching 5 to 6 ft. Leaves | to 2 in. long, 
dark, glossy green, in autumn purplish. Small whitish-pink 
five-petaled flowers in nodding clusters of two to five, follow- 
ed by conspicuous black berries }/) in. long. 
18 to 24 in.... -$0.95 each; 3 for $2.70 
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~\ Cranberry Bush; Viburnum opulus 
The parent of the Common Snowball, and like it in growth, 
but the white flowers are in flat clusters in May. The center 
flowers, which produce the berries, are small, with an outer 
ring of showy flowers like the individual flowers of the Snow- 
ball. The bright scarlet cranberry-like fruits, 3/g in. long, color 
in early August., remaining well into winter when not eaten 
by the birds. Endures partial shade; attains 8 to 12 ft.; prune, 
if necessary, after blooming. 
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Crape Myrtle; Lagerstroemia indica 
Described and priced inside back cover. 
Desmodium, Purple; Purple Bush Clover 
Described and priced inside back cover. 
Deutzia Pride of Rochester 
Covered in latter May with dainty, double, tassel-like flow- 
ers in a setting of deep green foliage in upright clusters 4 to 
6 in. long, white, outer petals tinted rose; upright, vigorous, 
growing 6 to 8 ft. high, in any well drained garden soil; prune 
after blooming. 
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Forsythia (Golden Bell) 
Forsythia spectabilis. One of the best upright Forsythias; 
pure, rich yellow flowers, sometimes 11/2 in. across; better 
color and blooms more freely than most varieties. The bell- 
shaped flowers bloom before the leaves develop, often in 
March. Frequently combined in shrub groups with crimson 
flowered Japanese quince, as they both bloom about the 
same time. 6 to 8 feet. 
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