Flowering Sheth 
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. 
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 Easimove 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 $1.75, Three $4.75 
Double bright-red and a heavy bloomer. 
Each $1.75, Three $4.75 
This variety with single, disc-like blue flowers produces 
heavily. 
Lucy Each $1.75, Three $4.75 
A double rose-red flower. 
W.R. Smith Each $1.75, Three $4.75 
Large disc-like white flowers that open flat. It is the only 
showy white Variety. — a 
eerie 
Celestial Blue 
BUDDLEIA (Butterfly Shrubs) 
An eminently satisfactory shrub that makes a quick 
growth and blooms the first year. Buddleias do not show 
signs of growth until late spring or until the weather has 
become quite warm—so don’t worry if they don’t leaf 
out quickly. It°is true that butterflies are attracted to 
them. These are the newest varieties. 
Fortune Each $1.25, Three $3.50 
Neat habit of growth—about-5 feet high, 4 feet across. 
Foliage is a dark, leathery green. Flower spikes are 
12-18 inches long and rounded. Color is lilac with a 
brilliant orange eye in each tiny flower. Blooms from 
mid-summer to frost. Excellent cut flower. 
Flaming Violet (Pat. #519) Each $1.25, Three $3.50 
A violet color of great intensity. Blooms until frost and 
keeps a long time when cut. 
Fascinating Each $1.25, Three $3.50 
Here the color is a soft pink with a touch of gold in the 
eyes. Keeps in water and the more it is cut the more it 
grows. 
Peace (Pat. #705) Each $1.25, Three $3.50 
A pure white. It’s new. A favorite of ours. 
Purple Prince (Pat. #706) Each $1.25, Three $3.50 
A sparkling, imperial purple with a golden eye. 
White Profusion (Pat. #786) Each $1.25, Three $3.50 
A dwarf. Makes a stunning green mound (diameter: 3 
feet) studded with shortish white spikes. Fits perfectly in 
the perennial border or is useful as a specimen anywhere. 
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. 
UO COTES: 5 6 6 o 5 o o 6 o 8 5 SG 
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 usable. 
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 fruit in the fall and its foliage 
is shiny green throughout the year. Hardy. 
Each $2.50, Three $7.00 
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 
Divarcata 
“Sorry, out of stock’’ we sometimes write. 
We are sorry, too, but in a business like this, de- 
voted to raising only top quality plants, it’s inevit- 
able that a crop, not coming up to standard, gets 
plowed under instead of being shipped. 
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