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Hybrid Named Varieties of Philadelphus 
ATHAS—Tall with extremely large single bloom. 
2-3 ft. $1.50; 3-4 ft. $2.00 
BANNIERE—Tall with double bloom. 
3-4 ft. $2.00 
BELLE ETOILE—A new sort with a lavender eye. 
3-4 ft. $2.00; 4-6 ft. $2.50 
BOQUET BLANC—A very fragrant semi-dwarf. 
18-24 in. $1.00 
COLES GLORIUS—A very large snowy white. 
18-24 in. $1.00; 2-3 ft. $1.50; 3-4 ft. $2.00 
ENCHANTMENT—Double white flowers in panicles. 
18-24 in. $1.00; 4-6 ft. $2.50 
MINNESOTA SNOWFLAKE—Patent #538—A seedling of 
the famous Virginal. It makes a better shaped bush with 
the foliage keeping it full to the base. A very full double. 
18-24 in. $1.25; 3-4 ft. $2.00; 4-5 ft. $2.50 
VIRGINAL—Tall rather leggy grower with several crops 
of bloom. The first one is semidouble and covers the 
plant; the later ones are single. Blooms up to 3 inches 
in masses. So white the others all look dirty. 
2-3 ft. $1.50; 3-4 ft. $2.00; 4-5 ft. $2.50 
PIERIS JAPONICA—An excellent broad leaved evergreen 
with lustrous dark green foliage and creamy white clus- 
ters of drooping flowers. We were long dubious of its 
hardiness but it was the only broad leaved evergreen that 
took the winter of 1949-50 in Portland without injury. 
Needs an acid soil. 
15-18 in. $3.50; 18-24 in. $5.00 
POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA—Bush cincquefoil is a dwarf 
shrub with gray green leaves and yellow or white straw- 
berry like blossom that appears thruout most of the 
summer. 
18-24 in. $1.00 
PRUNUS 
This large and variable genus properly includes the apri- 
cots, cherries, peaches, plums, chokeberries, laurels and 
almonds including both the flowering and fruiting varieties 
wee Olealls 
> FRUNUS CISTENA—The purple leaved sand cherry is a 
medium growing shrub with pinkish white flowers in 
profusion followed by blue or black fruits. The foliage 
is an intense bronze purple and remains all summer. 
18-24 in. $1.25; 2-3 ft. $1.75; 3-4 ft. $2.25 
PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS SCHIPKOENSIS SIBERICA RUS- 
SIAN LAUREL—An upright grower with wider leaves 
than zabel. Very hardy in the right location. 
15-18 in. $2.50; 18-24 in. $4.60 
PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS OFFICINALLIS CHERRY LAUR- 
EL—An upright grower like Russian.-Leaves much shinier. 
15-18 in. $2.50; 18-24 in. $4.00 
PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS ZABELIANA—Zabel Laurel is a 
spreading plant, in shape something like Pfitzer juniper. 
The leaf is rather narrow. and long but is very glossy. 
The flower is much like that of the chokeberry and comes 
quite late in the season. It is a very graceful grower. 
15-18 in. $2.50; 18-24 in. $4.00; 24-30 in. $5.00 
