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SHRUBS (Continued) 
BARBERRY (Berberis). Valuable for massing and for low hedging. 
Red Leaf (B. thunbergi atropurpurea). Variety of Japanese barberry 
with bright red foliage all summer, red berries in autumn. 6 to 8 
feet. Per 10 Per 100 
ORLOREZ SIN Ch es eet) tee a ee eee Lee 3.00 25.00 
Thunbergi (Japanese Barberry). Low growing, spreading shrub with 
numerous thorns and attractive foliage that turns red in the fall. 
Yellow flowers and red berries. Fine for hedges and mass planting. 
This barberry does not carry wheat rust. 5 to 8 feet. 
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L2etOM LOS ICR eS wamme ec ter h O i” peek Pe a Pees |e tht eats 3.00 25.00 
ORtOR TZBINCH ES eee wes ent te ee st es he ee ee 2.00 15.00 
BUDDLEIA 
Butterfly Bush 
The Butterfly Bushes are becoming more popular every year because 
of their usefulness in landscape planting. No shrub gives quicker results. 
Plant in the spring—have a full grown bush in full flower the same sum- 
mer. Established plants start blooming in midsummer and continue until 
frost. Plant them in the rear of perennial beds for high background. Mix 
with shrubs for variety and color. They make good cut flowers for home 
use. Widely used by florists. Not only are the flowers showy, but they 
attract myriads of brightly colored butterflies that hover around them 
all day long. 
Butterfly Bushes are handsome shrubs with long narrow leaves, grow 
2 to 4 feet high in one season, and come in a wide range of color: red, 
purple, lavender, pink and white. 
Butterfly Bushes like reasonably fertile well drained soil, and plenty 
of sunlight. In the northern two-thirds of the country the tops die down in 
the winter, but new tops are developed the next season and bloom the 
same year. 
We offer you a selection of five of the very best varieties. 
Alternifolia. An outstanding Butterfly Bush. Long arching branches, 
covered with clusters of lilac-purple flowers. The hardiest species 
and earliest to bloom. 
Per 10 Per 100 
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Care of Butterfly Bush 
In order to get best results with Butterfly Bush (Buddleia), it is 
necessary to understand the nature of the plant. Butterfly Bush is 
not a shrub in the same sense as a snowball or lilac. Strictly speak- 
ing, it is a hardy perennial. 
The tops of Butterfly Bush are perennial, like those of peonies 
and chrysanthemums. In other words, they die down to the crown 
every year. The following spring new tops are produced and the 
flowers are borne on the new wood. The tops should be cut off clear 
to the ground when the plants are set out. Mulch the crowns during 
the winter, and cut the tops back to the ground every spring. 
i seed (See page 4 for other varieties) 
