Flowering Srl 
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 topsail 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 
Deutzia 
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 bloom their 
heads off from July to frost. Ultimate height is about 10 
feet. 
Celestial Blue Each $1.75, Three $4.75 
A true blue Althea. Flowers are single, large, disk-like 
and profuse. One of the few shrubs that blossoms in 
July and August. 
W. R. Smith Each $1.75, Three $4.75 
Like the above in habit and time of bloom but pure 
white. Perfect for screening or specimen. Celestial Blue 
and W. R. Smith should really be planted together for 
best effect. 
AZALEA (The Hardy Mollis) 
Azalea Mollis is a plant of gorgeous variety and beauty; 
it is very hardy; and, contrary to popular belisf, 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. These shipping plants are heavily budded, most 
will bloom the first season. 
Chevalier de Reali Each $5.00, Three $14.00 
Large flowers of pale lemon-yellow. 
Directeur Moerlands 
Soft pale yellow shading somewhat to apricot-yellow. 
Dr. M. Osthoek Each $5.00, Three $14.00 
Brilliant fiery azalea-pink with a soft almost burnt- 
orange glow. 
Koster’s Brilliant Red 
Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
As named, a brilliant, vermilion-red. 
Christopher Wren Each $4.00, Three $11 uu 
Fine orange-yellow with enormous trusses. New. 
Hort H. Witte Each $4.00, Three $11.C0 
Orange-yellow with trusses more finely drawn. 
Each $4.00, Three $11.00 
Delicate apricot-yellow tinted pink, very large trusses. 
Each $4.00, Three $11.00 
Fine orange, tinted salmon, huge trusses. 
Mixed Varieties Each $2.50, Three $7.00, Doz. $25.00 
These run the gamut of Azalea shades—amber, salmon- 
orange, copper, gold, yellow, flame-1ed, 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. 
AZALEA PONTICA 
(Hardy Ghent Azaleas) 
These are even hardier than Azalea Mollis but their 
blooming time, soil requirements and general habit of 
growth are the same. Their special merit, besides ex- 
Lemonora 
Queen Emma 
Each $5.00, Three $14.00 
treme hardiness, is the unusual range of colors in the 
group. While the flowers are not as large as Mollis, they 
have equal brilliance and to many fanciers their varia- 
tions of tint are more spectacular. Plants offered are 14 
to 18 inches high with flowering buds. 
Daviesi Each $4.00, Three $11.00 
Almost white with traces of pink. 
Bouquet de Flore Each $3.00, Three $7.75 
Brilliant clusters of deep pink. 
Nancy Waterer 
Clusters of golden yellow. 
Sang de Gentbrugge Each $4.00, Three $11.00 
The most vivid and brilliant red you ever saw. 
Each $3.00, Three $7.75 
Each $3.00, Three $7.75 
Coccinea speciosa 
Finest deep orange, midseason. 
Gloria mundi Each $3.00, Three $7.75 
Another fine orange, midseason variety. 
Ignea Nova Each $3.00, Three $7.75 
Large carmine-red with yellow blotch. Late. 
Raphael de Smet Each $3.00, Three $7.75 
Pale pink, double and midseason. 
EVONYMUS 
This is the most versatile and easiest grown of shrubs. It 
has uses everywhere. 
Radicans vegetus Each $2.00, Three $5.75, Doz. $20.00 
Trimmed, it can be grown as a shrub or hedge; left uncut 
and planted around the base of old trees, it will climb 
30 feet or more, densely covering the trunk. As a wall 
cover it is in a class with ivy. You can’t eat it but that’s 
about all you can’t do with it. It is evergreen and abso- 
lutely hardy. 15 to 18 inch plants. 
Alatus compactus Each $2.50, Three $7.00, Doz. $25.00 
A dwarf (ultimate height 6 feet) with unbelievable bril- 
liance of foliage in the autumn. It requires nothing spe- 
cial in soils, does well in shade, is of compact growth— 
all the requirements for the ideal hedge. As specimen 
plants in the lawn or shrub border (or in foundation 
plantings) they have no equal. 
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- 
Caryopteris Continued 
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