persistent flowerer and if spaced 12 inches apart it makes 
the most delightful low, flowering hedge you can imagine. 
Heavy-rooted Plants Each $2.00, Three $5.75. Doz. $20.00 
WEIGELA 
Lovely shrubs flowering in May, June and July. Their Fox- 
glove-like flowers are borne in profusion. Most Weigela 
like a moist soil and should stand without competition 
from the shade or roots of large trees. 
Bristol Ruby Each $1.75, Three $4.75, Doz. $17.50 
Immense quantities of ruby-red flowers in the spring. The 
plant then blooms on and off during the rest of the sea- 
son. Height at maturity is 6-7 feet. This is the best Weigela 
for specimen planting or forward border work. 
Eva Ratke Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
Dark rose-red flowers in the spring. Matures at 7 to 8 feet 
and because it grows close to the ground is fine for 
screening. 
Rosea Each $1.50, Three $4.00 
Rose-pink flowers, blooms May-June. Excellent for screen- 
ing. 
KOLKWITZIA AMABILIS 
(Beauty Bush) 
A favorite of pink bell-shaped flowers in June. It tolerates 
poor or dry sandy soil and is of easiest culture. The foli- 
age is heavy and covers the plant to the ground. Height, 
8 feet. 
Each $2.25, Three $6.25, Six $12.00 
LONICERA 
(Honeysuckle Bush) 
Tatarica Each $1.25, Three $3.50, Doz. $12.00 
An upright but spreading shrub bearing pink and white 
flowers in late May and June. Fragrant. An excellent 
shrub for screening as it reaches 10 feet. 
Visit Litchfield Village 
Litchfield is one of America’s most beautiful small 
towns and if you haven’t seen it, maybe you should. 
We boast a fine Inn, The Westleigh. Another attrac- 
tion — one of New England’s best Antique shops, 
Floyd Thoms’. All this and White Flower Farm (3.5 
miles south of Litchfield on #63). 
20 AUTUMN, 1954 White Flower Farm 
Broadleaf Cvergreens 
These include the hardy Holly, Mountain Laurel, Daphne 
cneorum and, of course, Rhododendron. They are used 
either in foundation plantings or in the flowering shrub 
border. 
MOUNTAIN ANDROMEDA 
Pieris Japonica 15 to 18 inches, $6.00 
Mountain Andromeda is a dense slow-growing shrub 
reaching a maximum height of about six feet. Slow 
growth and broad, dull green leaves are its great assets, 
not the small white flowers in spring. Grows in shade. 
ILEX (Holly) 
There is only one hardy Holly, Convexa, and it is as 
hardy as an oak. It is a choice evergreen with shiny 
boxwood-like leaves so thick the branches don’t show. 
(It does not have the conventional Christmas Holly leaf 
or red berries—that Holly is not hardy.) Convexa is a 
very bushy plant—it grows 4 feet high and about 3 feet 
across. It can’t be beat as an accent plant and it is ideal 
for small evergreen hedges. Each plant is shipped with 
a small ball of earth. 
Convexa, 12 to 15 inches Each $4.00, Three $11.00 
HYBRID RHODODENDRONS 
These hybrids need part shade and some protection from 
cold northwest winter wind. They do, however, require an 
acid soil—load it heavily with peat moss and leaf mold. 
When ordering these named hybrids, please specify color 
wanted—they come in shades of soft rosy lilac, white, 
lavender, bright red. Plant them in banks and either mix 
colors or keep three of a shade together. 
Named Hybrids, 12-15 inches $5.00 
R. Cunninghami 
A dwarf spreading type covered with a mass of white 
flowers in June. Likes a slightly alkaline soil and does 
best in partial shade protected from hot winds. A fine 
foundation plant for the modern or ranch-type dwell- 
ing. Cunninghami is scarce and if you cannot get good 
specimens in your neighborhood we will ship 15-18 inch 
plants, heavily balled and-burlapped, express collect. 
Please add $2.50 to one plant for crating costs, $5.00 
for three plants. No shipments after April 10th. 
12 to 15 inch (spread) $5.00; 15 to 18 inch $7.50, 
18 to 24 inch $10.00 
PYRACANTHA (Firethorn) 
Coccinea Lalandi Each $2.25, Three $6.25 
This excellent evergreen shrub, after bearing trusses of 
white flowers in late spring, produces a crop of small 
orange-scarlet berries which remain until late winter. 
Birds like them. Good for dry foundation plantings. 
Thrives in protected well-drained locations. 
Oeranental. Spee: 
Trees for shade and flowering trees are a necessity in any 
landscape. Herewith some of the best and most popular 
ornamentals. 
ACER (Maple) 
A. Platanoides Schwedleri nigra. Crimson King Maple. 
(Patented) This European origination is a brilliant crim- 
son throughout the season. 
6 to 7 feet, $8.00 each. 
CORNUS (Flowering Dogwood) 
C. florida. America’s native flowering tree. The white form. 
Needs southern exposure in windy, very cold locations 
to keep buds from blasting. 
2 to 5 feet, $5.00 to $15.00 each. 
C. florida rubra. Rose-red form of the above. 
2 to 5 feet, $6.00 to $15.00 each. 
HAWTHORNS 
(Crataegus Oxyacantha) 
The English Hawthorn is a completely hardy flowering 
shrub or small tree with spreading branches and stout 
spines. Left unclipped it will grow to about 15 feet and 
is ideal for the small lawn where a Maple would be too 
big and throw too much shade. Large clusters of flowers 
are produced in tremendous quantities in the spring and 
are followed by scarlet fruit. 
Autumn Glory Each $5.50, Three $15.00 
Big clusters of white blooms followed by berries of bril- 
liant red which stay well into the winter. 
Paul’s Scarlet English Hawthorn Each $5.50, Three $15.00 
A brilliant rosy-red, double-flowering variety. 
PRUNUS (Almonds & Peaches) 
This group of extremely floriferous small trees is of 
remarkable beauty, highly recommended for the small 
