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RUSSIAN OLIVE 
Elaeagnus angustifolia 
Here is a truly great shrub for planting near the 
salt water. It is one of the taller growing types with 
attractive gray-green foliage, and the clusters of small 
reddish berries (edible if you care for them) are in- 
teresting in the Fall. 
Plant Russian Olives for a background or as a wind- 
break. At the shore plant them closer together than 
you would in inland sheltered spots. 
They are fairly rapid growing and are just the thing 
to use in a group to quickly grow up and screen any- 
thing you would like to hide such as your neighbor’s 
back door. They'll get you privacy, and quick! 
Russian Olives are hardy and versatile. They will 
grow from Massachusetts to Montana and even farther 
West. If your Summer home is on Hudson Bay, you 
can grow them there, too! 
During the year we sell hundreds to bird lovers 
because they retain their fruit well into the Winter 
months after most berries have fallen off. The fruits 
are high enough too, to be above the snow line where 
birds like quail, pheasant and partridge can get them. 
What more can you expect of a shrub? 
2 atom outs $1.50 each 10 for $13.50 
LOM anette 1.75 each 10 for 16.00 
4-to 5 ft. 3.00 each 10 for 27.00 
N.B. A British admiral who must have had an observing eye 
commented to an English Nurseryman, “Ive noted that trees 
and shrubs with gray foliage always seem to do well near the 
salt water.” 
He was right. 
Dusty Miller, right foreground. 
Silver Mound Artemisia, left foreground. 
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The Russian Olive’s gray foliage is distinctive. 
THE HIGH TIDE PLANT 
DUSTY MILLER 
Artemisia stellariana 
This is a sturdy perennial and, with the exception 
of the Beach grasses, grows naturally closer to the salt 
water than any other plant. It is usually found just 
above and close to the high tide mark. 
Few plants can exist in clear sand and survive the 
intense Summer’s heat, but the Dusty Miller seems to 
thrive under just those conditions. We don’t suggest 
that you try to plant them in clear sand but they will 
grow in poorer than ordinary soil. They will grow in 
good soil too, just be sure to give them a little sand 
beneath if the soil is heavy. 
The Dusty Miller’s gray foliage and low growth will 
be welcome in any garden as a border, or as a ground 
cover in a hot, dry, sunny spot. 
Send to some friend who lives inland, but who loves 
the seashore, some of these charming plants to remind 
them of the smell of the sea and the marshes and the 
roar of the surf. 
Did you ever lie on the sand on a moonlight night 
and see the Silvery Dusty Miller? Pretty as flowers, 
weren't they! 
P.S. If you live at the beach, don’t be a darn fool and buy 
them from us when you can go and dig them for yourself. Our 
service is for those who do not have access to the shore. In- 
cidentally, ours are nursery-grown plants, grown from cuttings 
taken from some of the saltiest little Miller’s you ever saw. 
3 plants for $1.80 10 for $5.00 
