Kolkwitzia Amabalis 
HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS 
Flowering Almond 
Almond. A very charming, attractive 
shrub in early spring, being in full 
bloom before its leaves appear. The 
flowers are small double and light 
pink and a mass of these in the right 
spot certainly will draw many well 
deserved compliments. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.29 each 
Althea 
Rose of Sharon. Blooms late in August 
and September, with a profusion of 
large and brightly colored flowers, 
much like the tender hibiscus in 
form . Double rose, double white, 
double purple, double red, single red 
and single white. 
2 to 4 ft. $1.39 each 
Aralia 
Pentaphylla. (Five - leafed Aralia). 
Long, slender, gracefully drooping 
branches a rich shiny green. Unique 
among shrubs in that it does not 
change color. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.29 each 
Beautyberry 
Callicarpa Purpurea. Gracefully curv- 
ing branches, covered in August 
with thousands of closely set small 
pink tinted flowers. These are fol- 
lowed in late September by masses 
of violet-purple berries which last 
until mid-winter. 
18 to 24 in. $1.49 each 
Beautybush 
(Beauty Bush). 
A charming shrub with attractive 
leaves and gracefully arching 
branches. The beautiful flowers ap- 
pear in great profusion in June, in 
pairs which cluster closely in cymes 
of about twenty-five; bell shaped 
and somewhat lipped, pale pink with 
orange veins in the throat. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.49 each 
Champion Nurseries, Perry, Ohio 
Caryopteris. 
Daphne Cneorum. A_ hardy 
Blue Mist 
This low growing plant 
is one of the best of the border 
plants. It is covered from August till 
frost with clusters of powdery blue 
fringed flowers. It attains a height 
of from 18-24 inches and remains 
perfectly rounded, making a small 
mound about two feet in diameter. 
The foliage is toothed and silvery 
green in color. It is a gorgeous asset 
to the flower border or in front of 
the shrub border. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.39 each 
Buiterfly Bush 
Buddleia. A sensational group of late 
summer bloomers, long spike flowers 
which give a gorgeous show. They 
may be purchased in white, purple, 
pink, and red. 
2 yr. No. 1 — $1.29 each 
Sweet Pepper Bush 
Clethra Alnifolia. A small shrub very 
fragrant in August and September, 
when covered with long snowy 
wands of creamy white flowers. It 1s 
used well in a border close to a house 
where the fragrance may drift in 
through the window. 
18 to 24 in. $1.49 each 
Garland Flower 
dwart 
shrub with spreading branches sel- 
dom growing taller than 10 to 12 
inches. The masses of bright pink 
fragrant flowers appear in May and 
again at intervals during the sum- 
mer and fall. 
10 to 12 in. $2.79 each 
Calycanthus 
Floridus (Carolina Allspice). The 
strong reddish brown shoots are cov- 
ered with large glossy leaves from 
the axils of which spring odd double 
spicy flowers of chocolate red which 
are quite fragrant. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.49 each 
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