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A. E. WOHLERT

NARBERTH PENNSYLVANIA

COPYRIGHT 1920

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OF NURSERYMEN

Abraham Lincoln has said :• “A mans
character is like a tree , his reputation like
its shadow; the shadow is izdiat we think
of when the tree is the real thing.”

THIS applies quite well to our pictures of the
Flowering Trees. They are the shadows of
the real thing, but unfortunately it has proven
impossible, so far, to get pictures that would do the
subject justice, as most generally it is the color “effect”
produced that makes these trees valuable in the garden ;
it is the mass effects of colors, frequently unusual
colors not met with in any other garden plant, shrub
or tree. For instance, the picture on page nipe shows
a well developed tree of Ming Shing or Fung Shing,
but nothing of the wonderful color display of the
‘Star of Heaven” is shown. This is left to your
imagination. The tree begins early to show the crim-
son buds, with a little warmth or sunshine, the buds
open and display a scarlet sheen against the sun; when
viewed with the full sunlight on the tree another effect
is produced, changing as the flowers mature with age
to a blush pink, well worth the effort of a master’s
brush.

What I have written about this particular tree holds
good for nearly all of these Oriental Trees. While
the cut branches are beautiful and highly praised by
all. it is the mass effects I value highest ; one tree
when old enough, will produce this mass effect, but
three or more grouped, gives you the desired display
sooner, and a few hundred planted along a border make
a display worthy of a pilgrimage from miles around.

Our Landscape Department is at all times ready to
guide you. A slope or hillside offers the best oppor-
tunity, but good results may be had on level ground
and even on small places with a fifty foot frontage.

In my home town, Narberth, I have made a sincere
effort to produce these charming effects wherever an
opportunity has presented itself, and I hope with
Abraham Lincoln that “when I die, I wish it said of
me by those who know me best that I always plucked
the thistle and planted a flower where I found a flower
would grow.”

A. E. WOHLERT

NURSERYMAN

JAPANESE
ROSE FLOWERING
CHERRIES

A Short Historical Sketch of the Plant

Legends Connected with the Cherry Blossom of Japan

Botanical Information of Value from the Arnold
Arboretum of Harvard University

THE JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY,

to be sure, is most effective when in bloom and the
flowering season lasts with us about one month, from
the earliest to the latest varieties. In the summer it
L an attractive green tree. The glossy green leaves
present an appearance equal to that of the finest shade
trees we have. The tree grows, as in the case of
some varieties, rather vigorously, rivaling the Maple
in size ; many of the varieties are medium growth and
some rather dwarf. The weeping form of the Flower-
ing Cherry makes a medium size tree. Some varieties
are particularly adapted for shade trees and are suc-
cessfully used as street trees. In the Fall, with the
ripening of the leaves and the approach of coid
weather, the foliage turns a brilliant red, rivaling
the Scarlet Oak in appearance ; therefore, it is safe
to say that few ornamental trees equal in value the
Flowering Cherry for general purposes.

Extracts from Bulletin of Arnold Arboretum

“Eastern Asiatic Cherries. During the last few
years the Arboretum has been engaged in studying the
Cherry-trees of Eastern Asia, and has assembled a
large collection of these plants, including most of the
species and all of the forms with double and otherwise
abnormal flowers which are popular garden plants in
Japan where the flowering of these trees is celebrated
by national rejoicings. All the world has heard of
the Japanese Cherry-blossoms, and travelers in the
East usually so arrange their journeys that they can
be in Tokyo when the white flowers of fifty thousand
trees of the Yoshinozakura ( Primus yedoensis ) make
a day of thanksgiving, and the great trees in the long
avenue of Cherry-trees (P. serrulata ) at Koganei are
covered with their rose-colored flowers. Well known
to travelers, too, are the avenues of Cherry-trees at
Arashi-yama near Kyoto and at Yoshino near Nara.
The Cherry-trees which mean so much to the Japanese
and delight all foreigners who visit Japan in early
spring are perfectly hardy, and easy to grow here in
New England ; and it is unfortunate that there is no
hillside in the Arboretum which can be covered with
these trees or no space where a long avenue of them
can be planted, for the flowering of a great number
of these trees might become as great a joy to the peo-
ple of Boston as they are in Japan. Such collections
of Cherry-trees might well form a part of the equip-
ment for pleasure and instruction in all the northern
cities of the country, but up to this time only Roches-
ter. N. Y., is arranging to make a plantation of these
trees to cover many acres of rolling hills in its great
park on the shores of Lake Ontario.”

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The wild cherry seems to have existed in Japan
from time immemorial, and still abounds in the woods
of the Northern Island, Yedo, where the Aino abo-
rigines apply its bark to many purposes. In ancient
times, however, the plum tree, of Chinese importation,
seems to have absorbed the attention of the court and
people, and it was a later date that the cherry, the flower
of the country, appears to have found its place in their
affections. Though early records refer frequently to
the plum, there is no mention of the cherry earlier
than the time of Richiu, the Emperor of the fifth
century. It was reserved for a later Emperor, in the
eighth century, to give it that importance as a national
flower, which it has ever since retained. Whilst on a
hunting expedition on Mount Mikasa, in the province
of Yamato, the Emperor Shomu, attracted by the
beauty of the double cherry blossoms, composed the
following short verse, which he sent, with a branch of
the flower, to his favorite consort, Komio Kogo :

“This gathered cherry branch can scarce convey
A fancy of the blossom-laden tree ,

Blooming in sunlight ; could I show it thee,

Thoughts of its beauty 'would drive sleep away.”

To satisfy the curiosity of the ladies of his court,
the Emperor ordered cherry trees to be planted near
the Palace at Nara, and afterwards the custom was
continued at each succeeding capital.

In and near the modern capital, Tokyo, are several
spots renowned for their show of cherry trees, origi-
nally brought from Yoshino, and from the banks of
the Sakura river in the province of Hitachi. It is
said that cherry viewing became a popular amuse-
ment in Yedo towards the latter half of the seven-
teenth century. From that time all classes of the
people, from the two-sworded samurai to the small
tradesmen and menials, participated in the enjoyment.
The green sward beneath the cherry trees was crowded
with merry picnic parties of all classes, screened off
with low colored curtains. One favorite resort, called
Asukayama, at Oj i, is often spoken of as the new
Yoshino. It is a high, grassy bluff, overlooking an
extensive plain on one side, and sloping down to the
road of the Oji village on the other. The eminence
forms a park of cherry trees extending down the pre-
cipitous sides of the bank, so that the pedestrian sees
the pinky white blossoms against the blue sky above
hiim, and below the pearly gray of the blossoms in the
shadow of the cliff.

In the old temple grove, now a public park, at
Uyeno, there are a number of fine trees of the single
early blossoming kind,/ called by the Japanese Higan-
zakura, among which are some magnificent specimens
of the weeping cherry. This latter species has pendant
branches, drooping like the willow, and bears single
white flowers, but no fruit ; and in this respect it is
an exception to the general rule, that the trees of
single blossom bear fruit whilst those of double blos-
som are fruitless. The fruit of the Japanese cherry
tree is, however, at its best, insipid and worthless.
These trees at Uyeno are said to have been planted
by one of the Tokugawa regents in imitation of the
hills at Yoshino; they are all of majestic size, and
present a gorgeous sight in April, with their pale
pink blossoms seen partly against the blue sky, and
partly against the rich foliage of the pines and cedars
which surround the golden shrines and cenotaphs of
the Shoguns. The single-blossom trees at Gotan-
yama, a park in the suburb of Shinagawa, form a beau-
tiful sight early in April.

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1. OJOCHIX-ZAKURA. “ Paper Lantern:' Means
big lantern. Zakura means cherry. Should bloom
light colors, big and double. (Large, white,
semi-double, prolific. ) V ery symmetrical growth.

2. KO-FUGEX -ZAKURA. “Pink Saint.” Its full

name is Ko-Fugenzo. Ko means pink. Fu-
genzo means saint’s appearance. It should bloom
pink, big double flowers. Very striking, by
many thought the best of all.

I am not playing any favorites, personally,
with the Cherries, as they are all beautiful, but
I am frankly inclined to think that if one should
be obliged to get along with four varieties, I
would select our Xo. 2, Xo. 7, Xo. 14 and Xo.
17 as the very cream of the Rose Flowering
Cherries.

3. X ADEN -ZAKURA. Means Southern Cattle.

Flowers, pink and double. This is a very choice
variety. It is slow growing, and suitable for
small gardens. Very fragrant.

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UKON-ZAKURA. “Golden Cherry.” Ukon means
pure gold. Flowers, double, light yellow. This
is a very rare and unusual variety.

SHIRO-FUGENZO-ZAKURA. “White Saint.”
As No. 2, except with white flowers instead of
pink. (Pink buds, flowers opening pale blush
white. Very large flowers.)

HIZAKURA. Its full name is Kan Hizakura.
Kan means cold. Hizakura means deep pink
cherry. It blooms in early part of year while
weather is still cold. (A very vigorous grow-
ing, upright variety. The buds are crimson ;
the flowers are red, fading into old rose. A
most unusual color in Flowering Cherries — very
rare and desirable.)

This is a vigorous growing variety and the
earliest of the dark red Japanese Cherries, as

AMA-NO-GAWA-ZAKURA. Means “River of
Heaven.” ( Milky Way.) Upright like poplar.
Should bloom double pink. (Most desirable
variejty, new ; grows like a lombardy poplar, a
spleifdid show in the Spring.) Effective as a
formal tree. Blush pink; fragrant; very choice.
Our stock of Amo-no-gawa is very short.

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the name indicates. In Japan, it is the most
popular of the rose-colored varieties. We like
it very much on account of its symmetrical
growth.

8. M I-KU RUM A-G AE S H I-Z AKU RA . Mi when it

is written before rum means certain respect.
Kuruma means wheel, car or Riksha. Gaeshi
means turn back, so it must mean that the
flower is so beautiful that people cannot help
to turn back to look at it again. (Semi-double
brilliant pink flowers of medium size.) Very
prolific.

9. OKU -MIYAKO-ZUKURA. Semi-double, deep

pink, late flowering variety. Extra fine; very
large flowers. Very rare and scarce. An extra
fine variety.

10. CERASUS ROSEA. A double rose-colored form
of the Flowering Cherry. Very full, globular,
pendulous flowers from three to five in a clus-
ter. Cheerful, soft pink, offering a very striking
contrast to the majority of the Japanese Cher-
ries. It appears to be, when in bloom, the most
popular of all the varieties, coming as it does,
frequently, ahead of the other varieties, it has
but little competition at that time, and this, may
in part, account for its popularity. Specimens
of this sort should be in every collection.

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A Pair of Weeping Cherry Trees Planted at an Entrance
SHIDARE HIGAN-ZAKURA

11. SHIDARE - HIGAN - ZAKURA. “Weeping
Cherry.” (Cerasus Prunus) Subhirtella Pen-
dula. Shidare means branches bent downward
something like willow. Higan means when day
and night are same length in Springtime, so it
should bloom when day and n’ght are same
length. (Deep pink, single, early, weeping; one
of the most prolific varieties.) Earliest of all.

The Weeping Cherry is without question the most
attractive weeping tree known to horticulturists. It is
in habit something like the Weeping Beech. The
foliage is as good as any of the well known weeping
trees, Birch, Beech or Willow, and in addition to
that the bright flowers cover the tree by the thou-
sands ; in large trees they number hundreds of thou-
sands, making a gorgeous mass of pink, impossible to
reproduce in colored print, but fairly well shown in the
accompanying picture.

14. SEKIZAN-ZAKURA. “Sacred Gate.” Seki means
gate, one territory to crther at olden times of
Japan. Zan means mountain. It was operated
something like a toll gate is in this country, but
not to collect money, but to keep out undesir-
ables. It should bear deep pink, big double
flowers. Vigorous grower.

The flower, in appearance, is very similar to
Hizakura. The one distinct difference is two
green carpels in the center of the flower, which
it also shares with our No. 2. The buds are
very dark crimson, opening up deep rose. It is
a very scarce variety.

18. ASAHI— BOTAN. “Sunrise.” Asahi means
morning sun. Botan means hill. Bright pink,
lovely, vigorous, rare.

The above translations are by a Japanese friend of
ours, which accounts for the peculiar literary style ap-
parent in some places.

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21. JAMES H. VIETCH. Dark rose pink, double,
extra good. Red buds ; vigorous habit. A well
known, but rare, variety from England.

24. CERASUS ROSEA PLENA. Double pink flow-
ering cherry ; a double rose colored form of the
Japan cherry: one of the most attractive trees
in the garden; fine for cut bloom. Very early
and upright habit. The most popular sort in
Europe.

PRICE LIST

OF

JAPANESE ROSE FLOWERING CHERRY
TREES

“Hardy from Coast to Coast”

Each

4 to 5 ft. high $ 5.00

5 to 6 ft. high 6.00

6 to 8 ft. high 10.00

8 to 10 ft. high. 15.00

10 to 12 ft. high 20.00

12 to 14 ft. high. 3" calp 25.00

14 to 16 ft. high. 4 " to 5" calp 50.00

10% discount on lots of ten or more.

Pot grown trees, with pot or tub, $1.00 extra.
“Topworked,” Umbrella Shaped Weeping Cherry,
about 6 ft. high :

1 year tops, per tree $6.00

2 year tops, per tree 8.00

3 year tops, each $10.00 to $15.00

No. 11 JAPANESE WEEPING PINK CHERRY

A “close up” view of a youn* tree in bloom

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DOUBLE FLOWERING CHINESE
CRAB APPLES

The Chinese Flowering Crab is not an entire stranger
to our public, but on account of the scarcity very little
attention has been paid to this Queen of the Garden
At considerable expense and effort we have been
able to get up a very fair collection of Asiastic Trees,
Trees from China, Japan and Persia. But I am in-
clined to think that the Chinese Crabs are the love-
liest of them all.

(Extract from “Horticulture/’ 1918.)

These plants for the decoration of northern gardens
are of first-rate importance, and from its early days
much attention has been paid at the Arnold Arboretum
to the collection and study of the different species,
hybrids and varieties. The flowering of the Crab-
apples is one of the important Arboretum events and,
although the season is ten or twelve days late, some
of the Asiatic species are already in bloom and dur-
ing three or four weeks Apple blossoms can be seen
here.

THE CHINESE FLOWERING CRAB

lends itself particularly to mass planting along the
hedge line or property line and cqme to their own in
a charming fashion when grouped in clumps of ten
to a hundred trees ; at Arnold Arboretum the Chinese
and other Asiatic Crabs are used in hill side planting
for mass effect and when they are in bloom this sec-
tion of the Arboretum is the Mecca of Boston, the
soft beauty of coloring and the spring fragrance is the
delight of the masses of that city.

The trees are somewhat slow growing and rather
dwarfish in habit and may be planted 8 to 10 ft. apart
when grouped, or with shrubbery.

Be sure to try one or more of these fine dwarf
trees.

WAH MEE

The Modest Maiden

A wonderfully prolific
small tree, in spring covered
with a delightful mass of
double flowers of a deep
rose color. The habit of
the tree is very branching, and
the branches are ascending, some-
what perpendicular and covered
with the charming flowers. It
lends itself particularly to use as
cut bloom, with no disadvantage to the tree, as it
seems to be benefited by pruning while in bloom.. Ping
Fah and Wah Mee are both producers of an abundance
of cherry-like fruit, yellow, orange and red, that makes
the famous Chinese apple jelly, so famed for its pleas-
ing odor and flavor.

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MING SHING— Stars of Heaven

For landscape effect this variety and the next are
possibly the ultimate. Ming Shing, translated the Stars
of Heaven (by Lady Tsen Mei), is the most striking
in general effect ; the tree or bush is of irregular
growth, though of a very vigorous habit. Every
branch is literally covered by the crimson or red
flowers ; not a leaf in sight when the crimson buds
appear, they unfold as a red, a gorgeous velvety red,
and when the sun shines through the branches almost
a scarlet is suggested — a very unusual effect — -very
Oriental in its regal splendor.

As the tree grows older it becomes more irregular
in its habit of growth, but very little is gained by
pruning, save in the first few years. Ming Shing
should be in every garden, and I am sure we shall be
many years older before I can produce enough to meet
the demand.

A SPECIMEN TREE OF FUNG SHING

FUNG SHING— Smile of a Star

Fung Shing opens out at nearly the same shade of
pink as Ming Shing displays when full blown; the two
varieties are very similar in habit of growth and bloom-
ing. Fung Shing is red in bud, opening a delightful
pink, and after a display of bloom prolonged over
three weeks, the petals fall and cover the lawn with
a blanket of silvery pink.

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PING FAH
Abundance of Joy

The flower when in bud is
coral red, opening to a full-
blown flower of a gorgeous
soft pink. The flowers are
very large and come in such
abundance as to envelop all the
branches with the bright pink
brilliant blooms that are dou-
ble ’ and about the size of a
50c piece. Usual height about
8 ft., finally larger.

GUI TOI — Dragon’s Tears

This variety is, from point of grace, the most pleas-
ing of all our varieties of Chinese flowering crab
apples. The flowers are disposed on thin, red, wire-like
stems that permit the semi-double, rose-colored flow-
ers to droop most gracefully, and the gathered branches
are, even in the hand of the unskilled decorator, the
most effective subject our spring season affords for
indoor embellishment. The Chinese Dragon is the em-
bodiment of all the good spirits and forces in nature,
and very properly have the Chinese named this won-
derful flower for the Dragon’s Tears.

The charm is not confined to the cut flowers from
this charming tree; when this small tree is clothed in
its rosy robe it is easily the most cherished subject
in the garden.

A few old plants of this variety" are found in and
about Philadelphia ; one very noted tree is on Corker
Hill, in Merion. Pa. Usually this Gui Toi is noted
as a charming bush about four feet to six feet high at
the most, but on the Frank Thomson estate a plant
has reached in fifty years the height of 16 feet.

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TSEN MEI — Spring Perfume

A wild and cultivated variety from China. The
wild form is quite abundant over the Chinese steppe,
filling the air with its delightful fragrance ; the culti-
vated forms are somewhat improved in form, but
have retained every breath of the delightful perfume
of the original wild crab of China, and is not sur-
passed by any flower in cultivation. The flowers are
white, in great umbels or clusters ; individual flowers
single, the snowy whiteness being very striking, and
when the tree is in bloom a very charming sight.
Once you have been within reach of Tsen Mei’s charm
the perfume exhaled will keep you spellbound for
years and the memory thereof never leave you.

Some forms will show a slight flush of color over
the otherwise virgin white of the petals; most plants
produce white bloom. The fruit is as large as a
small plum, highly colored and fragrant. (Makes
splendid jelly.) Buds are pink or red.

CHINESE FLOWERING CRAB

Price list — Wah Mee, Ping Fah, Ming Shing, Fung
Shing, and double flowering apple “Pocahontas” :

Well Branched

Eight Trees

Trees

Each

Each

2 to 3 ft. high. . . .

.$1.50

$2.00

3 to 4 ft. high ....

. 2.00

3.00

4 to 5 ft. high. . . .

-3.00

5.00

5 to 6 ft. high. . . .

4.00

7.50

6 to 8 ft. specimen.

....$10.00 to 25.00

Gui Toi and Tsen

Mei varieties :

Each

2 to 3 ft. high

$2.50

3 to 4 ft. high

3.50

4 to 5 ft. high

6.00

5 to 6 ft. high

Specimen trees . . .

. . .$10.00 to 25.00

CHINESE FLOWERING CRAB

If you wish to make an extensive planting of these
trees we can offer trees from our blocks of younger
stock, at special prices in lots of over one hundred
trees. The prices will range from $100.00 to $150.00
per hundred, subject to special quotations.

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A BRANCH OF

Dogwood Blossoms

THE GEM OF THE

FOREST

Always a joy in the garden
or on the lawn ; one of the most
symmetrical small trees in cul-
tivation.

WHITE-FLOWERING DOGWOOD—
Cornus florida

The loveliest of our small native, trees, covered with
white flowers in the early spring; a beautiful green
in summer and a wealth of scarlet berries in early
autumn, berries persisting on the tree all winter or till
eaten by the birds.

PINK OR RED FLOWERING DOGWOOD

This colored form of the White Dogwood was dis-
covered growing wild in a woodland of North Carolina.
All the trees now in cultivation have descended from
this tree, either directly by grafting or indirectly from
seeds. The Pink Flowering Dogwood is possibly the
most showy of all the American trees, and the only
hardy, native tree that is sufficiently gorgeous to attract
the attent on of the unobserving. It has been so im-
mensely popular that very few nurseries have been able
to get enough stock to meet the current demand. But
fortunately, we have some trees to offer which have
attained a height of five to six feet and over.

Each Ten

2 to 3 ft $3.00 $25.00

3 to 4 ft 4 00 35.00

4 to 5 ft 5.00 45.00

5 to 6 ft 7.00 60.00

6 to 7 ft 10.00 85.00

7 to 8 ft 15.00

8 to 10 ft 20.00-25.00

Pink dogwood trees in full bud, ready to bloom,
$1.00 more, each.

White flowering dogwood, one-half of the above
prices.

The charming pink flowers literally 'roof the tree
while- in bloom, and in the opinion of many the Pink

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Dogwood is the most effective tree obtainable, at its
period of bloom. This tree, which is symmetrical in
form, lends itself particularly to planting near a
porch where it will afford a little shade and screen
the porch from the street. The habits of the White
Flowering Dogwood are identical with the Pink Flow-
ering Dogwood, the only exception being the color
of the flowers.

“Persica’*

PERSIAN DOUBLE
FLOWERING PEACH

To those who have had
the first view of a well
developed tree of this kind
in full bloom, it appears that
nothing more beautiful could
possibly be found, and the
most peculiar thing, from our
point of view, is that, no mat-
ter what sort or color our
client has first discovered, it
seems that nothing short of
that very particular shade will satisfy them. The fact
is, that all of these colors are equally beautiful, but
the person who has seen only one of them cannot be-
lieve it possible that anything could surpass the one
first discovered, and, therefore, they will take no chance
with anything different. The rose-like flowers cover
practically every twig and branch of the tree, and
range in color from purest snow white, to soft pink,
rose, red and crimson. We have all the colors in
stock, but only a limited supply of each. The White
Double Flowering Peach is particularly charming, as
it is possibly the purest white seen in any flower.

Each

3 to 4 ft. high $1.50

4 to 5 ft. high T.00

5 to 6 ft. high 4.00

10% discount on quantities of ten or more.

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The two sorts we offer are garden varieties of the
so-called English Hawthorn. This English Hawthorn
is native to northern Europe where it is seen at its
best. The single, or wild variety, is used for garden
hedges as well as for field enclosures but left to its
own resources, it grows into a handsome small tree
something like our native Dogwood. The improved
forms we offer are double flowering and make beau-
tiful and unusual lawn specimens and may well be
used in a grouping with Oriental Flowering Trees.
They lend themselves particularly well to shearing or
pruning, if this is thought desirable. The flowers are
double and produced in umbels.

The Double Pink Hawthorn ( Crataegus Oxyaoantha
var. rosea flore-pleno ) has rose pink flowers and is
very show}’.

Paul’s Double Scarlet Hawthorn (Crataegus Oxy -
cantha, var. coccinea flore-pleno ) is covered with vivid
carmine flowers ; very brilliant and the more showy
of the two.

PRICES :

Each

Ten

. SI. 50

$12.50

. 2.50

20.00

. 3.50

30.00

3 ft. to 4 ft.

4 ft. to 5 ft

5 ft. to 6 ft.

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CHINESE PAEONIES

Armandine Mechin — Violet crimson, very dark.

Andre Lauries — Rose.

Chas. Levecque — Red.

Comte de Diesbach — Dark red.

Comte de Niepperg — Dark pink.

Couronne d’Or — Pure white, tipped with carmine.
Delachei — Violet crimson. Vigorous.

Duchess de Nemours — Pure white with collar of sul-
phur-white. Excellent free bloomer, strong grower.

Due de Cazes — Medium dark pink.

Duke of Wellington — White with sulphur center.
Pleasing odor.

*Eugene Verdier — Pale, hydrangea-pink, fading to
lilac white.

Felix Crousse — Bright red, very floriferous.

Fidelina — Rose.

Festiva Maxima — Purest white, center usually flecked
carmine, excellent bloomer.

Francois Ortegat — Dark amaranth red.

Glory of Boskoop — Blush.

Grandiflora Rosea — Light red collar, center lighter,
shaded salmon.

Indispensable — White.

Le Sublime — Crimson.

La Tulipe — Lilac white, outer petals striped crimson.
L’Eclatante — Brilliant red.

Louis Van Houtte — Dark crimson, fragrant.

*Mme. Calot — Very pale pink center, shaded darker,
. silver tint.

Modeste Guerin — Bright uniform solferino red. De-
liciously perfumed.

*Mons. Jules Elie — Pale lilac rose, silvery reflex.

Mont Blanc — Milk white, center slightly tinted rose.
Fragrant.

Prince Imperial — Amaranth red.

Seabreeze — Blush.

Solfatare — Sulphur-white with milk-white guards.

Zoe Calot — Violet rose.

Japanese — Single. Very rare.

Prices

Strong Plants each $0.75

Clumps each 1.50

Strong Clumps, to produce 2’0 to 25 flowers. each 3.00
Except where marked *, which are quoted as fol-
lows :

Strong Plants $1.50

Clumps 3.00

Strong Clumps 6.00

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IRIS

There are from one hundred and fifty to two hun-
dred varieties of Iris in cultivation. Many of them
are inferior ; others are practically duplicates of some
equally as good, therefore, we have limited our list
to thirty varieties,— all of distinct merit. We do not
particularly recommend any of these named sorts as
they are all of about equal value. True enough, some
of them cost more than others, and the prices may be
somewhat of a guide to the decorative value of the
varieties. At least, the higher priced varieties are the
newer or scarcer varieties. These new and improved
Iris are fully equal to the orchid in beauty, even if
they are more perishable.

Iris thrive verv well in any ord’nary garden loca-
tion. If I should mention any place where they thrive
particularly well, it would perhaps be right against the
house, from one to three or four feet out from the
building.

Explanation : F. signifies “falls” or drooping petals,
and S., “standards” or upright petals. A plant has one
spike ; a clump has from three to five spikes.

Dozen lots will be sold at ten times the price of one.
Dalmarius — A cross between Dalmatica and Darius.
S., pale gray-blue ; F., darker, shaded violet-brown.
Very distinct. Plant, 25 cents; Clump, 50 cents.
Darius — S., rich canary-yellow; F., lilac, margined
white, with rich orange beard. One of the most
beautiful. Plant, 25 cents ; Clump, 50 cents.

Fairy — White, delicately bordered and suffused soft
blue. 2 ft.. Plant, 25 cents ; Clump, 50 cents.
Florentina — Syn. Silver King. Creamy white, finely
flushed lavender. The flowers are quite fragrant
and are produced early in the season. Fine for
cutting. Plant, 25 cents; Clump, 50 cents.
Flavescens — F. and S., delicate shade of soft yellow.
Large sweet scented flowers. Excellent for cut-
ting. Plant, 25 cents ; Clump, 50 cents.

Foster’s Yellow — S. and F., creamy yellow. 18 ins.

Plant, 25 cents ; Clump, 50 cents.

Fro — S., deep gold; F., brilliant chestnut-brown.

Plant, 50 cents; Clump, $1.00.

Gagus — S., light clear yellow ; F., crimson, reticulated
white and yellow with narrow yellow border.
Plant, 35 cents ; Clump, 75 cents.

Halfdan — Creamy white. Large flowers of good sub-
stance. Plant, 50 cents; Clump, $1.00.

Iris King — S., clear lemon-yellow ; F., rich maroon,
bordered yellow. Large flowers, brilliant. Plant,
50 cents ; Clump, $1.00.

Jacquesiana — S., bright, coppery crimson; F., rich
maroon. Very beautiful. 30 ins. Plant, 25 cents;
Clump, 50 cents.

Juniata — S. and F., clean blue, deeper than Dalmatica.
Tallest of the bearded Iris. Large, fragrant flow-
ers. Plant, 50 cents ; Clump, $1.00.

Kochii — S. and F., rich claret-purple. Very desirable.

Plant, 25 cents ; Clump, 50 cents.

Lohengrin — S. and F., uniform soft shade of cattleya-
rose. Large. Plant, 50 cents ; Clump, $1.00.
Lorely — S., light yellow ; F., ultramarine, bordered
with cream. Plant, 35 cents ; Clump, 75 cents.
Monsignor — S., rich satiny violet ; F., velvety purple-
crimson with lighter margin. Large flowers. Ex-
quisite. Very late. Plant, $1.00; Clump, $2.00.
Mrs. Alan Gray— Delicate, pale rose-mauve. Free
bloomer; blooms twice. Wonderful. Plant, 75
cents ; Clump, $1.50.

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Midnight — A rich deep purple, the finest in this color.

Excellent cut flower. Plant, 50 cents; Clump, $1.00.
Mrs. G. Darwin — White, upper part of falls reticu-
lated gold and violet. Wonderful, new hybrid.
Plant, 25 cents ; Clump, 50 cents.

Mrs. Neubronner — Very deep golden yellow. Plant,
35 cents ; Clump, 75 cents.

Navajo — S., light bronzy yellow, shaded lavender; F.,
deep maroon, heavily veined white and yellow ;
stigmas yellow ; deep orange beard. Large, ex-
quisite. Plant, $1.00; Clump, $2.00.

Niebelungen — S., fawn-yellow; F., viole+-purple on
bronze. Very large. Plant, 50 cents; Clump, $1.00.
Pallida Dalmatica — S., lavender ; F., clear, deep laven-
der. Flowers very large. Superb variety. 40 ins.
Plant, 35 cents; Clump, 75 cents.

Pallida Her Majesty — Tall, standards soft rose, falls
deeper rose heavily veined. Plant, 25 cents ; Clump,
50 cents.

Pallida Mandraliscae — Very tall, rich lavender pur-
ple, large and beautiful. Plant, 25 cents ; Clump, 50
cents.

Pauline — Rich pansy-violet, with deep orange beard.
Fragrant. Very large. Plant, 75 cents ; Clump,

$1.50.

Perfection — S., light blue ; F., dark velvety violet-
black with large orange beard. Handsome flower.
Plant, 35 cents ; Clump, 75 cents.

Pocahontas — Verv large orchid type of flower, with
elegantly frilled petals. S. and F., pure white.
Standards faintly bordered pale blue. Plant, 75
cents; Clump, $1.50.

Princess Victoria Louise — S., sulphur yellow, F., rich
plum bordered with cream. Plant, 50 cents Clump,
$1.00.

Powhatan — Syn. Aurora. S., light bishop-violet with
deeper border; F., deep purple, shaded crimson.
Large horizontal spreading flower. Plant, 75 cents;
Clump, $1.50.

Rose Unique — S. and F., bright violet-rose, nearest
approach to a pink Iris. Plant, 75 cents ; Clump,
$1.50.

Rhein Nixe — S., pure white; F., deep violet blue with
white edge. Plant, 50 cents ; Clump, $1.00.
Walhalla — S., lavender; F., wine-red. Large flower.

Free bloomer. Plant, 50 cents; Clump, -$1.00.
Wyomissing — Creamy white, suffused delicate soft
rose ; F., deep rose base, shading to flesh colored
border. Plant, 75 cents ; Clump, $1.50.

Dozen lots will be sold at ten times the price of one.

SPRING FLOWERING BULBS

The few varieties of bulbs we herewith offer are the
ones that are most serviceable and permanent for land-
scape or garden planting. All of these varieties when
planted in reasonably fertile soil should increase in
value from year to year. The best practice is to dig
the bed twelve inches deep and enrich with a nominal
amount of pulverized sheep manure or similar fertilizer.
The bulbs should be covered with four to five inches
of soil. A mulch of manure is desirable in the winter
but not necessary by any means. Under no circum-
stances, remove the foliage until after it has matured
and dried, also leave the bulbs, permanently, where they
are planted just as you would Iris or Paeonies.

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DARWIN TULIPS

Baron de la Tonnaye,

(vivid rose)

Clara Butt, (soft rose)

Mme. Krelage, (rosy lilac)

Pride of Haarlem, (glossy pink) ..
Farncombe Sanders, (bright scarlet)

Doz.

100

1000

$0.85

$6.00

$50.00

.70

4.75

40.00

.85

6.00

52.50

.90

6.00

50.00

) .85

6.00

52.50

NARCISSUS

Single

Golden Spur, I (yellow)

Victoria, I (white and yellow) . . .

Emperor, I

Von Sion, I

NARCISSUS

Double

Doz.

100

1000

$0.85

$5.50

$47.50

.85

5.50

45.00

.85

5.50

45.00

.85

6.00

52.50

.85

5.50

45.00

Doz.

100

1000

$0.85

$5.50

$47.50

NARCISSUS

Hybrid

Poetaz Aspasia,

(blooms in clusters, individual Doz.
flowers like Poeticus) $1.00

100

$7.00

1000

$60.00

CROCUS

Doz. 100

Yellow $0.25 $1.50

Blue .. 25 1.50

Striped 25 1.50

White 25 1.50

1000

$12.00

12.00

12.00

12.00

PULVERIZED SHEEP MANURE

100 lb. bags.... $3.50

PULVERIZED NEVADA SHEEP MANURE

100 lb. bags $4.00

ALPHANO PREPAREED HUMUS

25 lbs $1.00

100 lbs 2.75

500 lbs 12.00

1000 lbs 18.00

2000 lbs 32.50

NATIVE SHRUBBERY

We can supply nursery grown or collected plants
of the sorts mentioned below in carload lots in prac-
tically unlimited quantity. We have in our mountain
nursery, for sale a limited quantity of nursery grown
plants of the following sorts in several sizes and
grades. Write for prices.

Azalea Calendulacea. Azalea Canescens.

Kalmia Latifolia (Laurel). Azalea Viscosa.

Rhododendron Punctatum. Azalea Nudiflora

Rhododendron Carolineanum. Azalea Pilosa (Menzasia).
Rhododendron Catawbiense. Leutcothoe Catesbaei.
Rhododendron Maximum. Andromeda Floribunda.
Vaccinium Corymbosum.

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A SPRAY OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS

STYRAX JAPONICA

A superb rare shrub or small tree from the moun-
tains of Japan. The pretty white bells, like orange
blossoms, make it one of the gems of the floral world.
It is literally covered in June, with these white, fra-
grant, nodding flowers.

SOPHORA JAPONICA— Pagoda Tree

A unique lawn specimen of great beauty. Green
bark ; white creamy flowers in loose panicles in August.
$2.00 to $5.00 each, according to specimen.

THE PRINCESS TREE

(Empress Tree or Paulownia Imperalis)

This is the tree made famous by the two-page write-
up in the Literary Digest of January 10, 1920. It is
a very desirable tree, rapid growing, with beautiful
purple flowers which grow in panicles on the end of
the twigs ; large leaves. It is a splendid shade tree
and very fine flowering tree. The young trees have
an almost tropical effect as the leaves are almost as
large as “elephant’s ears.”

Prices : $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 each.

BOXWOOD — Bush Form

Height

Each

10

100

10

to 12

ins

'.. $2.00

$15.00

$125.00

12

to 15

ins

2.50

20.00

175.00

15

to 18

ins

3.00

27.50

250.00

18

to 20

ins

4.00

32.50

300.00

BOXWOOD— Pyramidal

Height

Width at Base

Price

3^ ft.

15 ins.

$9.00

ft.

18 ins.

12.00

4 ft.

18 ins.

15.00

4 ft.

22 to 24 ins.

18.00

4J^ ft.

20 to 22 ins.

20.00

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TERMS

All orders are accepted subject to previous sales
and the following terms and conditions :

Prices in this catalog supersede all previous lists,
catalogs and quotations. Prices are subject to change
without notice. Our prices are f. o. b. our shipping
station, or for local delivery by motor f. o. b. custo-
mer’s place if within 10 miles of our nurseries. Ar-
rangements may be made for distance deliveries by
motor trucks of full truck loads if desired.

Stock specially selected by customers at the Nur-
series will be charged according to the value of the
trees chosen.

Lots of 5 and 50 will be furnished at the 10 and
100 rates, respectively.

All goods are thoroughly packed, insuring best pro-
tection while in transit. All packing charges are in-
cluded in our list prices, except for stock of unusual
size, when the packing will be a matter of special
quotation.

We give 2 per cent, discount for cash with order
for plants.

Cash with order, except to persons who satisfy us
as to their responsibility, when accounts will be due
in 30 days. We charge interest at 6 per cent, per
annum.

Claims, to receive consideration, must be made
within 10 days after receipt of goods. We give NO
GUARANTEE OF THE LIFE OF STOCK. Stock
shipped as per order and in good condition is not
returnable.

We are not responsible for goods damaged in trans-
portation, other than by our own conveyance, but
guarantee proper adjustment on the part of the car-
rier up to 50 per cent, of the bill, and will ourselves
conduct the claim, when promptly informed.

Your patronage is valued very highly by us and we
shall make every effort to please you.

SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS

Shipping season opens about March 1st in the Spring
and August 1st in the Fall.

Our stock is regularly inspected and certificate will
be sent with each shipment.

Write plainly and give explicit directions as to ad-
dress and mode of shipment. Shipments will be for-
warded exactly as directed ; but when without in-
structions we will use our best judgment and forward
by shortest and safest route. We recommend all her-
baceous plants be shipped by express.

All goods are at purchaser’s risk after they are de-
livered to the forwarding companies and we receive
the'r receipt for the shipment in good condition.

Claims for damage while in transit must be made
to the delivering company. Have delivering agent note
the damaged condition on the freight bill and promptly
present your claim to the transportation company and
send copies of all papers so we can help you to se-
cure prompt settlement.

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NOEL PRINTING CO. Inc. Pniia.