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PROGRESS NURSERIES

TROY

OHIO

DINSMORES

BOOK OF
TH INGS THAT GROW

Hints on Transplanting Nursery Stock

Every man who buys a bill of nursery stock should know how to handle his trees
upon securing them, and how to prepare the soil and how to plant them. We are, there-
fore, inserting a few hints which if followed, will not only help him, but crown his efforts
with success. One cannot be too careful in handling his trees when received.

Immediate Care — Immediately upon receiving
your trees, heel them in, putting mellow earth
around the roots. An hour’s exposure of the roots
to the sun is sure death to some trees. If they
appear, upon opening the bale, to be dried out,
bury the whole tree in moist earth for a day or
two.

Preparation of the Soil- — All land intended for
orchards should be well drained. Good fruit can-
not be grown in wet soil. To insure a good growth
of fruit trees, the land should be rich enough to
raise a crop of wheat, corn or potatoes. On new
land fertilizers will not be necessary, but on land
exhausted by other crops it is very essential that
you should either plow under a good heavy crop
of clover or other leguminous crop or well-decom-
posed manure or other compost.

bottom. No matter how careful the nurseryman
is in digging trees some roots will be bruised. Cut
off all such bruised or broken roots, up to the solid
wood, with a sharp knife, making slanting cut.
A clean cut heels sooner than a bruise. See to it
that all roots are in their natural position when the
tree is placed in the hole, shovel in only a little soil
at a time, and press it firmly about the roots. After
the hole is almost full it is advisable, in dry weather,
to pour a pail of water into it. Let this soak away,
and then finish filling it with soil.

Do not plant the trees too deep. They should
stand about as they did in the nursery row.

Pruning — Trim up the tree to four or five
branches, suitable for forming a top, cutting each
of the side branches back to 4 or 5 inches from the
body. One-year trees should be trimmed up to a
straight whip, and headed at about 28 inches from
the ground.

In planting large orchards the sub-soil plow
should be used in connection with
a common breaking plow. Dyna-
mite is also becoming very popular
as a subsoil agency.

Planting — After the ground is
well prepared dig the holes
large enough to admit the
roots of the tree in their
natural position, and also
deeper than necessary, so
that the loose surface soil
can be shoveled into the
hole, and packed
solidly in the

To insure yourself against loss, if the first
season after planting should prove to be dry, mulch-
ing is advisable. Throw about the tree and a foot
beyond the roots about 4 or 5 inches of rough man-
ure or litter. This holds the moisture, prevents
the ground from baking or cracking, and main-
tains an even temperature about the roots.

After Culture — Never allow grass to grow
around young trees. The ground should be kept
loose about them until they are of bearing age.
We would advise the planting of a cultivated crop
in all young orchards. This insures your keeping
the ground well broken up, and consequently more
growth in a shorter number of years. The quicker
a tree reaches maturity the sooner you will begin
to reap profits from your labor.

Spraying — We would advise
all our patrons to communicate
with their State Experiment
Station, and get definite in-
structions about spraying for
their own locality. For in-
structions about mixing spray-
ing material, see our Spray Cal-
endar on page 63.

Treatment of Trees Received
in Freezing Weather — Place the
package, unopened in the cellar
or some other such place where
it is cool, but free from frost,
until the trees are perfectly
thawed out. This usually
takes about ten days. Then
they can be unpacked and
either planted or placed in a
trench convenient for planting.
If so treated the freezing will
not hurt them.

Progress Nurseries Order Sheet Troy, Ohio

YOUNG APPLE TREES IN NURSERY ROWS

OF INTEREST TO OUR CUSTOMERS

XX TE are again sending you our Annual Catalog, hoping to receive an order
V\/ from you. If you favor us we will send you the very best trees and
plants, full of vitality, packed carefully, so they will reach you in good
condition for planting.

INFORMATION SUPPLIED— If you are not

acquainted with the varieties of fruit best adapted
to your particular section or do not know the
kinds of shrubbery or hedges required for your
particular plan of improvement, feel free to write
us about these matters and we will refer them to
the General Manager of our Landscape Department
so that you will be fully advised of the best and
cheapest course to pursue with your work.

Some varieties of fruits are suited for one
section of the country and worthless in others.
Some Shrubs will do well in the shaded part of your
lawns and not at all suited for planting in the open
sunshine. We maintain a Special Information De-
partment whose duty is to write you promptly re-
lating to everything inquired about whether it be
variety of trees, designing of shrubbery plantings,
laying out of walks or drives, or any other sub-
ject pertaining to your Home Surroundings.

TRANSPORTATION. Our low prices on
highest quality goods do not permit us to pay
transportation. We treat all customers alike,
allowing each to pay freight and express charges.
If we can save you a few cents by shipping by par-
cel post we will do so and bill you for the stamps
used.

Be careful to specify exact size when ordering
to avoid mistakes in filling your order.

As it is necessary for us to employ some
additional workers during our shipping season, er-
rors in filling orders occasionally occur. Notify
us at once when an error has been made, so we
can readily rectify it with the least amount of in-
convenience to both of us.

Do not return goods to us without written
instructions from us.

INSPECTION — The Ohio inspection laws offer
much more protection to the buyer than elsewhere.
State inspectors spend days in our Nurseries during
the growing season in the summer, and again at
the shipping time when the plants and trees are dug
they are present to see that no plant enemies or
diseases are allowed to go out, and as this only
supplements three inspections of our own, we are
glad of their assistance. Inspection certificates
are furnished with each shipment, and plants are
fumigated wherever laws require.

TERMS: Send 20% with order and the re-

maining 80% when you notify us to ship order.

OR if you send us your order with complete
payment before March 1st, let your remittance be
4 % less than catalog prices. If you send us your
order with payment during the month of March
let your remittance be 2 % less than catalog prices.

BUT if you wait until after March 3 1 , full
catalog prices will prevail.

IT PAYS TO ORDER EARLY

As in the past, we guarantee the safe ar-
rival of all goods shipped within the limits of
the United States. We will make replacement
of all goods damaged or lost entirely as soon
as we are notified. When goods are received
in bad condition and when you pay freight or
express charges be sure to have the words
“Received in bad condition” written on the re-
ceipt by the agent of the railroad company.
This enables us to establish our claim for dam-
ages. Forward this receipt to us together with
list of damaged plants.

Ripe Apples Fresh From The Orchard

Their very looks remind you that you have an appetite. The first taste convinces you. Every
additional bite gives you more zest.

Every home should have its own orchard from which everybody can pick ‘fresh sun ripened
apples right off the tree. Fruit from your own orchard is the most nourishing, delicious and eco-
nomical. It has a richer and more tempting flavor because you can allow it to fully ripen on the
tree before picking. •

DINSMORE’S apple trees are the pick of every kind that grows — Not only the best kind — but the
best trees of the kind. They will grow and produce abundantly for you because they are full of
vigorous life and vitality.

Progress Apple Tree Prices

2 Year trees

Each

10

25

Light 3 to 4 foot. . . . •

$ 5.00

$11.45

Heavy 3 to 4 foot ....

6.00

13.75

Stocky 4 to 5 foot

7.00

16.25

Great Big 5 to 7 foot • •

8.00

18.75

1 Year Apple

Per 25

Per 100

4 to 5 foot

$ .50

$45.00

3 to 4 foot

.40

35.00

2 to 3 foot

.30

25.00

SUMMER APPLES

BENONI — Pale yellow, marked with dark crimson; juicy,
crisp, acid; medium size. A splendid dessert apple.
August and September.

CHENANGO — Rather large, oblong, conical; whitish-
yellow striped and splashed with light crimson; flesh
white, very tender, with mild, pleasant sub-acid flavor.
September and October.

EARLY HARVEST — Medium to large; pale yellow, fine
flavor. Tree a moderate, erect grower and a good
bearer. July.

GOLDEN SWEET — The best summer sweet apple, poss-
essing all the qualifications for a good baking apple.
It’s a large handsome yellow apple, sweet and richly
flavored. August and September.

LIVELAND RASPBERRY — A Russian apple of large
size, waxy white, marked with crimson; flesh white,
stained with red, tender and sub-acid. Tree vigorous,
early bearer. August.

RED ASTRACHAN — Large, roundish; nearly covered
with dark crimson; flesh juicy, rich, acid. Cooking
and eating variety, suitable for market. Tree a vig-
orous grower. A good bearer. August.

YELLO^V TRANSPARENT — Good size; clear white,

turning to pale yellow, flavor sub-acid. The ripening
season of this is stretched out over a period of about
4 weeks, which combined with its wonderful cooking
qualities, makes it a doubly valuable variety for both
the home and commercial orchard. At home any-
where. Plant in your own orchard. July.

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FALL APPLES

DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG — Roundish, streaked red
and yellow, the flesh is whitish, juicy; flavor sprightly.
The tree is a vigorous grower; very hardy. A couple
of these trees should be in every orchard. Septem-
ber and October.

FALL PIPPIN — Is very large, roundish, oblong, yellow;
flesh tender and delicious. But why try to describe
it? Everybody knows and loves this old favorite.

GRAVENSTEIN — Large, rather flat; yellow with red
stripes; beautiful and showy, flesh firm, tender and
crisp. Highly flavored; for cooking and market. Sep-
tember and October.

MAIDEN BLUSH — Medium size, smooth, beautifully
flushed with red on creamy yellow; flesh is tender,
of pleasant but not high flavor. Good market sort
because of attractive appearance and all-around util-
ity. Tree a fair grower and productive. September
to October.

RAMBO — Remember those old fashioned Rambos, that
grew in Grandfather’s orchard. Those medium-sized,
juicy, striped apples, whose place no other variety
could take. They are just as worthy of a prominent
place in your orchard and will be just as highly prized
by your family.

WESTERN BEAUTY — (Summer Rambo.) Large to very
large; pale yellow, brightly splashed with red; tender
light yellow flesh, juicy and melting. Desirable sort
for home and market. September and October.

WINTER APPLES

ARKANSAS BLACK — A great big dark red apple with
delicious juicy flesh. It’s a splendid keeper, being
covered with a thick tough skin which preserves all
that rich goodness stored within as late as April
1st, if kept in an ordinary cellar.

BALDWIN — This good old reliable variety that never
disappoints has come down to us from Colonial days,
the original tree being a chance seedling which came
up on the ^arm of Mr. Job Ball of Wilmington, Mass.,
in 1740. 1 he fruit is of good size, bright red with

crisp juicy, slightly tart, richly flavored flesh. A
dandy commercial variety on account of its attractive
color, fine quality and wonderful keeping properties.
No home orchard is complete without its Baldwins.
November to .April.

DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG

BANANA — Well worthy the name for not only is there
a slight banana flavor to the apple but if a few are
placed on a table the whole room is filled with a
spicy banana perfume. A big smooth, deep yellow
apple, slightly blushed. The flesh is solid, juicy and
slightly acid. Plant it. November to April.

BEN DAVIS — The reputation of this variety has been
greatly maltreated. While it is not such a fine quality
apple it is the most regular bearing Variety grown today.
Plant it so that you may have apples when other va-
rieties fail. December to April.

DELAWARE RED — Fruit is of medium size; clear white,
turning pale yellow, highly prized for cooking and
eating; upright grower, bears early and abundantly;
hardy. January to May.

DELICIOUS — One of the big barrel fillers of the or-
chard. Large, uniform, oblong, tapering, fine grained,
mild and melting with a most delicious aroma. We
heartily recommend this variety to you. December
to April.

DOMINE — (Winter Rambo.) Is the Rambo a favorite
of yours? If it is, plant the Domine and extend your
Rambo eating season clear through the winter months
into March. Somewhat larger than the Fall Rambo
and every bit as good. Greenish yellow, brightly
striped with red.

DELICIOUS

WINTER BANANA

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GRIMES

FALLA WATER — (Tulpehocken.) Who is there that

does not enjoy to the fullest measure all the temp-
ting qualities of a well ripened Tulpehocken in mid-
winter? There’s a rich goodness about it that
is all its own and reminds one of the bright Septem-
ber days when the sun was putting the last touches
of dark red colorings onto those handsome green apples.
November to March.

FAMEUSE — (Snow Apple.) Medium size; pale greenish
yellow, mixed with stripes and splashes of red on
shady side; fle.sh white, tender and juicy, slightly
perfumed, sub-acid; extra good. A fine dessert
apple. October to January.

GANO-”Another of the heavily planted commercial
varieties, being a very attractive deep red color.
A fine keeper and shipper; of ordinary quality but
an almost sure heavy bearer. Flesh pale yellow, fine
grained, slightly sub-acid. We recommend it as one
of the best for apple butter making. December to
May.

GOLDEN RUSSET — Of medium size, clear golden russet
with slight blush; tender, crisp, juicy and highly
flavored. Tree robust and hardy; bearing large
crops. November to April.

GREENVILLE- — A seedling of the fine old Maiden Blush
with all its good points, emphasized, and with some-
what larger, more finely colored fruits that keep much
later. December to April.

GOLDEN

GRIMES GOLDEN — The nearest to perfection of any
variety now in general cultivation. In it is combined
the rich aromatic flavor relished by us all and excel-
lent culinary qualities along v/ith a rich golden yellow
color and a long season of usefulness. It is a won-
derful apple and should be planted on every farm
and every city lot. In the commercial orchard it
does not have a peer, the market never being over-
stocked. November to January.

HUBBARDSTON — The great in-betweener that ripens just
at the time when the early fall varieties are about gone
and before the late winter varieties are fully ripe.
Both a good dessert and cooking apple. Large yellow
overlaid with red.

JONATHAN — One of the very best varieties; plant it
and you’ll have a surprisingly pleasing table luxury
all through the fall and early winter. Commercially
it's the best for the fancy trade during the holiday
season. Brilliant red of medium size, flesh white,
fine grained, juicy, tender and delightfully flavored.
We cannot recommend this variety too highly. No-
vember to January.

KING — A variety that is not a luxury but a household
necessary in that it is the great early winter cooking
apple. Ever eat a piece of pie made from King
apples along in December when our really good fruits
are most enjoyed? Oh, Boy! Some Pie! Large red
with^ orange yellow cheek. October to January.

JONATHAN

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MclNTOSH

MAMMOTH BLACK TWIG — The making of a good pie
is an art, but the most skilled pie maker must have
the very best materials in the “Makings” along with
good lard, flour, water and deft fingers. The Mam-
moth Black Twig is one of our best cookers. It makes
a wonderful pie. And then it’s good so long, keeping
from November to April in the ordinary cellar.

MclNTOSH — -A very attractive big red apple whose
flesh is tender, perfumed and delicious. It is just
in its prime at Christmas time and its fine quality
is in perfect keeping with the spirit of that season.
Plant in your orchard so that its fruits may honor
your table at that season. November to February.

NORTHERN SPY — Large; roundish; slightly conical;
sunny side purplish red; flesh cream yellow and ten-
der, with mild rich flavor. Tree is strong, upright
grower, head compact and should be opened up by
pruning to admit air and light. December to January.

ROXBURY RUSSET — Large; roundish; oblate; partly,
or wholly covered with rather rough russet or greenish
yellow; flesh greenish- white, rather granular; slightly
crisp, with good flavor, rather acid. We recom-
mend it for both cooking and eating right from the
bin. November to March.

NORTHWESTERN GREENING — Large; round; green,
turning to yellowish- green when ripe; flesh yellow,
fine grained and firm, good flavor, smooth and at-
tractive, market sort, bringing high prices. Bears
young. Spreading. December to May,

OPALESCENT — Large yellow, overlaid with crimson,
very juicy and extra good; eaten out of the hand it
is a luxury for jaded palates. November to February.

ROME BEAUTY — Large, round, mottled and striped in
different shades of red; flesh light yellow, crisp, juicy
and slightly acid. A great favorite which may be
has advanced a little further than most others toward
undoing the fatalities of that first apple in Eden.
Plant it for your own and the coming generation’s im-
provement. November to February.

SMITH CIDER — Medium size; red and yellow; hand-
some; flesh tender, juicy, pleasant. Tree moderate
grower and good bearer. December to March.

A RECORD TREE

I have a Transparent apple tree which bore for
nine years, missed in 1919 and this year had a bump-
er crop of fine apples of which I jricked 20 bushels
at ihree different pickings, as the apples grew large
enough for sale. I received from 4 cents to 7 cents
per pound for them and the tree still has as many
as three bushels on it. F. H. LEACH.

Jackson Co., Ind.

The home orchard has its place on the farm. When
it is properly handled it does not interfere with the
general farm work and it pays a big return for all
the effort put into it. It can be made an important
factor in making farm life more agreeable and at-
tractive.

SPITZENBERG — An excellent all around apple. Large,
oblong, nearly covered with red. A very deliciously
flavored variety that belongs in every home orchard.
Plant it and enjoy its fine results. November to
February.

STARK — Plant this variety in your orchard and every
summer it will store up large doses of good health
in germ proof packages in the shape of large green,
streaked with red, apples which in storage begin to
ripen in December and keep until April. An apple
that will fit your taste.

STAYMAN’S WINESAP— Your family physician will tell
you that if you are going to have a well balanced diet
it is a good plan to eat at least one raw apple, skin
and all, every day, preferably before breakfast. The
.Stayman’s Winesap is chock full of the acids and
phosphates which neutralize the effects of the carbon
producing foods that are taken into the system. Not
only that, but the flavor of this full red apple is like
concentrated sunshine. November to April.

TWENTY OUNCE — (Cayuga red streak.) So extremely .
large and handsome that it is always a good sort for
market; the flesh is coarse but has a pleasant sprightly
flavor. October to January.

TALMAN SWEET — Medium size, pale yellow, flesh fine
grained, white, firm, juicy and very sweet. Every
home orchard should contain our three baking apples.
The Golden Sweet for summer and early fall baking,
the Talman Sweet for early winter and the Winter
Paradise for late winter. These three make a great
combination of rich goodness that will tempt the most
exacting appetite. November to January.

READ THIS

$1U3.00 per acre for apples and peaches — $20.00 per
acre for wheat.

The above are the results of the recent Government
Census of farm, crops

Yes, fruit crops pay — and they will not demand
anywhere near as much care per acre as any other
crop you can plant.

Dinsmore’s trees are the trees you should plant be-
cause they will quickly respond to every little attenr
tion you give them.

STAYMAN’S WINESAP

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YORK IMPERIAL

VANDEVERE PIPPIN — Fruit large, oblate approaching
conic. Yellow, flaked all over with red stripes on
sunny side and covered with rough brown dots. Good
flavor. September to February.

WAGENER — Medium large; round, oblate; deep red in
sun; flesh firm, sub-acid and excellent^ one of the
best for general use. Tree is a quick grower; largely
planted as a filler; bears young. December to May.

WEALTHY — (Season Early Winter.) This variety is
particularly valuable for cold climates because the
tree is hardy and the fruit sells well, and is good in
quality for either dessert or culinary uses. Fruit large,
fine, crisp, tender, very juicy, agreeably sub-acid.
Skin pale yellow, blushed and marked with narrow
stripes and splashes of red, deepening to brilliant
red. Prevailing effect, bright red.

WINESAP — To have this good old standard red winter
variety at its best you must plant it in your own
orchard where you can allow them to remain on the
tree to the very last minute in the fall. Stored in
the cellar direct from the tree, they mellow up to
perfection and retain all of their rich juice. Will
keep till March.

WINTER PARADISE — The fine late winter baking va-
riety. Light yellow; flesh is pure white, fine grained.

WAGENER

sweet and good. It would be a great mistake not to
plant this as well as two other baking varieties.
December to March.

WOLF RIVER — Very large; handsome; red on greenish-
yellow skin; flesh white tinged with yellow, very firm,
tender, juicy and of good quality; rather acid; market
sort. Tree very hardy and productive. September to
December.

YELLOW BELLFLOWER — Large, yellow, lightly tinged
with red; crisp and juicy. Fine for cooking and eat-
ing. December to March.

YORK IMPERIAL — If you want a good late winter eat-
ing apple that will take you back to your childhood
plant the York Imperial. It’s a good sized rather flat
red and yellow with crisp light yellow flesh full of
juice. It simply gets better and better the longer
you keep it through the winter.

Dinsmore’s Mammoth Horseradish

The biggest profits today are being made out of
small things that most people think are not worth
considering. A gentleman from near Dayton, Ohio,
not long ago was telling us of the wonderful profits
he was making out of growing Horseradish for market.
This last year he sold his entire output for- !8c a
pound.

Everybody loves Horseradish — a splash of it along
with meats puts new Will Power, Steam and Pep into
one. Dinsmore’s Mammoth produces great big, pure
white, crisp, snappy roots that are far superior to
ordinary Horseradish. Write us for full information
on how to grow and market it.

Price: — 25 for $1.00; $3.00 per 100; $20.00 per
1,000.

Every plant will grow.

The United States Department of Agriculture has re-
cently published the results of a Federal Census taken
of the orchards of the country. This reveals the appal-
ling fact that in comparison with ten years ago, there
are 44% less apple trees and 5 0% less peach trees in
the United States today. Other fruit trees and berry
plans have decreased in the same proportion. During
the same period the population has increased 1 5 %
These figures conclusively show that we are up against
a real shortage of fruit.

There is but one thing to do. We must plant more
fruits, because they are so essential in every well bal-
anced meal. Delicious home sun-ripened fruits are the
best appetizers and regulators of the human system.
They are the best form of health insurance, and their
daily eating should be the law of every home.

WEALTHY

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CHAMPION PEACHES

Dinsmore^s Peaches— Yqu Can^t Beat *Em.

You save on every peach you eat when you have the trees growing in your own dooryard — and
when you plant DINSMORE’S PEACHES you are sure to get “DINSMORE GROWN” trees, which
is the best insurance against inferior and mislabeled stock.

DINSMORE’S PEACH TREES will quickly begin to produce great big crops of one of nature’s
finest gifts to mankind.

There’s an aromatic perfume that drifts upward from a DINSMORE PEACH that starts any-
body’s appetite and when eaten fully satisfies the hunger craving.

Home Orchard Peach Tree Prices

EACH

10

25

Progress Bargain 2 to 3 foot

$3.00

$ 6.25

Extra Stocky 3 to 4 foot

3.50

7.50

Dinsmore’s Choice 4 to 5 foot . .

4.50

10.00

Great Big 5 to 7 foot

5.50

12.50

BEER’S SMOCK — Rather large, creamy-white, with deep
crimson blush. Flesh yellow, and a rich quality. A
solid well made fruit, making it an extra ordinarily
good variety for the commercial orchard. Plant it —
it will bring in the dollars. Late September.

BELLE OF GEORGIA — Good sized, rather flat, white
with red cheek; flesh white and firm. If your acquain-
tance v/ith peaches is limited to those you have
brought home from the grocery there is a big surprise
in store for you if you plant the Belle of Georgia in
your home orchard. A wonderful peach if allowed to
ripen fully on the tree. August.

CARMEN — Large, round, white with deep blush; flesh
tender and juicy. A good commercial variety as the
flesh is very firm and the skin tough. If planted in
the home orchard and allowed to remain on the tree
until fully ripe, giving the sun and wind a chance with
their chemicals, there is added an extra flavor that
simply carries one off his feet. August.

CHAMPION — Large, round, quite regular; color creamy
yellow, with red blush; flesh white, with red stains
around the pit; flavor delicious, sweet and juicy. The
tree is hardy and productive. First of September.

CHAIR’S CHOICE — Large, deep yellow, early Septem-
ber variety that belongs in the home orchard where it
can remain on the tree until fully ripe.

CRAWFORD’S EARLY — Large, yellow, with red cheek,
flesh yellow, juicy and sweet; its size and beauty make
it very popular. Tree vigorous nd productive. First
of September.

CRAWFORD’S LATE — Large; yellow or greenish -yellow
stained with red at pit, melting, vinous and very good.
Tree hardy and productive, usually needs thinning.
Late September.

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ELBERTA PEACH

CROSBY — Man-Oh-Man, what a peach! Ripened on the
tree, peeled, sliced, and eaten with cream and sugar,
it’s a fitting climax for any meal. Medium size, round-
ish. bright orange with scarlet cheek; fiesh soft and
yellow. Middle of September.

DEWEY — (Admiral Dewey.) Medium; yellow, the flesh
is firm, yellow and delicious; good shipper; highly
recommended as very early sort. Tree is strong
hardy, symmetrical grower and produces well. July.

DIAMOND — The finest yellow clingstone. An extremely
large peach of wonderful beauty and quality. Fine
for canning, preserving and pickling. A few of this
variety should be in every orchard. September.

ELBERTA — W e grow it — enough said. Everybody

knows this big, yellow and red peach with its firm,
juicy flesh because it’s the leading market peach of
the country. Grown in the home orchard and picked
just before eating or canning it reaches the family
clear of disease germs and free from the wasteful and
unsightly bruises fruit gets in shipping. September.

ENGEL’S MAMMOTH — A canning peach without a peer.
Picked full ripe from the tree, peeled, halved, and put
in rich cane sugar syrup, they will at Christmas time,
rival fresh peaches from the orchard. Large, roundish
oval, yellow with red blush. Early September.

FITZGERALD— Large, bright yellow, and of such de-
licious flavor that whether eaten raw or canned, sat-
isfies a natural craving of the human system and puts
new life and vigor into the entire family without a
call for the doctor. Late August,

GLOBE — A variety that does not pay the commercial
planter. But, Oh, what a flavor if allowed to ripen
right on the tree in the home orchard. Yellow with
red cheek. Early October.

GOLD DROP — Treat yourself to one of the finest rich,
yellow fleshed peaches that grow by planting this va-
riety in your own garden. It will fill the fruit jars
and butter crocks with the most healthful food.
September.

GREENSBORO — The largest and most beautiful colored
of the real early varieties. Flesh, white, juicy and
good. The Greensboro should be planted in connec-
tion with the Dewey, as it follows close on its heels
in ripening. Late July.

HALE — Probably no new peach has ever been intro-
duced claiming to be so much superior in all ways.
Color a beautiful, deep, golden yellow overlaid with
bright carmine. Flesh, firm and very fine grained.
Late August.

HEATH CLING — This is the well known white cling
variety so valuable for preserving. A most delicious
peach. September.

LEMON CLING — Large, lemon- shaped; beautiful light
yellow, blushed red. A good canner. September.

KALAMAZOO — Medium to large; oval; yellow, striped
with red and a thin bloom. Flesh yellow, red at pit;
rich, vinous and of good quality. Tree a strong 'grower
and bears at two years old; hardy and reliable.
September.

LEMON FREE — Equally good for home and commercial
orchards. Should be planted along with Elberta, as

We eat too many artificial foods nowadays. Things
that are convenient and easily prepared but which have,
been robbed of valuable properties in manufacture.
They are incomplete and do not give us the food
factors we need.

To meet the constant needs of the body the daily
diet must be planned that it will build up body tissue
as well as eliminate waste material. Good ripe fruit
.stands out above all other foods as body builders and
also regulators of the digestive tract.

If you are going to have enough for the require-
ments of your family you must grow them in your own
door yard. A half acre devoted to Dinsmore's Fruits
will produce an abundance of table joys 365 days in
the year.

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it is of equal quality and begins bearing just about
the time the Elbertas are gone. Of good size, round-
ish, lemon shape and a lighter yellow, tender flesh
of finest flavor and smoothest texture. Don’t make
the mistake of leaving this variety out of your orchard.
September.

MAYFLOWER — The all over red peach, that is so full of
rich goodness that when you set your teeth into it
you feel like it was made to your own order. Our
earliest ripening variety. July.

MOUNTAIN ROSE — Who can describe the good flavor
of a fresh, full sun ripened peach, picked right off
the tree? Nature never produced anything more pa-
latable or inviting than the good, old Mountain Rose
peach. Light yellow, splashed with red; flesh white
and when fully ripe it is perfection itself. Early
August.

NEW PROLIFIC — A large, yellow peach with rich firm
flesh and small pit. It has all those fine properties
that make it a prime favorite for canning. Plenty
of wholesome fruit for breakfast spells good health.
Start the winter days right by eating a dish of de-
licious canned peaches. September.

NIAGARA — Fruit is uniformly large, beautiful and lus-
cious. Color, rich yellow with crimson cheek. Tree
a very vigorous grower. Early September.

SALWAY — Large cream yellow, juicy, rich and sweet.
One of the very best of late varieties. October.

STUMP — Large, white, bright red cheek. Excellent
flavor and very productive. End of September.

ST. JOHN — Orange yellow with dark, rich red on sun
exposed side; standard sort. August.

TRIUMPH — Earliest yellow flesh peach. Luscious mid-
summer variety. August first.

WONDERFUL — Large yellow with carmine blush; flesh
tender and highly flavored. An excellent keeper. A
variety that should be planted so as to take advan-
tage of the late market. Late September.

NEW PROLIFIC

A well cared for orchard can be depended upon io
deliver the most wholesome food F.O.B. The Kitchen
Door.

The Russian Mulberry

Without These The Birds Must Feast On Your Other Fruit.

RUSSIAN MULBERRY TREE PRICES

Each 10

Four to five foot trees 50c $4.00

Five to six foot trees 60c 5.00

THE FRUIT

A hardy ornamental tree whose fruits are a won-
derful addition to other summer fruits. No matter
where it is planted or the arrangement given it, it still is
a sure bearer of heavy annual crops of sweet, bright
colored fruits.

Planted as a windbreak it performs its office ad-
mirably and being of a rapid growth it quickly becomes
so thick that it presents itself as a formidable and im-
passable hedge and continues to bear its annual loads
of fruit as if it required no effort and is at home in
any section.

If it is your desire to have plenty of beautiful song
birds about your home, you must care for those that
make their annual visits. They must have food as well
as nesting places, and the Mulberry Tree with its hori-
zontal branches and well-constructed arches and forks,
invite all the birds to make their home in its shade.

Unlike other fruits, the ripening season for Mul-
berries is drawn out through several weeks, and thus
furnishes the birds a table ready-set where they may
get food through the full length of its fruiting season.

Rather than frighten these feathered friends of
yours from your home grounds plant Mulberries around
your orchard and along the edges of your berry patches
and garden and these unmolested birds will pass by
your other fruits and make their feast off the Mulberries
that supply them the tonic for their health and the food
for their very existence, thus saving your other fruits
from injury by them.

No other substance in the world makes such a
healthful and appetizing meal for song-birds of every
color, as do Russian Mulberries. While they are visit-
ing you and partaking of your Mulberries they will eat
thousands of destructive insects from your garden,
lawn, orchard and grain fields.

A few Mulberries should be planted in every poultry
yard as its long continuing fruit season supplies food

that is stimulating as well as tonic against most of the
diseases to which chickens are subject.

Save the extra Mulberries for your own use by
canning them along with Cherries and Rhubarb for de-
licious winter pies. Make them into jellies and jams
together with Currants, Raspberries, Blackberries and
Rhubarb.

For thousands of years, the Mulberry has been the
one hardy tree that has given its fruit and shade for the
life and comfort of man and his bird friends. Does not
this time proven experiment prove it worthy for plant-
ing about your home grounds?

FRUIT OF THE MULBERRY

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A Page of Dinsmore’s Flavorers and Dessert Makers

Crab Apples Apricots

For Vine^r, Pickles, Jelly and LUSCIOUS MID-SUMMER FRUIT
Preserving.

CRAB APPLE

PRICES

PROGRESS PRICE OF APRICOTS

Each

10

Each

Stocky to

four to five foot. ,

75c

$7.00

Three to

four foot trees

.$1.00

Great Big

five to seven foot

85c

8.00

Four to

five foot trees

. 1.25

Within the past few years a good many people have
given much attention to improving this class of fruit.
Their efforts have been attended with marked success.
Crab apples succeed equally well in all sections and are
valuable for cider, preserving and jellies, and some of the
improved sorts are excellent for eating. Every orchard
should contain a few, as the trees are handsome, annual
bearers, and usually fruit the second year.

GRANT — Good sized yellow striped with red. Over-

flowing with rich juice that if allowed to go to vine-
gar is as clear as the purest amber which brings out
the hidden flavors of other foods it touches, and adds
a rich mellowness all its own. The blending is de-
licious. It whets the appetite.

HYSLOP — Nice sized yellow fruit overlaid with heavy

shadings of deep crimson and splashes of maroon.

Flesh fine grained, yellow and rather tart. Pickled

this variety is both beautiful and delicious.

WHITNEY — The largest of the Crab Apple family. A
smooth glossy yellow striped with red. Flesh is juicy
and rich, almost sweet. Made into jelly there is a
richness that is unsurpassable. How the children love
it on their bread and butter.

TRANSCENDENT — The variety that makes the best pre-
serving vinegar for putting enough sharpness and
acidity to give that crisp, new taste that we all crave.

DOWNING EVERBEARING MULBERRIES

Both a fruit and ornamental tree that produce great
big crops of purplish black fruit that is very juicy and
sweet — how the children love them right off the tree.
Mixed with good ripe cherries or Rhubarb they make
a most delicious pie, made into jelly in combinaton
with currants they are the best ever. Every family
should have, at least one tree. 5 to 6 foot trees, $1.25
each.

Apricots deserve an important place in your daily
menu — not only bcause of their distinctive flavor and
their adaptability to many and varied table uses — but
because of their fine, natural and healthful qualities.
Gathered from your trees right in your own door yard
where they have been sun sweetened on the tree, they
lend a captivating flavor and unusual delicacy to any
meal. We grow two varieties, Alexander and Superb.
They are of equal merit and should be planted together
as the Alexander fruits about a week in advance of the
Superb. This stretches the eating from the tree season
over a long period. Plant these two varieties and have
fresh Apricots throughout July.

Quinces

Are table joys that everybody should have. They
make wonderful jellies, and if combined with other
fruits, they awaken delightful flavors that cannot be
brought out in any other way.

PROGRESS QUINCE TREE PRICES

Each

Thrifty three to four feet $1.00

Heavy four to five feet 1.25

ANGERS — The original Quince, from which all other va-
rieties spring. The tree is a very thrifty grower and
an abundant bearer. The fruit is of good size. Makes
excellent jelly.

ORANGE — One of the best for cooking; a valuable,
golden yellow Quince, widely planted; flesh firm, of
good flavor. Bears abundantly.

CHAMPION — A prolific and constant bearer, fruit aver-
aging larger than the Orange, more oval in shape,
quality equally fine, and a long keeper. Bears ex-
tremely young; finest eating and cooking varieties.
Great big greenish-yellow pear with russet markings.
The flesh is extra juicy. October.

Progress Choice Cherry Trees

Select your cherry trees from the following list for they are the very choicest varieties, and
then there is another very important something about Progress Trees — They Grow.

There are few more desirable fruits than the Cherry. They are being planted more and more each
year and there is always a brisk demand on the market for good fruit. Aside from their first value,
they make very ornamental trees for the lawn, especially the Heart and Bigarreau varieties, which
are strong, vigorous growers, with large, glossy leaves, and open, spreading heads. Cherries thrive in
most any dry or well drained soil; the fruit is delicious whether eaten out of hand or preserved. No
home garden is complete without a few cherry trees.

Cherry Tree Prices.

Pie and Canning Cherries.

1 year trees

Each

10

Bargain 2 to 3 foot

$ 7.00

Heavy 2 to 3 % foot

8.00

2 year trees

Stocky 3^^ to 4^ foot

9.00

Great Big 4^4 to 6 foot

11.00

Preserving and Dessert Cherries

3^^ to 5 foot 1.25

11.00

5 to 7 foot

1.50

13.50

PIE AND CANNING CHERRIES

DYEHOUSE — Our earliest ripening pie cherry. Plant
? it and you’ll have your first cherry pie fully a week

^ before any of your neighbors. Early June.

J LARGE MONTMORENCY — The all-year round cherry.

A prime favorite the country over for canning for win-
j ter use. A large, firm, dark red cherry, so delicious

j in flavor and so satisfying to the taste, that the

1, whole family will like it. Early June.

I MAY DUKE — Large, dark red, juicy and fine flavored.

F

i

MORELLO — Our very late ripening variety. Plant it
and extend your cherry ripening season into August.
Medium, dark red, almost black when fully ripe.

OSTHEIM — Large, heart-shaped, very dark red; the
late July variety for pies and stewed cherries. It’s a
dandy.

RICHMOND — Medium size, dark red; sprightly acid
flavor. This is one of the most valuable cherries for
cooking purposes. Tree very productive. Middle of
June.

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PRESERVING AND DESSERT
CHERRIES

THE SWEET VARIETIES THAT ARE SO LIKEABLE

BING — Very large, dark brown, almost black; flesh firm,
sweet, rich and delicious. July. This grand new
black cherry was originated by Seth Luelling, of Mil-
waukee, Oregon. Flavor of the highest quality. Tree
thrifty, upright grower; very hardy and productive.
A fine shipping and market variety.

BLACK TARTARIAN — A favorite everywhere. Very
large, purplish-black, solid flesh, excellent flavor.
Early June.

GOVERNOR WOOD — Ripens in June, and ranks high in
general esteem. A large, light cherry of delicious
flavor. Roundish, heart-shaped, shaded with bright

red, tender, juicy and rich. Tree vigorous and pro-
ductive. One of the best sweet cherries, and entitled
to a place in every good collection.

LAMBERT — One of the largest of Sweet Cherries; heart-
shaped, dark purplish-red, turning to almost jet-black
when fully ripe. Flesh firm, rich and juicy with
sprightly flavor. Smooth, glossy skin, color dark
purplish red, with numerous minute, indented russet
dots; dark purplish red, with whitish veins, meaty
texture, small oval stone, semi-ding; flavor sweet or
very mild; sub acid, rich and of highest quality; form
roundish, heart-shaped, long slender stem. Tlie finest
shipping variety. Originated near Portland, Oregon,
about 1887. Tree thrifty, hardy and vigorous grower,
and forms a beautiful head. Late July.

NAPOLEON — A pale yellow, red-cheeked cherry of
large size; flesh quite firm, juicy and of splendid
flavor. July,

SCHMIDT'S BIGARREAU— A splendid market cherry
because of its attractiveness and general good quali-
ties. Large, deep red, with dark, tender flesh; very
juicy and of a most pleasant flavor. July.

WINDSOR — Has very fine, firm flesh of high quality; a
large, liver-colored cherry. Tree hardy and prolific.
A splendid sort for home and market. July.

YELLOW SPANISH — Large, pale yellow, with bright
red cheek; flesh is firm, juicy, delicious. Late June.

Dinsmore’s Early
Spring Asparagus

Extra brittle and asparagussy tasting. Who
can describe the delicate flavor of fresh, tender
asparagus gathered in early spring? Dinsmore’s
Asparagus is grown from specially selected seed;
it is a choice variety, superior flavor, mild and
smooth. When cooked, it retains all that native
sweetness that we all love so well. A bed of 100
plants will supply a family of four persons.

This delicious and healthful vegetable should
be found in every garden. Nothing can be more
easily grown and no plant- gives such a healthful
food for such little outlay.

Set plants 1 2 inches apart each way. Spread
the roots out and plant with crown 2 inches be-
low the surface of the ground. Top dress an- •
nually with well rotted manure.

Prepare the ground by trenching to the
depth of two feet, mixing each layer of soil as
turned over with two or three inches of well-
rotted manure.

PRICES OF ASPARAGUS

25 Plants $1.00

100 Plants 2.50

DINSMORE'S ASPARAGUS

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Progress Productive Plum Trees

The Plum comes to us from Europe and Japan and is becoming more popular each year on
account of the varied uses that can be made of the fruit. It is extremely easy to grow and adapts
itself to a wider range of territory and different soils than most other fruit trees. It thrives in all
orchards and on lawns and loves to stand where chickens can scratch about roots and feed in its

shade. Sandy clay that is well drained is its best
after two years from planting. Our trees are of the

Plum Tree Prices

Elach 1 0

3 to 4 foot. . $1.00 $ 9.00

4 to 5 foot 1 .25 1 1 .00

5 to 7 foot 1.50 13.50

ABUNDANCE — Of good size; amber with markings of
red; juicy, sweet, of good quality. Ripens and colors
well after being picked, consequently no better for
market. August.

ARCTIC — Medium small; very dark purple; pure bloom;
semi-cling; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy and sweet,
with pleasant flavor; fqr dessert and market. Tree
healthy and vigorous, early and abundant bearer.

BRADSHAW — Medium large; purplish-red; free, flesh
green and juicy; good shipping qualities. Tree an
upright grower, bears regularly; enormous crops.
Medium early. *

BURBANK — No other Plum is so popular all over the
country as the Burbank. Like the Abundance it
ripens well after picked, and will keep for fully three
weeks in good condition after ripening. Fruit very
large, nearly round and bright cherry-red. Its deep
yellow flesh is sweet, meaty and quite firm. Early
September.

GERMAN PRUNE — Medium small; blackish-purple; free
flesh, juicy, fine; sells high on market, a leading fav-
orite. Tree vigorous and productive.

LOMBARD — Favorite for canning and culinary purposes.
Of medium size. Oval, violet red; flesh yellow, juicy,
pleasant and good. Adheres to the stone. Good
market variety. Tree vigorous and very productive,
bearing when quite young.

REINE CLAUDE — Medium; yellow- green; flesh is pale
green, juicy, rich and excellent; best of dessert sorts.
Tree a moderate grower. Mid-August.

ion. They bear heavy loads of fruit annually
best. Try some.

LOMBARD PLUMS

WICKSON — Is very large; reddish purple with white
bloom, cling; flesh firm and meaty; yellow, rich and
aromatic, a market sort. The tree is strong and
spreading and bears abundantly and early in most
localities. August.

YELLOW EGG — Very large; greenish-yellow; flesh a
little coarse but recommended for drying and cooking.
Tree a free grower and very productive. Late August.

SHROPSHIRE — (Damson.) Is small; black or blue;
cling; flesh rather coarse; popular in market for
kitchen use. Tree is not a rapid grower but fruit
grows abundantly in thick clusters. October.

Selected Lucretia
Dewberries

Will Make Thin Land Profitable

The Lucretia is a trailing blackberry that should
be trained to run on a trellis or tied up to stakes just
like grapes. The fruit looks like bush blackberries and
tastes like them, but is much larger and sweeter. It
ripens a little later than the strawberry and if grown
for market commands the highest prices. Nothing finer
for jelly, jam and pies. A few plants will produce an
abundance for home use.

The vines should be set in rows five feet apart and
separated by a distance of three feet in the row. In the
North it is best to train the fruiting wood on stakes
and wire each spring, trimming back and pruning out
the superfluous wood which is to produce the fruit dur-
ing the coming season. Also a mulch should be applied
in late autumn for winter protection. In the South it
is not necessary to train the vines on a wire, but they
may be grown by thinning out the fruiting wood each
spring, and pruning out all new growth once each month
until after blooming time, after which only a sufficient
new growth should be left to provide for the next year’s
crop.

LUCRETIA DEWBERRIES

$1.00 for 10; $2.00 for 25; $6.00 per 100

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A FINE BRANCH OF KIEFFER PEARS

Dinsmore’s Choice Pears

Any soil that will make a good garden or produce good grain, will make a favored spot to
plant Pear Trees. A strong, rich loam is the best place for them, and their range of ripening is
such that it is possible to have ripe Pears to eat from early August till late fall, and some varieties to
lay in storage that will keep them till late spring.

We can supply either STANDARD or DWARF trees, and recommend the planting of the Dwarf
Trees because they begin fruiting about the third year after planting and if they are planted at about
the same depth as they stood in the nursery they will never attain the great big proportions of the
standard trees. The care of the trees is much less arduous and the fruit can be picked so much
easier and besides if your ground is limited you can plant more varieties in it as they can be set as
close as 10 feet apart while the standard trees must be set 18 to 20 feet apart.

Pear Tree Prices. Standard Trees.

Each ' 1 0

3 to 4 feet $ .75 $ 7.00

4 to 5 foot 1.00 9.00

5 to 7 foot 1.25 11.00

DWARF TREES Each 10

3 to 4 foot $ .75 $ 7.00

4 to 5 foot 1.00 9.00

SUMMER PEARS

BARTLETT — Large, buttery, juicy, high-flavored, great
bearer. This sort has been considered one of the
choicest canning varieties, as well as a favorite for
all other uses. August.

CLAPP — Very large, yellow and dull red, with russet
specks, melting, rich. August.

WILDER — Small to medium, yellow, shaded carmine,
fine grained, tender, sub-acid. Vigorous grower,
early and annual bearer, very productive, good quality.
Early August.

AUTUMN PEARS

DUCHESSE (of Angouleme.) Very large, buttery, rich,
juicy, excellent. It succeeds to perfection and is the

most popular market variety as a dwarf. October
and November.

FLEMISH — Large, juicy, rich, one of the hardiest and
most popular. September and October.

KIEFFER — Its large size, handsome appearance and re-
markable keeping and shipping qualities make it very
profitable for market. October and November.

SECKEL — Small; skin rich yellowish-brown, when fully
ripe, with deep brownish red cheek, flesh very fine
grained, sweet, exceedingly juicy, melting, buttery;
one of the richest and highly flavored pears. Equally
popular for dessert and pickling. September and
October.

SHELDON — Medium size; yellow, with a richly shaded
cheek; flesh a little coarse, melting, juicy, with a very
brisk, vinous, highly perfumed flavor; of first quality.
Tree vigorous, hardy and productive. October.

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Grapes for the Home Arbor

A few grape vines will furnish loads of food, nutritious and wholesome, and with a minimum
of care, for even though neglected they will flourish and bear good crops. Plant them for eating
off the vine, for spreads and invigorating drinks.

' , The grape is one of the easiest fruits to

: grow and should be in all collections. When

once well established, vines will continue in bear-
ing a long time with very little care, other than the
cutting back of the extra growth, which should
be done in winter or very early spring (before sap
starts to circulate). This pruning is essential to
the healthy growth of the vine and its fruitfulness.
The grape is fast becoming a leading fruit. With
such hardy varieties as Concord, Worden and
Niagara, no one need be without at least a few for
home use.

I BLACK AND PURPLE GRAPES

i CAMPBELL’S EARLY — Great big, fine colored, juicy,
black grape full of the richest sweetness. It is the
» nearest to a seedless grape yet introduced, that does

^ well in Ohio Valley section. The seeds are very

small and part readily from the flesh. A heavy annual
^ bearer and should be included in every collection.

50c each.

i ^ CONCORD — The American Grape Juice variety. Eaten
i-; from the vine they are the most wholesome and the

;• richest in Sugar. No other variety approaches the

'4 Concord in delicately blended acids and aromatic

flavors so that the grape juice put up from them is
« specially good. Every bunch is completely filled with

large, nearly black grapes. Do not leave them out of
; your planting. Each 20c; per 10. $1.80; per 100,

- $12.00; per 1000, $90.00.

SAVE MONEY

Place

your order

during February and save your-

self 4%

discount.

See page 1 .

MOORE’S EARLY — The best early purplish-black va-
riety, ripening three weeks ahead of Concord. It has
a most pleasing taste whether eaten fresh from the
vine or made into grape butter. Each 25c; per 10,
$2.20; per 100, $16.00; per 1000, $120.00.

WORDEN — A most meritorious Concord type variety
that ripens about a week earlier than its parent, and
is just a little larger. It deserves a place in every
home planting where it will gain the good will of all
who eat it. Each 25c; per 10, $2.20; per 100, $16.00;
per 1000, $120.00.

RED VARIETIES

AGAWAM — One of the best known, standard red grapes.
Berries quite large, thick skin, compactly set upon large
bunch; soft, sweet and sprightly; vinuous and aro-
matic. It ripens about the same time as Concord
and if the two juices are blended it adds a more pala-
table flavor. Another of it’s commendable properties
is that it will keep several weeks after picking and
really improves in flavor after 1 0 to 15 days storage.
Each 30c; per 10, $2.50; per 100, $18.00.

BRIGHTON — High quality, handsome vigorous grower,
producing large size bunches of luscious red berries
and adaptable to almost any soil. It is a signal ex-
ample of skillful work in grape-breeding. It’s origina-
tor, Jacob Moore, of Brighton, New York, combined
in it the good qualities, of the Old and New World
grapes by crossing the Diana Hamburg with our
good, old Concord. This fine variety is a worthy
monument that commemorates a life spent in self-
denial, poverty and obscurity that horticulture might
be enriched. Each 35c; per 10, $3.00; per 100, $22.00.

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CATAWBA — Berries round and of good size; skin rather
thick, pale red in shade, but a pretty deep red in the
sun, covered with a lilac bloom; flesh slightly pulpy,
juicy, very sweet. We have no records that divulge
the secrets of it’s origin, ancestry or introduction and
most authorities agree that it must have flourished
for centuries before the landing of the Pilgrims in the
American wilderness. The Catawba has the rare dis-
tinction of having our beloved Longfellow sing it’s
praises in verse. Each 30c; per 10, $2.50; per 100,
$18.00.

DELAWARE — The American dessert grape, par excel-
lence. What a rich and delicious flavor and agreeable
aroma this little red grape has. It’s undoubtedly the
most popular garden grape outside of Concord. En-
dowed with a constitution that enables it to adapt
itself to all soils and conditions and bears most
abundantly in almost all situations. The Delaware
matures early, keeps well, is a fine shipper and always
commands top prices in the market. Each 35c; per
10, $3.00; per 100, $22.00.

GREENISH WHITE VARIETIES

DIAMOND — Unsurpassed in quality and beauty, and
when the fine characteristics are added to its earliness,
hardiness, productiveness and vigor, it easily rises
head and shoulders above all other green grapes. Rich
in flavor, a refreshing sprightliness which overcomes
that insipid sweetness that is so noticeable in some
varieties. We recommend it most highly to you.
Each 25c; per 10, $2.20; per 100, $16.00.

NIAGARA — A very vigorous grower, producing great
big, well formed bunches of sweet, juicy berries.
There is a slight foxiness about the Niagara that gives
it a distinctive flavor. A leading market variety be-
cause of its fine looks and good quality. Each 25c;
per 10. $2.20; per 100, $16.00.

POCKLINGTON — Handsome, delicate, golden yellow

color and with finely formed bunches, making it very
attractive. Sweet, rich and pleasant flavor. Each
25c; per 10, $2.20; per 100, $16.00.

YOU CANT KILL THEM

Progress

For five years 1 fought a Concord Grape vine.
Some ill advised person planted it at my back
kitchen door and as I live in a frame house the vine
would necessarily have to be trained up against the
house. The heavy foliage would hold dampness and
eventually rot the weatherboarding. I kept cutting
it down and digging out roots but the plant had
rooted down so deeply that after every battle, only
a few days intervened until up would come the grape
vine. Last year 1 gave up the fight — the vine won
out and made a fine growth. This year, 1 turned
about the other way and began helping the vine.
1 hoed it several times and built a support over the
door for it and today it serves two purposes. It
shades the doorway and besides had a good half
bushel of great big juicy Concords.

A. A. DINSMORE.

Pwgress Home Arbor Grape
Collection

10 Fine Plants for $1.68

•

The following plants will meet every requirement
for the Home Arbor. TLey will produce an abun-
dance for eating off the vine and besides plenty for
Grape Juice, Jelly, Pies and Butter that will furnish
you with delicious table delicacfes all the year.

2 Moore’s Early I Diamond

2 Agawam 1 Niagara

4 Concord

Don’t forget to take off your discount from our
list prices (See lerms. Page 1) when making
comparisons with others..

PRICES OF RHUBARB
Each 15c; per 10, $1.25;
per 100, $9.00.

Our Rhubarb is all that the
name implies; snaps like ice,
leaving no strings. A pie
made from its tender stalks
has the deliciousness of an
apple pie and a flavor that
the latter does not havejwith-
out the addition of spices. It
should be found in every
home garden. Grows almost
anywhere and under almost
any condition, but the richer
the ground, the more tender
the growth.

Plant in rows four feet apart
with the plants three feet dis-
tant. Set so that the crowns
are about one inch below the
surface. Top dress in the fall
with stable manure and fork
under in the spring. TTie
great value of Rhubarb has
always been its earliness, and
it deserves to be ranked
among the best early pro-
ducts of the garden.

Icicle

Rhubarb

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Choice Raspberry Plants

They Will Produce Big Crops For You

The mere mention of Raspberries brings a vision of lusciousness that appeals to the taste of every-
one. Pies. Jellies, Sweet Juices, Preserves and what not. Every home should have a few of them
with the assurance that they will bear large crops of rich berries annually.

There is room in every garden for from 25 to 100 Raspberry bushes which will furnish them in
abundance in the fruiting season for table use and also a surplus for putting up for winter.

If you want to make some quick profits, plant more than what your own needs will require and
market them. At the high prices there is a big reward for the man who plants them.

CARDINAL — The fruit is large and of excellent flavor
The canes are of very sturdy growth, and annually
bear great loads of berries. .This is the best of all
purple berries. $1.50 per 25; $4.50 per 100; $30.00
per rOOO.

COLUMBIAN — A strong growing plant that produces
fine dark purple berries that are large, firm, and
sweetly flavored. It has proved through the test of
many years that it is unsurpassed as a producer of
berries that are most desirable for Jams or Jellies
or for eating fresh during the fruiting season. In-
clude some of them in your planting this year, you
will be richly rewarded. $1.50 per 25; $4.50 per 100;
$30.00 per 1,000.

CUTHBERT — Produces fine crops of large, conical, deep
red berries that are sweet, rich, highly flavored and as
beautiful as strawberries. $1.50 per 25; $4.50 per
100: $30.00 per 1,000.

CUMBERLAND — Largest of all black caps. Coal black
berries, very firm and quality of the very best; ex-
cellent shipper. Bush a strong grower, stocky

and unusually prolific. Mid-season. $1.00 per 25;
$2.75 per 100; $22.50 per 1,000.

GOLDEN QUEEN — great big golden yellow berry that
is wonderfully productive. One of the finest for jams
and jellies. $3.00 per 25.

HAYMAKER — Large purplish berries of the 'highest
quality. They ripen late and last a long time. A
most delicious berry that makes the finest of jams
and jellies. $1.50 per 25; $4.50 per 100; $30.00 per
1,000.

IMPROVED GREGG — Its large, showy berries produce
in great abundance, the canes are hardy and vigorous,
making it among the best. It is adapted to all soils.
Shining black. $1.25 per 25; $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1,000.

KANSAS — Very large; black; a berry of splendid quality
for general use and popular on the market. In many
sections it is the leading sort for extensive planting
on account of its vigorous and healthy growth, and
prolific bearing. $1.00 per 25; $2.75 per 100; $22.50
per 1,000.

LOUDON — Large; bright red or crimson; quality excel-
lent for both dessert and market; stands shipping well
and is very hardy. Mid-season. $2.00 per 25; $6.00
per 100.

COLUMBIAN PURPLE RASPBERRY

CUMBERLAND BLACK CAP

PLUM FARMER — A very profitable early variety
whose crop matures over a very short period. Jet
black, thick meated and firm. In them nature
stores up the elements that put pep, vigor and vim
in all that eat them. They are naturally sweet and
tempting in flavor. Eat them and benefit by the
valuable mineral salts- and other qualities that re-
store muscular vitality and refresh weary nerva
cells. $1.50 per 25; $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per
1,000.

PRIDE OF OHIO — A fine new variety whose popular-
ity is going to surpass our old favorites. A deep
black berry, firm, sweet and very solid. Its most
marked quality is that its fruiting season is spread
out over a period of from a week to ten days longer
than any other variety. The plant is a vigorous
groweir, throwing up stout, stocky well branched
canes that produce immense crops of fine fruit. $1.50
per 25; $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1,000.

ST. REGIS EVERBEARING— Earliest of all; wonderfully
prolific, it equals most black cap varieties; gives a
crop of fruit all summer and autumn, fruiting on old
canes until late in August, when berries begin to ripen
on , young canes. Berries bright crimson, of large
size and surpassing quality; canes stocky; strong
growth with abundance of dark green, leathery
leaves. It succeeds upon all soils, whether light and
sandy or cold heavy clay, and canes are absolutely
hardy. $2.00 per 25; $6.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000.

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The Best Blackberries

BLOWERS — A berry with a distinctive flavor, very
hardy and productive; of good size, sweet and has
practically no core. Plant it and you’ll not be disap-
pointed.

ELDORADO BLACKBERRIES

For Everybody, Everywhere

ELDORADO — The bushes are very hardy and vig-
orous, enduring the winters of the far Northwest
without injury, and their yield is enormous. The
berries are large, jet-black, borne in large clusters
and ripen well together; they are very sweet, melt-
ing, have no hard core, and keep for eight or ten
days after picking, with quality unimpaired.

Blackberries must be grown in your own gar-
den if they are to reach your table in first-class
condition. None that you can buy are as good as
those you can grow. They are essential in the
complete home fruit garden, because they get
ripe after strawberries and cherries and before
grapes and pears are ready to eat.

The pruning of the Blackberry is not difficult,
yet success depends upon the proper method. The
old canes should be removed yearly, preferably in
the summer after they have borne their crop of
fruit. Pinch back the canes when 3 or 4 feet
high, which produces a bushy growth and thus
doubles the fruiting capacity.

Prices of

Blackberries

25

100

1000

All Varieties $2.00

$6.00 *

$45.00

EARLY HARVEST — Needs winter protection. Its earli-
ness, combined with good shipping qualities, make it
very porfitable. Compact dwarf grower, enormous
bearer. Fruit medium size, black, of excellent
quality.

MERSEREAL^ — Remarkably strong grower, upright, pro-
ducing stout, stocky canes. Claimed to be the hardi-
est Blackberry, standing uninjured 20 degrees below
zero without protection. An enormous producer of

AMERICAN CHESTNUTS

extra size berries, which are brilliant black and retain
their color; extra quality; sweet, rich and melting,
without core. Ripens very early.

SNYDER — -Medium size, sweet melting; extremely hardy
and wnderfully productive. Early.

NUTS FOR WINTER EVENINGS

On the market nuts are always in demand and com-
mand good prices. TTiere is hardly another branch of
tree cultivation from which there is assured such sub-
stantial profits. Not only are you each year reaping a
large harvest of nuts, but at the same time the trees
themselves are growing into many dollars in the form of
lumber.

BUTTERNUT — A fine native tree, producing a large,
longish nut, highly prized for its sweet, oily nutritious
kernel. 3 to 4 feet, each, 75 c.

CHESTNUT, AMERICAN — Fruit of this well-known na-
tive tree need hardly be described. We believe it is
considered by all to be the best of all nuts, whether
native or foreign. The tree itself is unsurpassed in an
ornamental way. 4 to 5 feet, each $1.10.

WALNUT, BLACK — A native tree of large size and ma-
jestic form, beautiful foliage. Valuable for its tim-
ber, which enters largely into the manufacture of fine
furniture and cabinet ware. Tree a rapid grower, pro-
ducing a large round nut of excellent quality. 3 to
4 feet. Each 60o; 4 to 6 feet, each 85c; 6 to 8 feet,
each $1.00.

WALNUT, JAPAN — Perfectly hardy, rapid grower, bear-
ing young and abundantly. Highly prized as an orna-
mental tree. Nuts resemble butternuts. 3 to 4 feet,
each 75c; 4 to 6 feet, each $1.00.

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DUNLAP

TENNESSEE PROLIFIC

GLEN MARY — (Per.) Mid-season. Unexcelled as a

long distance shipper and one of the best for our
state, as it resists dry weather admirably. A heavy
bearer, of large delicious fruits.

HAVERLAND — (Imper.) Early and one of the most
valuable market sorts. Very productive, of medium
to large, conical berries that are smooth, regular,
mildly sub-acid. Medium early.

POKOMOKE — (Per.) When left to fully ripen on the
plant this variety is so sweet that very little sugar is
required. Large crimson, with firm flesh. An especi-
ally fine canning variety. The plants are strong grow-
ers and very productive. Medium season.

WARFIELD — (Imper.) If you wish to enjoy a real
treat include some Warfield in your planting. Beauty,
firmness, earliness, productiveness, vigor, make it one
of the most popular berries grown. Medium early.

EVERBEARING VARIETIES

As to Everbearing Strawberries, there are just two
good varieties, the Progressive and the Superb. In ou
own testing the Progressive has proven itself to be much
the better, producing great big crops of deep crimson
berries, that have all the fine qualities of the spring va-
rieties, during August, September and October. On the
other hand, some of our customers tell us that the
Superb is succeeding for them. Our suggestion is that
you test out both varieties for yourself, or maybe you
have a neighbor next door that has done so. Both
varieties will bear next fall if planted this spring. Re-
member, we can supply both the Progressive and Su-
perb, but we rather favor your setting the Progressive.

TENNESSEE PROLIHC

OUR BEST STRAWBERRY
A Great Big Dunlap Type That Nature Has
Flavored Perfectly.

Sweet, sun-ripened Tennessee Prolific strawberries
picked right from your own garden reach your
table at their best. A dish of them smothered in
cream and sugar spell the last word in rich goodness.
A good solid berry does not mush up when canned
for winter use. 250 plants will abundantly supply
a family of four persons. No better berry for the
market as it holds up so well after picking.

Good Strawberries

A dish of Strawberries smothered in cream —
Um! Yum! You can’t beat it.

The home garden is the only place to grow
them. Here they can reach their best right on
the plants before you bring them to your table.

In selecting your Strawberries, plan to have
both the spring bearing and also the everbearing
varieties. The former should be depended upon for
early table use, canning and preserving, and the
latter for table joys during August, September and
October.

Set the rows 30 inches apart, and plant 15
inches apart in the row. Always plant in the
spring for when planted in the fall they seldom
do well. Varieties marked (Imp.) are pistillate
or imperfect flowering. Those marked (Per.) are
staminate or perfect flowering sorts. We mix per-
fect and imperfect in small orders as they must be
fertilized.

Prices of Good

Strawberries

25

100

1000

Spring-bearing varieties

$ .50

$1.25

$ 8.00

Everbearing varieties* • .

1.00

2.50

SPRING VARIETIES

AROMA — (Ter.) Plants are very strong, vigorous and
yield immense crops of large, round, dark, glossy
red berries of excellent quality and high flavor. It’s
a fruit jar filler. Late.

DUNLAP — (Per.) The leader of them all, plant it in
your garden and have real Strawberries instead of the
kind that set your teeth on edge, that you get from
your grqcer. It’s an attractive, deep red berry of the
finest quality that bears very early in the season and
continues nearly a month.

GANDY — (Per.) Plants yield great big crops of juicy
berries, dark red and smooth. It is one of the solidest
berries which make it an extremely good shipper. It
is just the variety to a plant with the Dunlap, as it
begins fruiting just about the time the Dunlap is
through, thus extending your fresh Strawberry eating
season by about ten days.

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Choice Currants

Plant a few so that you may have rich green
currant pies in early summer and bright colored
jellies in winter. A half dozen plants will supply
a family of live persons. The Currant, although
a small fruit, is so very easily raised, is so very
hardy and abundantly productive under almost any
care, and can be easily applied to so many uses,
that no family should be without a few varieties,
ripening in succession. The old wood should be
cut out and the plants kept well manured.

PRICES

OF CURRANTS

Each

Per 10

Per 100

Two year

plants

25c

$2.00

$12.00

One year

plants

20c

1.50

10.00

Perfection

two year. .

40c

3.50

30.00

Perfection

one year. . .

30c

2.50

20.00

CHAMPION — -Very large; black; flavor of fruit partic-
ularly delicious; for kitchen and market. Bushes
large; fruit hangs well on the bushes and bears severe
pruning without injury.

CHERRY — All the name implies. It’s a great big, bright
red, richly flavored variety that makes one of the
clearest and most delicately flavored jellies.

FAY’S PROLIFIC — -Produces large bunches of deep red
berries of uniform size and of the finest quality. We
have some very fine plants of this variety this year.
Ser\’^ed with cream and sugar there is none better.

PERFECTION-— This is one of the most productive Cur-
rants we have ever known, and in quality it is sup-
erior to anything in the market, being of a rich, mild
sub -acid flavor, and having plenty of pulp, with few
seeds. In color it is a beautiful bright red. This is
one of the very best Currants for the market grower,
as it presents a fine appearance when displayed and
always brings the highest prices.

WHITE GRAPE CURRANT — This is one good white
Currant. The berries are extra large and sweet and
have a most enticing flavor. If used in connection
with other fruits it brings out new and delightful
flavors.

WILDER — -If you are a lover of green currant pies, plant
this variety as it is just a little better for this purpose
than any other. When full ripe it is a ruby red.

Fine Gooseberry Bushes

The Gooseberry is one of the hardiest types of
bush fruits, and is so useful for cooking, whether
green or ripe, and can be canned with such
facility that it is beginning to be very extensively
cultivated for both the home and market. It re-
quires good rich soil and plenty of moisture to
roach a high state of perfection. Mulching is
advisable.

PRICES OF GOOSEBERRIES
All Varieties — Each, 40c; per 10, $3.50; per
100, $25.00

DOWNING — Oh, you Downing Gooseberry pie. Large,
roundish, light green, with distinct veins; skin smooth,
flesh soft, juicy and very fine flavor. Bush vigorous
and productive.

HOUGHTON — Fruit medium; roundish, inclined to oval;
skin is smooth, pale red. Flesh tender, sweet.

JOSSELYN — Large, smooth, prolific and hardy. Of
good quality.

You will make no mistake by including some Goose-
berries in your order. You can seldom buy them on
the market.

DOWNING GOOSEBERRY

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CATALPA BUNGEI

SYCAMORE

Shade and

Avenue Trees

It is the duty of every land and home owner to plant trees. You increase the value of your home;
they keep off the intense heat of the summer, and they afford a cool spot for the children to play.
Shade in summer is almost essential, but care in planting should be used so that the open spaces
are left for the admission of breezes.

Also trees planted in groups present a handsomer appearance than when set in a straight line.
They should be planted close enough for the tops to touch, but not so near that their growth will
be distorted.

By a very small outlay the value of your home will be increased very rapidly. Very much de-
pends upon the taste you use in selection. We wish you to feel free to write us for advice, as we are
always glad to suggest proper selections to our customers.

ASH, AMERICAN WHITE— The well known native tree,
is very straight with broad round head and dense
foliage. Its trunk of gray, the easy sweep of its
branches, the slightly drooping poise of its soft grem
foliage make it most desirable for plainting as a single
shade tree or for avenue planting. Its autumnal tints
are most unusual, at which time it presents a daily
changing picture, with the first frost its leaves change
to dark bronze, then to chocolate, then to violet brown,
and finally to salmon shaded with lilac. Three sizes.

Six to eight feet, each 65c; $6 per 10; $50 per 100.
Eight to ten feet, each 85c; $7.50 per 10; $60 per 100.
Ten to twelve feet, each $1.35; $12.50 per 10.

BEECI^ PURPLE— Purple-leaved. Makes an elegant
medium-sized tree for the lawn; the foliage in the
spring is a deep purple, later changing to crimson, and
in autumn a dull, purplish -green; 2 to 3 ft., each $3.50;
3 to 4 ft., each $5.00.

BIRCH, EUROPEAN WHITE^uite erect when young,
branches begin to droop gracefully with age. Its
bark is snowy white and very effective in landscape;
6 to 8 ft., each $1.25; per 10, $10; 8 to 10 ft., each
$1.50; per 10, $13.00; 10 to 12 ft., each $2.00; per
10, $18.00.

CATALPA BUNGEI — (Umbrella Catalpa.) — Grafted on
stems 6 to 8 feet high, it makes an umbrella -shaped
top without pruning. Perfectly hardy and flourishes in
almost all soils and climates. Its leaves are large and
glossy, heart-shaped, deep green and lie like shingles
on a roof. It always makes a globular, symmetrical
head which makes it very unique. An indispensable
tree for the ornamentation of lawns, drives, parks and
cemeteries. One year heads, each $2.00; per 10, $18.00;
Two year heads, each $2.50; per 10, $22.50.

CATALPA SPECIOSA — (Western Catalpa.) We recom-
mend this for planting where quick shade is desired
as it is a rapid grower and very shapely, and also a
long lived tree which is not the case with other quick
growing trees. The catalpa has the distinction of
bearing the most showy flowers of all other orna-
mental trees, putting forth great panicles of flowers
in June which cover the tree so quickly as to almost
conceal the leaves. As its wood is very durable when
brought into contact with soil and water, large tracts
in the prairie regions of the west are being planted
for railroad ties. In the central states it is being heav-
ily planted for fence posts and furniture as well as in-
side finish for buildings. Six to eight ft., each 65c; per
10, $6.00; Eight to ten feet, each 85c; per 10, $7.50;
Ten to twelve feet, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00.

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BECHTEL’S FLOWERING CRAB

CRAB, BECHTEL’S FLOWERING— Grows into a hardy,
handsome little tree. In early spring it is simply
covered with bloom which at a distance resemble
dainty little roses of a delicate pink. It blooms quite
young. Is very fragrant, being the only sweet-scented
double flowering crab. Two to three foot trees, 75c;
three to four foot trees, $1.00.

DOGWOOD, RED FLOWERING— Flowers red, 3 to 3%
inches in diameter, produced in spring before leaves
appear; very abundant, showy and durable. Foliage
grayish green, glossy and handsome in the autumn
turns to deep red, making the tree one of the most
beautiful at that season. Spreading irregular form.
Three to four feet, each $1.50.

DOGWOOD, WHITE FLOWERING — In early spring the
great white blossoms appear before the leaves are
out, transforming the tree into one huge bouquet at
which season it is the glory of any planting, challeng-
ing attention and admiration of all. In summer its
low branching head and dense foliage give it a pecul-
iar attractive appearance; the clusters of shining red
berries together with its dark red leaves mark it in
the autumn and in winter; the curious gray flower buds
which tip its branches are unique and striking. 3 to
ft., each 60c; per 10, $5.00.

ELM, AMERICAN — One of the finest of our native trees,
of lofty growth and graceful, drooping branches. At
home wherever planted. A tree interwoven into
American history. It was under its branches at Cam-
bridge, Mass., that George Washington first drew his
sword in defense of American Independence. Wm.
Penn smoked the pipe of peace and made his famous
treaty with the Indians beneath its peaceful shade. 6
to 8 ft., each 60c; per 10, $5.00; per 100, $35.00. 8 to
10 ft., each 85c; per 10, $7.50; per 100, $60.00. 10

to 12 ft., each $1.25; per 10, $10.00.

TREES FOR LANDSCAPE WORK

We have grovm a limited number of special type
Ornamental trees of each of the different varieties
for Landscape .work. These in the 6 to 8 foot trees
will cost 25 cents more than the each price of standard
trees as quoted after the description of each variety.
In the 8 to 10 foot trees, 50 cents more, and the 10 to
12 foot trees, 75 cents more. Larger sizes will be
quoted specially.

HACKBERRY — A very rare native tree, with numerous
slender branches, which spread out horizontally. The
bark is thick and rough. The leaves are about the
size and form of those of the apple, more pointed and
bright green. Desirable for lawn planting. 6 to 8 ft.,
each 75c; per 10, $6.50; per 100, $50.00. 8 to 1 0 ft.,
each $1.00; per 10, $9.00; per 100, $75.00. 10 to 12

ft., each $1.50; per 10, $12.50.

HERCULES CLUB — (Aralia Spinosa.) Vigorous in

growth, making a large clump from suckers freely
produced. In August it bears large clusters of white
flowers. It is used for tropical effects in connection
with other shrubs and low trees. Four to six feet,
each 60c; per 10, $5.00. Six to eight feet, each 85c;
per 10, $7.50.

HORSE CHESTNUT — They have an elegant pyramidal
habit; leaves deeply lobed and showy, upright panicles
of white or red flowers. Hardy, vigorous and free
from insects; among the first of the trees to unfold
their leaves in the spring. Four to five feet, each
$1.50; per 10, $13.50. Five to six feet, each $2.00; per
per 10, $18.00. Ten to twelve feet, each $2.50 per
10, $22.50.

LINDEN, AMERICAN — A stately tree, the branches in-
clined to spread and develop into an ample, rounded
head, where the tree grows in the open. Its freedom
from insect pests, handsome foliage and large and
fragrant flowers make it a very desirable ornamental
tree. Eight to ten feet, each $2.50; per 10, $22.50.
10 to 12 feet, each $3.00; per 10, $27.50.

LINDEN, EUROPEAN — Excellent broad-leaved variety,
growing into a noble tree, 60 to 80 feet high. Flowers
in June. Eight to ten feet high, each $2.50; per 10,
$22.50 Ten to twelve feet each $3.00; per 10, $27.50.

MAIDEN HAIR TREE — A rare, elegant tree from Japan
with singular foliage unlike that of any other tree;
almost fern-like of free growth, and every way desir-
able. Six to eight feet, each $1.25; per 10, $10.00.
Eight to ten feet, each $2.00; per 10, $18.00.

MAGNOLIA, ACUMINATA— (Cucumber Tree.) A tall,
very rapid growing, pyramidal tree. In mid-summer
large, creamy white blossoms appear among its deep
green leaves, and large, cucumber shaped fruits, that
turn bright crimson, succeed them. Four to six feet,
each $2.00.

AMERICAN ELM

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ASH-LEAVED MAPLE

the foliage make it a most striking tree. Six to eight
feet, each $1.25; per 10, $11.00. Eight to ten feet,
each $1.50; per 10, $13.50.

OAK, BURR OR MOSSY CUP — Of massive open growth,
heavy leaves and deeply corrugated bark. Five to
six feet, each $2.00; per 10, $18.00. Six to eight feet,
each $2.50; per 10, $22.50.

OAK, PIN. — Peculiarly handsome tree used for avenues.
Leaves deep green turning to red during fall, finely
divided. Drooping branches. Grows rapidly and pre-
fers somewhat damp soil. Five to six feet, each $2.00;
per 10, $18.00. Six to eight feet, each $2.50; per 10,
$22.50.

OAK, WHITE — TTiis is one of the finest native trees we
have and grows to majestic proportions. One of them
will last through many generations and stand as a
monument to the planter. Six to eight feet, each
$2.75; per 10, $25.00.

SILVER MAPLE

NORWAY MAPLE

MAPLE, ASH LEAVED— (Box Elder.) A fine, rapid
growing tree with light- green ash -like foliage and
spreading branches. Where quick shade is desired
no other tree is better fitted. Desirable for street
planting and windbreaks. While it loves moist places
it is a great drought resister and flourishes where
many others fail. Six to eight feet, each 60c; per 1 0,
$5.00; per 100, $40.00. Eight to ten feet, eac^ 75c;
per 10, $6.50; per 100, $50.00. Ten to twelve feet, each
$1.00; per 10, $9.00; per 100, $75.00.

MAPLE, NORWAY — Sturdy, compact, vigorous, it is

one of the very best trees for lawns, parks and gar-
dens. A handsome tree of fairly rapid growth, form-
ing a dense, rounded head of strong branches and
broad, deep green leaves, which turn to beautiful
shades of golden yellow in fall. The most widely

planted ornamental tree, and always beautiful, giving

a dense deep shade. Six to eight feet, each $1.60;
per 10, $15.00. Eight to ten feet, each $2.00;

per 10, $18.00. 10 to 12 feet, each $2.50; per 10,

$22.50.

MAPLE, SCHWEDLERI — Of the same fine growth and
habit as the Norway except that the leaves come out
bright crimson and gradually change to dark green
during the summer. Six to eight feet, each $2.50;

per 10, $22.50. Eight to ten feet, each $3.00.

MAPLE, SILVER-LEAVED— (Soft Maple.) The first of
our native trees to accept the challenge of March that
spring has come, its flower buds being ready to push
out at the slightest provocation. One of the most
rapid growing trees, making it very desirable for
street planting, especially where new additions are
being taken into cities. Of graceful growth, suggest-
ing peace and quiet. Six to eight feet, each 50c; per
10, $4.50; per 100, $35.00. Eight to ten feet, each
75c; per 10, $6.50; per 100, $50.00. Ten to twelve
feet, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00; per 100, $70.00. 1%

to 2 inch caliper, each $1.50; per 10, $13,50; per 100,

$100.00.

MAPLE, SUGAR OR ROCK — One of the most desirable
of ornamental trees being stately in growth, of fine
form and beautiful foliage. Especially valuable for
avenue planting. Six to eight feet, each $1.60; per
10, $15.00. Eight to ten feet, each $2.00; per 10,
$18.00.

MAPLE, WIER’S CUT-LEAVED — Remarkable and beau-
tifully dissected foliage. Of rapid growth; shoots
slender and drooping. Should be in every collection.
While it makes a large tree if undisturbed, it will
bear any amount of pruning and may be easily adapt-
ed to small lawns. Four to six feet, each 75c; per 10,
$6.50. Eight to ten feet, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00.
Ten to twelve feet, each $1.35; per 10, $12.00.

MOUNTAIN ASH, EUROPEAN— A very beautiful lawn
tree, with smooth bark and dense regular head and
beautiful fern -like foliage. Covered from July to win-
ter with bright red berries, which in combination vrith

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LOMBARDY POPLAR

POPLAR, CAROLINA — (Populus.) While we do not

recommend the extensive planting of Carolina Poplar,
it is very desirable where quick shade is needed. How-
ever, if it is well pruned back the first few seasons,
it makes a strong, durable growth. Six to eight feet,
each 40c, per 10, $3.50. Eight to ten feet, each 50c;
per 10, $4.50. Ten to twelve feet, each 75c; per 10,
$6.50.

POPLAR, LOMBARDY — (Populus Fastigiata.) One of
the most picturesque trees, being of high spire-like
growth. Leaves glossy green above and silvery be-
neath. A favorite in landscape work for breaking the
monotony of low, round top trees. Six to eight feet,
each 50c; per 10, $4.50. Eight to ten feet, each 50c;
per 10, $5.50. Ten to twelve feet, each 75c; per 10,
$6.50.

RED BUD — A small- growing tree of irregular form and
heart-shaped leaves, covered with delicate pink blos-
soms in early spring before the leaves appear; very
ornamental. Three to four feet, each 75 c; per 10,
$7.00. Four to five feet, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00.

STRAWBERRY TREE — A beautiful little tree, whose
fruit and foliage assumes in the fall the most intense
crimson color. One of the most important of recent
additions to the list of American shrubs. Four to
five feet, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00,

SYCAMORE AMERICAN— (Plane.) (Buttonwood.) Is
broad, spreading, round-topped, massive and pictur-
esque, often 100 to 120 feet high. Very effective in
winter when its branches show almost white as a
birch’s. Six to eight feet, each 75c; per 10, $7.00;
per 100, $60.00. Eight to ten feet, each $1.00; per
10, $9.00; per 100, $75.00. Ten to twelve feet, each
$1.25; per 10, $10.00; per 100, $85.00.

SYCAMORE, EUROPEAN — (The Plane Tree.) In every
city and about every home there are places where only
the hardiest kinds of trees can survive the rough
treatment they receive.

Passersby kick them, cut and drive against them and
the stony, water-proof curbing about them prevents
the roots from spreading in their natural way, while

their needed water is hurried away from them, when
everybody knows that moisture is one of the first es-
sentials to tree life and their growth.

Added to these handicaps in most cities there is atmos-
phere that is loaded with fumes from the oiled streets,
smoke from factories, odors of fresh paint, and the
smells of various acids arising from its manufacturing
plants.

Every one of these smells find their way to the leaves
of plants .and are either attractive or offensive, bene-
ficial or injurious to them just as the same smells
would be to our own nostrils and lungs.

Because of its ability to withstand these abuses and
unfavorable conditions, we recommend the planting
of the Plane Tree and know it will serve successfully
every purpose for street and roadside trees where
abuse is greatest and about the factory grounds where
the air is the most impure.

Its welcome shade in summer and silvery bark in win-
ter, make it a favorite everywhere, and every home,
park, street front, and roadside should use them, be-
cause they are so hardy that they can’t be killed, so
serviceable and so beautiful they will always be re-
membered.

They are improved Sycamores, and who but knows the
white bark, the spreading branches and long life of the
hardy Sycamore? It has been immortalized in verse
and song for those whose hearts go back to the old
and pleasing scenes.

’’Through the Sycamores the candlelights
are gleaming.

On the banks of the Wabash far away.”

Six to eight feet, each 85c; per 10, $7.50; per 100,
$65.00. Eight to ten feet, each $1.10; per 10, $10.00;
per 100, $85.00. Ten to twelve feet, each $1.35; per
10, $12.50; per 100, $100.

TULIP "TREE — A tall, magnificent native tree, of rapid
pyramidal growth. Valued for its smooth, clean bark
and handsome green foliage. Its large, greenish-
yellow tulip shaped flowers appear in early June. A
very desirable shade tree. We especially recommend
it to planters who live in cities where bituminous
coal is heavily burned as the gases thrown off do not

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LAUREL-LEAVED WILLOW

DINSMORE’S WEEPING POPLAR — This is a new weep-
ing tree which after growing several years here in the
Nursery we can put the stamp of Progress approval
on. It is a top grafted tree worked on an Italian Pop-
lar trunk which gives it long life and thrifty growth.
The pendulous branches droop in willowy fashion
eventually sweeping the ground. The foliage is rich,
glossy green and very thick. Its silvery gray bark
contrasts beautifully with that of other trees and
shrubs. When a weeping tree is wanted we recom-
mend Dinsmore’s Weeping Poplar rather than Weep-
ing Mulberry because it is of much more graceful
growth, fitting right into naturalistic plantings with-
out giving any touch of formality. Seven foot tree,
each $2.50.

WILLOW, BABYLONICA— Well known, large Weeping
Willow. Is most valuable as a single specimen to
contrast with upright trees. Six to eight feet, each
60c; per 10, $5.00.

WILLOW, THURLOW’S — Spreading, drooping tree, sim-
ilar to the Babylonica. Eight to ten feet, each 75c;
per 10, $6.50.

WILLOW, WISCONSIN WEEPING— A variety resemb-
ling the Babylonican Willow, except that it is more
hardy. Six to eight feet, each 75c; per 10, $6.50.

TREES FOR LANDSCAPE WORK

We have grown a limited number of special type
Oi-namental trees of each of the different varieties
for Landscape work. These in the 6 to 8 foot trees
will cost %5 cents more than the each price of standard
trees as quoted after the description of each variety.
In the 8 to 10 foot trees, 50 cents more, and the 10 to
12 foot frees, 75 cents more. Larger sizes will be
quoted specially.

affect it in the least. Five to six foot, each 85c; per
10, $7.50. Six to eight feet, each $1.00; per ten,
$9.00 Eight to ten feet, each $1.50; per 10, $13.50.

WILLOW, GOLDEN BARKED — A distinct variety, with
golden bark of high color, very conspicuous in win-
ter. Valuable in bush form, for use in mass planting.
Six to eight feet, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. Eight to
ten feet, each 75c; per 10, $6.50.

WILLOW, LAUREL- LEAVED — Rapid growing tree no-
table for shining, dark-green foliage. May be grown
as an individual specimen, or is useful for hedges or
screens when height is desired. Does well at the
seashore. Six to eight feet, each 50c; per 10, $4.00.
Eight to ten feet, each 75c; per 10, $6.50.

WILLOW, REGALS— A large tree, with short and thick
trunk, branches yellowish brown; leaves ashy gray,
and silky throughout, giving a white appearance to
the whole tree. Six to eight feet, each 75c; per 10,
$6.50. 8 to 10 feet, each $1.00; per 1 0„ $9.00.

Weeping Trees

BIRCH, CUT-LEAVED WEEPING— Of wonderful grace
and beauty. Tall, vigorous, with slender, drooping
branches; foliage colors brilliantly in fall, and its
bare white trunk and branches are very beautiful in
winter. Six to eight feet, each $2.50.

ELM, CAMPERDOWN — One of the most distinct and
picturesque of all of our weeping trees. Grows well
in most any climate, is of fine and notable habit, the
strong branches often sweeping out horizontally sev-
eral feet before they curve downward, making a broad,
handsome head. One year, six to seven feet, each
$3.50.

MULBERRY, TEAS’ WEEPING— The most graceful and
hardy weeping tree in existence. Forms a perfect
shaped head, with long, slender, willowy branches,
drooping to the ground. In light, airy gracefulness,
delicacy of form and n\otion, it is without a rival. It
has beautiful foliage, is hardy, safe and easy to trans-
plant. Admirably adapted for small or large grounds,
or cemetery planting. Seven feet, each $2.50.

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Clinging, Climbing, Twining Vines

That Keeps Out The Sun's Glare, But Let
In Plenty Of Fresh Air.

There is something about the sweeping and twisting of Vines about the porch, veranda and
the trellises about the house that appeals to everyone. The same is true of the tender Vine that
clings to the walls about the house and lawn fence and the rocks that sometimes try to cover their
ugliness from view. When you visit or leave a place, the vines you have seen stay longer on the
memory than the view of the house and ofttimes the people you have visited there. There’s beauty
in these Vines that twist and creep and cover ugly places. Who can describe the fragrance of the
Honeysuckles and Clematis, or the beauty of the Wistaria.

ARISTOLOCHIA

SIPHO — (Dutchman’s Pipe.) A magnificent hardy vine of
rapid growth, with very large heart-shaped leaves and
brownish flowers, resembling in shape a miniature pipe.
Splendid for archways or verandas, as it is a very
rapid grower and forms a dense shade. Each, 75 c.

AMPELOPSIS

For Covering Walls, Fences, Trees and Rocks.

A. VEITCHII — (Boston Ivy.) Beautifully hardy Japan-
ese species. One of the finest climbers for covering
walls as it clings firmly to the smoothest surface
covering it evenly with overlapping leaves which form
a perfect mass of foliage. The color is a fresh deep
green in summer, changing to bright shades of crimson
and yellow in autumn. Each, 50c.

A. ENGLEMANII — Excellent plant for covering trees,
rocky slopes, walls and decaying buildings. Shorter
joints and more rapid growth than the Quinquefolia.
Each, 45 c.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII AND CLEMATIS PANICULATA

A. QUINQUEFOLIA — (American Ivy.) The well known
native, with five-parted leaves that change to rich
scarlet in fall. Berries black-blue. Entirely hardy
anywhere; quick growing; usually requires some sup-
port on walls, although it climbs by means of tendrils
and clings to brick and stone surfaces. Each, 40c.
ENGLISH IVY — Its broad glossy dark leaves retain
their beauty all winter if planted on the northern side
of buildings, away from the sun. It is hardy here^
Each, 75c.

CLEMATIS

For Porch Decoration

Of all the vines used for either shade or decoration,
none can compare with the Clematis in its many and
various forms. As a climber for the veranda, a screen
for fences, for pillars, along garden walks, for training
on walls or arbors, in masses on rockwork, it has no
rival among the strong- growing blossoming plants. Their
delight is in rich soil and a sunny situation, and they
are perfectly hardy. They should be well mulched with
rotten manure in winter.

C. PANICULATA — No better vine for porch decoration
as it is a rampant grower, giving abundant shade. It
is literally covered with small star-like, white, sweet
scented flowers in August. A clean growing vine
that does not dirty up the porch. You’ll like it.
Each, 50c.

C. RAMONA — A strong, rampant grower and a true
perpetual bloomer, flowers appearing on last year’s
bloom all through the season. Color, deep, rich laven-
growth and on new shoots giving an abundance of
der. Each, $1.50.

C. HENRYI — Creamy white; large and of fine shape, a
free grower and bloomer. Each, $1.50.

C. JACKMANII — Large, intense violet flowers, very free.
One of the popular varieties. Each, $1.50.

HONEYSUCKLE

For Porches, Trellises and Steep Hill Slopes.

H. HALL’S JAPAN — The best growing Honeysuckle. Its
glossy green leaves persist all winter. Flowers white
and buff with entrancing fragrance, borne in profusion
in June and occasionally till frost. Fine plants, 40c
each.

CHINESE TWINING — Twists, twines and blooms every-
where. Each, 40c.

SCARLET TRUMPET — Red, fragrant bloom and winds
about the porch. Each, 45c.

MONTHLY FRAGRANT — A constant bloomer, fragrant
and free grower. Each, 50c.

WISTARIA

For Pergolas, Trellises and Porch Decoration.

W. PURPLE — A very desirable vine, of rapid growth
and a free bloomer. Flowers, pale blue. Each, 60c.
W. WHITE — Of same habit as above except that
the flowers are snow white. Each, 60c.

MATRIMONY VINE

Use anywhere that a heavy vine growth is desired.
Purple flowers and showy fruit. Sometimes used as
a shrub as it takes on a very formal growth if kept
pruned back. Each, 50c.

Dinsmore Landscape Service

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TROY. OHIO.

Gentlemen :

On the reverse side of this sheet, I have made a rough sketch of the
grounds I contemplate improving with plants and landscape treatment. I will be pleased
if you will make up a plan for me as per your catalog offer. I send herewith $2.00 in
currency for the plan you will make and ask you to send me coupon so I will be credited
for that amount on any order I may send you for ornamental Trees or Shrubs amounting
to $ 1 5.00 or more.

Name

City

R. F. D. or Street State

Every bit of information you give or suggestion you make will help us
greatly in the preparing of a plan that will meet every local condition and harmonize
with your personal tastes and desires. Kindly answer all of these questions in words or
on a sketch since they bear upon the completeness and success of your planting.

What kind of soil Is it well drained

Value of house $ Material Color -

Shall we locate walks (If so show all entrances to buildings)

Shall we locate driveway (If so show about where you want it and the purpose it is
to serve)

Do you want a perfectly natural or formal effect from your planting?

Do you wish hedges, (If so, where)

Do you wish a Rose bed or garden?

Do you want a Flower Garden?

How about an Arbor or Pergola?

How about the fruit, berry or vegetable garden?

Do you wish trees for Street or Avenue?

Have you planned to plant this season?

What amount have you planned to spend for Trees or Shrubs in this ornamentation of

your grounds?

Us« This Blank Space Below for Your Sketch From Which We Will Make Your Plan.

It is not necessary that the above sketch be drawn true to scale, but it should give and illustrate the principal
dimensions of house and lot; the direction the house faces, North, East, South, or West; and the location of en-
trances, windows in foundation, etc.; location of walks, drives, if any, trees or shrubbery, or other things already
established and not to be removed. Every entrance to lot or buildings, ugly scenes on neighboring properties, ter-
races, grades, etc., should be explained.

Evepr fact you give us will make us more helpful to you in solving your problem of planting the right amount
of the right thing, in the right place, and the right way.

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Pretty Progress Plants for the Yard

A house may be built by using hard and fast rules in placing together the component parts as
called for by the architect’s blue print. When the carpenters and masons have completed their work
we have a more or less complex structure called a house, which has received absolutely no personal or
sentimental touches whatsoever. Such a place will protect anyone from the storms of winter or the
hot sun of summer, but will anyone be satisfied with staying in it and not adding certain conveniences,
furniture, floor coverings and pictures? Not many.

By adding these personal touches we convert that house into a home. The home expands and
is a thing apart from the house, for it includes not only the house, but the outlying grounds as well

Now, should not the grounds receive the same attention to make them beautiful as the housf'
itself? The furniture, carpets and pictures for the grounds come in the form of flowers, shrubbery
and well kept lawns. Just as proper taste should be used in the selection and placing of adorn
ments for the interior of the home, so the same taste must be used in the selection and placing of
flowers and shrubbery, so that beauty and harmony will be the result. It matters not whether the
house is a simple cottage, or a magnificent structure, it still requires the personal touch to the out*
lying grounds to really convert that house into a home.

If you study our list of shrubbery closely you may easily select the shrub that will suit your
purpose exactly. You will find all growths, from dwarfs to high, different colors of bark, all shades
of every color in bloom. These will hide certain unsightly places and bring out at the same time a
wealth of beauty in themselves. Convert your house into a home.

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One of the most showy and beautiful of shrubs, and
especially desirable for hedges or flowering screen.
Tlie flowers are large and showy, ranging from white
to violet. Price, 18 to 24 inches, each 30c; per 10,
$2.50. Two to three feet, each* 40c; per 10, $3.50.
XXX Plants, 50c.

ALTHEiS^ AMPLISSIMA — Large, double flowers, deep

lilac-pink, carmine center.

ALTHEA, BOULE DE FEU — A variety producing showy
semi-double violet, red flowers.

ALTHEA, DUCHESSE DE BRABANT — Large, double

reddish lilac flowers.

ALTHEA, JEANNE D’ARC— Best of the white, double

Altheas. Are hardy and free- flowering.

ALTHEA, TOTUS ALBUS — Pure white, single flowers

of fine size and of great beauty.

AMORPHA, FRUTICOSA — (False Indigo.) Grows 8

to 1 0 feet in height, in large, spreading bush form,
with green leaves in pinnate arrangement. Its June
flbwers are of a deep violet blue. Two to three feet,
each 40c; per 10, $3.50. Three to four feet, each 45c;
per 10, $4.00. XXX plants, 60c.

ARALIA PENTAPHYLLA — Long, slender, graceful arch-
ing branches and bright green shining foliage. Ad-
mirably adapted for planting banks and slopes; also
for hedging. Greenish white flowers. Two to three
feet, each 3 5c; per 10, $3.00. Three to four feet, each
45c: per 10, $4.00. XXX plants, 60c.

BARBERRY, THUNBERGII — Well known as Japanese
Barberry, is of dwarf habit and much prized for
foundation planting where there is whole or partial
shade. Leaves color to a beautiful red in fall and
during winter the plant hangs full of bright red ber-
ries that make it most attractive. This is the only
variety of Barberry which the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture has found does not carry the
stock stem rust. The lighter sizes are listed under
hedge plants. 15 to 18 inches, each 35c; per 10, $3.00.
18 to 24 inches, 40c; per 10, $3.50. 2 to 214 feet,
each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants, 60c.

SUMMER LILAC — (Butterfly Bush.) Both names are
most suggestive. For from mid-summer until fall the
richly scented, lilac shaped, light bluish-pink flowers
simply cover the entire plant. The sweet nectar it
contains attracts the butterflies to it in great num-
bers. As many as 50 have been counted about one
plant in a single afternoon.

Single plants will often have 5 0 or more flower spikes
the first year. The second year after planting it con-
tinues blooming throughout the summer until frost
nips it. The flowers are produced on long, graceful
stems that terminate in tapering panicles of beautiful
lilac-colored flowers of minature size and borne by
the hundreds on flower heads frequently 1 0 inches
long.

While some class it as a shrub, it is really a herbaceous
plant and requires a little protection during the winter

ALTHEA

ALMONDS — One of the most profuse of the early bloom-
ers. Dwarf, bushy and compact. Is in full bloom
before the leaves are out in the early spring, at which
time it is completely covered with beautiful little
rose-like flowers that snuggle tightly to the twigs.
Double White and Double Pink. Two to three feet,
each 75c; per 10, $7.00; XXX plants, $1.00.

Plant Altheas for August and Septem-
ber Flowers

NOTE

XXX Shrubs are of special size, age and type
that particularly qualify them for the position that
they are to fill in the Landscape Design for which
they are intended. ^

SUMMER LILAC

A Planting Made up From the Shrubs on this Page Will Furnish Bloom for
Six Months, and the Bright Red Berries of the Barberry Will Cling
Until After Christmas.

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CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA— SWEET PEPPER BUSH

gated leaves stand out as a novelty among other
shrubs, and in winter the red branches add a touch
of color to the gray brown and green bark about it.
Two to three feet, each 60c; per 10, $5.50. Three to
four feet, each 65c; per 10, $6.00. XXX plants, 75c.

CORNUS SIBIRICA — Grows five to ten feet high and
hardy. It blooms in early summer, great clusters of
small white flowers, followed in the fall by light blue
berries. One of the strongest points in favor of this
altogether lovely shrub is the blood-red color of the
branches. This appearance of color in combination
with snow gives a beautiful effect during the months
when there is an absence of flowers. Two to three
feet, each 30c; per 10, $2.50. Three to four feet. 40c;
per 10, $3.50. XXX plants 50c.

CORNUS, SPAETHII AUREA — (Golden.) Leaves with

broad margins of golden yellow. Has a wide, spread-
ing habit of growth and regarded as the most beauti-
ful Cornus. Two to three feet, each 60c; per 10, $5.50.
XXX plants, 75c.

CORNUS STOLONIFERA — Rather dense growing form
•of Dogwood. Flowers large white, followed by pure
white berries. Red branches. Fine for backgrounds
and screens on account of its dense growth and heavy
foliage, and its bright colored branches. Two to
three feet, each 30c; per 10, $2.50. Three to four
feet, each 40c; per 1 (), $3.50. XXX plants, 50c.

THE DEUTZIAS

In making your selection of early summer hardy
flowering plants for foundation or border settings, do
not overlook the Deutzias. There is a graceful charm
about these Asiatic plants that is most winning and be-
sides they are most generous in their bloom which make
gorgeous vase bouquets.

DEUTZIA, CANDIDISSIMA — Upright growing dense

growth of clean foliage, dainty double bell-shaped

months. All it will need is a few forks full of leaves
or manure thrown about it and it will come through
in fine shape. The best location is in good, rich,
well-drained soil in a sunny situation. Strong 2 -year-
old plants, each 40c; per 10, $3.50. XXX plants, 50c.

CALYCANTHUS — One of the most desirable shrubs.
The wood is scented, the foliage rich, and flowers of
a rare chocolate color, having a peculiar, delightful
odor. The old-fashioned sweet-scented shrub of our
grandmother’s garden. Two to 3 feet, each 40c; per
10, $3.50. XXX plants, 60c.

CARAGANA ARBORESCENS — Shrub or low tree hav-
ing pea-shaped yellow flowers in May. Its compound
foliage resembles that of the Locust. Fine for back-
ing up lower growing plants. 18 to 24 inches, each
40c; per 10, $3.50. XXX plants, 60c.

CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS — (Button Bush.) A
tall growing native shrub, bearing yellowish-white
flowers on small round, button-like heads in July.
Thrives in moist shady places. 18 to 24 inches, each,
35c; per 10, $3.00. Two to three feet, each 40c; per
10, $3.50. XXX plants, 60c.

CLETHRA, ALNIFOLIA — (Sweet Pepper Bush.) A

pretty little shrub, delightfully fragrant in September
when covered with long, showy wands of white flowers.
It is valuable for the front of the border, as it grows
only three to four feet tall. 18 to 24 inches, each 40c;
per 10, $3.5 0. XXX plants, 60c.

COLUTEA ARBORESCENS — (Bladder Senna.) A large
shrub, with small, delicate foliage, and yellow, pea-
blossom shaped flowers in June, followed by reddish
pods or bladders. Two to three feet, each 35c; per
10, $3.00. XXX plants, 50c.

THE CORNUS OR DOGWOOD
FAMILY

Beautiful high growing plants that produce fine
foliage and pretty early summer flowers which are fol-
lowed by strikingly large, gaily painted berries in the
late summer. In winter their bright red branches are
most attractive, especially just after a snow storm.
They hav-e a place in every planting that requires high
growing shrubs.

CORNUS ELEGANTISSIMA — Leaves variegated silver and
green; branches purplish red. In summer the varie-

CORNUS SIBIRICA

NOTE

XXX Shrubs are of special size, age and type that
particularly qualifies them for the position they are
to fill in the landscape design for which they are
intended.

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flowers in thick wreaths in June. A special favorite
where high-growing flowering plants are desired. Two
to three feet, each 35c; per 10, $3.00. Three to four
feet, 45c; per 10, $4.00. XXX plants, 50c.

DEUTZIA CRENATA—A vigorous growing shapely
shrub,, producing showy white flowers tinged with pink.
Worthy of a prominent place in your planting; fine
for cut flowers. Two to three feet, each 35c; per 10,
$3.00. XXX plants, 50c.

DEUTZIA, GRACILIS — A species of charming habit
rarely growing over two feet high. Its slender, droop-
ing branches are wreathed with pure white flowers.
Fine for bordering high growing shrubs. 12 to 1-5
inches, each 40c; per 10, $3.50. 15 to 18 inches,

each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants 60c.

DEUTZIA LEMOINEI— Dwarf form. Snow white flowers
line its branches. One of the best, fine for planting
in front of high growing sorts. 18 to 24 inches, each
45c; per 10. $4.00. XXX plants 60c.

DEUTZIA, PRIDE OF ROCHESTER— A fine double flow-
ering shrub blooming abundantly early in June. Flow-
ers pink in bud and white when fully expanded. Plant
a thick upright grower. Two to three feet, each 35c;
per 10, $3.00. XXX plants, 50c.

DEUTZIA. WATERII — A neat, dense bush whose droop-
ing branches are wreathed with pink flowers in early
summer. Two to three feet, each 35c. XXX plants,
50c.

DEUTZIA, PRIDE OF ROCHESTER

efifective in massing. Two to three feet, each 35c;
per 10. $3.00. Three to four feet, each 40c; per 10,
$3.50. XXX plants, 50c.

ELDER. GOLDEN LEAF — Great favorite on account of
its golden foliage which, when planted with other high
growing shrubbery, forms a marked contrast. Flowers
white, in flat-topped cymes. Two to three feet, each
45c; per 10, $4.00. Three to four feet, each 50c; per
10, $4.50 XXX plants, 60c.

EUONYMUS ALATUS — (Winged Burning Bush.) Of
dwarf, compact habit; the leaves are small; wood
very corky; fruit bright red. A fine shrub for solitary
planting as well as for massing. The rich red of fol-
iage in autumn makes this shrub very attracctive.
Two to three feet, 60c; per 10, $5.00. Three to four
feet, 75c; per 10, $7.00. XXX plants, $1.00.
ELEAGNUS LONGPIPES — (Japan Oleaster.) A showy
shrub of a strong bushy growth, with silver variega-
tion in the lining of its leaves, which are dark green
above. Its fragrant, creamy blossoms open in April
or May; the scarlet, edible fruits hang thickly along
its branches and are ripe in July. They make delic-
ious sauces. Two to three feet, each 50c; per 10,
$4.50. XXX plants, 60c.

FRINGE. WHITE— (Chionanthus Virginica.) One of our
handsomest shrubs. Flowers in loose, graceful pani-
cles, white and fragrant. Leaves large, deep yellow
in fall. These are followed by small, blue, plum-like
fruits. Grows 1 0 feet high. Three to four feet, each
85c. XXX plants. $1.00.

THE FORSYTHIAS OR GOLDEN
BELLS

The earliest blooming shrub. Their bright yellow bell-
shaped flowers are borne in great profusion along the
slender branches and are in full bloom before the last
winter’s snow is over. They are the showiest of our
early spring hardy flowers. The foliage is a handsome
green and retains its fine color through-out the summer.
The Upright and Half Drooping forms are fine for plant-
ing in the shrub border and the Drooping form for
covering walls, fences and hill slopes.

UPRIGHT GOLDEN BELL — ■ ( Forsythia Fortune!. )
Handsome, and erect-growing; deep green foliage.

AMERICAN ELDERBERRY— A very attractive plant if
used as backgrounds for lower growing shrubs and
flowers. Being tall growing and of robust habit, the
Elder will quickly blot out views that are objection-
able. During the summer it blooms in great profusion,
which is followed by its fine fruit from which is made
fine jellies and the richest of pies. Two to three feet,
each 35c: per 10, $3.00. Three to four feet, each 40c;
per 10, $3.50. XXX plants, 50c.

ELDER, CUT-LEAF — (Sambucus . Laciniata.) Leaves of
this variety are fern-like in formation, which in con-
nection with its half drooping habits, makes it very

BRANCH OF EUONYMUS ALATUS— BURNING BUSH

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HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA

with a purplish tint in Autumn. It is among the first
to greet the Springtime with its shower of golden
yellow trumpet shaped flowers that appear in advance
of the leaves. Two to three feet, each 35c; per 10,
$3.00. Three to four feet, each 40c; per 10, $3.50.
XXX plants, 50c.

HALP DROOPING GOLDEN HELD— (Forsythia Inter-
media.) A very abundant bloomer, and hardy.
Glossy green foliage. Deep yellow flowers and frag-
rant, frequently blooms so early that we sometimes
see the bright yellow flowers when the snow is flying.
18 to 24 inches, each 30c; per 10, $2.50. Two to three
feet, each 35c; per 10, $3.00. Three to four feet, each
40c; per 10, $3.50. XXX plants. 50c.

DROOPING GOLDEN BELL— ( Forsy thia Viridissima.)
Its deep yellow bell shaped flowers completely hide
its graceful drooping branches in early April. Two
to three feet, each 35c; per 10, $3.00. Three to four
feet. 40c; per 10, $3.50. XXX plants 50c.

THE HYDRANGEAS

The Hydrangeas produce the largest flowers of any
of the shrubs. The two varieties plant very nicely to-
gether. The Arborescens Grandiflora bloom from June
until early August and the Paniculata Grandiflora flow-
ers from early August until frost. Such generous
bloomers deserve a prominent place in every planting.

HYDRANGEA, ARBORESCENS GRANDIFLORA— Called
“Snowball Hydrangea” and “Hills of Snow.” The
blooms are of the very largest size of pure snow-white
color. One of its most valuable characteristics, is its
coming into bloom just after the passing of all the
early spring shrubs while its long season of bloom,
from early June through August renders it doubly valu-
able to every owner of a garden; perfectly hardy. 18
to 24 inches, each 60c; per 10, $5.50. Two to 3
feet, each 75c; per 10, $6.50. XXX plants, $1.00.

HYDRANGEA, TREE FORM — Has the same beautiful
conical bloom as the Paniculata Grandiflora but
trained to grow as a tree rather than a bush. Makes
excellent backgrounds of color or fine for fixing the
outlines of drives. Three to four feet, each $1.25.
Four to five feet, $1.50. XXX plants, $2.00.

NOTE

XXX Shrubs are of special size, age and type that
particularly qualify them for the position they are to
fill in the landscape design for which they are intended.

HYDRANGEA, PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA — No

other shrub is more frequently met with on lawns
and in doorways, and it justly merits its popularity.
Of strong, spreading habit, with large, terminal pani-
cles of pure white flowers in August that change to a
pinkish hue in September. 18 to 24 inches, each 45c;
per 10, $’4.00. Two to three feet, each 55c; per 10,
$5.00. XXX plants, 75c.

FORSYTHIA FORTUN El— GOLDEN BELL

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THE CHARMING LILACS

PURPLE LILAC — Old fashioned sweet scented, purple
lilac of our childhood. Their fragrance should bless
every home and fasten the memory to the scenes we
knew as children. Two to three feet, each 45c; per
10, $4.00. Three to four feet, each 5 0c; per 10, $4.50.
XXX plants, 75 c.

WHITE LILAC — Similar to the Purple Lilac, except that
the flowers are white. Two to three feet, each 50c;
per 10, $4.50. Three to four feet, each 55c; per 10,
$5.00. XXX plants. 75c.

LILAC. ROTHOMAGENSIS — Rapid growing, with red-
dish purple flowers, borne in great clusters and very
abundantly. Two to three feet, each 50c; per 10,
$4.50. Three to four feet, each 60c; per 10, $5.50.
XXX plants, 75c.

FRENCH LILACS — The following French Lilacs bloom
the second week in May and are extremely large and
fragrant. They vary in color from the purest white
to the richest tones of purple. They ultimately reach
a height of six to eight feet. Prices of all varieties —
Two to three foot plants, each 80c; per 10, $7.50.
Three to four foot plants, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00.

LILAC. CHAS. X — Very dark purplish red. Single.

DR. BRETSCHNEIDERI — Large panicles of pretty pink
flowers.

LILAC, MAD. CASIMER PERIER— Double cream white
flowers, in large clusters.

LILAC. PRESIDENT GREW — Superb double flowers of
lovely blue. One of the finest.

LILAC, SENATEUR VOLLAND— Double rosy red.

PRUNUS PISSARDII — (Purple Leaved Plum.) A small
sized, elegant tree with rich purple leaves tipped bril-
liant red. Very desirable in lawn plantings for con-
trasting. By trimming it may be held within the
bounds of the hardy shrub border adding a touch of
color to the sober greens. Two to three feet, each 75c;
per 10, $6.50. Three to four feet, each $1.00; per 10,
$9.00. XXX plants, $1.25.

PRUNUS, TRILOBA— (Double Flowering Plum)— Charm-
ing tree-like shrub. Very early in spring before the
leaves appear the whole tree is decked in a fleecy
cloud of double light pink blossoms. Three to four
feet, each $1.25; per 10, $11.00. XXX plants, $1.50.

HONEYSUCKLE MORROWII

BUSH HONEYSUCKLES

Everybody loves the fragrant Honeysuckles. In
the bush forms are combined the early summer sweetly
scented flowers and the late summer, bright colored
berries.

HONEYSUCKLE, BELLA ALBIDA — ^Fine shrub growing
six to eight feet tall, with great clusters of fragrant
white flowers in spring and immense “ropes” of bright
red berries which cling to it all summer. One of the
loveliest of the Bush Honeysuckles and fine for lawn
decoration. Two to three feet, each 40c; per 10,
$3.5 0. Three to four feet, 45c; per 10, $4.00. XXX
plants, 60c.

HONEYSUCKLE, MORROWII — Fine species from Japan.
Grows four to six feet tall, and spreading. Its pure
white flowers are quite attractive, but it is valued
chiefly for the handsome red fruits which appear in
August and hang on throughout the fall months.
Two to three feet, each 40c; per 10, $3.50. Three to
four feet, each 45c; per 10. $4.00. XXX plants, 60c.
HONEYSUCKLE, RUPRECHTIANA — A new early
flowering variety with showy white flowers followed
by showy fruit in June. Two to three feet, each 45c;
per 10, $4.00. Three to four feet, each 5()c; per 10,
$4.5 0. XXX plants, 60c.

HONEYSUCKLE, TARTARIAN PINK — Erect grower,
whose pink flowers in late spring contrast beautifully
with its bright green foliage. In summer and autumn
its orange berries literally cover the plant. Two to
three feet, each 45c: per 10, $4.00. Three to four
feet, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants, 60c.
HONEYSUCKLE, TARTARIAN WHITE— Early flowers
are a delicate bluish white and wins favor and adds
great beauty to every spot it fills. Two to three
feet, each 45c; per 10, $4.00. Three to four feet,
each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants, 60c.

LILAC

NOTE

XXX Shrubs are of special size, age and type that
particularly qualify them for the position they are ijb
fill in the landscape design for which they are intended.

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RED SNOWBERRY

PHILADELPHUS (Mock Orange)

Sturdy growing, vigorous and healthy. Bearing

showy flowers resembling orange blossoms.

PHILADELPHUS, CORONARIUS — (Garland Syringa) —
Well known and highly esteemed shrub, pure white,
highly scented flowers, which blossom very early in
graceful sprays, and have a resemblance to orange
blossoms. Two to three feet, each 45c; per 10, $4.00.
Three to four feet, each SOc; per 10, $4.5 0. XXX
plants, 60c.

PHILADELPHUS, GRANDIFLORUS — Most vigorous of
the group, growing ten feet high. Its long, irregular
branches are clustered with large, slightly fragrant
flowers in June. Two to three feet, each 40c; per 10,
$3.50, Three to four feet, each 45c; per 10, $4.00.
XXX plants, 60c.

PHILADELPHUS, GOLDEN LEAF— Very pretty shrub
of medium size, with golden-yellow leaves, which retain
their color throughout the summer and autumn. Very
valuable in creating pleasing and striking contrasts
with other shrubs. 15 to 18 inches, each 70c; per 10,
$6.50. 18 to 24 inches, each 75c; per 10, $7.00. XXX

plants, $1.00.

PHILADELPHUS, GORDONIANUS — Grayish-brown bark,
produces large white flowers in late July. 18 to 24
inches, each 40c; per 10, $3.50. Two to three feet,
each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants, 60c.

PHILADELPHUS, LEMOINEI — Dwarf, compact habit,
flowers large and fine; semi-double, blooming in June;
very fragrant. 15 to 18 inches, 5 0c; per 10, $4.50.
18 to 24 inches, 60c; per 10, $5.50. XXX plants, 70c.

RHODOTYPOS, KERRIOIDES — An attractive shrub of
medium size from Japan. Foliage very rich, dark
green color. Single white flowers in late May followed
by black fruit. Two to three feet, each 50c; per 10,
$4.50. Three to four feet, each 60c; per 10, $5.50.
XXX plants, 75c.

RHUS COPALLINA — (Shining Sumac.) Beautiful foli-
age of lustrous green in summer and changing to rich
crimson in autumn. Produces heads of yellow flow-
ers in August. Very ornamental and used for plant-

PHILADELPHUS— MOCK ORANGE

ing in large masses. 18 to 24 inches, each 50c; per
10, $4.50. Two to three feet, each 60; per 10, $5.50.
XXX plants, 75 c.

RHUS, GLABRA — (Smooth Sumac.) — Grows to low tree
1 0 to 15 feet high with an open crown and compound
leaves. Flowers in July in panicles followed by crim-
son or brown fruit clusters which persist all winter.
Foliage colors beautifully in autumn. Four to five
feet, each 65c; per 10, $6.00. Five to six feet, 75c;
per 10, $7.00. XXX plants, $1.00.

RHUS, TYPHINA — (Staghorn Sumac.) May be trained
to either tree or bush form. Flowers in June and
July in dense terminal panicles followed by red fruit.
Four to five feet, each 75c; per 10, $7.00. Five to
six feet, each 85c; per 10, $8.00. XXX plants, $1.00.

SNOWBALL — That well-known plant of the old-fash-
ioned gardens which so often is the only blooming
shrub at Decoration Day time. Two to three feet,
each 50c; per 10, $4.50. Three to four feet, 60c; per
10, $5.50. XXX plants, 75c.

SNOWBALL, JAPAN — One of the finest of shrubs, mod-
erate in growth and compact in form. Foliage curi-
ously crinkled and large, globular flowers of purest
white produced all over the bush. 18 to 24 inches,
each 75c; per 10, $7.00. XXX plants, $1.00.

SNOWBERRY, RED — A graceful growing shrub, most
conspicuous in fall when its branches, clustered full of
bright red berries, droop to the ground beneath their
weight. Thrives in densely shaded situations. 1 8 to
24 inches, 35c; per 10, $3.00. Two to three feet, 40c;
per 10, $3.50; three to four feet, 45c; per 10, $4.00.
XXX plants, 5 0c.

SNOWBERRY, WHITE — Similar to Red Snowberry, hav-
ing small, pink flowers in June followed by milk white
berries that remain on far into the winter. Also does
well in shady places. 18 to 24 inches, each 45c; per
10, $4.00. Two to three feet, each 50c; per 10, $4.50.
XXX plants, 5 0c.

STEPHANANDRA FLEXUOSA — An attractive three-
foot shrub especially suitable for bordering other
shrubs, deep lobed foliage that colors to purplish red
in fall, panicled racemes of white flowers in June. 18
to 24 inches, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. Two to three
feet, each 60c; per 10, $5.50. XXX plants, 75c.

NOTE

XZZ Shrubs are of special size, age and typ^^that
pUHicularly qualify them for the position fhey^dre to
fill in the landscape design for which they are inte'ivded.

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Spireas

The Beautiful

Tlie Spirea family contains more attractive varieties
than any other form of shrub. They all bloom extrava-
gantly, which makes them decidedly striking and very
popular. A proper selection of them will give flowers
the entire season. They range in height from very dwarf
to tall; color of blossoms white and red. They will bloom
from April to August. We are cataloging only the
choicest varieties. The species are all very hardy, easily
grown, and will be found useful for specimens, groups,
screens, borders, ornamental hedges, etc. Not particular
as to soil.

TALL GROWING SORTS

SPIREA ANTHONY WATERER

SPIREA, VAN HOUTTEl— The grandest of all Spireas,
forming a graceful, pendulous bush six feet high and
is a fountain of pure white bloom in May and June.
Adds a distinct charm wherever planted. 18 to 24
inches, each 40c; per 10, $3.50. Two to three feet,
each 45c; per 10, $4.00. Three to four feet, each 55c;
per 10, $5.00. jalants, 65c.

SPIREA, REEVESIANA— Tall and graceful with dark,
bluish green, lance-like foliage, and large, pure white,
double flowers in May and June. 18 to 24 inches,
each 40c; per 10, $3.50. Two to three feet, each 50c;
per 10, $4.50. XXX plants, 60c.

Dwarf Form

SPIREA, ANTHONY WATERER— A fine dwarf variety,
bearing large clusters of rosy crimson flowers. If
the flowers are removed as they fade, the plant will
bloom continuously throughout the summer. There is
no better plant for bordering high growing shrubs. 15
to 18 inches, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. 18 to 24 inches,

each 60c; per 10, $5.50. Every garden should have
some of them. XXX plants, 65c.

SPIREA, BUMALDA — A spreading, low bush with dark
leaves brightened by corymbs of beautiful light pink
flowers in May and at intervals all summer. 15 to 18
inches, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. 18 to 24 inches, each

60c; per 10, $5.50. XXX plants 65c.

SPIREA, CALLOSA ALBA — A white flowering variety of
dwarf, bushy, symmetrical form. Fine for planting
along with Anthony Waterer or Bumalda in bordering
other plants. 15 to 18 inches, each 40c; per 10, $3.50.
18 to 24 inches, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants,
60c.

SPIREA, BILLIARDII — A dense upright shrub bearing long
spikes of rich pink flowers which stand high above
the foliage and bloom continuously from July
to October. Two to three feet, each 40c; per 10, $3.50.
Three to four feet, each 45c; per 10, $4.00. XXX
plants, 50c.

SPIRE.^ OPULIFOLIA — (Nine Bark.) The strongest
growing sort, attaining 8 to 10 feet. Growth up-
right, although the white, heavy flower umbels in
June make the branches droop; old flower heads
turn to dark red and make a striking variety of col-
ors at different stages of maturity. Two to three
feet, each 40c; per 10, $3.50. Three to four feet,
each 50c; per 10, $4.50. Four to five feet, each 60c;
per 10, $5.50 XXX plants, 70c.

SPIREA, OPUUFOLIA AUREA— (Gold Spirea.) Of sim-
ilar habit to above, with young foliage of bright
yellow, changing to golden-bronze in the fall. Two to
three feet, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. Three to four
feet, 60c; per 10, $5.50. XXX plants, 75c.

SPIREA, PRUNIFOLIA— (The Real Bridal Wreath.). It
is one of the earliest bloomers in the spring and every
one of its long, gracefully curved branches have their
whole length covered with small double white flowers.
Its leaves are beautifully shaped like those of the
plum, and while it will attain a great height if desired
it can be trimmed to a low head where that shape is
desired. Except the Peony, the Bridal Wreath is the
best known and most sought for plant in the United
States. Two to three feet, 60c; per 10. $5.50. XXX
plants, 75 c.

SPIREA THUNBERGII — Forms a dense, feathery bush.
Three to five feet high, the foliage in autumn chang-
ing to bright red and orange. Flowers pure white,
borne in feathery masses in early spring. 18 to 24
inches, 50c; per 10, $4.50. Two to three feet, each
60c; per 10, $5.50. XXX plants, 65c.

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The Viburnums

VIBURNUM, DENTATUM—( Arrow- wood.) Flat head-

ed, creamy-white flowers through May and June, and
■ its dark green,' heart shaped leaves that turn to pur-
ple and red as the season advances make the Denta-
tum one of the admired of the Snowball family. At
full development you have a shrub from 8 to 12 feet
in height that will last as long as the hills. 1 8 to
24 inches, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. Two to three
feet, each 60c; per 10, $5.50, XXX plants, 75c.

VIBURNUM, LANTANA—( Way- faring Tree.) Covers
itself with white flowers for all of May and June, while
its wrinkled and artistically twisted leaves and its
fruit colors ranging from lightest purple to deepest
black, enable it to provide a pleasing combination of
colors for each day of the whole summer. 18 to 24
inches, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. Two to three feet.
60c; per 10, $5.50. XXX plants, 75c.

VIBURNUM, OPULUS~(High Bush Cranberry.) A very
decorative native shrub, growing 8 to 10 feet high,
with white flowers, followed by beautiful, showy
clusters of bright red berries. Two to three feet,
each 60c; per 10, $5.50. Three to four feet, ecah 75c;
per 10, $7.00. XXX plants, 85c.

TAMARIX, AFRICANA — Tall growing shrub with feath
ery foliage like that of the Juniper. Small pink flow-
ers in May and June. Splendid for planting in damp
places. Three to four feet, each 50c;' per 10, $4.50.
Four to five feet, 60c; per 10, $5.50. XXX plants,
65 c.

THE WEIGELAS

WEIGELA, ABEL CARRIERE— Blossoms in May and
June with great quantities of rose carmine flowers
with yellow spot in the throat. Graceful growing. 18 to

WEIGELA— EVA RATHKE

24 inches, each 45c; per 10, $4.00. Two to three feet,
each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants 60c.

WEIGELA, AMABILIS — Vigorous and attractive, with
light pink flowers, freely borne on the spreading
branches. 18 to 24 inches, each 45c; per 10, $4.00.
Two to three feet, each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX
plants, 60c.

WEIGELA, DESBOISII — Rather erect grower producing
dark rose colored flowers in great profusion. 1 8 to
24 inches, each 45c; per 10, $4.00. Two to three feet,
each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants, 60c.

WEIGELA, EVA RATHKE— Upright grower. Flowers
of dark carmine-red. One of the most popular shrubs.
18 to 24 inches, each 60c; per 10, $5.50. Two to three
feet, each 75c; per 10, $7.00. Three to four feet,
each 85c; per 10, $8.00. XXX plants, $1.00.

WEIGELA, HENDERSONII— Beautiful spreading bush
with bright crimson flowers. Two to three feet, each
50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants, 60c.

WEIGELA, LUTEA — Small bright yellow flowers in termi-
nal racemes during mid-summer. Two to three feet,
each 50c; per 10, $4.50. XXX plants, 60c.

WEIGELA, ROSEA — The most popular of all the We-
igelias; a tall growing vigorous sort with deep pink
flowers in the greatest abundance in June, and more
sparsely at intervals throughout the summer. 1 8 to
24 inches, 45c; per 10, $4.00. Two to three feet, 50c;
per 10, $4.50. XXX plants, 60c.

WEIGELA, VARIEGATED LEAVES— Leaves margined
with creamy- white; flowers pink. Dwarf, much used
for contrastive purposes. 15 to 18 inches, each 50c;
per 10, $4.50. 18 to 24 inches, each 60c; per 10.

$5.50. XXX plants. 75c.

Be sure to figure in our exceptional discounts of-
fered for early ordering on page 1, in comparing our
prices with others.

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CALIFORNIA PRIVET

Hedges

A LIVING FENCE — One made of plants that are covered with bright green foliage, pretty flow-
ers or bright berries in winter, is so much more pleasing than the still rigid mechanical effect obtained
by the similar use of wood or metal and it will not rust out or rot down, but year after year increase
in beauty and value.

To successfully plant a hedge, dig a ditch 1 6 inches wide and the same depth. Fill it one-half
full of rich earth, then set the plants. Ailing in around them with the same rich soil. Tramp the dirt
as solid as you can get it.

All hedge plants of erect growth should be set in the trench in two rows six inches apart and
twelve inches apart in the row so that in looking through the row the plants just after setting will
appear zig-zag. This gives you a plant every six inches and assures a solid wall that can be moulded
into any desired shape with the shears. California and Amoor River Privet should be set in a
double row. All wide growing weeping plants like Barberry and Ibota Privet should be set in a
single row.

Before selecting your hedge study the chart on the next page, it will give you full information
about the different plants we recommend for hedges besides those that are described below.

Popular Plants for Living Fences

CALIFORNIA PRIVET — The most widely planted of all
hedge plants. It is a quick, strong grower, yet easy
to control with knife or shears. Very easy to grow in
any soil, doing well even in partial shade.

IBOTA PRIVET — A fine and hardy border shrub of spread-
ing habit, with curving branches and leaves of gray-
ish-green. Pure white flowers in June followed by
bluish-black seeds. Makes an excellent hedge.

BARBERRY THUNBERGII — Not only an invaluable
shrub where a low, compact hedge is wanted, but
fits in admirably with other shrubs in every planting.
Has handsome foliage of tiny bright green oval leaves
then turns the most brilliant shades of orange and red
in the fall. The slender, graceful branches are thickly
lined with scarlet berries throughout the early
winter.

AMOOR RIVER PRIVET — The Chinese variety, very
hardy, has dark green leaves which persist almost
through the winter. Where a stiff upright hedge is
wanted, nothing surpasses the Amoor. To add to its
attractiveness in foliage it bears erect panicles of
beautiful white flowers in June, followed by black
berries.

THUNBERG’S BARBERRY

A small amount of money invested in beautiful hedges will add more value to
a country or town home property, dollar for dollar, than any other similar in-
vestment, without exception.

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Progress Evergreens

Beautiful All the Year

For all around the year satisfaction, Evergreens fill the bill. Their many varied types sound a
pleasant note of contrast when planted among deciduous neighbors. Their amazing colors and chang-
ing shapes throughout the year are never ending sources of joy and pleasure. From the very day
they are planted they are most decorative and useful. Time only intensifies their beauty and piles
up their usefulness with compound interest.

Planted as screens or hedges they fill their office admirably three hundred and sixty-five days in
the year.

For shutting out objectionable features very pretty group effects can be produced that focus the
attention and create a definite interest; a bit of landscape is produced and the objectionable features
are completely lost sight of.

In foundation plantings they add beauty and distinct charm throughout the entire year. During
the summer season their many delightful tints of green, blues, and yellows create wonderful daily
changing effects which dim if not altogether obscure all other plantings. In winter there is a grandeur
about an Evergreen planting that is superb. On bleak, dark days, they lend their touch of color and
brighten up the entire home, reflecting happiness and sunshine into one*s very soul. On bright, clear,
cold days they whisper of springtime and of the many surprises nature is about to unfold.

If you are unable to decide what varieties are best suited for your planting send us a diagram

of your home, being sure to mark in any plants or trees that are already there, also make mention

of any objectionable views that should be screened and we will gladly put the best brains of our

Landscape Department at your disposal.

NOTE. Evergreen prices quoted are for plants not balled or burlapped. * If you want your

plants balled and burlapped add 1 0 cents on each foot in height to prices quoted.

THE ARBORVITAES

ARBORVITAE, AMERICAN— The ’ well known variety es-
pecially valuable for screens and hedges. Erect pyra-
midal habit with soft light green foliage. Grows nat-
urally to a tree but can be kept down to hedge size
by shearing. 18 to 24 inches, each 60c; per 10, $5.00.
Two to three feet, each 75c; per 10, $6.50. Three to
four feet, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00. Four to five feet,
each $1.50; per 10, $13.50. Five to six feet, each
$3.00; per 10, $25.00.

ARBORVITAE, ELEGANTISSIMA— A distinct form of
low, columnar habit. Tipped bright yellow in sum-
mer and chocolate brown in winter. Adds rich tone
and elegant touch to any plantings. 15 to 18 inches,
each $1.50. 18 to 24 inches, each $2.00.

ARBORVITAE, ELLWARGENIANA— A low, broad pyra-
mid with slender branches, clothed with short needled
and feathery foliage. Holds its fresh color through-
out the year. 12 to 15 inches, each 85c; per 10,
$7.50. 15 to 18 inches, each $1.00; per 10, $8.50.

18 to 24 inches, each $1.25; per 10, $10.00.

ARBORVITAE ERECTA— Forms a thick globe of at-
tractive green foliage. Good for foundation plantings
or dwarf hedging. 12 to 15 inches, each $1.00; per
10, $9.00. 15 to 18 inches, each $1.25; per 10, $11.00.

ARBORVITAE, ERICOIDES— A very pretty dwarf type
with very fine foliage which in summer is bright green
turning to bronze in winter, making it most conspicu-
ous. 10 to 12 inches, each 65c; per 10, $6.00 12 to

15 inches, each 85c; per 10, $7.50. 15 to 18 inches,

each $1.00; per 10, $8.50. 18 to 24 inches, each $1.25;

per 10, $10.00.

ARBORVITAE, GLOBOSA — Forms a dense low globe of
a handsome shade of green. Useful in low foundation
plantings, or bordering high growing evergreens and
unsurpassed where a low dense hedge is desired. 12
to 15 inches, each $1.25; per 10, $11.00. 15 to 18

inches, each $1.45; per 10, $13.50. 18 to 24 inches,

each $1.75; per 10, $15.00.

ARBORVITAE, HOVEY’S GOLDEN— Elliptical in form
and is very compact. Foliage, light green with golden
tinge. A very distinct, bright and pleasing shade; of
value in tuning up sober green in borders and founda-
tion plantings. 15 to 18 inches, each $1.50; per 10,
$13.50. 18 to 24 inches, each $2.00; per 10, $18.00.

ARBORVITAE LUTEA— (George Peabody.) Is tall-
growing of broad pyramidal form with clear, lasting
golden yellow foliage which in summer gilds the plant
all over and changes to delicate green in winter. Of
high value for contrasting in all plantings. 12 to 15
inches, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00. 15 to 18 inches,

each $1.35; per 10, $12.00. 18 to 24 inches, each $1.75;
per 10, $16.00.

EVERGREENS FOR LANDSCAPE WORK

Special quotations for special type evergreens and
on plants selected by the customer.

AMERICAN ARBOR-VITAE

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ARBORVITAE ORIENTAL — A slender pyramid with soft dark green foli-
age. A distinctive plant that lends its charm and beauty to any
planting. 18 to 24 inches, each $2.00; per 10, $18.00. Two to three
feet, $2.50; per 10, $22.50.

ARBORVITAE, PUMILA — A dwarf dense globe form with charming dark
green foliage. Fine for low foundation planting or for bordering high
growing plantings. 12 to 15 inches, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00. 15 to

18 inches, each $1.25; per 10, $11.00. 18 to 24 inches, each $1.75; per

10, $16.50.

ARBORVITAE, PYRAMIDALIS — A distinct columnar growth. Is very
densely branched with foliage of a glossy green shade. Valuable for
groupings, background, hedgings, planted as single specimens, or in
pairs; in fact at home in any planting, adding beauty and charm to any
situation. 18 to 24 inches, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00. Two to three
feet, each $1.65; per 10, $15.00. Three to four feet, each $2.50; per
10, $22.50. Four to five feet, each $3.50; per 10, $32.00.

ARBORVITAE, SIBERIAN — A very hardy variety with bluish green foli-
age. Of low stocky pyramidal growth, forming a broad, dense, bushy
effect. At home in all plantings, its rugged appearance adding a touch
all its own. 15 to 18 inches, ech $1.10; per 10, $10.00. 18 to 24

inches, each $1.40; per 10, $12.50.

ARBORVITAE, TOM THUMB — Small, compact with feathery foliage of
bluish-gray cast. A charming addition to any planting. 12 to 15
inches, each 85c; per 10, $7.50. 15 to 18 inches, each $1.00; per 10,

$8.50. 18 to 24 inches, each $1.25; per 10, $11.00.

ARBORVITAE, VERVAE-
NEANA — Dense type. The
branchlets are very
slender and willowy. Foli-
age variegated with
yellow in summer giving
the plant a light golden
tinge of green, changing to
a pretty mottled bronze in
winter. Equally fine for
house planting or hedges.
15 to 18 inches, each
$1.25; per 10, $11.00. 18

to 24 inches, each $1.75;
per 10, $16.50.

PYRAMIDAL ARBORVITAE

ARBORVITAE, WAREANA

— Of low pyramidal form,
stiff branches of dark
green foliage. Being a
slow grower it is very

valuable for foundation plantings or for plantings in front of high
growing varieties. 15 to 18 inches, each $1.10; per 10, $10.00. 18

to 24 inches, each $1.40; per 10, $12.50.

ARBORVITAE, WOODWARD — A very compact regular type. Hand-
some shade of deep green. Fine for bordering higher growing
plants or as individual specimens. 12 to 15 inches each $1.25; per
10, $11.00. 15 to 18 inches, each $1.45; per 10, $13.00.

Biota, or Chinese Arborvitae

BIOTA AUREA NANA — A perfect gem. Conical form, very dense and
compact. During spring and summer it presents the most cheerful
and bright yellowish -green imaginable which changes to deep green
during the winter. One of the finest of the dwarf type. 12 to 15
inches, each $2.50; per 10, $22.50.

BIOTA COMPACTA — Dense, pyramidal shape, of dwarf habit. Very
attractive dense green foliage. 12 to 15 inches, each $2.25; per
10, $20.00. 15 to 18 inches, each $2.50; per 10, $22.50.

EVERGREENS FOR LANDSCAPE WORK

Special quotations for special type evergreens and
plants selected by the customer.

ARBORVITAE — Balled and Burlapped.

EVERY SET OF FARM BUILDINGS IS ENTITLED
TO A WINDBREAK

Plant a double row of evergreens around the windward side of
the house, set them around the barnyard where they will keep the cold
winter winds away from the bam and stock, use them to keep strong
winds away from the orchard.

The evergreen is the only real windbreak because it holds its
foliage all the year. The American Arborvitae (prices on page 40)
and the Norway Spruce (page 43) are the two best trees for this
purpose. For best results plant in two rows ten feet apart, setting
the plants ten feet apart in the row with those in the back row break-
ing the centers of those in the front row.

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JUNIPER VIRGINIANA

THE JUNIPERS

Let us call your attention to the Junipers. Their
grayish-green and blue foliage blends beautifully
with the other classes of evergreens as well as with
hardy shrubbery. Each variety we list is distinctly
different. Plant some of them, they’ll please you.

JUNIPEI^ CANADENSIS — A prostrate growing variety
with light green foliage; fine for planting on banks
and terraces. 15 to 18 inches, each $2.00. 18 to 24
inches, each $2.50.

JUNIPER, ENGLISH — A neat, dense fastigiate tree with
dense foliage of grayish-green. Useful in formal
plantings. 18 to 24 inches, each $1.50; per 10,
$13.50. Two to three feet, each $l./5; per 10, $16.00.
TJiree to four feet, each $2.50; per 10, $22.50.

JUNIPER, IRISH — Columnar in habit and quite compact
in growth, foliage deep green, making a splendid pyra-
mid. 15 to 18 inches, each 75c; per 10, $6.50. 18 to

24 inches, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00. Two to three
feet, each $1.5 0; per 10, $13.50.

JUNIPER, PFITZERIANA — Of upright spreading growth,
grayish- green foliage. One of the hardiest varieties.
Thrives anywhere. Two to three feet, $4.00.

JUNIPER, SABINA — A thickly branched low spreading
tree. Its nature of growth adapts it particularly as
a connecting link between the grass and taller ever-
greens in a rnixed border. 12 to 15 inches, each $1.50;
per 10, $13.50. 15 to 18 inches, each $2.00; per 10,

$18.00. 18 to 24 inches, each $2.50; per 10, $22.50.

JUNIPER, STRICT A — A beautiful, compact growing va-
riety with tapering outline which retains its color
throughout the winter. 15 to 18 inches, each $2.50;
per 10, $22.50.

JUNIPER, SWEDISH — A dwarf variety of symmetrical
habit with bright green foliage which retains its color
throughout the winter. 15 to 18 inches,, each $1.00;
per 10, $9.00. 18 to 24 inches, each $1.50; per 10,

$13.50. Two to three feet, $2.00; per 10, $18.00.

JUNIPER, TAMARISCIFOLIA— A creeping form with
soft needles borne in threes of a bright green, each
with a white line on top, giving the plant a very dainty
appearance. Fine for edging. 15 to 18 inches, each
$2.50; per 10, $22.50. 18 to 24 inches, each $3.00;

per 10, $27.00.

JUNIPER, VIRGINIANA— Is of medium and compact
growth, foliage in summer is bright green, in winter
a bronzy hue is assumed. 1 8 to 24 inches, each $1.00;
per 10, $9.50. Two to three feet, each $1.50; per 10,

$13.50. Three to four feet, each $2.25; per 10, $20.

EVERGREENS FOR LANDSCAPE WORK

Special quotations for special type evergreens and
on plants selected by the customer.

A GROUP PLANTING OF EVERGREENS

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PINES

AUSTRIAN PINE — One of the best for border or mass
planting, or as a shelter or screen. Its glossy, dark
green needles and rugged branches will stand the
smoke of cities. Two to three feet, each $1.75.
Three to four feet, each $2.50.

MUGHO PINE — Especially valued for rock gardens,
foundation plantings and wherever a dwarf Evergreen
of good color is wanted. A popular sort of long life,
which is also useful in producing immediate effects.
It grows in a low mound-like form, and is very hardy.
12 to 15 inches, each $3.00. 15 to 18 inches, each
$3.50.

SCOTCH PINE — Like the Austrian, its quick, strong
growth makes it valuable for protective screens; very
hardy. Two to three feet, each $2.00. Three to four
feet, each $2.50.

WHITE PINE — This is the grand old Pine that we all
know so well — standing staunchly against wind and
weather to a good old age. Tlie needles are of a soft
bluish- green, and at maturity it adds a beauty and
dignity to the landscape that no other tree can give.
Two to three feet, each $2.00. Three to four feet,
each $2.50.

MUGHO PINE

SPRUCE

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE — Very symmetrical growing
a light bluish green foliage of needle like formation.
Fine for planting as single specimen or along with
other evergreens as a color livener. Three to four
feet, $5.00.

DOUGLAS SPRUCE — From the mountains of Colorado.
A rapid grower; foliage somewhat resembles Hemlock,
leaves are light green above; glaucous below. Coni-
cal form, branches spreading, light and graceful. Two
to three feet, each $3.00. Three to four feet, each $4.00.

HEMLOCK SPRUCE — An elegant pyramidal tree with
drooping branches and delicate, dark foliage. It is a
beautiful lawn tree and its boughs are largely used for

Christmas decorating. It shears readily and if al-
lowed liberal height, makes a splendid formal hedge.
Two to three feet, each $3.50. Three to four feet,
each $5.00.

NORWAY SPRUCE — Perhaps the best known of the
Spruces — is hardy, it grows rapidly, and adapts itself
to almost any soil. Makes a fine specimen tree, is
good for screens and windbreaks, and as a sheared
hedge becomes absolutely impenetrable. 18 to 24
inches, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00. Two to three feet,
each $1.50; per 10, $13.50. Three to four feet, each
$2.00; per 10, $18.00.

Special quotations on special type evergreens and
on plants selected by customer.

WHITE PINE

NORWAY SPRUCE

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RETINISPORA FILIFERA

THE RETINISPORAS

Very neat growing plants, particularly well suited for
color contrasts, grouping, formal effects and window
boxes. Their many changing colors are very inter-
esting to watch throughout the year. Can be trimmed
to any desired form.

RETINISPORA PISIFERA AUREA — Of exactly the

same type as above except that it has golden tipped
foliage. 18 to 24 inches, each $2.00; per 10, $18.00.
Two to three feet, each $2.50; per 10, $22.50.

RETINISPORA PISIFERA— A beautiful plant with light
green, feathery foliage; branches somewhat pendu-
lous at the ends. Produces a softening effect when
planted along with the stiffer growing varieties. 18
to 24 inches, each $2.00; per 10, $18.00. Two to
three feet, each $2.50; per 10, $22.50.

RETINISPORA FILIFERA — A plant of very graceful
long thread-like branches. Very pendulous. Foliage
light green. Its charming habit makes it a favorite
wherever it is planted. 15 to 18 inches, each $2.00;
per 10, $18.00. 18 to 24 inches, each $2.50; per 10,

$22.50.

RETINISPORA PLUMOSA — A Japanese variety of soft
plume-like, feathery foliage of light green. Very
graceful in habit of growth. Stands shearing to any

desired form. 15 to 18 inches, each $1.25; per 10,
$11.00. 18 to 24 inches, each $2.00; per 10, $18.00.

Two to three feet, each $2.50; per 10, $22.50. Three
to four feet, each $3.50; per 10, $31.50. Four to five
feet, each $5.00; per 10, $45.00.

RETINISPORA PLUMOSA AUREA— Of exactly same
type as above but having rich golden yellow tipped
foliage. Fine for contrast work. 15 to 18 inches,
each $1.25; per 10, $11.00. 18 to 24 inches, each

$2.00; per 10, $18.00. Two to three feet, each $2.50;
per 10, $22.50. Three to four feet, each $3.50; per
10, $31.00.

BOXWOOD FOR PORCH BOXES

We have some extra select plants in both Bush

and Pyramid shape.

Prices:

12 to 15 inch Bush shape, each $3.50

2 -foot Pyramid shape, each 5.00

Other Suggestions

Arbor-Vitae Pyramidalis, Arbor-Vitae Woodward
and Retinispora Plumosa also make fine plants for
porch boxes. (See descriptions on this and preced-
ing page.)

Little Evergreen Pot Plants

These little evergreens grown in 2 -inch pots are 5 to 10 inches high, nice little plants that
will grow. They are perfectly hardy. Just plant them in your yard. They cost you nothing in
comparison with the larger field grown sorts.

There is a wonderful opportunity in each line of this offei- and will hold good till this allotment
of our small Evergreens is completely sold out. To avail yourself of this chance, it will be well for
you to order a few of them when ordering other goods.

PLUME-LIKE FOLIAGE

Each Per 10

Arborvitae, Ellwangeriana, 5 to 7 inches.. $ .35 $3.00

Retinispora, Plumosa, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.66

Retinispora, Plumosa, Aurea, 5 to 7 in 35 3.60

Retinispora, Pisifera, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.06

Retinispora, Squarrosa, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.00

DWARF BALL SHAPE

Arborvitae, Erecta, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.00

Arborvitae, Ericoides, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.00

Arborvitae, Globosa, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.66

Arborvitae, Hoveyi, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.00

Arborvitae, Pumila, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.00

Arborvitae, Thumb TTiumb, 5 to 7 inches... .35 3.66

JUNIPERS

Each Per 10

Juniper, Irish, 5 to 7 inches $ .30 $2.50

Juniper, Pfitzeriana, 5 to 7 inches 40 3.50

Juniper, Stricta, 5 to 7 inches 40 3.50

Juniper. Sabina, 5 to 7 inches 45 4.00

Taxus Cuspidata, 4 to 6 inches 50 4.50

PYRAMIDAL SHAPE

Arborvitae, American, 5 to 7 inches 30 2.50

Arborvitae, Lutea, 5 to 7 inches 40 3.56

Arborvitae, Pyramidalis, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.60

Arborvitae, Siberian, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.66

Arborvitae, Vervaeneana, 5 to 7 inches 35 3.66

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Gladioli

Gladioli are without a peer among the garden
beauties. As a cut flower they are far superior
to any other summer bloomer. If cut when the
first bud begins to unfold they will last many days,
until the very tip buds are open.

They are appropriate for any of the various
uses for which cut flowers are employed, as they
may be had in all colors from the most delicate and
dainty shades to the boldest, most gloriously
gorgeous imaginable.

They are of the easiest culture. Plant 3 to 5
inches deep in any good garden soil, keep the sur-
face of the soil loose and free from weeds, /ind suc-
cess is assured.

From more than 100 varieties we have tried out
we select the following list, any of which are sure
to please.

BARON JOSEPH HULOT— Deep indigo blue, 2^ inch
flowers well placed. Spike tall. The best blue. Great
big bulbs, each lOc; per 10, 80c. $6.00 per 100.

Medium sized bulbs, each 8c; per 10, 65c. $5.00 per

100.

EMPRESS OF INDIA — Rich dark, velvety crimson. Two
lower petals with white line on mid-rib. Flowers 3%
inches in diameter, well placed. Many out at a time.
Early. Great big bulbs, each lOc; per 10, 80c. $6.00

per 100. Medium sized bulbs, each 8c; per 10, 65c.
$5.00 per 100.

FAUST — Wine red. Immense flowers on tall spike. Each
10c; per 10, 65c. $6.00 per 100. Medium sized bulbs,

each 8c; per 10, 65c. $5.00 per 100.

INDEPENDENCE — Rich coral pink with darker blotch in
throat. Orchid type, 3 inch flower. An excellent
flower of fresh and beautiful color. Great big bulbs.
Each 8c; per 10, 65c. $5.00 per 100. Medium sized

bulbs, each 6c; per 10, 50c. $4.00 per 100.

LILY LEHMAN — White, touched sometimes with faint-
est rose. Lilly type. Petals slightly ruffled, 4 inches.
Early. One of the best whites. Great big bulbs, each
15c; per 10, $1.20. $10.00 per 100. Medium sized

bulbs, each 12c; per 10, $1.00. $8.00 per 100.

MRS. FRANCIS KING — Lincoln red. Small blotches

of deeper red in throat, 4 inches. One of the old
standbys that has held its own while many newer
ones have come and gone. Great big bulbs, each 8c;
per 10, 65c. $5.00 per 100. Medium sized bulbs,

each 6c; per 10, 50c. $4.00 per 100.

MRS. FRANK PENDLETON. A showy variety, winner
of many awards. Rose pink on a white ground, with
blood red blotches on lower petals. 4^4 inches. Great
big bulbs, each 15c; per 10, $1.20. $10.00 per 100.

Medium sized bulbs, each 12c; per 10, $1.00. $8.00

per 100.

NIAGARA — Beautiful primrose or cream yellow, faintly
tinted with lilac- rose in throat. Large open flowers
on a strong spike. One of the indispensables as a cut
flower, and equally valuable in the garden, as it stands
the hot sun well. Great big bulbs, each 10c; per 10,
80c. $6.00 per 100. Medium sized bulbs, each 8c;

per 10, 65c. $5.00 per 100.

PINK BEAUTY — Rosy pink with darker blotch. Flowers
open 2*y4 inches, good spike. Very early. Great big
bulbs, each 8c; per 10, 65c. $5.00 per 100. Medium

sized bulbs, each 6c; per 10, 50c. $4.00 per 100.

PRINCEPS — Rich scarlet with conspicuous white blotch.
Very large and showy. Stands heat and drought well.
Late. Great big bulbs, each 12c; per 10, $1.00. $8.00

per 100. Medium sized bulbs, each 10c; per 10, 80c.

GLADIOLUS IN VARIETY

PANAMA — Hermosa pink. Wide open, wax like flowers,
well placed. Probably the best of the clear pinks.
Great big bulbs, each 10c; per 10, 80c. $6.00 per 100.

Medium sized bulbs, each 8c; per 10, 65c. $5.00 per

100.

PEACE — Pure white with lilac pencilings in throat. Im-
mense spike of large flowers. Late. Great big bulbs,
each 12c; per 10, $1.00. $8.00 per 100. Medium

sized bulbs, each 10c; per 10, 80c. $6.00 per 100.

PRIMULINUS — This is a class of gladiolus having
smaller flowers on long slender graceful spikes. In
color they come in soft delicate shades of yellow and
orange. In mixtures only. Great big bulbs, per 1 0,
80c; $6.00 per 100. Medium sized bulbs, per 10

60c; $4.00 per 100.

WILBRINK — Flesh pink with cream blotch, daintily
striped with deeper pink on lower petals. One of the
largest and most beautiful of the very earlies. It is
one of the newer varieties, but its delicate color and
extreme earliness have won high favor wherever grown.
Great big bulbs, each 15c; $1.20 per 10. $10.00 per

100.

DINSMORE’S MIXTURES — There is a certain delight in
a bed of mixed gladoli, as one never knows what
to expect, and there are almost daily surprises
throughout the season. Our mixture is not a blend,
but is composed of small lots from our trial grounds,
left overs of which there was not a sufficient quantity
to keep separate, and strays rogued from our fields.
An excellent mixture. Great big bulbs, per 10, 70c;

$5.00 per 100. Medium sized bulbs, per 10, 60c; $4.00
per 100.

Discounts and Early Ordering

These save money and time for you as well as ourselves. With the time saved we reserve
the goods and complete plans for early and seasonable shipment. With the money saved you
can have your soil ready for planting when the proper time comes. Both of us can be ready
and going forward instead of leaning back and being late. See terms on Page 1.

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Old Fashioned Garden Flowers

That Brighten Your Garden and Home

The old time garden flowers are becoming more popular every year and have been enriched with
many improved varieties and species. We have adied new and choice plants to our collection this
year, so that our stock may comprise a large variety.

A well arranged selection of our hardy plants will produce a continuous succession of blooms,
so that your garden can be kept bright throughout the entire growing season. Not only is their
bloom very pleasing for lawn decoration, but they can be used as well for cut flowers, a combination
required of flowering plants.

The hardy plants have an advantage of great permanency, as they withstand the most severe
climate, and after being once planted in good soil will only require occasional cultivation and ferti-
lizing. Fertilize them by placing well rotted manure on the ’soil about the plant and hoe in.

Plant them in beds, borders or clumps, with shrubbery planting. The tail growing varieties may
be effectually planted in the shrubberies, their flowers contrasting with the shrubs or evergreens as a
background; the lower sorts may be used in border plantings, thus blending nicely the edge of shrub-
bery and lawn.

ANCHUSA ITALICA— Four feet. May to July. Flowers
a lovely gentian blue, almost completely covering
stem.

ACHILLEA, THE PEARL— 1% feet. Pure white double
flowers all summer. Valuable for cut flowers.

AQUILEGIA— (Columbine.) The old garden favorite.
Pink, golden yellow, blue and white, red and yellow,
and pure white. Blooms in May and June.

CAMPANULA CALYCANTHEMA — Two feet. June to
August, Cup and Saucer Canterbury bells. White,
rose and blue.

HARDY Garden chrysanthemums— Every garden

should have them. We can supply them in Reds,
whites and yellows.

COREOPSIS GRANDIFLORA— 21/2 feet. May to Sep-
tember. A solid mass of golden yellow flowers borne
on long stems.

DIANTHUS — CARNATION

DAISY, KING EDWARD VII. — A new European introduc-
tion with immense flowers.

DAISY, SHASTA “ALASKA.” — Two feet. An improved

form with very large, perfectly formed white flowers.
July to September.

DELPHINIUM BELLADONNA— Two feet. June to Sep-
tember. Flowers of delicate turquoise blue borne
on long spikes.

DELPHINIUM CHINENSIS— iy2 feet to two feet. Extra
numerous flowers varying in color from blue to white.
DELPHINIUM FORMOSUM— Four feet. June to Aug-
ust. A splendid plant with dark blue flowers.
DELPHINIUM GOLD MEDAL — Fine mixed strain cover-
ing a wide range of blues.

DIANTHUS — Double mixed, 20 inches. May and June.

One of the oldest garden flowers, blooming very freely.
DIANTHUS PLUMARIUS SEMPERFLORENS— 1 5 inches.
May to July. The dwarf border pinks of the old time
garden; strongly clove scented.

ANY PLANT ON THIS PAGE
15c Each; Per 10, $1.25

Heavy plants for Formal Flower Gardens 25c each.

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hollyhcx:ks

DIGITALIS — 2% feet. June and July. An old favorite
displaying thimble shaped flowers on immense spikes,
i Purple, white and rose in color.

! DIGITALIS — LANATA — Two to three feet. Flowers gray-

I ish or creamy yellow.

! FUNKIA CAERULEA — 2% feet. July. Dwarf growing,
j with rich dark green, graceful half-drooping foliage,

j Pale lilac flowers supported on medium spikes.

I FUNKIA THUNBERGII — Three feet. July and August.

Has long slender grass-like foliage and funnel-shaped
yellow flowers. Sweet scented.

FUNKIA VARIEGATED — ^Two feet. June and July. Has
dark green foliage variegated and striped with cream
white. Flowers light lilac.

GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA — 2% feet. June to Sep-
tember A showy plant with dense tufts of droop-
ing leaves, producing gorgeous crimson and gold
blooms.

GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA COMP ACT A — Dwarf va-
riety with large showy flowers.

GEUM, MRS. BRADSHAW — 18 inches. May to July.
Handsome new variety, bearing immense double flow-
ers of bright scarlet. Perpetual bloomers.

GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA — (Baby’s Breath.) Good for
cutting as well as for borders. Flowers are minute
but myriad, pure white, produced in immense fluflFy
panicles.

GOLDEN GLOW — Grows five to six feet high and blooms
from early summer until late frost. Flowers resemble
golden-yellow cactus dahlias.

HEUOPSIS PITCHERIANA— Four feet. Flowers deep
golden yellow. Desirable variety, blooming nearly all
summer.

HELIOPSIS SCABIA — Two feet. A double flowering form
producing golden yellow flowers all summer.

HIBISCUS — Giant Mallow Marvels. Five feet. July to
September. One of the most striking of the mammoth
flowered strains. Red flowers, each 25c; per 10, $2.00.
Pink and white, each 15c; per 10, $1.35.

HOLLYHOCKS — Six to eight feet. July to September.
Straight towering spikes; a mass of bright flowers
Double maroon, single pink, single salmon, rose, double
red, single white, double white, double yellow.

HOLLYHOCKS, NEWPORT PINK— Six to eight feet.
August and September. An exquisite shade of pink.

HIBISCUS

LINUM PERENNE — One to two feet. June to August.
Has delicate foliage and bright blue flowers.

LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA — Two to three feet. June
to August. An old and valued plant with terminal
heads of orange-scarlet flowers.

PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORA — Two feet. July and
August. Large handsome spikes of violet-blue, cup-
shaped flowers

PLATYCODON JAPONICUM— Strong grower and flow-
ers in profusion. Flowers have appearance of ten-
pointed star.

POLEMONIUM — Two feet. June and July. Deep blue
flowers in erect spikes.

POPPIES ICELAND — Tbese bloom with extravagance in
early summer and throughout the season to a lesser
degree. Their two-inch saucer shaped flowers are
borne on slender stems making a vivid garden show as
well as being fine for cut flowers. Are good border
plants as they are of dwarf habit. We have them in
Red, White and Yellow.

POPPIES ORIENTAL — Produce immense flaming orange-
scarlet flowers in early summer. One of our showiest
flowers.

PYRETHRUM — Double mixed. May and June. Flowers
bright and borne on long stems. Invaluable for cut
flowers.

RUDBECKIA NEWMANII— Three feet. Deep orange-
yellow flowers, with maroon cone. Blooms all summer.

GARDEN SAGE — Attractive gray-green wrinkled foliage
and spikes of pale blue flowers, but mainly cultivated
for culinary flavor and medical virtues of its leaves.

SALVIA AZUREA GRANDIFLORA— Three feet. August
and September. Slender spikes of sky blue flowers
in great abundance.

SALVIA FARINACEA — Two to three feet. Showy spikes
of purple leaves shading to light blue.

STATICE LATIFOLIA — Small fragrant blue flowers in
large loose spreading heads borne profusely on stems
which rise above the foliage to a height of one to two
feet. Cut flowers can be kept for months.

STOKESIA — 18 inches. July to October. Flowers rich
blue and very large. Generous flowering.

ANY PLANT EXCEPT HIBISCUS ON THIS PAGE
15c EACH, $1^5 PER 10

Heavy plants for Formal Flower Gardens 25c eacb.

48

THE PROCJIESS NURSERIES, TROY. OHIO

PHLOX

IRIS

Vigorous and hardy, the Iris may be called an ideal
plant from that standpoint. There is no plant better
adapted to all sections of the country, and none so
sure to furnish each year a vari-colored mass of deli-
cate and fairly-like beauty.

In planting Iris, care should be taken not to bury the
thick root stock, from which the true roots descend,
too deeply. Merely place it firmly in the soil, partially
exposed if of good size. The planting site must not
be so low that the water will stand upon them during
the winter. Plant in August and September and they
will bloom the following April and May immediately
following the Tulips and Hyacinths.

Their care after planting is simple. The chief treatment
needed is liming the soil by sprinkling hydrated lime
around the plants until the ground is white. Never
use fresh manure.

We are not offering an extravagant list of varieties, but
those that we do offer are distinct one from the other
in color, ranging from white to deep purple. Prices
each 12c; per 10, $1.00; per 100, $8.00.

NOTE. — In our description, “stands” signifies the erect
petals of the flower, and “falls” the drooping petals.

VARIETIES

CELESTE — Stands lavender; falls deeper lavender. A
free bloomer and the largest of our collection.

FLORENTINE — Soft shade of grayish-white. Very free
and early bloomer.

MADAM CHEREAU — Stands and falls pure white, with
• a light penciling of azure blue around the edge of each
petal. This is an exquisite bloom and never fails to
command the highest admiration.

NEGLECT A — Stands, pale lavender; falls, light brown,
edged with deep purple. A beautiful specimen.

PALLIDA DALMATICA — Both stands and falls an ex-
quisite shade of delicate lavender; sweet scented and
blooms freely on stately spikes three to four feet high.

PARISIENSIS — Stands a beautiful light blue. Falls,
deep blue. Early bloomer and extra large.

ANY PLANT ON THIS PAGE EXCEPT IRIS
15c EACH, $1.25 PER 10

Heavy plants for formal Gardens 25 cents each.

PHLOX

Of the hardy plants none are more easily grown than
Phlox, and they deserve ample consideration when
planting for your garden. They will serve you well by
filling in, as they do, the gap between the early sum-
mer and fall blooming plants. The colors vary from
white to deep crimson, and they will maintain a bril-
liant display of color during July and August.

ALBION — Pure white, faint aniline red eye.

BACCHANTE — Tyrian rose with crimson- carmine eye.

CHAMPS ELYSEES — Fine purple-crimson.

CREPUSCULE — Shading from a deep crimson center
through rose-lilac to a white edge.

EUROPA — White with crimson eye.

JEANNE d’ARC — Pure white.

MRS. JENKINS — Large pure white.

LA VAGUE — Clear silvery-rose.

MISS LINGARD — Free flowering, white with faint lilac
eye. Extra early. From May throughout season.
RYNSTROM— Rose-pink.

R. P. STRUTHERS — Brilliant salmon-rose.

SUNSET — Dark rosy pink.

VON LASSBURG — Pure white, very large flowers.

“HAPPY HOME”
Phlox Collection

5 ALBION 5 CHAMPS ELYSEES

5 EUROPA S R. P. STRUTHERS

20 Plants for $2.19

Mail Size Ornamental Stock

Mail Size Shrubs

]

The shrubs that we list in the pages immediately following this statement have been
especially selected and given special treatment at the time of their digging for the con-
venience and success of the Customer.

We have taken this class of plants because they are evenly balanced with root sys-
tems that correspond to their little tops and where we have been able to get all of the
roots up with the plants so that the customer would run absolutely no risk in the setting
of these plants. These plants while small at time of transplanting are to be set the same
distance apart and given the same arrangement in the beds or groups in the landscape
planting, that would be given to plants of a larger size.

These little plants will prove a success to the ordinary planter and ‘ because of the
size and price that we have attached to them, will make the planting much more econom-
ical than has heretofore been possible where the large sized plants have been insisted up-
on. It has been proven that plants of small stature, where their root system is complete
like these, will acclimate themselves to a changed environment and take on the ability to
withstand the danger of the transplanting, very much as young children are more able to
conform themselves to new locations and atmospheric environments than are people who
are middle aged or advanced in years.

That we may assist you in the ornamentation of your home grounds with these
marvelously successful little plants, you only have to describe the character and con-
dition of your lawn and we will make up a list of them for you, which we assure you will
be a wonderful addition to your property and ornament every spot upon which these little
plants stand.

Price— Any plant on this page 13 cents each

ARALIA PENTAPHYLLA — This is an improved

, Japanese shrub of luxuriant growth, lustrous
foliage, and prickly branches. It is adapted
exceptionally well for hedgings and screens in
shady places and under adverse city conditions
such as close proximity to factories, etc. Well
branched and 12 to 16 inches high.

BARBERRY THUNBERGII— Did you see that gor-
geous mass of red, bronze and gold planted in
your neighbor’s lawn or by his veranda last
fall or later did you see those bushes loaded
with hundreds of wax-like berries? That was
the Japanese Barberry. It makes a wonderfully
attractive and effective hedge too. We have
them for this offer 8 to 1 2 inches high.

CORNUS STOLONIFERA— This is a fine plant to
place in the border planting for screen pur-
poses, for it is not only conspicuous in winter
with its bright red berries, but it is of spread-
ing habit and well foliaged. The flowers are
mighty pretty too, Bushy 10 to 15 inch stock.

CORNUS SIBIRICA — Another Dogwood conspicu-
ous on account of its coral red bark, fine bloom
in June, and then in the fall, those large branches
of glistening white berries. Heavy 12 to 16
inch plants.

DEUTZIA CANDIDISSIMA — The flowers are double
and pure white in erect panicles so perfect in
shape that frequently they are used for cut
flowers. Extra stocky 10 to 15 inch plants.

DEUTZIA CRENATA — This species produces sing-
le pinkish-white flowers that completely cover
the plant in June. These 12 to 15 inch plants
will make a fine growth quick.

DEUTZIA, PRIDE OF ROCHESTER— This is
something that will quickly screen those un-
sightly views, and besides has large showy white
flowers, -the petals tinged on the under side with
rose. Plants 12 to 15 inches.

DEUTZIA WATERII — Something different. The
large pink flat flowers are formed in loose ra-
cemes that in June is simply a bower of beauty.
10 to 12 inch plants.

AMERICAN ELDER — You always need a high
growing shrub for screens or for backing up
lower growing plants. And besides you have
that old fashioned berry so useful for pies and
jams. Plants run from 1 0 to 15 inches.

GOLDEN ELDER — All plantings need a little varia-
tion in foliage to give heightened effects in
tone and color, and the rich yellow leaves of
the Golden Elder are most pleasing. Plants in
Bargain size run 12 to 18 inches.

FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA— This is a splendid
old shrub lighting up the garden with its golden
mass of flowers before the leaves appear atad
often before the snow leaves. Well branched
and finely rooted plants, 12 to 18 inches high.

FORSYTHIA VIRIDISSIMA— The weeping variety
with brilliant green foliage. 12 to 18 inch
Bargain plants.

HYDRANGEAS — No shrub is better known than
the Hydrangeas, showing flowers of rare beauty
borne in immense clusters of pure white that
arch the branches. And they will give good
big flowers the very first of the season too.

' Bargain size, 8 to 1 2 inches.

Don’t forget to take off your discount from our
list prices (See Terms, Page 1) when making
comparisons with others..

DEUTZIA CRENATA

Mail Size Shrubs

Any plant on this page 13 cents each

BUSH HONEYSUCKLE

HONEYSUCKLE TARTARIAN PINK — You cannot
help but learn to love the fine foliage, showy
red berries, and best of all the wonderful fra-
grance of the pink flowers. These should be
represented in every lawn planting. 12 to 18
inch plants.

HONEYSUCKLE TARTARIAN WHITE — Similar
to Tartarian Pink, only it produces white flow-
ers. 12 to 18 inch plants.

PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS — (Mock Orange.)
An old favorite noted for its fragrant flowers re-
sembling orange blossoms. All varieties of the
Philadelphus are strong growers in sun or par-
tial shade, have no insect enemies and have at-
tractive folikge effects. Bargain size plants, 12
to 1 8 inches high and branched two and three
times.

PHILADELPHUS GORDONII— Very similar to the
Mock Orange, except that the bark is gray. 1 2
to 18 inch plants.

PHILADELPHUS LEMOINEI— This grows to a
medium height and is excellent for bordering
higher growing plants. It produces large white
flowers in June. 12 to 15 inch plants.

PHILADELPHUS LEMOINEI ERECT A— This grows
about the same height as the above, but is
erect growing and has small fine leaves and
creamy white flowers in June. A very attrac-
tive plant. 12 to 15 inches well-branched plants.

PHILADELPHUS AUREA — Of medium size, with
golden yellow leaves throughout the summer and
autumn. Fine for contrast in planting. 6 to
1 0 inches.

PHILADELPHUS NIVALIS — The stamens of the
flov/ers of this variety are cream-colored, thus
rendering the whole flower snow-white. They
have no odor. 10 to 15 inches.

SPIREA BILLIARDII — This is a narrow dense bush
with dense panicles of rich pink flowers borne
in July and August. 10 to 15 inches, two to
three branches.

SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI— This is an old favorite
found in nearly every lawn. If you haven’t it,
look at your neighbor’s next May. You will
know it by its white flowers blooming in riotous
extravagance and falling in graceful sprays, a
virtual fountain of floral beauty. 10 to 15 inch
plants well-branched.

SPIREA AUREA — ^This fills a much felt want in
all plantings. In the spring the leaves are a
bright yellow gradually changing to a golden
bronze in the fall. The flowers are white and
double. 10 to 15 inch well-branched plants.

SPIREA SALICIFOLIA — This one is a distinct foli-
age type, the leaves resembling the willow. In
mid-summer the pink flowers appear in crowded
panicles. 12 to 15 inch plants with two to
three branches.

SPIREA OPULIFOLIA — This sort is familiarly
known as Nine Bark. The branches are arch-
ing and spreading, the foliage is lustrous and
bright green, and blooms in June with great
masses of snow-white flowers that bend the
branches with their weight. 12 to 18 inch
plants, two to three branched.

SPIREA CALLOSA ALBA — A dwarf sort of com-
pact growth, upright branches and bluish-green
foliage. The branches are crowded with large
flat clusters of white flowers nearly all summer.
6 to 8 inch plants, well branched.

SPIREA ARGUTA — Another dwarf, but of differ-
ent flowering habit than the above. The

branches are a snowy mass of clear white flow-
ers in May. 8 to 12 inch plants, well-branched.

PHILADELPHUS— MOCK ORANGE

Mail Size Shrubs

Any Plant On This Page 13 Cents

SPIREA THUNBERGII — This is a dense feathery
shrub of medium height and is very attractive
at all times with its masses of pure white flow-
ers in the spring, and in the autumn its leaves
changing to bright red and orange. 6 to 10
inches.

SPIREA ANTHONY WATERER — This has a
growth similar to the Callosa Alba, but has
rosy pink flowers instead of white. 4 to 6 inch
plants.

SPIREA BUMALDA — In habit very similar to the
above. The flowers rose colored and blooms from
June until frost. 4 to 6 inch plants.

SPIREA FROBELI — Another with a habit similar
to Anthony Waterer, but a trifle taller and with
broader leaves. The flowers are a bright crim-
son. 5 to 8 inches.

RED SNOWBERRY — TTiis is an excellent shrub
for shady places. It is of slightly drooping
nature and a vigorous grower. The flower is
inconspicuous but the shrub is highly valued
for the showy red berries that cluster in thick
ropes about the stems that droop under their
weight. They persist well into the winter. 12
to 1 8 inch plants, two to three branched.

WHITE SNOWBERRY— The June flowers are fol-
lowed by large white wax-like berries that per-
sist almost through the winter. The branches
and foliage are of fine texture. It is suitable
for foundation plantings and will thrive well in
the shade. 12 to 18 inch well branched plants.

TAMARIX AFRICANA — This is a hardy shrub of
strong but slender upright growth. In May
the blooms of bright pink flowers are borne on
loose panicled racemes. The foliage is as light
and feathery as asparagus. Excellent for the
screen planting or on the seashore. 18 to 24
inch sizes.

VIBURNUM OPULUS— (Or High Bush Cran-
berry.)— This is a valuable plant in any border
planting. The foliage is a lustrous green
changing to a rich copper in the fall. In May
flat topped clusters of white flowers are formed
followed by red berries resembling cranberries.
8 to 1 2 inches, two branched.

WEIGELA GRANDIFLORA — This is a vigorous
growing shrub with large leaves and flowers.
The flowers are produced in May and June and
range in color from a whitish or pale-pink to
carmine. 12 to 18 inches, well-branched.

WEIGELA HENDERSONII — Flowers are a dark
rose color. Excellent for border plantings
where a bloom contrast is needed. 12 to 15
inches, well-branched.

WEIGELA DESBOISII— This is an erect grow-
ing shrub producing dark rose colored flowers
in great profusion. 12 to 15 inches, well-
branched.

WEIGELA ROSEA — The best of the Weigelas.
It produces fine rose-colored flowers in June
and is of erect compact growth. 12 to 18 inches,
two to three branches.

WEIGELA VAN HOUTTEI— The flowers of this
variety vary in color from carmine to white
spotted with deep old rose. Erect growing. 1 2
to 1 5 inch plants.

THE BIGGEST BARGAIN IN THIS CATALOG

We will supply any plants selected from
pages 49, 50, and 51 at $10.00 per 100, and
$80.00 per 1000.

This is an exceptional offer for large users
of fine plants.

¥ “

WHITE SNOWBERRY

VIBURNUM OPULUS

WISTARIA CHINENSIS

Mail Size Vines

The following vines are strong, one year, well rooted stock. They are of the same
high quality as the larger vines quoted elsewhere in this catalog. They will make a quick
growth and will in a very little while, shade your porch, cover a trellis or Pergola.

Bittersweet — This is a native climber with
glossy green foliage and produces large clus-
ters of crimson berries that are retained all
winter and are very much prized for winter
decorations in the house. 20 cents each.

HALL’S EVERGREEN HONEYSUCKLE— This is
by far the best of the Honeysuckle Vines. It
makes a strong vigorous growth and has deep
green foliage. It is simply covered with dainty
white flowers that change to cream-color and
are exceedingly fragrant. The leaves persist
and stay green until the middle of the Winter.
25 cents each.

KUDZU VINE — An extremely vigorous grower.
Growing as much as 50 feet in a season. The
rosy-purple flowers are borne in profusion in
August, are pea-shaped, and produced in small
racemes. This is certainly a handsome porch
decoration. 25 cents each.

MATRIMONY VINE — -Very valuable in landscape
work. In the fall the long, slender branches
are loaded with scarlet or bright red berries
which contrast well with the green foliage. The
leaves fresh and green until they drop after se-
vere frosts. It produces a pretty effect when
the branches are pendent from rocks or walls.
18 to 24 inch plants. 20 cents each.

WISTARIA CHINENSIS — This is one of the most
elegant and rapid growing of all climbing
plants. It has long pendulous clusters of pale-
blue flowers in May and again in autumn. It
is especially effective for pergolas and for climb-
ing on old trees. Four to six inch plants. 25
cents each.

WISTARIA ALBA — Very similar to the above ex-
cept the flowers are white. 4 to 6 inch plants.
25 cents each.

Mail Size Trees

The following trees are two to four feet high and well rooted. Planted in good
rich soil they will very quickly grow into great big trees of the finest proportions.

The Price, 13 cents each, and $10.00 b y the 100.

PUSSY WILLOW — A quick growing shrub-like
tree made attractive in early spring by the fur
like catkins along the branches.

GOLDEN WEEPING WILLOW— A weeping willow
with golden bark and long pendulous branches.

WISCONSIN WILLOW— Of drooping habit and
very hardy, resisting very cold climate.

THURLOW’S WILLOW— A spreading drooping
variety with rich green foliage.

BABYLONICA WILLOW— The best known willow.
The long drooping green foliaged branches
sweep the ground.

LOMBARDY POPLAR — Picturesque on account
of spire-like growth. Excellent for landscape
work.

CAROLINA POPLAR — Everybody knows it. De-
sirable where very quick shade is needed.

THE EARLIER THE ORDER THE BIGGER THE DISCOUNT

Get your order in early so we can ship it to you at the very beginning of
Spring. Avail yourself of the big DISCOUNTS offered on page 1 of this catalog
under TEIRMS. You cannot afford to wait and make your planting late. Why be
planning when you should be planting.

THE PROGRESS NURSERIES, TROY, OHIO

53

Dinsmore’s Dahlias

DAHLIA PLANTING

JEANNE CHARMET — Large fluffy flowers of pinkish-
lilac and white. 25 cents each; $2.00 per 10.

LAVENDER QUEEN — Extra large. 20 cents each; $1.73
per 10.

MRS. DEXTER — A very rare and pleasing clear salmon
color. Flowers borne on long stems, making it one
of the best cutting. 35 cents each; $3.00 per 10.

MRS. J. G, CASSATT — Large well formed rose-pink flow-
ers produced in greatest profusion. 25 cents each;
$2.00 per 10.

QUEEN VICTORIA — A very reliable and free blooming
canary yellow. 25 cents each. $2.00 per 10.

RED HUSSAR — Bright cardinal red. A showy garden
variety. 20 cents each; $1.75 per 10.

ROSE — A new rose colored flower of great promise. The
broad petaled flowers borne on long stems are fine for
cutting. 30 cents each; $2.50 per 10.

SNOW BALL — The name is an accurate description of
the flowers. A sturdy plant and free bloomer. 25
cents each; $2.00 per 10.

SNOW CLAD — Dwarf growing, white quilled, and free
flowering. 20 cents each; $1.75 per 10.

SOUVENIR DE GUSTAV DOAZON — The largest Dahlia in
existence, the flowers often measuring from eight to
nine inches in diameter. Orange-red in color. 35 cents
each; $3.00 per 100.

WHITE SWAN — Extra large, pure white and a great
favorite. 25 cents each; $2.00 per 10.

YELLOW DUKE — Free flowering and long stemmed.
Its full quilled bloom of primrose yellow being exceed-
ingly soft and pretty. 25 cents each; $2.00 per 10.

CACTUS DAHLIAS

AMOS PERRY — Salmon red and free bloomer. 25 cents
each; $2.00 per 10.

FLORADORA — Medium sized velvety dark-crimson flow-
er produced in great profusion. 35 cents each; $3.00
per 1 0.

QUEEN OF HEARTS — Clear white, large, well formed
incurved flowers of chaste beauty. 25 cents each;
$2.00 per 10.

DINSMORE’S MIXED DAHLIAS — 10 great big healthy
roots for $1.00.

Among flowers, the Peony is supreme in the
spring, the Rose leads during the summer, and now
in its turn, the Dahlia reigns over the floral world
. in the fall. ^

It is the best known, the best liked, and the
most widely planted of all garden plants, and more
than that, it is easy to grow, it flowers freely, and
there is a wide range of color in various forms,
the qualities that make of it a valuable flower for
both commercial purposes and for the home gar-
den and cut flower supply.

During late years, a great deal of work has been
done on Dahlias, and now there are a great many
new and improved varieties. Our list includes
the best of the new sorts, and all of the old favor-
ites.

Dahlias should be planted about the first of
May, covering the tubers with about three inches
of soil. Pinch off the weakest shoots leaving one
or two of the strongest, and when six or eight
inches prune back to the second joint to make
the plant more bushy. Cultivate lightly and give
plenty of water and sunshine.

A. D. LIVONI — A beautiful soft pink flower with quilled
petals. 25 cents each; $2.00 per 10.

DREER’S WHITE — Pure glistening white and unsur-
passed by none in freedom of flowering. 30 cents
each; $2.50 per 10.

FIRE BURST — Extra large red. 20 cents each; $1.75
per 1 0.

GENERAL FRENCH — Orange Terra Cotta. 25 cents each;
$2.00 per 10.

IRON MONGER — Lavender and white variegated. 30
cents each; $2.50 per 10.

CACTUS DAHLIA

O AO AA On Their D _ _ __ Winter Rested D ao ao Guaranteed

Koses Own Roots Koses Not Forced KOSCS to Nam

True

Select Hybrid Tea Roses

Price 30 cents each; any four for $1.00. Large Two-year-old, 70 cents each; any four for $2.60.

CRUSADER — This new red Rose is a splendid grower,
produces good stems, and is very free in bloom. Its
color is a very deep crimson, overlaid velvety crimson,
shading to vermilion toward the edges. The nearest
approach to a black Rose. Buds long and pointed
on stout stems, opening full and double, each one com-
ing to perfection, and produced in marvelous profusion
throughout the entire season. Plants make a gor-
geous sight, owing to the brightness of the blooms, and
the luster of the foliage being entirely free from mil-
dew. Claimed to be the finest red Rose in existence
at the present time.

MADAME BUTTERFLY — Is HilTs glorified sport of
Ophelia. Seen and admired by thousands. All the
color tones of Ophelia are intensified, making it a
harmony of bright pink, apricot and gold. Ophelia
ranks at the top in popularity and Madame Butterfly
will surpass it. It averages more petals to the bloom;
it produces more bloom to the plant because it makes
more branches, every one carrying a bud. The tight
buds are a beautiful shade of Indian oak, yellow at
the base; they are unique for corsages and for low
table decorations; the opening flowers are perfect in
form and texture, clear and brilliant in color and of
delicious fragrance.

GOLDEN OPHELIA — This new yellow Rose is a seedling
from the universal favorite Ophelia. It is a sturdy,
stiff stemmed grower, with beautiful foliage, quite
closely set and glossy. This flower is of medium size,
from a beautifully formed bud of bright golden yellow.
Very free bloomer, and free from disease, a Rose that
the rankest amateur could grow. We are very en-
thusiastic over this beautiful true yellow variety, which
will rank high in its class.

MADAME COLETTE MARTINET— (Pernet Ducher.) A
vigorous grower of coppery-orange color. The color
is very deep and clear, and holds well, which can be
said of few yellow sorts. It is a nice grower, free in
bloom, and those wanting a yellow different from
“Ward” or “Sunburst” should try this one.

NATIONAL EMBLEM — Messrs. McGredy consider this
as tbeir greatest effort in their twenty years of hy-
bridizing, and believe it to be the most perfect of all
Garden Roses. In color it is a dark crimson, overlaid
velvety crimson shading to vermilion at the edges;
The buds are long and pointed, the flowers quite full.

GOLDEN OPHELIA

CRUSADER ROSE

every one coming perfect, and are produced with mar-
velous freedom right through the season.

WHITE OPHELIA — This new white sort of Ophelia is
destined to the front rank among the white Roses; it
produces a large flower with more petals than the par-
ent, and has the same qualities of growth and con-
situation. Owing to the stiff, beautifully formed outer
petals, it holds the bud form long, and the golden
stamens add to the beauty of the opening flower.
The color is white, sometimes showing a daybreak
pink in the center on opening, but infinitely whiter
than White Killarney. Blooms very freely, and is
free from mildew. We are sure our trade will welcome
this new white Rose.

MRS. HENRY WINNETT — This is a seedling raised by
John H, Dunlap, of Canada, and has the distinction
of being the first seedling Rose of Canadian origin that
has been offered in commerce. In color it is a bright
shade of crimson, not so dark as Hadley, and not so
light as Richmond. It is a color that pleases the re-
tail storeman and his patrons. The finest of all red
or crimson varieties.

RED LETTER DAY — (Alex Dickson.) An exceedingly
beautiful Rose of infinite grace and charm. Its vel-
vety, brilliant, glowing scarlet-crimson buds and fully
opened cactus-like flowers never fade, as the reflex on
the petals is satiny crimson-scarlet. Awarded S. G.
medal, N, R. S.

ROBIN HOOD — (H. T.) This new Rose has a glorious
rosy-scarlet color, soft, bright and lasting; bloom is
full and of the beautiful build of the H. P.’s. A grand
grower, heavy caned, profuse foliage; flowers freely
produced. This will prove a delightful companion for
Gen. McArthur and Rhea Reid.

LADY PLYMOUTH — (Alex Dickson.) A most distinct
and meritorious Rose of the “Souvenir de Pierre Not-
ting” type, whose delicate pearly but deep ivory-
cream petals are faintly flushed, giving it most pi-
quant finish that is difficult to describe. It is deli-
cately pure tea perfumed. Awarded gold medcil, N. R.
S., and Silver medal. Crystal Palace, London.

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Select Hybrid Tea and Tea Roses

Price 25 cents each; any four for 90 cents. Two-year-old, 65 cents each; any four for $2.00.

WHITE KILLARNEY — It is a pure white in color, long
in bud, of fine form; in fact it is the one Rose par
excellence. It is also a great Garden Rose.

ALEXANDER HILL GRAY — Color is deep lemon yellow
which intensifies as the blooms develop. Flowers large,
of great substance and perfect formation; it has a
high pointed center from which the petals gracefully
reflex. We recommend it highly.

KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA — The greatest hardy
white Hybrid Tea Rose in existence. A strong, sturdy
grower; free flowering. It has become the most pop-
ular of all white Roses for general planting. Continu-
ously from early spring until late fall, with pointed
buds, the large, double flowers are glorious in their
perfection; borne on long, stiff stems; delicate pure
white. Deliciously fragrant. Unexcelled for cutting.
Absolutely hardy. Although grown extensively under
glass, it is essentially a Garden Rose. There is noth-
ing finer than this glorious Rose.

LA FRANCE — It is of superb form, and double as a rose
can be. Silvery-rose shaded with pink.

ANTOINE RIVOIRE — Flowers large and of Camellia-like
form; clear, rosy-flesh, shading to yellow, shaded and
lined bright carmine. A superb variety and very free.

RHEA REID — A Rose of the type of the American
Beauty, but of the easiest culture. It never mildews or
blackspots and opens its large flowers perfectly under
all weather conditions. In color it varies with the
temperature, in summer a bright cherry-rose, while in
winter it is a rich crimson-scarlet.

SOUVENIR DE PIERRE NOTTING — The bloom is very
large, perfectly full, of elegant form, has a beautiful
long bud. TTie colors are very bright, distinct and
clear and have no unpleasant tones. Orange-yellow
bordered in carmine-rose.

WHITE MAMAN COCHET— The finest Rose of the year.
Its growth is vigorous with rich, healthy foliage, pro-
ducing large, fine flowers of the purest white; in fact
it is an exact counterpart of the beautiful Maman
Cochet, and all who have tried it pronounce it the
finest bedding Tea Rose.

MAMAN COCHET — An excellent pink Rose with large
flowers, on long, straight stems; color deep rosy-pink,
the inner side of petals silvery-rose. Equally valu-
able for pot culture or out-door planting.

WHITE KILLARNEY

BESSIE BROWN — Blooms are of enormous size, snow-
white, faintly flushed and tinged with pink. A fine,
strong, free grower, producing long stems.

RED RADIANCE — Similar to Radiance in form and
growth except color, which is firey scarlet. Excellent
garden Rose as well as a good forcer. Form is fine,
flowers large with fully cupped petals. Splendid, healthy
foliage.

HERMOSA — (The Old Favorite.) Everybody knows this
famous variety. It has been held in the highest es-
teem for many years and will always be immensely
popular, as it embraces so many of the desirable traits
that are necessary to make up the ideal Rose. It is
hardy as an oak and always covered with its clear,
pink blooms.

ETOILE DE FRANCE— (H. T.) The gold medal Rose
of France; the finest Rose ever sent out. A very
strong, vigorous grower and exceedingly free flower-
ing. Flowers very large and borne on good, long, stiff
stems; color a shade of clear red crimson-velvet; very
fragrant.

JONKHEER J. L. MOCK— (H. T.) A novelty of distinct
merit. Color is carmine, changing to imperial pink.
The blooms, which are produced in great freedom, are
carried on stiff, erect stems, and are of large size, per-
fect formation and highly perfumed. Growth is vig-
orous and free. We can recommend this sterling nov-
elty as a most valuable addition.

LADY HILLINGDON — Of quick free growth, with narrow
foliage and slender graceful stems, each surmounted
with beautiful long pointed bud of rich orange-yellow
color. Fine cut flower sort.

RADIANCE — Color a brilliant rosy-carmine, displaying
beautiful opaline-pink tints in the open flower. The
form is fine; flower large and full with cupped petals.
A fine variety, especially on account of its value as a
summer cut flower variety. Very free in growth and
production of bloom, has good habit; lasting qualities
of the flowers are wonderful.

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Hardy Hybrid Perpetual Roses

Price 25 cents each; any four for 90 cents. Large two-year-old, 65 cents; and four for $2.40.

PAUL NEYRON — Color deep, shining rose, very fresh
and pretty, and flowers large, often measuring five
inches in diameter, and it has this merit — though very
large, the buds always develop fine, perfect Roses.
Grown by thousands for its good free-blooming
qualities.

FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI, OR WHITE AMERICAN
BEAUTY — Undoubtedly one of the grandest, hardy
pure white Roses ever introduced. Makes splendid
buds and immense flowers four to five inches across,
perfectly double and delightfully fragrant, large thick
petals, very double and handsome. Bright, shining
green leaves, elegantly veined; a healthy vigorous
grower, entirely hardy and a constant and abundant
bloomer.

GLOIRE DE LYONAISE — This grand Rose is the only
yellow Hybrid Perpetual that has been produced. It
cannot be called deep yellow, but rather a pale shade
of chamois or salmon-yellow, deepest in center, some-
times passing to a rich creamy-white, finely tinted
orange and fawn.

GENERAL JACQUEMINOT — Bright shining crimson,

very rich and velvety. Exceedingly brilliant and hand-
some. Makes magnificent buds, and is highly esteem-
ed as one of the best and most desirable for open
ground and also for forcing.

MARSHALL P. WILDER — Rich crimson maroon, with
dark and velvety shadings. The flowers are large, full
globe-shaped, thick-petaled, and very fragrant. Grows
well and blooms freely, with many handsome buds in
autumn. One of the finest dark Roses.

J. B. CLARKE — A vigorous grower with handsome foli-
age, deep red on the young shoots, changing to deep
green with age; a free perpetual bloomer; color bril-
liant crimson shaded scarlet; very large and of ex-
quisite form, with large smooth petals, slightly re-
flexed on the edges; does not burn in the sun. Very
fragrant.

MAGNA CHART A — Superb, bold, full flowers, very dou-
ble and sweet. Borne erect on stiff, stout canes, bright
satiny-pink, tinged with carmine.

VICK’S CAPRICE — A striking Rose, totally unlike any
other variety. The flowers are large, slightly cup-
shaped, but full and deep; the petals are thick and last-
ing, having the ground color clear satiny-pink, dis-
tinctly striped and dashed with white and bright car-
mine. It makes lovely, elegant-shaped buds, which
show the stripes and markings to great advantage.

J. B. CLARKE

ANNA DE DIESBACH— (Glory of Paris.) Brilliant crim-
son, sometimes shaded with light maroon. Long
pointed buds and large, finely formed, compact flow-
ers, very full and sweet. One of the best.

Baby Ramblers and Polyantha Roses

A type of Roses which is very popular for bedding purposes. They form shapely, compact,
bushy specimens about 1 8 inches high, producing in great profusion from early in the season until
severe frost, immense trusses of small flowers. Pruning is not necessary; simply remove the past
season’s flower stems.

Price 20 cents each; any four for 90 cents. Two-year-old plants, 65 cents each; any four for $2.00.

BABY RAMBLER — This is the original Baby Rambler,
daddy of them all. It is in bloom all the time, flowers
in large clusters of brightest crimson. It grows to a
height of eighteen inches and hides the plant with its
bloom. A most wonderful Rose.

ORLEANS ROSE — The best Polyantha Rose ever raised.
Color brilliant geranium-red, suffused with rose, center
white, making a charming combination. Awarded a
gold medal.

TIP TOP, “BABY DOLL’’ — (Lambert. 1915.) This de-
lightful little “Sweetheart” Rose is a wonder. The
color is absolutely new and quite startling in its bril-
liancy, golden yellow tipped with clear, bright cerise.
The foliage is narrow, long and sharply pointed, a
deep glossy green — a very beautiful setting for the
lovely little doll roses, a bench of “Baby Doll” being an
even parterre of delicious color.

baby TAUSENDSCHOEN — We have nothing lovelier in
Roses than this Dwarf Polyantha with its beautiful
bouquets of creamy-white, saucer shaped flowers, every
petal edged with lovely rosy pink. One of the most
beautiful of pot Roses.

GEORGE ELGER — A lovely little yellow Polyantha Rose
with a good mixture of Tea blood. Like all of its
class, it is free in growth, free in bloom, with small
glossy foliage produced in profusion. The dainty little
pointed yellow buds open into pretty little symmetri-
cal Roses. Will prove a very popular corsage variety.

CATHERINE ZEIMET— This is the new White Baby
Rambler. A continuous blooming Rose of great merit.
Fine for bedding.

JESSIE — This new Baby Rambler is an ideal Rose for
massing, bedding or for pot culture. The flowers,
which are produced in huge clusters, are of a bright
cherry- crimson color which does not fade.

MLLE. CECILE BRUNNER — Rosy pink on rich creamy-
white ground; a great bloomer; very satisfactory for
bedding.

ERNA TESCHENDORFF — The much -heralded variety from
Holland. Color, brilliant dark carmine-red, and is
darker than Red Baby Rambler. Very free flowering.

ELLEN POULSEN — Dark, brilliant pink; large, full;
sweet-scented; vigorous bushy habit, most floriferous;
very fine.

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Hardy Ever-Blooming Climbers

Both Hardy and Ever-Blooming, Where the Climates Are
Severe, Should Be Protected During the Winter.

Price 25 cents each in strong one-year-old except where noted. Any four for 90 cents. Large two-
year-old, 60 cents each; any four for $2.20.

AMERICAN PILLAR — This Rose is the most popular

single, hardy climber in existence. Its rich, rosy-pink
flowers are exquisitely lovely, and are produced in
such abundance as almost to hide the dark green, in-
sect proof, leathery foliage, which covers the plant
right to the ground. It makes thick canes, twenty
feet long, in one season, or can be kept in bush form
if desired for a lawn specimen.

CLIMBING KILLARNEY — (The Grand New, Hardy, Ever-
Blooming Climbing Rose.) Makes a strong growth,
with a beautiful deep bronzy- green foliage, bearing its
long pointed buds and flowers on heavy shoots and
canes. The color is an exquisite shade of deep, bril-
liant pink.

CLIMBING WHITE COCHET — From Australia. No word
is needed to emphasize the value of this grand climber
which has retained all of the good qualities of the par-
ent in addition to its climbing habit; it has already
awakened a lively interest" among Rose growers. Flow-
ers are large, double and white, like the bush White
Cochet Rose. Specially recommended.

PINK DOROTHY PERKINS — Extremely hardy, withstand-
ing the most severe winters with impunity. The flowers
are borne in clusters of from six to ten and are very
double, with pretty crinkled petals. Remarkably pretty
pointed buds, beautiful clear shell-pink in color, lasting
a long time without fading. The flowers are sweet-
scented. The foliage is rich deep green, and of thick,
leathery substance.

ROSARIE — (Pink Tausendschoen.) Similar to its parent,
Thousand Beauties, except color, which is a solid deep
rose with much larger clusters and many more blooms.

TAUSENDSCHOEN, OR THOUSAND BEAUTIES— The
flowers are the most delicate shade of pink ever seen
in a Rose; might be described as a white, delicately
flushed with, pink, changing to rosy- carmine. It gets
its name from its many flowers and the variation in
coloring.

BLUE RAMBLER — A Rambler or Clinging Rose, with
steel-blue flowers, semi-double, medium sized, appear-
ing in large clusters. Has showy yellow stamens,
which combined with the blue of the petals, make a
very attractive flower. It is a very strong grower with
glossy green foliage and few thorns.

CRIMSON RAMBLER — Bright crimson flowers produced
in large clusters of pyramidal form; grand variety for
pillars and arches and to train over porches; also
makes a fine, attractive hedge. Awarded gold medal,

N. R. S.

EXCELSA — A distinct variety in form, color and habit.
The color is an intense crimson maroon, with tips of
the petals tinged scarlet. Flowers are large and
double, produced thirty to forty on a stem, and al-
most every eye on a shoot produces a cluster of bright
blossoms.

CLIMBING AMERICAN BEAUTY — (Climbing H. P.) A
seedling from American Beauty with Wichuraiana and
Tea blood in its veins. The introducers say of it:
“Same color, size and fragrance as American Beauty,
with the addition of the climbing habit. Good foli-
age, and better blooming qualities. One plant of
this new Rose will produce twenty times as many flow-
ers in June as the old American Beauty, besides bloom-
ing occasionally during the summer. Blooms 3 to 4
inches across. It has proved perfectly hardy and
stands heat and drought as well as any Rose in our
collection.” We feel sure this Rose has a great
future.

SILVER MOON — Clear silvery-white with a mass of
bright yellow stamens; petals of splendid substance
and beautifully cupped; exceedingly large and fra-
grant flowers. Growth vigorous and very free bloom-
ing.

DOROTHY PERKINS

MARECHAL NIEL ROSE — -The world-renowned Rose. A
beautiful deep sulphur-yellow, very large and exceed-
ingly fragrant. It is the finest yellow Rose in ex-
istence. It has a climbing habit, and where it is al-
lowed to grow until it attains a large size, as it will
in a few years, it yields thousands of beautiful golden-
yellow flowers. Especially desirable for the South.
We have a grand stock of this variety in three sizes.
Price, large and nicely shaped two-year-old bushes,
60c; extra large, 75c.

CLIMBING GUILLOT — (Summer blooming, hardy with
protection.) TTie flowers are magnificently made, extra
large, deep and double. Fragrance delightful.

SOLFATARE — Fine, clear sulphur-yellow; large; dou-
ble full and fragrant; an excellent Climbing Rose;
valuable.

WHITE DOROTHY PERKINS — A pure white sort of the
well-known Dorothy Perkins of same habit of growth
and freedom of flowering; a splendid companion for
the pink variety, as it flowers at the same time. A
most valuable addition to this class.

PAUL’S SCARLET CLIMBER — This is without question
the most important addition to our list of Climb-
ing Roses in many years. No other Rose in any
class can compare with it for brilliancy of color,
which is a vivid scarlet that is maintained without
burning or bleaching until the petals fall. The
flowers are of medium size, semi-double, very freely
produced in clusters of from three to six flowers
each on much branched canes, the plants being
literally covered with flowers from top to bottom.
It is of strong climbing habit and perfectly hardy.
Price, one-year-old, 35 cents; two-year-old out of
four inch pots, 75 cents.

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Tender Plant Department

DINSMORE’S FERNS

NEPHROLEPIS EXALT ATA BOSTONIENSIS—( Boston
Sword Fern.) In the vicinity of Boston no other
plant is used so extensively as this graceful Neph-
rolepis. which differs from the ordinary Fern in having
much longer fronds, which frequently attain a length
of four feet. These fronds arch and droop over very
gracefully on account of which it is frequently called
the Fountain Fern. Price, nice plants, 25 cents each;
larger size, 60 cents.

NEPHROLEPIS WHITMANII COMPACTA— Identical with
Whitmanii except more dwarf; fronds are much larger
and broader and fluffy on both sides. Indeed a hand-
some plant. Price 25 cents each; larger specimen
plants out of 4-inch pots, 60 cents each.

NEPHROLEPIS SPARROWII— We take great pleasure in
offering to our customers this new and valuable va-
riety a true snort of the Neph. Superbissima (or
Fluffy Ruffles) fern. It has the dark green foliage of
its parent, which, with its beautiful crested fronds,
njakes it a most unique, distinct and desirable Fern.
One of the most distinguishable features of this new
Fern is its robustness, which makes it a very rapid
and easy grov/er, a Fern the amateur can grow with
success. We recommend this new variety most high-
ly. Price, young plants, 30c; larger plants 70c.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS

One of the handsomest of our foliage plants. The
leaves are a bright green, gracefully arched, and as
finely woven as finest silken mesh. Their lasting quali-
ties when cut is remarkable, retaining their freshness
for weeks. See illustration. Price 20 cents each; three
for 50 cents; extra large plants, 40c.

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI

A desirable species, useful as a pot plant or for
baskets; fronds frequently four feet long; a rich shade
of green, retaining freshness for weeks after cutting; fine
house plant, as it withstands dry atmosphere. Price,
20 cents each; three for 50 cents; extra large plants,
5 0 cents each.

SAXIFRAGA SARMENTOSA

Beefsteak plant. Of low habit. Leaves nearly round,
and striped freely with silvery bands. Blooms white,
and borne in spikes. Adapted for hanging baskets and
vases. 20 cents each; three for 50 cents.

STROBILANTHES DYERIANUS

This plant will undoubtedly become universally popu-
lar on account of its brilliant and exquisite coloring. It
surpasses the finest Coleus, Begonias or Bertolonias in the
exquisite coloring of the leaves. 20 cents each.

BEGONIA THURSTONIl

WHITMANII COMPACTA

BEGONIAS

25 cents each; 3 for 65 cents.

ALBA PERFECTA GRANDIFLORA— Closely resembles
Begonia Rubra in foliage and growth; with beautiful
pure white blossoms.

ARGENTEA GUTTATA — Has purple-bronze leaves, ob-
long in shape with silver markings, and is in every
way a most beautiful Begonia. It produces white
flowers in bunches on ends of growth stems.
BEGONIA ALBA PICTA — Long, slender lance-shaped
leaves on short stems, thickly studded with silvery-
white. White flowers.

THURSTONIl — The under side of the leaves is a rich
purplish- red, the veinings very prominent, while the
face or upper side is a bronzy- green, shaded with
crimson and olive, with a peculiar glossy-metallic
luster over all. Flowers rosy-white, in large clusters
well above the foliage. The plant has a fine habit.

OLEANDERS

ROSEA — Has double pink flowers. The old favorite.

Very sweet. Price 25 cents.

LILLIAN HENDERSON — Has double white flowers of
the largest size. Fragrance like the old double pink.
Scarce. Price 25 cents each.

VINCA MAJOR VARIEGATA

A beautiful variegated trailing plant admirably adapt-
ed for hanging baskets and vases. Broadly margined
a creamy-white; flowers blue. Price 15 cents each;
three for 40 cents; large plants, with vines two to three
feet, 3 5 cents each.

ACALYPHA TRICOLOR

A grand bedding plant where fine foliage effect is de-
sired. The foliage is bronze, mottled with pink. Very
rich. Price 20 cents each.

DRACAENA INDIVISA

Of all the plants in use for centers of vases, baskets,
or for beds in the open ground, nothing is more valuable
than this is. From its graceful drooping habit it is
sometimes called the “Fountain Plant.” Price, 20 cents
each; extra large. 40 cents each.

PEPEROMIA

Watermelon Begonia. So thick and wax-like are the
leaves of this parlor gem that nearly everyone takes it
to be an artificial plant. The leaves are distinctly varie-
gated white and green, and have the appearance of be-
ing powdered with frosted silver. Its small spikes of
Mignonette-like flowers are quite interesting. 20 cents
each; three for 50 cents.

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1 DOUBLE PETUNIAS

B 20 cents each; Set of four 75 cents.

VT MAJESTIC — Deep red, full edge.

STRIKING — White, mottled, blotched with carmine.
SNOWBALL — Best double white.

VESUVIUS — Solid color; best deep rose pink.

EVER-BLOOMING PARIS DAISIES

Price 15 cents each; any three 40 cents.
NICHOLSON’S WHITE — (Marguerite.) Nothing can be

imagined that is finer. All know well the old varieties
of Paris Daisies — how beautiful and much sought after
for decorations of all kinds. The new variety blooms
constantly. Nothing is so airy and graceful as these
^ blooms of large white petals showing a yellow disc.

BOSTON YELLOW — Similar to the above, but a rich
golden color. These two varieties go handsomely to-
gether.

LANTANAS

20 cents each; set of four 75 cents
AURORA — Large flowered, dark and light shades of
pink, wnth yellow center.

ALBA PERFECTA — Pure white; very fine.

TETHYS — Lovely cream color, shading to canary-yellow.
WEEPING LANTANA — This plant has a most graceful
drooping habit, grows rapidly and blooms continually
summer and winter, producing large clusters of flowers
of the most delicate lilac or rosy-pink; foliage beautiful
dark green.

RARE AND CHOICE IMPATIENS

20 cents each; three for 50 cents
y,;, HOLSTII — The flowers measure from to I % inches

across, and are of a brilliant vermilion color.

PINK BEAUTY — Handsome shade of pink.
sS SULTANA IMPROVED — Freest blooming bedding or house
plant known; literally covered with rosy-scarlet flow-
ers; for summer bedding or winter blooming in house it
;;; has no equal.

FRAGRANT HELIOTROPES

Price 15 cents each; any three for 40 cents
MADAME BRUANT — Immense panicles of large flowers;

rich purple with large w^hite eyes.

SNOW WREATH — The nearest approach to pure white
we have in the Heliotrope.

OUR SUPERB PANSY STRAIN

8 cents each; 6 for 40 cents; 12 for 75 cents

Is the very best the world produces. The colors are truly
wonderful, including over a hundred different shades and
combinations, with blendings nd markings entirely new
and of most exquisite beauty.

CHRYSANTHEMUM MARIGOLD

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SUPERB PANSIES

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

20 cents each; set of four, 75 cents
MARIGOLD — Stem and foliage perfect. There is no yellow
that can equal it in color, size stem and foliage; all
combined in one sort; finely incurved. A gorgeous
golden yellow.

HARVARD — A particularly attractive flower and fine
for exhibition; color is a very dark crimson; grand
stem and foliage.

MRS. EDWARD SEIDEWITZ — A very late variety of
beautiful incurving form, quite full, brilliant pink,
good enough to follow Chieftain, which is saying a good
deal for it; it is a nice grower.

WHITE CHIEFTAIN — We are sure that this will take
the position among whites that Bonaffon holds among
yellows; it will prove the ideal white. Like its parent,
it holds in fine condition for a long time; the bloom-
ing period runs over three weeks.

GERANIUMS

20 cents each; set of 4 for 75 cents
ALPHONSE RICARD — Bright vermilion-scarlet, large
florets and trusses; the finest large-flowering scarlet
bedder.

BEAUTE POITEVINE — Best double salmon-pink bedder.
BERTHE DE PRESILY — Silvery-rose. A fine bedder.
LA FAVORITE — La Favorite is a pure white Geranium,
as free flowering as the single varieties; can be used
for planting in beds for furnishing a supply of beauti-
ful white flowers for vases.

FUCHSIAS

20 cents each; three for 55 cents
BLACK PRINCE — Freest in blooming. We have seen
specimen plants six feet in height and four feet
across loaded with thousands of its bright buds and
blossoms of a beautiful, waxy-carmine or pink color.
LORD BYRON — Red sepals, corolla of the richest royal
purple, so free in flower as to almost hide the plant.
WHITE GIANT — It is nearly perfection as to free grow-
ing and habit, -beginning to bloom quite early in the
season and continuing very late. The tube and sepals
are brilliant deep scarlet, thick and leathery in texture;
the corolla is very large and double and pure white.

BEDDING COLEUS

GENERAL ASSORTMENT
15 cents each; 12 for $1.50; 25 for 2.50

W'e have a collection of thirty kinds of most distinct
sorts. Leave the selection and varieties to us, as it is
hard to describe the various tints. TTiey are all good
bedders, also make a fine border for a Geranium bed as
they stand the hot sun without losing their color. Will
send all one color if so desired.

SALVIA, FLOWERING SAGE

AMERICA, OR GLOBE OF FIRE
15 cents each; 12 for $1.50; 25 for $2.50
(New.) An excellent variety of dwarf, bushy, com-
pact growth, uniform in height and shape, and literally
aglow with large spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers from
early in the season until late in fall.

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BED OF CANNAS

Dinsmore’s Selected Cannas

Enormous brilliant clusters of bloom and borne on spikes above the broad leaves of green bronze
in tropical effect, characterize the Canna beds of today. Neither public park nor home grounds
is complete without its Canna beds. They are gross feeders, consequently require good rich soil.
In preparing the Canna bed, spade the ground good and deep, mixing thoroughly into the soil enough
well rotted stable manure to fill six inches of depth of the whole bed. Set your plants 1 8 inches
apart.

EUREKA — Four feet. A remarkable free flowering va-
riety, and with its striking white flowers, which first
appear cream, makes a very effective show along with

a good scarlet like King Humbert. A robust grower,
forming sturdy, shapely plants. Each, 40c; per 10,
$3.50.

FLORENCE VAUGHAN — Four feet. Flowers brilliant
golden yellow, dotted with brightest scarlet. Foliage
light green. Each, 25c; per 10, $2.00.

HUNGARIA — 3^/^ feet. The best pink Canna. Very

compact and of a luxuriant growth. The leaves are
bluish green, flower trusses of enormous size borne
well above foliage. In color it suggests the Paul Ney-
ron Rose. Each, 30c; per 10, $2.50.

JULIUS KOCK — Three feet. Foliage is a dark green.
Flowers composed of four broad, well rounded petals of
the most brilliant blood red. Each, 30c; per 10; $2.50.

KING HUMBERT — Four feet. The grandest Canna ever
offered. Large, heart shaped leaves of purple maiden
brown over bronze. Dark ribs sharply defined, crown-
ed with immense heads of orchid-like flowers. Color
velvety orange-scarlet flecked carmine. Each, 25c;
per 10, $2.00.

WYOMING — Six feet. Soft, dark scarlet, with orange
throat markings. Glossy green foliage. Each, 25 c;
per 10, $2.00,

Caladium

CALADIUM — (Elephant’s Ear.) One of the most effec-
tive and easily grown foliage plants for the lawn or
border. Select bulbs, 7 to 9 inches in circumference.
Each, 25 c.

DINSMORE’S SELECTED
TUBEROSES

CALADIUM— ELEPHANT’S EAR

One of the best known and most easily grown summer
flowering bulbs. Our Tuberoses are extra large and
will produce long spikes filled with exquisitely per-
fumed, waxy white flowers, a single one of which will
scent up the whole house. 10 cents each; per 10, 90c.
per 100, $7.00.

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FESTIVA MAXIMA

dwarf habit, but the bloom is very large, compact,
globular in shape, and attached to extra long, strong
stems. A good commercial variety. Selected Divi-
sions, $2.00.

FESTIVA MAXIMA — Rose type. Early. Pure white,
prominently flecked with crimson. One of the most
generous bloomers. Selected Divisions, 75 c.

FLORAL TREASURE — Early mid-season. Rose type.

A very large showy full flower of delicate pink, shad-
ing lighter at the center. Long strong stems uphold
in clusters these sentinels of beauty, unique, charming.
Excellent for cut flowers. Selected Divisions, 60c.

HUMEI — This has a compact globular, cherry pink bloom
of rose type, and is late. The bloom keeps well and
is therefore valuable for cut flowers. The peculiar
cinnamon scent is an added attraction. This is an
old standby, the kind we saw in grandmother’s yard.
Selected Divisions, 50c.

LA BRUNE — A rose type bloom, large, showy, deep
crimson, purple, and most pleasant odor. The plant
is a very strong, vigorous grower with upright habit,
and a free bloomer in clusters. Excellent for borders
and landscape effects. Selected Divisions, 60c.

LA PERLE — Rose type; mid-season; compact, globular
flower; color white overlaid with lilac, with blush
center. Selected Divisions, $1.00.

LA TULIPE — Semi-rose type. Mid-season. Delicate

blush-white, with red tulip markings on the outside
of gruard petals. Selected Divisions, 75c.

Gorgeous Peonies

In order to produce the very finest blooms from our Peonies, the soil should be rich in plant
food. Use well rotted barnyard manure, but do not let it burn the roots by too close contact. Prob-
ably the best plan is to mulch the plant during the winter with the manure, then early in the spring
give it a good hoeing, working in quite a lot of the manure into the loose soil, thus furnishing food
for it for the summer.

Be sure the soil is well drained. Poor drainage will cause an acid soil and Peonies will not thrive
in that sort. Another thing, if planted in the lawn keep the sod cut away from the plant; don’t let
it crowd up and choke it. Peonies will reward you for fertilization and cultivation.

ACHILLE — Rose type; mid- season. Shell pink, chang-
ing to delicate blush or lilac-white, with an occasional
creamy white spot. Selected Divisions, 60c.

ANEMONEFLORA — Anemone type. A large clear pink
b?oom in clusters. An extraordinarily free grower,
which maks it a splendid variety for border plantings.

Selected Divisions, 50c.

ASA GRAY — The formation of the flower is that of a
double decker, creating the impression of one peony
growing out of another. Pale lilac dotted with deeper
lilac. Selected Divisions, $1.00.

CHRYSANTHEMIFLORA— Flowers rich pink, slightly
tipped with silver. Selected Divisions, 60c.

COURONNE D’OR — Large flat semi rose type; is pure
white with a ring of golden stamens around a tuft of
center petals; tipped carmine. Selected Divisions, 75c.

DELICATISSIMA — A large pale lilac rose or pink, of
beautiful rose type bloom. Is an extra good keeper
and shipper and should appeal to commercial and
decorative purposes. Selected Divisions, 75c.

DORCHESTER — Rose type. Very late. Produces deli-
cate salmon-pink flowers. Selected Divisions, $1.00.

DR. BRETONNEAU — Rose type. Late mid-season. Deli-
cate silvery rose with lively pink center. Selected
Divisions, $1.00.

DUC DE CAZES — Crown type. Early. Dark pink with
silvery collar. Selected Divisions, 75c.

DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS — Crown type. Early. A
superb cup shaped, sulphur white flower, overlaid
with green, that at a distance lights up the entire
flower. Selected Divisions, 60c.

EDULIS SUPERBA — Always here for Decoration Day. A
very beautiful bloom of clear mauve-pink, with silvery
reflex, that will measure from six to eight inches in
diameter. A most noble flower for decorating that
soldier’s grave. Selected Division, 50c.

EUGENE VERDIER — A late rose type variety of delicate
hydrangea-pink color. The plant itself is of rather

HUMEI

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MADAM CALOT

L’ECLATANTE — Bomb type. Early. Flowers are very
double and full, colored a deep brilliant velvety crim-
son. This is a very handsome plant, being in itself a
strong, vigorous grower, and the flowers all stand up
straight and erect above the foliage, thus giving good
effec t in the flower garden and formal plantings. Se-
lected Divisions, 75 c. ,

LINNE — Rose type, bloom coming in mid-season. '1 he
flowers are large, globular, compact, and Tyrian rose
colored. The plant produces blooms in profusion.
Excellent for decorative planting. Selected Division,
5 0c.

MAD. CALOT — Rose type. Early. Large hydrangea
pink, center is shaded slightly darker with a somewhat
sulphur tint in the collar. Selected Divisions, 50c.

MAD. CROUSSE — Crown type; mid-season. Pure white
with crimson flecks on the crown. Selected Division,
75c.

MADAME DUCEL — A mid-season bomb type bloom.
This is a very striking variety, shaped like a huge
ball of solid mauve-rose, with silvery reflex. It does
not fade, but will hold its form and color until the
very last, thus being an excellent variety for cut
flowers. Selected Divisions, 75c.

MADAME STEWART — Anemone type; mid- season. Rose
pink, shading lighter towards the center. Excellent
for cut flowers and massed planting. Selected Di-
visions, 5 0c.

MAIDEN BLUSH — Medium sized, early, low crown type,
with cream white collar. The plant is rather low,
strong grower, and good upright habit. It is a free
oloomer in clusters and has pleasant odor. Selected
Divisions, 60c.

MARIE LEMOINEI— I vory white with occasional narrow
carmine tracings on edge of some petals. Gigantic
blooms on stiff stems. Each $1.25.

MARY HAMILTON — Rose type, mid-season; large corn-
pact globular flowers, color deep pink. Selected Di-
visions, 75c.

MARIE STUART — Crown type, mid-season. Delicate

lavender; flecked with crimson. Selected Divisions,
60c.

MODESTE GUERIN — Bomb type; mid-season. Large

handsome globular bloom; color a uniform solferi-
no pink, tinged carmine; has the true fragrance of
American Beauty rose. Best peony of its color to
bloom at this season. This variety is coming into
favor very fast. Selected Division, $2.00.

MODEL OF PERFECTION — Very compact double flow-
ers of pronounced pyramidal shape. Guard and collar
light violet-rose with shades of flesh-pink, veined with
bright rose, deepening at center. Each, $1.00.

MESSONIER — Bomb type; mid-season. A brilliant crim-
.=on. Flowers full double, on stiff, wiry stems. Se-
lected Divisions, 60c.

MONS. JULES ELIE — Bomb type; mid-season. The

flowers are the largest of any in our collection. Glossy
lilac-pink, shading to deeper rose at the base, en-
tire flower overlaid with a sheen of silver, that fairly
sparkles in the sunlight. Selected Divisions, $1.25.

NE PLUS ULTRA — Rose type; early mid-season. Color
light violet-rose with silvery reflex, central petals over-
laid with salmon-pink. This is an extremely pretty
and showy flower. The plant is vigorous and strong
growing, and taken all in all, is a very desirable
Peony. - Selected Divisions, 60c.

OCTAVIE DE MAY — Crown type; blooms in mid-season.
The guard and center petals are soft hydrangea-pink,
color almost white. It is very fragrant. The plant
is a dwarf grower, but blooms profusely. This is
really a wonderful and grand flower, and no collection
is complete without it. Selected Divisions, $1.00.

TRIOMPHE DE L’EXPOSITION DE LILLE.— Rose type.
Late. A large, compact bloom of fresh hydrangea-
pink and splashed with darker tints of violet-rose.
Selected Divisions, 75c.

UMBELLATA ROSEA — A large informal rose type; the
blooms have a peculiarity of varying all the way from
anemone to rose type on the same plant. The guard
petals are a violet-rose, shading to amber white. The
plant is a very strong grower, upright and will stand
heavy showers without support. It blooms freely in
clusters and is recommended for both landscape work
and cut flowers. Selected Divisions, 60c; Great Big
Clumps, $1.20.

WARWICK — Bomb type; mid-season. Uniform brilliant
aniline red, with a slight silvery reflex. Selected Di-
visions, 60c.

L’ECLATANTE

MONEY SAVED IS MONEY EARNED

Save 4 % on every Dollar you spend on
Nursery Stock this year by sending in your order
during February, and 2% if you send it during
March. See Terms, Page 1.

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BURPEE’S SUREHEAD CABBAGE

BURPEE’S MATCHLESS TOMATO

Cabbage Plants

It is not convenient for many thousands of our customers to sow and care for their Tomato and
Cabbage seeds. In view of this fact and also because we are so well equipped to grow good vege-
table plants we are making a specialty of a superior grade of Tomato and Cabbage plants. We have
procured our seed from the most reliable seed growers of the country and this, coupled with our
method of growing them, produces sturdy plants full of vigorous life and vitality.

Dinsmore’s Tomato and Cabbage plants are started in our Greenhouses and when of sufficient
size are transplanted in cold frames out of doors where they develop wonderfully thrifty roots and store
up full strength and will power for the duties that are just ahead.

Try Dinsmore’s plants this year and you will never grow your own from seed again.

Early Tomato and Cabbage plants will be ready for shipment by April 25. Late plants will be
ready by May 1 5. We cannot fill orders for less than a dozen plants of any one variety. Please do
not ask us to do so.

Prices of Transplanted Tomato and Cabbage Plants. 25 cents per dozen, postpaid; $1.00 per
100, postpaid; $7.50 per 1000, by express.

DINSMORE’S
TRANSPLANTED * OlUaiO

and

TOMATO PLANTS

EARLIANA — The very best earliest scarlet fruited
Tomatoes.

BURPEE’S MATCHLESS — The best large-fruited main
crop tomato. Cardinal-red, remarkably solid, smooth,
and meaty. Free from core and uniformly of the
finest flavor. Unsurpassable for slicing.

LIVINGSTON’S IMPROVED STONE — The most popular
variety with the market gardners and canning fac-
tories on account of its heavy yielding qualities and
because it retains all of its full rich flavor when canned.
The fruit ripens early, is of good size, and has few
seeds.

CABBAGE PLANTS

EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD — The best early cabbage.
Heads conical shape and very solid.

BURPEE’S SUREHEAD — A most popular strain of the
favorite Flat Dutch type. Heads are very large,
round, flattened at top, remarkably uniform. Extra
hard and crisp. An excellent variety for late sum-
mer, fall, and early winter.

DANISH BALLHEAD — The most popular cabbage for
winter because of the great solidity and wonderful
keeping properties of the heads. The magniftcent
heads are round, very hard and solid, and of the finest
texture. Fine for Sauer Kraut maxing.

Suitable Distances for Planting

Apples, Standard

30 to 40 feet

Apples, Dwarf

8 to 1 0 feet

Pears, Standard

18 to 20 feet

Pears, Dwarf

1 0 feet

Peaches and Apricots

1 6 to 18 feet

Cherries. Sweet

18 to 20 feet

Cherries, Sour

15 to 18 feet

Plums

16 to 20 feet

Quinces

1 0 to 12 feet

Grapes

8 to 1 0 feet

Currants

3 to 4 feet

Gooseberries

3 to 4 feet

Raspberries

3 to 4 feet

Blackberries

5 to 7 feet

Strawberries

IV2 by 21/2 feet

Asparagus, in beds

1 by 1V2 feet

Asparagus, in fields

1 by 3 feet

Number of Trees or Plants to an Acre

The following table will show how many trees oi
plants are required for an acre at any distance apart;

Square

Triangular

Method

Method

40

feet

apart

3 1 trees

3 1 trees

35

feet

apart

35 trees

40 trees

30

feet

apart

5 0 trees

55 trees

25

feet

apart

70 trees

80 trees

20

feet

apart

1 1 0 trees

1 25 trees

18

feet

apart

1 3 5 trees

1 55 trees

15

feet

apart

195 trees

225 trees

12

feet

apart

3 05 trees

350 trees

10

feet

apart

435 trees

505 trees

8

feet

apart

680 trees

775 trees

6

feet

apart

1210 trees

1600 trees

5

feet

apart

1 745 trees

2010 trees

4

feet

apart

2722 trees

3 145 trees

3

feet

apart

4840 trees

5590 trees

2

feet

apart

10890 trees

125 75 treeo

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SPRAYING

The necessity of spraying is acknowledged by all authorities as being one of the requirements of successful
fruit growino^. An enormous amount of money has been spent during the last few years in every state in the Union
for the study of sprays and mixtures, and the value of each. Spraying not only insures better fruit, but more of it,
greatly increasing the quality and value.

TABLE FOR SPRAYING

1st Application

2nd Application 1

3rd Application

4th Application

Apple

Before buds start,

copper sulphate so-
lution and arsenate.

After the blossoms have
formed but before

they open.

Within a week after
the blossoms fall,
bordeaux mixture and
arsenate.

2 weeks later, bordeaux
mixture and arse-

nate.

Cherry

Before buds open,
bordeaux.

When the fruit has
set, bordeaux.

2 weeks later, bordeaux
or kerosene.

2 weeks later if neces-
sary. bordeaux and
arsenate.

Pear

Before buds open,
bordeaux.

When the blossoms

have formed, but

before they open bor-
deaux or kerosene.

Within a week after
the blossoms fall,
bordeaux 0 r kero-
sene.

Repeat in 2 weeks if
necessary, bordeaux

mixture or kerosene.

Plum

Before buds open,
bordeaux.

As soon as the blos-
soms fall, bordeaux.

2 weeks later, bordeaux
or paris green.

Repeat at intervals of

2 weeks if necessary.

Black Knots should

be cut oflF and burned

whenever found.

Peach

Very early, before
April 1, copper sul-
phate.

2 weeks later, bor-
deaux.

When the fruit is set,
copper sulphate.

Repeat in 2 weeks if
rot appears, copper
sulphate.

Quince

Before buds open.

When fruit has set.

2 weeks later.

3 weeks later.

Raspberry,
Blackberry, etc.

Before buds open,
bordeaux.

When new canes are a
foot high, bordeaux.

2 weeks later, bordeaux.

Grape

Before buds open,
copper sulphate and
paris green.

When the leaves are
half grown, paris
green.

When the fruit is set,
paris green.

Repeat in 3 weeks if
necessary, paris green

Gooseberry

As leaves open, bor-
deaux.

Repeating in two weeks
bordeaux.

2 weeks later, bordeaux.

Repeat in 2 weeks if
necessary, bordeaux.

Currant

As soon as worms are
' found on lower and
inner leaves, b 0 r-
deaux.

If worms reappear,

repeat in 2 weeks,
bordeaux.

Repeat in 4 weeks if
j necessary, hellebore.

]

After fruit is picked
bordeaux freely.

Strawberry

! Just as the blossoms
j open, bordeaux.

After fruit is set,
bordeaux.

'As soon as berries are
harvested, bordeaux,

BORDEAUX MIXTURE

Copper sulphate 6 pounds

Quicklime 4. pounds

Water 45 gallons

To destroy leaf-eating insects, add four ounces of paris
green. For peach, use three pounds each of copper sul-
phate'and lime, and three ounces of paris green on ac-
count of tenderness.

We recommend crude petroleum, 20 to 25 per cent, with
water, for apples, pears, plums, etc., and whaleoil soap,
full strength and quantity, for peaches.

KEROSENE EMULSION

Hard soap V2 pound

Boiling water 1 gallon

Kerosene 2 gallons

ARSENATE OF LEAD

Arsenate of Lead, I lb. Water, 150 gallons.

AMMONIACAL

Copper Carbonate, 5

COPPER CARBONATE

ounces. Ammonia, 2 quarts.
Water, 50 gallons.

The Copper Carbonate is best dissolved in large bot-
tles, where it will keep indefinitely, as it should be di-
luted with water as required. For the same purpose as
bordeaux.

COPPER SULPHATE SOLUTION

Copper Sulphate, I pound. Water, 25 gallons.

only before the foliage appears

before the

as a general germicide and

TTiis should be used
It is easily applied and acts
disinfectant. In simple solution copper sulphate is very
injurious to foliage. When lime is added, as in making
bordeaux mixture, its corrosive action is neutralized and
injury to the foliage is prevented. It adheres to the
foliage better by the agency of lime.

TOBACCO

Boil Tobacco stems and use at the rate of two gallons
to each pound of stems, for sucking insects.

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“The kiss of the Sun for pardon,

The song of the birds for mirth,

One is nearer God’s heart in a garden

■

Than anywhere else on earth.” — Anon.

A. B. MORSE COMPANY, ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN

M GENERAL INDEX

Acalypha 58

Achillea 46

Almond, Flowering 30

Althea 30

Amorpha 30

Ampelopsis 26

Anchusa 46

Apples 2-6

Apricots 10

Aquilegia 46

Aralia 22, 30, 49

Arborvitae 40, 41

Aristolochia 26

Ash, Mountain 23

Ash, White 21

Asparagus 12

Asparagus Plumosus 58

Asparagus Sprangeri 58

Barberry 30, 38, 49

Beech 21

Begonia 58

Birch 21

Bittersweet 52

Blackberries 18

Cabbage Plants 63

Caladium 60

Calycanthus 31

Campanula 46

Cannas 60

Caragana 31

Catalpa 21

Cephalanthus 31

Cherries 11-12

Chrysanthemum 46

Chrysanthemum 59

Clematis 26

Clethra 31

Climbing Vines 26

Coleus 59

Colutea 31

Coreopsis 46

Cornus 31, 49

Crab Apples 10

Crab, Bechtel’s Flowering. . .22
Currants 20

Dahlias 53

Daisy 46

Delphinium 46

Deutzia 49, 32, 31

Dewberries 13

Dianthus 46

Digitalis 47

Dogwood 22, 31

Dracaena 58

Elder 32, 49

Elderberry 32

Eleagnus 32

Elm 22

Euonymus 32

Evergreens

. .40-44

Evergreen Pot Plants

44

Ferns

58

Flowers

. .46-48

Flowering Sage. . . .

59

Forsythia

32,

33, 41

Funkia

47

Fuchsias

59

Gaillardia

47

Garden Sage

47

Geraniums

59

Geum

47

Gladioli

. . . .45

Golden Bell

32,

33, 49

Golden Glow

47

Gooseberries

20

Grapes

15, 16

Gypsophila

47

Hackberry

22

Hedges

.38, 39

Heliopsis

... 47

Heliotrope

59

Hibiscus

47

Hollyhocks

47

Honeysuckle .

.26,

50, 52

Honeysuckle, Bush .

34

Horse Chestnut. . . .

22

Hydrangea

33, 49

Impatiens

59

Iris

48

Ivy

26

Juniper

42

Kudzu Vine

52

Landscape Service . .

.27, 28

Lantanas

59

Lilac

34

Linden

22

Linum

47

Lychnis

47

Magnolia

22

Maiden Hair Tree. .

22

Mail Size Shrubs . . .

. .49-51

Mail Size Trees

52

Mail Size Vines. . . .

52

Maple

23

Marguerites

59

Matrimony Vine. . . .

.26, 52

Mock Orange

35

Mountain Ash

23

Mulberry

9

Nuts

18

Oak .

23

Oleander

58

Pansies

59

Paris Daisies

59

Peaches

7-9

Pears

14

Peonies

61, 62

Peperomia

58

Petunia

59

Philadelphus

35, 50

Phlox

48

Pine

43

Platycodon

47

Plums

13

Polemonium

47

Poplar

24, 52

Poppies

47

Privet

38

Prunus

34

Pyrethrum

47

Quinces

10

Raspberries

17

Retinispora

44

Red Bud

24

Rhodotypos

35

Rhubarb

16

Rhus

35

Roses

54-57

Rudbeckia

47

Salvia

47

Salvia

. . . 59

Saxifraga

58

Snowball

35

Snowberry

35, 51

Spirea

. .36, 50, 51

Spruce

43

Statice

47

Stephanandra . . . .

35

Stokesia

47

Strawberries

19

Strawberry Tree. .

. . : 24

Strobilanthes . . . .

58

Sumac . . .

35

Summer Lilac. . . .

30

Sycamore

24

Tamarix

51

Tender Plants . . . .

58-59

Tomato Plants . . .

63

Trees, Shade

21-25

Trees, Weeping. . .

25

Tuberoses

60

Tulip Tree

24

Viburnum

37, 51

Vinca

58

Vines

26, 52

Weigela

37-51

White Fringe

32

Willow

24, 52

Wistaria

26, 52

CUMBERLAND BLACK CAP RASPBERRY— Page 17

CONCORD GRAPE — Page 15

MOORE’S DIAMOND GRAPE— Page 16

TENNESSEE PROLIFIC STRAWBERRY— Page 19