. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1918 43rd year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. THrNBERGIl AILANTHUS—Tree of Heaven. Glandulosa—An exceedingly attractive plant of rapid, stately growth, with pinnate, feathery foliage, giving it a tropical appearance, very effective in shrubbery plantations, for which purpose it should be severely pruned every year or two. If allowed to grow it makes a handsome tree. Each 75c; per doz.


. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1918 43rd year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. THrNBERGIl AILANTHUS—Tree of Heaven. Glandulosa—An exceedingly attractive plant of rapid, stately growth, with pinnate, feathery foliage, giving it a tropical appearance, very effective in shrubbery plantations, for which purpose it should be severely pruned every year or two. If allowed to grow it makes a handsome tree. Each 75c; per doz. $ AMAGDALUS—Flowering Almond. One of the earliest spring-flowering shrubs; very handsome, easy culti- vation, and perfectly hardy. Pumila Alba Plena—Flowers very double, pure white and produced in great profusion. Pumila Rosea Plena—Like the preceding, an exceedingly free bloomer; flowers double, color a verj' delicate rose. Each 75c; per doz. $ ARALIA—-Angelica Tree. Spinosa—Also known as Hercules Club; is a very handsome tropical-looking shrub, having large finely-cut feather-like foliage and great clusters of white flowers; very effective in groups of shrubs. Each 75c; per doz. $ BERBERIS. A verj' valuable class of shrubs admirably adapted for massing, also excellent for hedges. The flowers are succeeded by handsome berries, which remain on the plants all winter. Purpurea—A beautiful shrub; purple foliage; handsome and very effective in contrast with other shrubs in groups. Thunbergii—A dwarf variety with small compact foliage; very desirable for a low hedge or for massing in front of taller shrubs. Its foliage colors beautifully in fall. Vulgaris—Common Barberry. An excellent hedge plant. Its clusters of red berries are very effective in late summer and fall. Each 50c; per doz. $ CORNUS—Dogwood. A class of shrubs particularly valuable for ornamental planting, either singly or in masses, some for the striking beauty of their variega


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