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in autumn carries attractive pink or scarlet fruits. A thin ground cover which 

 can withstand considerable shade. 



EVONYMUS RADICANS Wintercreeper 



An evergreen, trailing or root-climbing species which varies in cultivation 

 in much the same manner as does the so-called English Ivy. There are climbing 

 forms which show variation in vegetative characters such as leaf shape. Other 

 garden forms have arisen from the vegetative propagation of the gross fruit- 

 bearing branches. There are variegated leaf varieties which have resulted 

 from physiological upset. This, the type, having leaves about an inch long 

 and making a good ground cover or root climber for flat masonry surfaces, 

 stands shade quite well and is indifferent as to soil requirements. All forms 

 of this species must be protected against scale insects. Var. acuta. Sharp-leaf 

 Wintercreeper, is a vegetative variant of the type, having pointed leaves. 

 Var. carrierei, Glossy Wintercreeper, is a fruiting form which has more 

 pointed, glossier foliage, and as it grows older remains more shrub-like than 

 var. vegeta but is much inferior to it in profusion of fruit. Var. colorata is 

 another vegetative climbing form resembling var. acuta but considered superior 

 to it because of bright-red, winter foliage coloration. It is excellent for ground 

 cover and will withstand shade but shows poorer winter color in such a situa- 

 tion. It does not produce climbing roots as readily as the type. Var. minima, 

 Baby Wintercreeper, is a somewhat miniature vegetative form of limited 

 growth with leaves a half-inch or so long, useful for ground cover or rockery. 

 It does not climb readily. Like the type, its rarely borne fruits form on coarse, 

 large-leaved shoots. It is often confused with the still smaller-leaved var. 

 kewensis. Var. VEGETA, Bigleaf Wintercreeper, is a shrub-like form 

 having large, round, thick, evergreen leaves and in autumn pink and orange 

 Bittersweet-like fruits in profusion. Since it represents the vegetatively 

 propagated fruiting wood of the type, it had better be kept in the open away 

 from high support if continued shrubby habit is desired. In the presence of 

 something to which to cling, vegetative climbing growth will be resumed until 

 the limit of the available support has been reached. 



EVONYMUS YEDOENSIS Yeddo Euonymus 



A heavy-branched, upright, deciduous shrub with large leaves which take 

 on a high autumn color, and with pale-pink fruits and orange seeds. Rated as 

 one of the better deciduous shrubby species. 



EXOGHORDA GIRALDII Redbud Pearl-Bush 



A large, spreading, upright, thin-stemmed, deciduous shrub which is valued 

 chiefly for its pure-white flowers in May, but because of its bright green leaves 

 maintains a suitable appearance during the rest of the growing season. A 

 plant for large borders and full sun. Var. WILSONII is reported to be more 

 vigorous and floriferous than the type. 



FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA (F. americana) American Beech 



The native beech which, though familiar to everyone, is seldom offered by 

 the trade. 



Fagus sylvatica EUROPEAN BEECH 



Like all plants which have been long in cultivation, this species has numer- 

 ous garden forms, a few of which are: Var. atropunicea, the well-known purple 

 beech; var. FASTIGIATA which grows up in pleasing and useful columnar 

 form; and var. pendula, the well-known weeping form, which comes also in 

 a purple-leaved variety of doubtful esthetic value. 



