THESE are dwarf flowering and foliage plants which hold their foliage all 

 the year. They are indispensable for garden and lawn planting, and 

 useful for massing about buildings or planting on rocky and hilly slopes. While 

 some are desirable only because of their evergreen foliage, the class as a whole 

 includes many of the finest flowering shrubs. 



ANDROMEDAS 



Useful plants for bordering groups of larger evergreens. 

 A. Catesbaei. See Leucothoe Catesbai. 



A. floribunda. One of the best evergreen shrubs. Dwarf, compact 



habit ; small, dark green, myrtle-like foliage, and pure white, wax-like blossoms 

 in spikes, somewhat resembling the lily-of-the-valley. Flowers early in spring. 



A. Japonica. Very rich, smooth foliage, and drooping racemes of pure 

 white blossoms of great beauty. A superb species, of great hardiness. 



AZALEA 



A. amcena. This well-known favorite is of dwarf, bushy habit, and 

 thoroughly hardy. It is so densely covered during the month of May with 

 claret-colored flowers as to hide every twig, the color varying in depth, but 

 always bright. Most useful as an edging to Rhododendron and Azalea beds. 

 (See plate on page 24.) 



A. Indica alba. Hardy Chinese White. A beautiful white variety. 



Hardy when properly acclimated ; foliage light green and flowers pure white. 

 Our stock has been grown here in the open ground, without protection. 



BUXUS. Boxwood 



A necessary adjunct to any old-fashioned or formal garden, and for use in 

 connection with colonial and formal architectural work they are extremely effective. 

 We offer a splendid stock of several thousand in bush, pyramidal and standard 

 forms. These are perfectly hardy, and can be kept in their formal shapes with 

 very little care, or left to grow in their naturally loose and open habit. 



Our Box bushes have been grown here at our nurseries for several years and have 

 been frequently and lately transplanted ; therefore they will lift with a large ball 

 of roots and earth and transplant with perfect safety. They can be shipped at any 

 time to any distance by freight. We ask you to notice the heavily rooted plant 

 illustrated on page 2Q, which was lifted at random from our stock. 



We supply the Box bush direct from the open ground, but can furnish Terra- 

 Cotta Italian pots or cedar tubs when desired, and shall be pleased to give full 

 information regarding them. (See illustrations on page 29.) 



B. Japonica; syn., Fortune!. A form with obovate or roundish obovate 



foliage of light green. 



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