Plantation ot Kalmiai against Hemlock* 



Erica The Heaths 



Small evergreen shrubs with numerous short 

 branches, densely clothed with small needle-like 

 leaves. They are very showy plants, thriving in 

 porous, fertile soils. The species described are the 

 hardiest, and thrive in sheltered situations, even in 

 the North. 



Erica carnea. MOOR HKATH. A low shrub indigenous 

 to Switzerland and the Balkans. Flowers bright rose, 

 drooping, borne on short pedicels, opening in earliest 

 spring. A charming little plant, excellent for shrub- or 

 rock-gardens. 



E. stricta. CORSICAN HEATH. A larger shrub than 

 the preceding one, with erect and rigid branches. 

 Native of Corsica. Flowers in summer and early 

 autumn, rosy purple, disposed in terminal clusters. A 

 very showy species. 



E. tetralix. CROSS-LEAVED HEATH. An attractive 

 dwarf shrub with grayish green foliage. Native of 

 Europe. Flowers rosy pink, in summer and early 

 autumn, freely borne at the tips of the branches. The 

 leaves are delicately fringed with short white hairs. 

 This species was used as the insignia of the Scotch clan 

 of Macdonald. 



E. vagans. CORNISH HEATH. A free-flowering shrub 

 with the leaves in whorls of fours and fives. Native of 

 Western Europe. Flowers purplish red, borne on one 

 side of the branches and expanding in summer and 

 early autumn. A charming plant. 



Euonymus The Evergreen 

 Euonymus 



Ornamental shrubs with glossy evergreen foliage, 

 thriving in any porous, fertile soil. Hardy as far 

 north as New Jersey and Tennessee. Euonymus 

 iaponicus is largely used in the South as a hedge 

 plant. It stands clipping remarkably well and 

 forms a dense evergreen hedge of great beauty. 

 The variety microphyllus may be used in the same 

 manner as the Dwarf Box, as a low edging or 

 border plant. 



Euonymus japonicus. EVERGRKEN EUONYMUS. A 

 handsome evergreen shrub of dense upright habit. 

 Native of Japan. Leaves dark lustrous 

 green, holding their brilliancy and 

 attractiveness throughout the winter. 

 A grand plant for single specimens on 

 the lawn, either in sun or in partial 

 shade, or as tub plants for decorating 

 cool rooms or corridors. 



E. japonicus aureo-variegatus. VARIE- 

 GATED EUONYMUS. Leaves beauti- 

 fully variegated with golden yellow. 

 Valuable where lively effects are de- 

 sired, or for jardinieres. 



E. japonicus microphyllus (K. />/- 

 chellus). SMALL-LEAVED EUONYMUS. 

 A dwarf form of the above with small 

 and narrow foliage. Valuable for low 

 hedges. 



Gardenia The Cape 

 Jasmines 



Evergreen shrubs with large fra- 

 grant flowers, blossoming from 

 spring until autumn in the South, 

 where they are frequently planted 

 Hardy as far north as Tennessee 

 and Virginia. Thrive in fertile 

 loamy soil. They make splendid 

 house plants on account of the du 

 rability of the flowers. 



Gardenia jasminoides (G. florida} 

 CAPE JASMINE. This beautiful flow- 

 ering shrub is again becoming very 

 popular. The double wax-like flow 

 ers, which are exquisitely fragrant, 

 are greatly in demand for buttonhole 

 bouquets. 



G. jasminoides fortune!. LARGE- 

 FLOWERED CAPE JASMINE. Flowers 

 larger than those of the preceding. A 

 splendid plant for jardinieres. 



Erica vagans 



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