BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



These are the most valuable of all the shrubs possessing beautiful foliage which remains upon the plant 

 the year round. Moreover. Rhododendrons, Kalmias and Azaleas give a display of bloom that is magnifi- 

 cent beyond words to describe. These shrubs are useful for grouping and stand alone for producing inter- 

 esting and charming winter effects. The plants I offer are all strong, well developed ones— much too large 

 to be sent by mail. 



AZALEA AMOENA. 



KALMIA LATIFOLIA motxtain laurel. 



A dense. dwarf -growing shrub, with slender 

 branches and semi-double flowers of bright, cheerful 

 rosj^-purple; pi'oduced in such great numbers as to 

 literally envelop the bush in June. The dense box- 

 like foliage, which is deep green with metallic lus- 

 ter, renders it a charming plant at all seasons of 

 the year; and when in flower it presents a blaze of 

 bloom that is most striking and beautiful. Each 

 flower is a little gem; elegant and neat in its make 

 up. Especially valuable for massing and for bord- 

 ering beds of Rhododendrons, Kalmias, etc. En- 

 tirely hardy. For a brilliant and gorgeous display 

 of color there is no other hardy shrub that ap- 

 proaches this Azalea. 



Bushy plants, 6 to 9 in. high, each 25c; doz. $2.50: 

 f» to 12 in. high, each 35c: doz. $3.50; 12 to 15 in. 

 high, each 50c: doz. ?5.00: specimens. ?1.00 to ?2.5() 

 each. 



BUXUS. Box. 



Sempervirens.— The well known Box Tree, with 

 rich deep green glossy foliage. Very effective in all 

 ornamental planting and especially useful in formal 

 gardening. Much used in cemetery work. 



Handsome, dense plants, 2 ft. high, each .S1.0<^J. 



Pyramids, 3ft. high, each $1.50. 



Suffriiiticosa aureis. Goldex-leaved Box.— A new 

 form; of dense, dwarf spreading habit. In spring 

 and until midsummer its foliage is a vivid, bright 

 golden yellow, changing to russet in autumn. 



Very bushy 6 to 9 in., each 75c: 9 to 12 in., each 

 S1.25: 12 to 15 in., each $2.00. 



Globe Box.— These are plants formed by careful 

 and frequent pruning, into dense, perfectly globu- 

 lar specimens. Exceedingly effective and attrac- 

 tive. Perfect specimens IV-i ft. high, each .$2.-50. 



LUCOTHOE (ANDROMEDA) CATESBAEI. 



Among the most elegant and graceful of broad- 

 leaved Evergreens. The fleshy, glossy, bright green 

 leaves are evenly disposed on long recurved spread- 

 ing branches, and turn to rich bronze in autumn 

 where exposed to the sun. The dense racemes of 

 white bell-shaped flowers appear all along the 

 branches at the axils of the leaves in early spring. 

 Particularly valuable as an undergrowth and for 

 planting upon the banks and borders of streams. 

 Nursery grown plants 1 to l^A ft., each 30c; doz. $3.00. 



Although a native, there is perhaps no other hardy 

 shrub except the Rhododendron, that rivals this In 

 beauty. One authority upon things horticultural 

 styles it: "The most beautiful of all American 

 native plants."' Like its first cousin, Rhododend 

 ron maximum, it retains its folage in unimpaired 

 beauty throughout the year. Its leaves, which are 

 broad, smooth and glossy, are exceptionally free 

 from insect attack or blemish of any kind. As re- 

 gards hardiness, it may justly be termed "ironclad". 

 The flowers are borne in large, flat clusters, vary 

 in color from pearly white to soft, shell pink and 

 are uniquely and exquisitely formed: suggesting, 

 both in bud and when expanded, flowers made of 

 certain delicate, dainty sea shells. The flowers ap- 

 pear early in Juue and continue some weeks. 



Kalmia latifolia is beautiful as single specimens, 

 but yields greatest pleasure when properly grouped 

 in conjunction with Rhododendrons, or in mass. 

 When thus planted, owing to its compact habit 

 and the abimdant clean, glossy foliage of fresh, 

 rich green it produces an effect delightful and pleas- 

 ing at all seasons. 



It is with pleasure I offer an almost unlimited 

 quantity of the finest plants of Kalmia latifolia that 

 it has ever been my good fortune to see. during 

 an experience of thirty-five years as a nurseryman. 

 They are as dense, compact and finely formed as 

 one can well imagine; if made by human hands or 

 machinery they could scarcely be more perfect In 

 finish. They were grown in the open field and 

 '"lift" with perfect balls of earth. Another and 

 very important fact: Kalmias thus grown in full, 

 open sunlight and here in the low lands near the 

 sea coast, do not suffer the check when transplant- 

 ed to their new homes in ornamental plantings, 

 that is unavoidable to those taken from mountain 

 soil and air and the cool, shady retreats of the for- 

 est—the ones usually sold. These plants have 

 such large balls of earth and are so heavy they 

 should be shipped in car load lots, price of which 

 in any size desired or in assorted sizes, will prompt- 

 ly be quoted by letter. 



Those offered below are nursery grown, with 

 solid, but smaller balls of earth, especally for ship- 

 ment in small lots by express or freight. 



Handsome bushy plants, to 2 ft., each 50c; 



doz. $5.00. 



