EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



VIBURNUM cassinoides. Withe-rod. A shrub with pink and blue berries. 



3-4 ft. high, 2-3 ft. spread, large clumps $1.00 each, $9.00 per 10, $70.00 per 100 



V. den ta turn. Arrowwood. Here is where we can give you the most cubic feet of 

 healthy, time-saving foliage. In the aviation field mentioned in the Vaccinium para- 

 graph there are thousands of these. The biggest and most rapid growing shrub na- 

 tive to Long Island. It is a big, arching, Elm-like plant soon becoming 10 ft. high; 

 keeps glossy, dark green foliage free from defects or insects or drought. It is always 

 cheerful. You will like the big display of white flowers in June and the shiny, dark 

 blue and black fruit in Autumn. In the Winter the straight shoots show they are as 

 straight as an arrow. On the estate of Mr. Chas. A. Stone, Locust Valley, the 

 landscape architect, Mr. Ormand R. A. Tibbetts, has used it as an untrimmed hedge. 

 Although it was planted in leaf , big balls of earth made them succeed. On cottage 

 grounds they are just the thing for a tall wall of green to shut out the street, laundry 

 yard, or vegetable garden. Whether you have a few or a truckload you are reaping 

 the benefit of many years of wild growth, which has cost nothing. It is like going 

 fishing with the certainty of a good catch. Order a truck load of these and other 

 wild shrubs for late Fall or Winter planting or heel-in till Spring. It will pay you. 



3- 4 ft. high ;' $1.50 each, $10.00 per 10, $90.00 per 100 



4- 6 ft. high, 3-5 ft. spread. 2.50 each, 22.50 per 10, 150.00 per 100 



V. dilatatum. Japanese Bush Cranberry. Rare shrub from Japan. They are thickly 

 covered with brilliant red fruits held all Winter. 



3 ft. high $1.00 each, $7.50 per 10 



V. Opulus. High Bush Cranberry. A wild form of the old-fashioned snowball. Very 



showy all Winter and Spring with clusters of big, juicy, crimson fruits. 



3 ft. high. 60c. each, $5.00 per 10 



V. var. sterile. Guelder Rose, Snowball. 



3 ft. high .75c. each, $6.00 per 10 



V. var. Zanthocarpum. Rare. Yellow fruit. 



iy 2 ft. high. 60c. each, $5.00 per 10 



WEIGELIA. Weigelia. Three varieties, white, red and pink. 



3 ft. high 75c. each, $6.00 per 10 



ZANTHORHIZA apiifolia. Yellow Root. A cover plant for shady woods; makes a 

 big mass of foliage; plant 1^ ft. apart. Grows 2 ft. high. 



1 ft. high 30c. each, $2.50 per 10, $20.00 per 100 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



The broad-leaved evergreens are particularly suited to Long Island for several 

 reasons. Many of them belong to the Ericaceous or Heath family, as Rhododendrons, 

 Laurel, Leucothoe, Bearberry, which like sandy, acid soil. They dislike soil rich in 

 lime or clay. Long Island has a milder climate than the same latitudes on the main- 

 land and many varieties, as some of the Rhododendrons and Boxwood, are hardier on 

 Long Island. The equable and oceanic climate of Long Island favors the Holly and its 

 relative, the Inkberry, which are native, and many others. 



Long Island is an all-year residence region and people are hungry for beautiful 

 Winter landscapes. Broad-leaved evergreens furnish the finishing touch to the picture 

 made by the Oaks, Pines, bright berries and colored bark. 



Broad-leaved evergreens have been side-stepped by nurserymen because they did 

 not thrive on rich limestone soil where most nurseries are. They were difficult to propa- 

 gate and could not be handled like sheaves of grain as they handled fruit trees and 

 Privet. We have propagated them heavily because we have acid soil and have brought 



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