EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



in peat and oak leaves. It is lots of fun to see the little plants growing, and with many 

 of them, it is a case of wanting to eat your cake and have it too. Therefore you had 

 better come to the nursery and pick out what you want, because they are not in suffi- 

 cient quantity to offer to everybody and not everybody has conditions to make them 

 happy. The conditions to make broad-leaved evergreens most content are partial shade 

 and a mulch of leaves. Partial shade does not mean to chop a little hole under a Silver 

 Maple tree where the competition has dried out the grass. They are happy under 

 Pine, Oak and Locust. Come and pick a Winter bouquet. You will see what they 

 like and what they don't like. We will help you make them happy on your grounds. 

 It is only when they are happy that they are worth having. 



Foundation planting or basal planting is popular because it connects the house 

 with the ground and takes away the new look and because everyone has that area avail- 

 able. On small lots it is the most available area. It may not be the best landscape taste 

 to put in yellow, blue and green evergreens or plant only with fast growing species be- 

 cause they are cheap and available. 



On partly shaded sides of the house, broad-leaved evergreens as Laurel, Rhodo- 

 dendrons, Myrtle, Euonymus, Leucothoe with ferns and Yew, can be wOven into a 

 charming composition. On the sunny side the flat Juniper, Mugho Pine, Yew and 

 Japanese Cypress are preferable. No matter what the time of the \ year you can come 

 to the nursery and select at least some of these for planting. Even in mid- Winter some 

 of them can be dug with a ball of earth. All broad-leaved evergreens are handled with 

 a ball of earth, therefore, you can plant them all Summer. 



BUXUS sempervirens. Boxwood. Bush form. Suitable for edging. 



Height Each 10 100 Height Each 10 



4-6 in $0.35 $3.00 $25.00 2 ft. (sheared) .$6.00 $55.00 



lft 2.00 15.00 125.00 2}4 ft. (sheared) 10.00 85.00 



V/ 2 ft, (sheared) 4.00 35.00 300.00 



B. sempervirens. Boxwood. Sheared pyramids. As Boxwood is not perfectly hardy, 

 we suggest the Japanese Yew as a substitute. The same clipping will keep it almost 

 of the same appearance. 



2 ft. high $6.00 each, $50.00 per 10 



3 ft. high. 10.00 each, 90.00 per 10 



CALLUNA vulgaris. Scotch Heather. 



6 in. wide .$1.25 each, $10.00 per 10, $90.00 per 100 



COTONEASTER microphylla. See also Deciduous Shrubs. Dainty little plants 

 spreading out with horizontal branches; perhaps 1 ft. high. Thickly studded with 

 crimson berries during the Winter. 



4-8 in. high 60c. each, $5.00 per 10 



EUONYMUS radicans. Evergreen Bittersweet. Broad-leaved evergreen that should 

 be used by the hundred on Long Island to edge down groups of small evergreens; to 

 climb up tree trunks; to climb up the lower branches of Cedars, Holly and other 

 evergreens, to carpet the ground in shady places in the woods; to run up walls of 

 stone, brick or wooden houses; to clamber over rocks. The name Evergreen Bitter- 

 sweet is justified because it has bright red fruits all Winter, like its relative the Bitter- 

 sweet and Spindle Tree; Euonymus radicans is the form with leaves about 1 in. long. 

 It is as beautiful as the English Ivy and far hardier. 



8-12 in. high .50c. each, $3.50 per 10, $30.00 per 100 



E. radicans var. minimus (Kewensis). A pretty little rock plant making a cushion 



4 in. high; just the thing for edging down foundation plantings. This is the first time 

 we know of its being available in quantity. Come and see it at our office steps and 

 take home a sample or a hundred. 



4-6 in. wide 75c. each, $6.00 per 10, $50.00 per 100 



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