EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



EUONYMUS radicans var. vegetus. Evergreen Bittersweet. Round leaves, 1% in. 

 across. Will grow as a vine or make a bush 2 ft. high studded with red fruit. Keeps 

 in good condition all Winter. 



6-8 in. high. 50c. each, $3.50 per 10, $30.00 per 100 



ILEX crenata. Japanese Holly. Like Boxwood in size of foliage, but with an open, 

 irregular spray instead of the rounded outline of the Boxwood. Quite at home in 

 the shade of a building among evergreen trees, and in the woods. Tops occasionally 

 Winter-kill, but not enough to prevent your planting it for it springs up thicker than 

 ever. Spring or Summer planting is preferable to Autumn. 



2 ft. high. ' . . .$2.50 each, $20.00 per 10, $175.00 per 100 



3 ft. high.. $5.00 each, $40.00 per 10 



I. glabra. Inkberry. Native along the south shore of Long Island where it forms a 

 shrub 3 ft. high. It is as round and beautiful as old Boxwood. 



6-12 in. high. $1.25 each, $10.00 per 10 



I. opaca. American Holly. Everybody loves Holly but few know that it is possible 

 to have it in quantity. It is native along the beaches of Long Island. There are still 

 old trees on Rockaway Beach, Cedarhurst and Fire Island and occasionally inland on 

 Long Island. It will grow in the open sun, but you will get more pleasure from see- 

 ing its bright green foliage in the shade of forest trees and evergreens. Weave it in 

 among your shrubbery or in the planting next to the house. Even if your place is 

 well planted and you think you have not room for anything more you will find Holly 

 and a dozen other plants worth making room for. We have a number of plants, 4 to 

 15 ft. high, priced on selection. 



1 ft. high . . .$2.00 each, $15.00 per 10 



2 ft. high . . . , 4.00 each, 30.00 per 10 



KALMIA latifolia. Mountain Laurel. The commonest broad-leaved evergreen on 

 Long Island, and the best. It covers thousands of acres over the sandy and gravelly 

 soils. Use it underneath your Pines, Oaks, shrubs, in the woods, at the house founda- 

 tion and use it by the hundred and by the thousand. It is easily transplanted 

 any time of the year because it comes up with a big ball of earth. The flowers, light 

 and deep pink, are the glory of the forest. 



1- 2 ft. high $1.75 each, $15.00 per 10, $125.00 per 100 



2- 3 ft. high 3.00 each, 25.00 per 10, 200.00 per 100 



LEUCOTHOE. See page 40. 



MAHONIA aquifolium. Oregon Grape. Grows 2 ft. high with big, shiny, Holly-like 

 leaves; bronze-red in Winter. 



4-6 in. high . . 50c. each, $4.00 per 10 



VIBURNUM rhytidophyllum. A new evergreen from China with leaves 6 in. long; 

 clusters of white flowers and red berries. Worthy of trying in a collection of rare 

 plants in a moist, shady place. 



2 ft. high . , . . , $5.00 each 



RHODODENDRONS 



Cultivated Rhododendrons are mostly derived from a species native in the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains. You can plant our Rhododendrons in the Fall because they have big 

 balls of earth. Like other broad-leaved evergreens they do best if well mulched with 

 Oak leaves to keep out the frost and the tops protected by evergreen branches. To 

 make the most of Rhododendrons you have, move them apart. The colors of Rhodo- 

 dendrons Catawbiense hybrids range from white, light pink, deep pink, crimson, dark 

 crimson, lilac to purple. 



Each 10 Each 10 



1K-2 ft $4.00 $37.50 2% ft $8.00 $75.00 



2ft 6.00 55.00 3 ft .« 12.00 100.00 



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