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F. & F NURSERY CATALOGUE 



BUXUS. Box. 



— semper virens. Common Tree Box. A large 



shrub with thick leathery dark green leaves. 

 Bears shearing well and can be shaped in any 

 form desired. A most important gardening 

 plant. 



Bush Box. Bushy and broad specimens, 



suitable for hedge or single planting; 12 to 48 

 inches in height. 



Globe- shaped Box. Clipped in round globe- 

 shaped form close to the ground. 



Standards. Very compact, evenly clipped 



form, good specimens, from 12 to 24 inches 

 diameter of head. 



Pyramids. Fine, compact plants, from 2 



to 5 and 6 feet. 



— suf?ruticosa. Dwarf Box. The well-known 



Box used for edging, and invaluable for this 

 purpose. It makes, too, a handsome ornamen- 

 tal bush. 



BERBERIS Ilicifolia. Holly-leaved Barberry. 

 See Deciduous Shrubs. 



CALLUNA. 



— Heather. This plant should be more generally 

 known. It is of the easiest possible culture, 

 growing well in ordinary soils. The varieties 

 named below are hardy and bloom con- 

 tinuously from July to September. They 

 are of a dwarf nature and serve to cover banks 

 and border beds of shrubbery. 



COTONEASTER. 



— Davidiana horizontalis. One of the best 



Cotoneasters. Nearly climbing, if planted near 

 a wall. Its small shining leaves, with red 

 berries during the Winter make it one of the 

 finest shrubs. 



— microphylla. Small-leaved Cotoneaster. An 



attractive, low, trailing bush, with very small, 

 glossj^, dark green leaves. Red berries in 

 Winter. 



DAPHNE. 



— eneorum. Trailing Daphne. Very dwarf habit; 



small, narrow, abundant foliage. The spread- 

 ing horizontal branches are covered in Spring 

 with light pink, rosette-like flowers of delicate 

 fragrance. 



EUONYMUS. 



— Japonieus. A broad-leaved Evergreen of hand- 



some color and form, but not entirely hardy. 



— Britzensis. Similar to Euonymus Japonica; 



foliage is not quite so thick and leathery and is 

 hardier. 



— radicans. Creeping Euonymus. An invaluable 



plant for covering bare spots in borders. A 

 self-clinging vine or shrubby Evergreen bush 

 as desired. Hardy. 



variegata. Variegated Creeping Euonymus. 



Very distinctly variegated with white, yellow 

 and pink shades. An equally strong grower 

 and very attractive on low walls. 



■ Carrieri. Larger leaves than the ordinary 



Radicans. Very good. 



Box Edging for Dutch and Italian Gardens 



