EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
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CHAMiEDAPHNE. The Leather-Leaf 
Chamaedaphne calyculata (Cassandra calyculata). 
VD. Leather-leaf. A small evergreen shrub. A 
desirable spreading border plant. Leaves dull 
green above, with minute rusty scales beneath; 
flowers white, nodding, in leafy racemes, opening 
at the first approach of spring. 35c. each; 
$3.00 per 10. 
COTONEASTER. Rose Box 
Cotoneaster Franchetii. Dm. Upright, densely 
branched evergreen shrub, having a glossy green 
leaf and small pink flowers in dense corymbs, pro- 
ducing orange red fruit in the autumn. Desir- 
able as a single specimen, for massing with other 
shrubs, or for hedge work. 2 to 3 ft., 35c; 4 to 
5 ft., 50c. - 
G. horizon talis (Prostrate Cotoneaster). Dm. A 
low shrub with almost horizontal branches. 
Native of China. Leaves Bark green, about half 
an inch long; flowers pinkish white; fruit bright 
red; attractive in rockeries. A most desirable 
ground-cover. This plant will be largely planted 
as soon as well known. 15 to 18 in., $1.00. 
G. Simonsii (Shining- leaved Rose Box). An attrac- 
tive shrub with spreading branches. Leaves 
about three-quarters of an inch long, deep lustrous 
green; flowers white, followed by bright red ber- 
ries; very showy. 3 ft., 40c. 
DAPHNE. Garland Flower 
Daphne Cneorum. A dwarf evergreen shrub, pro- 
ducing fragrant rosy lilac flowers in May and 
June; foliage dark green and glossy; a plant which 
every one wants at sight. 6 to 8 in., 50c; 8 to 10 
in 75c. 
D. collina. A very rare, low growing evergreen shrub, 
forming a thick spreading head, the branches of 
which are hairy; leaves are deep glossy green above 
and wooly on the under side. The flowers are 
DAPHNE— Continued 
deep pink, very abundant in May and June, with 
flowers less abundant throughout the rest of the 
season; deliciously fragrant, strongly akin to the 
bloom of the Mayflower. It is a slow-growing 
variety, ultimately attaining a height of three 
feet. We have only a few plants as yet; but by 
the fall of 1918 we hope to be able to furnish 2 year 
plants at 75c. each; only a limited number now. 
12 to 15 inches at $2.50 each. 
EVONYMUS 
Evonymus radicans (Creeping Evonymus). A low, 
procumbent shrub; leaves dull green above, with 
whitish veins. If supported, will climb over a 
wall or the side of a house; but not self-clinging. 
3-yr. plants 30c; $2.50 per 10. 
E. — Carrieri. A stronger grower than Evonymus 
radicans, with larger ovate green leaves. Half 
bush and half vine in habit of growth. If given 
support, it makes a very fine covering for a build- 
ing or a wall; very rugged, and a rapid grower. 
3-yr. plants, 40c; $3.50 per 10. 
E. — kewensis. A fine-leaved evergreen plant for 
carpeting the ground, or as a rock-plant; dark- 
green foliage with lighter veins; the most minia- 
ture of all the Euonymus; one of the newer plants; 
very desirable. 3 to 4 in. pots, 40c; $3.50 per 10. 
E. — variegata (Variegated Creeping Evonymus) . 
Similar to radicans, except the leaf is variegated 
with yellow, white and pink shades; a strong 
grower, and very attractive in rockeries and borders 
of beds. 3 yrs., 30c. each; $2.50 per 10. 
E. — vegeta (Broad-leaved Creeping Evonymus). A 
pretty, low-trailing evergreen with aerial rootlets 
which make it self-supporting; has round leaves; 
produces an abundance of showy red fruit with 
yellow pods; very desirable for filling on the bor- 
ders of evergreens. 3-yr. old plants, 35c; $3.00 
per 10. 
HEDERA. See Vines 
Evonymus radicans covering stone wall; showing a three years' growth after being planted from 
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