FRUIT DEPARTMENT-EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
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EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
This class of shrubs should not be neglected when planting a lawn or park. 
They fill the same relative position to the flowering shrubs that evergreens (conifers) 
do to the deciduous trees. Nothing could be more ornamental than a fine bed of 
Rhododendrons. 
AUCUBA JAPONICA 
Japan Spotted Laurel; Gold Dust Tree. 
A small, beautiful shrub, with curious gold- 
blotched leaves. Needs protection in winter. We 
list two varieties. 
A. J. maculata. Leaves long and narrow, irreg- 
ularly toothed. Color deep green. 
A. J. lanceolata. A desirable variety with deep 
green, lance-shaped leaves. 
ASHBERRY. See Mahonia. 
ADAM’S NEEDLE. See Yucca. 
BOX. Buxus. 
Dwarf ( B.nana ). Used principally for borders 
and edgings, for which purpose it is the best 
plant in cultivation. 
Tree (B. sempervirens aborescens) . A very de- 
sirable small tree in the yard or garden; well 
adapted to small places; prefers a shady situation. 
It can be made to assume any form. 
B. Variegata. A variety of Tree Box, forming 
a beautiful small bush, blotched with white. 
BURNING BUSH. See Euonymus. 
CALICO BUSH. See Mountain Laurel. 
EUONYMUS. 
Spindle Tree, Strawberry Tree, or Burning Bush. 
E. Japonicas radicans variegatas. A neat trailing 
variety with small, glossy green leaves, broadly 
margined with white. Valuable for rock work or 
borders of beds, also for vases or baskets. This 
variety is hardy in the North. 
GOLD DUST TREE. See Aucuba. 
HOLLY. Ilex 
American (/. opaca or I. quercifolia, Meerb). 
A tree with spreading short branches, sometimes 
reaching to 50 feet in height, forming a narrow, 
pyramidal head. Leaves have large remote spiny 
teeth, rarely entire. Fruit dull scarlet, usually 
solitary. Hardier than the aquifolium but less 
handsome. 
English or European [/. aquifolium ]. A beau- 
tiful medium growing evergreen tree, with shin- 
ing, dark, green leaves with spiny teeth, short, 
spreading branches, forming an oblong or pyra- 
midal head. In winter it is covered with bright 
red berries. Much used for Christmas decorations. 
While in time it will attain a height of 30 to 40 
feet, it is slow growing and usually classed as a 
shrub or small tree. 
Pyramidalis [/. aquifolium puramidalis ]. 
Pyramidal or sometimes known as “Dutch” Hol- 
ly. A variety of the European Holly with many 
of the leaves spineless. Grows to a more pyra- 
midal form than the “English.” Berries grow 
more in clusters and the berries are borne in large 
quantities at a much earlier age. A fine decora- 
tive variety. 
Golden Variegated [/. aquifolium golden varie- 
gted ]. Leaves having a large blotch of creamy 
yellow, surrounded by a green border. 
Silver Variegated [/. aquifolium silver varie- 
gated], Similar to the Golden variegated except 
that the leaves are blotched and tinted with sil- 
very white in place of creamy yellow. 
KALMIA. See Mountain Laurel. 
Lauro-cerasus 
CHERRY LAUREL or ENGLISH LAUREL 
[Prunus lauro-cerasus ]. A bush or small tree 
reaching about 10 ft. in height with handsome 
evergreen foliage. Its glossy evergreen leaves 
makes it very popular for both summer and win- 
ter. Flowers small, white, in axillary or termi- 
nal short racemes in spring. Single specimens 
make fine plantings or in pairs for driveways or 
entrances, also very fine for hedges. 
LAURUSTINUS. ( Viburnum Tinus) 
A well-known winter-flowering shrub of great 
beauty, producing an abundance of white flowers; 
well adapted for hedges. 
Rotundifolia. Far superior to the common var- 
iety; leaves rounded, deep glossy green; flowers 
much larger; better adapted to the Willamette 
Valley; never sun-scalds. 
Variegata. Leaves blotched with silvery white. 
Very fine. 
LIGUSTRUM. See Privet. 
MAHONIA, (Ashberry) or Holly-leaved 
Barberry 
[ Mahonia aquifolium (Berberis)] Oregon Grape. 
A handsome shrub with foliage similar to the 
Holly, bright glossy green in the growing season, 
turning in the autumn to rich red and bronze 
shades. Persistent throughout the winter. The 
yellow blossoms in April are very attractive, and 
a profusion of blue berries in autumn. Does best 
where the ground is deep, rich and shaded. Usual 
height from 4 to 6 feet. The beautiful evergreen 
foliage is shipped east at Christmas time, taking 
the place of Holly. One of our most attractive 
evergreen shrubs, for decorative planting. 
MOUNTAIN, or AMERICAN LAUREL 
Calico Bush [Kalmia latifolia] 
Broad, glossy green, shining foliage; flowers 
in large and showy clusters of elegant shape, and 
most beautiful colored, mostly pink or white. 
Few broad-leaved evergreens are as beautiful in 
foliage, and none can excel the beauty and deli- 
cate forms of its flowers. Requires about the 
same treatment as the Rhododendron. 
OREGON GRAPE. See Mahonia. 
PRIVET. See Deciduous Shrubs. 
