Dwarf Conifers 
In the rock garden, on banks and in the fore¬ 
ground of taller growing plants, the dwarf 
conifers are very appropriate. Naturally their 
growth is extremely slow but that is precisely 
what is needed for such situations. Also they 
are often used as pot or tub plants. 
GLOBE LAWSON CYPRESS (Chamaecyparis 
lawsoniana globosa). Not quite globular as it 
is slightly pointed. Foliage is slender and not 
plumy like the next variety. Growth is ex¬ 
tremely slow. A little beauty. 
LEAST LAWSON CYPRESS (Chamaecyparis 
lawsoniana minima). Perfectly rounded in out¬ 
line. Branches are flattened or plumy. These 
two are perfectly distinct although forms of 
Japanese Cherry the Same thing. Both are as extremely dwarf 
TANKO-SHINJU (Pink Pearl) anything the Japanese have developed. 
JAPANESE CREEPING JUNIPER (Jiiniperiis japonica). This is the indispensable ac¬ 
companiment of a Japanese Garden. In the open ground it is splendid for banks and 
along the edges of pools. In large pots they make unique and interesting specimens. 
Foliage is silvery gray contrasting well with green hued plants. 
GOLDEN VARIEGATED JAPANESE CREEPING JUNIPER. 
SILVER VARIEGATED JAPANESE CREEPING JUNIPER. 
Two varieties of the preceding species. They differ from each other mainly in the color 
of the variegation and from the original form in that what foliage is not variegated is 
greenish rather than gray. They are also of much slower growth and can be classed as 
true dwarfs, 
MUGHO PINE (Pinus montana miighiis). Probably the dwarfest of all pines. Only a 
little rounded shrub as wide or wider than tall. A very attractive little plant which can 
be relied upon to keep within bounds. 
BROAD LEAVED EVERGREENS 
LAKESIDE WILD-LILAC (Ceanothus cyaneiis). Imagine the bluest blue you have ever 
seen and you will come somewhere near the blueness of this gem. The thyrses are very 
large, sometimes nearly a foot long and produced in breath-taking profusion. A very 
rapid grower and comes into bloom quickly so there is little use of planting anything 
larger than pot grown plants. 
CRANBERRY COTONEASTER (Cotoneaster apiculata). One of the flat growing kinds 
that hug the ground. The berries are simply gorgeous, largest of all the Cotoneasters, 
brilliant glossy red and plenty of them. Very rare as yet but likely to be the outstand¬ 
ing favorite among the prostrate 
varieties as it becomes more wide¬ 
ly distributed and its great merit 
better known. 
EARLY COTONEASTER (Cotone¬ 
aster praecox). Another prostrate 
form whose foliage is so close to 
the preceding species that it is hard 
to tell them apart except when in 
fruit. Leaves of both are rounded 
and about a half inch long and 
broad, but in this the margins are 
wavy while nearly flat in C. apicu¬ 
lata. The unique merit of this one 
is that its berries are fully colored 
by the end of June when many oth¬ 
ers are still in bloom. Berries are 
red and nearly as large as those of 
C. apiculata. In spite of their early 
coloring the berries last into winter. 
PINK INDIA-HAWTHORN 
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