LAWRENCE’S LEADERS 
The Cape Cod Nurseries, Falmouth, Mass. First Issue for Spring of 1934 
Old English Boxwood 
To Our Triends 
For the purpose of im¬ 
proving our service we 
shall send you this year, 
in place of our general 
catalogue, a series of fol¬ 
ders that will treat of 
timely garden topics, 
plants for immediate 
planting, roses, hardy 
perennials, evergreens, 
seeds, and supplies, and 
our landscape service. 
We shall continue to 
carry the extensive line 
of trees and plants listed 
in former catalogues, and 
can supply promptly any¬ 
thing you need for the 
garden, yard, or estate. 
H. V. LAWRENCE 
Cornus florida (White Dogwood) 
Boxwood 
Virginia’s famous Boxwood hedges can be reproduced in New England, 
provided these hardy types of plants are used. Boxwood adds dignity 
to any garden, requires little care, seldom needs clipping and is rarely 
troubled by disease or insects. 
Old English Box. Buxus suffruticosa. The ideal plant for edging bods 
of perennials and for low hedges. 4 to 6-inch, $3 for 10, $25 per 100. 
Old English Box. Extra-large specimen plants. We have them in sizes 
from x 2J^ feet to 5 x 5 feet, and shall be happy to give full 
descriptions and quote prices on application. 
Common Box. Buxus sempervirens. This species can be clipped to 
various forms, used for hedges, or for window-box decorations. 6 to 
8-inch, $3.50 for 10, $25 per 100; 8 to 10-inch, $5 for 10, $40 per 100. 
Common Box. In specimen grades, B. & B. 10 to 12-inch, $1 each, 
$7.50 for 10; 12 to 15-inch, $1.50 each, $12.50 for 10; 15 to 18-inch, 
$2 each, $17.50 for 10. Prices of larger sizes will be given on application. 
Trailing Arbutus 
The Mayflower (Epigsea repens) is one of the daintiest native early- 
flowering plants. While it is usually considered a wilding and not easily 
transplanted, we have succeeded in producing large clumps in our 
nursery, and experience shows that they can readily be transplanted. 
You can now have this lovely little plant in a sheltered spot in your own 
garden. Requires acid soil. 
Nursery-grown clumps, 75 cts. each, $6 for 10, $50 per 100. 
Flowering Dogwood 
White Dogwood (Cornus florida) clothes the hillsides and edges of 
woodlands with garments of snowy white in spring. 3 to 4-foot, $1.75 
each; 4 to 5-foot, $2.50 each; 5 to 6-foot, $3.50 each; 6 to 8-foot, $5 each. 
Pink Dogwood. Rare. At its best when used with the white variety. 
2 to 3-foot, $2.50 each; 3 to 4-foot, $4.50 each; 4 to 5-foot, $5 each. 
Scotch Heather 
Heather (Calluna vulgaris), a native of Europe, is best known in the 
stories of Scotland. Low-growing, with pink flowers in late summer. 
6 to 8-inch, 50 cts. each, $4 for 10, $35 per 100. 
Calluna vulgaris alba. White flowers. 6 to 8-inch, 50 cts. each, $4 for 
10, $35 per 100. 
C. vulgaris alba elata. Similar to the preceding but more upright and 
taller. 8 to 10-inch, 50 cts. each, $4 for 10, $35 per 100. 
C. vulgaris aurea. Foliage golden in summer, red in winter. Pink 
flowers. 6 to 8-inch, 50 cts. each, $4 for 10, $35 per 100. 
C. vulgaris alba Hammondi. White flowers. 6 to 8-inch, 60 cts. each, 
$5 for 10, $40 per 100. 
C. vulgaris nana. A low-growing form of the type. 6 to 8-inch, 75 cts. 
each, $6.50 for 10, $60 per 100. 
C. vulgaris rubra. Flowers red. 6 to 8-inch, 60 cts. each, $5 for 10, 
$40 per 100. 
HEATH. This family, known as Erica, is sometimes confused with the 
Heathers. Shrubby, prostrate, spreading plants 6 to 10 inches high. 
Erica carnea. Has deep red flowers from February to April. 6 to 
8-inch, 75 cts. each, $6 for 10, $50 per 100. 
E. darleyensis. 6 to 8-inch, 75 cts. each, $6 for 10, $50 per 100. 
Trailing Arbutus 
The Brooms 
Scotch Broom. Cytisus scoparius. A 
slender shrub with bright yellow 
flowers in early summer. Pot-grown 
plants, 75 cts. each, $6.50 for 10, 
$60 per 100. 
Spike Broom. C. nigricans. From 
sunny Italy. Long racemes of yel¬ 
low flowers in June and July. Pot- 
grown plants, $1 each, $9 for 10. 
Silky-leaf Broom. Genista pilosa. 
A good ground-cover plant for dry 
places. Yellow flowers from May to j 
July. Pot-grown plants, $1 each, 
$9 for 10, $80 per 100. 
Cotoneaster 
Rock Cotoneaster. C. horizontalis. 
A trailing shrub useful in rockeries. 
Covered with red berries in autumn 
and winter. Attractive pink flowers. 
Plants from 6-inch pots, $1.25 each, 
$10 for 10. 
Spreading Cotoneaster. C. divari- 
cata. Foliage turns dark crimson in 
fall. Plants from 6-inch pots, $1.25 
each, $10 for 10; 2 to 3-foot speci¬ 
mens, B. & B., $1 each, $9 for 10. 
Simon’s Cotoneaster. C. simonsi. 
Plants from 6-inch pots, $1.25 each, 
$10 for 10; 2 to 3-foot specimens, 
B. & B., $1 each, $9 for 10. 
CAPE COD NURSERIES 
H. V. Lawrence FALMOUTH, MASS. 
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