WAySIDE 
GARDENS 
FOR pUAUTY 
CALLUNA AND ERICA - Heaths and Heathers 
Calluna vulgaris Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Scotch Heather). A low-growing shrub, with erect branches 
covered with short, closely adpressed leaves. The pretty, 
bell-shaped flowers occur in great profusion toward tops of 
the shoots and are a pretty rosy color. 
Calluna vulgaris alba Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(White Heather). Always worn in buttonholes for good luck. 
Is the white form of the common Scotch Heather. 
Calluna vulgaris Alporti. Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Late. Grows 24 in. high. Flowers rosy purple. 
Calluna vulgaris aurea Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Golden Leaved Heather). Same habit as Vulgaris except 
the foliage, which is of a beautiful golden tint. 
Calluna vulgaris nana compacta 
Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Prostrate and compact in growth. Not over 7 or 8 in. Dull, 
rich green; fine little evergreen plant for the rock garden; 
has pink flowers. 
Calluna vulgaris Hammondi Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Midseason. Grows 18-24 inches high. Flowers white. 
Calluna vulgaris minor Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Midseason. Grows 15 inches high. Flowers white. 
Calluna vulgaris multiplex Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A double-flowered form of the type. Midseason. Grows 12-15 
inches high. Purple flowers. 
Calluna vulgaris rubra Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Early. Low spreading growth, 6-12 inches. Flowers rosy 
carmine. 
ERICA 
Calluna Vulgaris—Scotch Heather. 
Cotoneaster Horizontalis. 
Hypericum Moserianum. 
A charming hardy plant, companion to the Heathers. The 
Heaths flower in early spring. 
Erica carnea Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
(Spring Heath). Early bright rose. 
Erica darleyensis Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
(Darley Heath). Early deep rose. 
Erica vagans Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
(Cornish Heath). Pale lilac. 
DESMODIUM 
Penduliflorum Three $0.75, Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
Half-shrubs, the long canes of each season’s growth usually 
winter-killed. The stools become stronger, throwing up more 
shoots and forming a thick shrub 2 to 5 feet high, in showy 
late summer bloom. Arched branches and long, close, droop¬ 
ing racemes of liquid purple flowers. 2-year plants. 
GENISTA - Dyers Greenweed; Broom 
*Juncea Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A very fine little spring shrub about 2 feet high with silky, 
small leaves; the flowers are freely produced in drooping 
heads. It is the hardiest of the Genistas. 
*Sagittalis Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Dwarf Prostrate Broom). The stems are curiously winged 
like an arrow, pealike flowers in clustered heads in June. 
Plant in warm, sheltered part of rock garden. Plant is about 
6 inches high. 
HYPERICUM 
Ascyron Three $0.75, Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
(Pyramidatum). Upright growing perennial about 2 to 3 feet 
high. Clusters of flowers in July. Each flower about two inches 
in diameter. Good for the background in the border. 
*Calycinum Three $0.75, Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
Similar to Moserianum, except that it makes underground 
runners, which when they come up, produce a beautiful carpet 
of green covered with large, yellow blossoms. Really a ground 
cover; hardiest of all; excellent dwarf shrub. 20 inches. 
Henryi Three $0.75. Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
The same as Moserianum, though slightly, more upright. A 
lovely little shrub. 
*Moseriamun Three $0.65, Doz. $1.70, 100 $12.00 
A most desirable border shrub about 20 inches high, of free 
and graceful habit, producing long, slender stems, drooping, 
apparently from the weight of the flowers and buds, although 
the flowers face so none of their beauty is lost. Color a rich 
golden yellow, and bloom continuously the entire season. 
VITEX - Chaste Tree 
Macrophylla Each $0.60, Doz. $6.00 
A lovely low-growing shrub of rounded form and handsome 
dark green, fernlike foliage. From July until September great 
lilac-like, lavender-blue flowers are produced at the ends of 
branches. Excellent for lawn or formal garden planting. 
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