Evergreen Shrubs 
Each year we find an ever increasing demand for our evergreen shrubs. The 
beauty of their foliage, together with their gorgeous flowers, make this one of 
the most desirous class of plants. Our selection, as you will note, includes many 
of the newer introductions as well as the old time favorites. 
Abelia grandiflora. Choice plants with 
shining foliage and producing light pink 
flowers from July until frost. 
Azalea amoena. Purple red flowers in 
April and May. Small, bright green 
leaves. Very hardy. 
Azalea hinodegiri. Undoubtedly the 
most popular of all Azaleas with many 
large, bright scarlet flowers gracing its 
evergreen foliage in April and May. 
Azalea J. T. Lovett. Flowers in late June 
and July. Rich carmine flowers com¬ 
pletely cover the plant. Decidedly 
spreading in habit. 
Azalea macrantha. Large, single salmon 
red flowers which bloom later than 
Azalea hinodegiri. 
Berberis verruculosa. Warty Barberry. 
Very attractive shrub of medium 
growth with shiny foliage. Fine for the 
rockery. 
Buxus sempervirens. Boxwood. Slow 
growing, glossy green evergreen. Excel¬ 
lent for formal specimens or for hedges. 
Buxus suffruticosa. Old English Boxwood. 
These dense Boxwood are used exten¬ 
sively for edging. Of slow growth, but 
very compact and most enduring. 
Cotoneaster horizontalis. Rock Coton- 
easter. A dwarf shrub of trailing habit 
especially suited for the rockery. It is 
covered with brilliant red berries in 
Autumn and Winter. 
Carolina Rhododendron 
Evergreen Shrubs are shade lovers 
Daphne cneorum. Rose Daphne. A 
dwarf evergreen shrub which bears 
clusters of pretty pink flowers in May 
and August. It has a delightful fragrance. 
Erica carnea. Spring Heather. Rosy pink 
flowers in April and May. 
Erica vulgaris. Scotch Heather. Rosy lav¬ 
ender flowers in July and August. 
Erica vulgaris alba. White Scotch Heather. 
White flowers in July-August. 
Erica vulgaris alporti. Crimson Heather. 
Dark crimson flowers in July-August. 
Erica vulgaris aurea. Golden Scotch 
Heather. Pink flowers, July-August. 
Golden foliage in Summer; bronze in 
Winter. 
Erica vulgaris compacta nana. Dwarf, 
compact growth. 
Euonymous microphylla. Shining small 
green leaves. 
Ilex bullata. Resembles dwarf Boxwood. 
Very hardy. 
Ilex opaca. American Holly. Slow grow¬ 
ing with short spreading branches. The 
Holly used at Christmas. 
Kalmia latifolia. Mountain-laurel. Does 
well in sun or shade. Pink to white 
flowers in June. A fine plant to group 
with Rhododendrons. We can offer well 
rooted nursery grown plants as well as 
collected stock. 
Mahonia aquifolia. Oregon Hollygrape. 
Shiny holly-like green leaves which turn 
to beautiful tints of red and bronze in 
the Autumn. Likes shade. 
Pachysandra terminalis. Japanese 
Spurge. An evergreen ground cover with 
attractive, dark green leaves and white 
flowers. Will grow in either sun or 
shade. Especially useful for planting in 
shady places where grass will not grow. 
Azalea hinodegiri 
Pieris floribunda. Mountain Andromeda. 
A low, compact evergreen shrub with 
small, dark green leaves. 
Pieris japonica. Japanese Andrdmeda. 
Rich green foliage, tips bronze red in 
Spring; graceful panicles of white 
flowers. 
Rhododendron carolinianum. Caro¬ 
lina Rhododendron. Nursery grown. 
The most attractive of the native kinds. 
Very desirable for foundation planting or 
among evergreens. It is exceptionally 
free flowering. Of compact growth with 
small leaves and flowers varying from 
light to deep pink. 
Rhododendron catawbiense. Catawba 
Rhododendron. A very hardy variety 
having rosy purple flowers. The parent 
of many of the hybrids. 
Rhododendron maximum. Native va¬ 
riety. Very suitable for shady places. 
It is perfectly hardy. The leaves are 
large and heavy and the flowers vary 
from white to light pink. We offer plants 
which have been nursery grown for 
several years and have developed a fine 
root system, and also collected plants. 
RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS 
These magnificent flowering Rhododendrons are now available to our customers 
at reasonable prices. When grouped with other Rhododendrons or Evergreens, 
they are always sure to attract the admiration of all plant lovers. 
Album elegans. 
Boule de Neige. 
Charles Bagley. 
Charles Dickens. 
Light blush. 
Dwarf white. 
Rich red. 
Deep scarlet. 
Delicatissima. Blush. 
Everestanum. Rosy lilac. 
H. W. Sargent. Crimson. 
Lady Armstrong. Rose pink. 
Lee’s Dark Purple. Dark purple. 
Mrs. C. S. Sargent. Bright pink. 
Roseum elegans. Good rose. 
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