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WM. BORSCH & SON, Maplewood, Oregon 
DWARF TREES AND SHRUBS 
GENERAL LIST 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS *uva-ursi —(Kinnikinic 
or Bearberry) Prostrate shrubby trailer 
with shiny dark green foliage and white 
flowers, followed by orange red berries. 
Valuable for dry rocky or sandy banks. 
35c and 5'Oc each. 
BRUCKENTHALIA *spiculifolia — (Balkan 
Heath) A most dainty and charming 
miniature Heath, making mats of close 
brilliant green fur, which is covered with 
small bell-shaped flowers of pink during 
July and Aug. 6 to 8 inches. Very hardy. 
25c, 50c and 75c each. 
CISTUS —(Rock-Rose) Wonderful shrubs for 
dry places and rock walls. 
*villosus —Rather dwarf, 12 to 18 inches 
high. Leaves and young stems shaggy 
with whitish hair. Large flowers of rose, 
yellow at base, all summer. 35c and 50c 
each. 
CLEMATIS integrifolia —Not a climber, for 
its shoots, growing from 3 to 4 feet long, 
die back each winter. Large deep blue 
flowers produced all summer. Excellent 
for draping over a large boulder or for a 
bank. 50c each. 
tangutica farreri —A climbing species col¬ 
lected by Farrer in China. A rapid grow¬ 
er, covered with golden globe-shaped 
flowers in summer, followed by pretty 
seed heads. 50c each. 
CYTISUS —(Broom) Small trees, shrubs and 
creepers, the majority of them being 
evergreen, grown chiefly for their pro¬ 
fusion of flowers during the summer 
months. Excellent subjects for the dry, 
sunny border, rockery or rock wall. Any 
common garden soil which is not too rich. 
See also Genista, page 53. The Cytisus and 
Genista are very much confused, and no 
reference book agrees with another as to 
which genus to attribute species. 
*dallimorei —Makes very compact shrubs, 
18 to 24 inches high, with almost the 
same number of inches in spread. Very 
unique in color, the flowers being a pret¬ 
ty shade of carmine with a little yellow. 
50c and $1.00 each. 
*decumbens —(prostrata) Forms close mats 
of prostrate growths, the foliage being 
just a little hairy and the flowers yellow. 
6 inches. 35c and 50c each. 
*nigricans —One of the few deciduous spe¬ 
cies which are worthy. A late flowering 
shrub, with long racemes of yellow flow¬ 
ers, sweetly scented, from July to Sept. 
2 to 4 ft. high. 50c and $1.00 each. 
*praecox — (Warminster or Cream Broom) 
Finely branched, compact shrub, covered 
with cream-colored flowers in early 
spring. Excellent for cutting. 3 to 5 ft. 
50c and $1.00. 
*purgans — (Formerly listed as kewensis 
pungens and often found listed in other 
catalogs as Kewensis, kewensis purgans 
or compacta.) Very compact, upright 
growing, covered with yellow flowers 
during May and June. 12 to 18 inches. 
35c and 50c each. 
DABOECIA (Menziesia polifolia; Irish Bell- 
Heather) *polifoIia —Evergreen bushes, 
12 to 18 inches high, with terminal ra¬ 
cemes of large inflated, reddish-purple 
bells. Fi’om June to Nov. 25c and 50c 
each. 
*poIifolia alba —White flowering form of 
preceding. 25c and 50c each. 
DAPH N E *cneorum — (Rock or Rose Daphne 
Evergreen foliage and crowded heads of 
fragrant bright pink flowers during May 
and June, and again during the fall 
months. Dwarf, from 8 to 12 inches 
high, but often from 18 to 30 inches 
across. Should be sheared back to with¬ 
in 4 to 6 inches of the ground every two 
years to obtain best results. Either full 
sun or light shade, in soil not too light, 
but with perfect drainage. Two year 
plants 50c each. Large size from $1.00 
to $2.50 each. 
Dwarf Daphne Cneorum 
