V 
HARDY CREEPERS AND GROUND-COVERING PLANTS 
There are many .spots on hillsides, under trees and on banks of streams where ordinary plants do not thrive 
and where a low covering of green is very desirable. For these purposes the list below fs a good one, though 
only partial, for many of the taller vines can be used, such as Lonicera, Vitis, etc., and low shrubs as Xanthorrhiza, 
Myrica, etc., which are offered elsewhere. Advice on this important question gladly given where conditions and 
effect desired are indicated. 
The approximate height from ground is given, hut not the space covered by plants. 
EPIGAEA. repens. Tit ailing Arijutus. 2 to 4 in. White and rose-colored. One of the most popular of all 
our native flowers, hut difficult to transplant. Flowers deliciously fragrant in clusters in May. 
GALAX AP5YLLA. Galax, 
or Coltsfoot. 6to I8in. 
White. A smooth plant, 
with heart-shaped, crenate- 
toothed and shining ever¬ 
green leaves of striking 
beauty. The small white 
flowers are borne on a scape 
12 to 18 inches high, form¬ 
ing a beautiful dense-spiked 
raceme. The thick leaves 
turn brilliant shades of 
bronze, red and crimson in 
autumn where exposed to 
the sun, and remain so 
throughout the winter, but 
in shade they retain their 
striking green effect. We 
introduced the leaves for 
winter decorating purposes, 
and ship millions of them 
every winter. A remarkable 
ground-covering plant, par¬ 
ticularly when used with 
Rhododendrons. 
GAULTHERIA procumbens. 
WlNTERGREEN. 3 to 8 ill. 
Bright red clusters of edible 
berries all through winter. 
Highly aromatic dark green 
leaves. Flowers white. Plant 
with Galax and Rhododen¬ 
drons. 
GLEGHOMA hederaeea. 
Ground Ivy. 3 to 5 in. JVot 
native. Light blue. One of 
the best ground - covering 
plants. Very fragrant; stands 
moisture well. 
HOUSTONIA serpyllifolia. 
Bluets. 3 to Gin. Light blue 
or white, blooming nearly all 
summer. Forms carpet of 
minute leaves. It is easily 
forced and a most exquisitely 
beautiful dainty window plant 
r vnnnnnTmv . ^ and for borders. 
YuOPODIUM olavatum. Running Pine. 1 ft. The Lycopodiums are very useful for planting in moist 
shady places or under Rhododendrons, ete. 
oomplanatum. Trailing Christmas Green. G to 10 in. Creeping, 
luoldulum. Shining Cluii Moss. 0 to 10 in. Erect, very fine. 
obMourum. Ground Pine. G to 10 in. Erect; spreading stems. 
MH.OHELLAropons. Partridge-Vink. 3 to 5 in. White. A small trailing evergreen, with white or pur- 
plo-Llngcu very fragrant flowers in June. Berries bright red, persistent through winter. 
PHLOX roptans. Trailing Phlox. 3 to 8 in. Reddish purple. Splendid prostrate species for covering 
hare spaces of ground. 1 he flowers riso like stars from the nearly evergreen leaves, making a showy dis¬ 
play In May or Juno. b 3 
Mubulntn. Moss Pink. 3 to 8 in. Strong-growing dwarf shrubby Phlox, making thick clumps literally 
covered with tho showy purple flowers. For massing effects and covering hillsides it is without an equal. 
Nubulata alba. White Moss Pink. 3 to 8 in. White variety. 
RUBUS canadensis. Dewberry. 1 to 2 ft. White. All the Rubus are useful for shrubberies and have 
showy Mowers and fruit. 
Wistaria irutOBConu (Soopnco 22) 
ounoifolius. Sand Blaukiiekry. 1 to 2 ft. 
