RARE PERENNIALS, ALPINE PLANTS 
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COTONEASTER *dammeri— (humifusa) An 
essential creeping shrub for the rockery. 
A perfect prostrate species with bright 
evergreen foliage and coral-red berries. 
25c to 75c each. 
♦microphylla glacialis — Evergreen, dwarf 
and slow-growing, moulding itself to the 
shape of any rock with which it comes 
in contact; in want of such support, the 
plant will imagine it, and form itself into 
a hump. Red berries. 50c and 75c each. 
*rotundifolia prostrata —Low or prostrate 
shrub with evergreen foliage, dark green 
above and greyish beneath. White flow¬ 
ers from May to June, followed by bright 
red berries from Sept, onward. 50c ea. 
CYTISUS— See Genistas. 
Dwarf Daphne Cneorum 
DABOECIA (Menziesia polifolia; Irish Bell- 
Heather) *polifolia —Evergreen bushes, 
12 to 18 inches high, with terminal ra¬ 
cemes of large inflated, reddish-purple 
bells. From June to Nov. 25c and 50c 
each. 
♦polifolia alba —White flowering form of 
preceding. 25c and 50c each. 
DABOECIA *polifolia rosea —Why the orig¬ 
inator called it “rosea” we do not know, 
for the color is not pink but a deeper 
purple pink than the type polifolia. A 
valuable addition to the evergreen sec¬ 
tion of dwarf shrubs, beginning to bloom 
in early spring. 25c and 50c each. 
♦polifolia versicolor —A very curious plant, 
having white, purple and bi-colored flow¬ 
ers all on the same raceme. Small plants 
35c and 50c each. 
DAPHNE ♦blagayana— One of the hardiest of 
this genus, but requires a little shade 
during the hot summer days. Large, 
creamy, sweet-scented flowers on pros¬ 
trate branches which layer themselves if 
branches are buried under a few stones, 
or are interplanted with Erica carnea 
rosea or carnea vivelli, which serve to 
protect the bare branches from the sun 
and with their ruddy flowers provide a 
foil for the creamy Daphne flowers. Our 
stock' of this very desirable shrub is 
limited. $2.00 and $3.00 each. 
♦cneorum — The 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. 
♦cneorum album —A very rare white-flow¬ 
ering form of the precedir^g. We have a 
few grafted plants, 2 years .old, at $2.50 
and $4.00 each. i f. 
♦cneorum variegatum —A variegated foli¬ 
age form of this species, with the same 
abundance of fragrant flowers. 75c, $1.05 
and $2.50 each. 
♦collina —Makes a very neat bush, with 
rather large, hairy leaves and heads of 
fragrant lilac-pink flowers in summer. 
Grows readily in any fair soil, with a 
little shade. One of the rare species. 
$4.50 each. 
dauphini — Hybrid of D. collina and D. 
odora, growing up to 4 feet high. Dark 
green leaves, shining above, slightly 
hairy along the veins beneath when 
young. Rather large lilac-purple flow¬ 
ers, very fragrant. $2.50 each. 
♦mezereum —A deciduous shrub, up to 4 ft. 
high. The fragrant, lilac purple flow¬ 
ers, silky outside, appear long before the 
foliage, from Feb. to April. Bright red 
berries during the summer months, 
small plants, 25c each; 3 year old, 50c 
each; larger size, from 75c to $2,00 each. 
♦laureola — Rather large shining, dark 
green leaves with small yellowish flow¬ 
ers in racemes and black fruits later. 
Will make a 3 to 4 ft. shrub in time. 
March and April. 50c and $1.00 each. 
neapolitana —Makes a well rounded bush, 
with grey green leaves and heads of 
fragrant lilac flowers, rather silky out¬ 
side. $2.50 each. 
odora — One of the sweetest of fragrant 
flowering shrubs. Glossy evergreen fol¬ 
iage, sometimes variegated with a yellow 
edge. Clusters of light pink waxy flow¬ 
ers early in spring, 50c, 75c and $1.00 
each. 
