THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Tins last is a small plant with small leaves ami 
small enmj)ael elust(M-s of \\hit(' 11on\(M's ami looks mon; 
lik(“ a laalmii than a Khododemlron. Of the sixty odd 
s|i(‘(*i(*s of (Chinese' UhodochmdroMs raist'd al the Arhor- 
(“tmn fi'om s(*('d eolh'et('d hy Wilson this is flu* only one 
that is p(M-f(‘etly hai'dv her('. althon^di R. (Rscolor ean h(' 
k('pl aliv(' in shei! ‘real positions at least foe a lew yeai'S. 
Two little Kmopi'an Khododendeons. R. fernufmeinn and 
R. hirin' u; live In'ee hut the plants are generally short- 
jived and not H'ally satisfaetory. Most of the Hhododen- 
drons eiiltivat('d in this |)arl of the eonntry are hybrids of 
R. ca((iu'h]ens(>. Imt oidy a V(‘ry few of the great lunTilx'r 
of thi'se hyhi’ids whieh hav(‘ been raised in Europe are 
leally hardy here. There are hybrids, too, growing in the 
Arl)oi-('tmn of R. Mellmiichii, of R. Srmrnown, of R. 
maxUnum, of /i. minus and of the European species whieh 
art' hardy. There is still much to be accomplished in the 
gai’d(Mis of eastern America by the breeders of hardy 
|{hodod('ndrons. 
IToi.i.iks. Ilex opaca, the widely distributed, red- 
fruited s])ecies of eastern North America is the only 
hroad-leaved evergreen wdiich is a tree in this climate. 
Hex opuea seems able to nourish under the conditions of 
city lif(‘ and to be litth' injured by the smoke from bitu¬ 
minous coal fires which are so injurious to most ever- 
gre('n ])lants. That it is a long-lived tree is show n by the 
sp(‘cimens t)lanted by Washington about 1785 at Mt. Ver¬ 
non wdiicb are still in perfect health and among the most 
inter(‘sting of the trees planted by him. Ilex glabra is 
another excellent broad-leaved evergreen for the decora¬ 
tion of New England gardens. It is a broad round-topped 
shrub w ilh small lustrous leaves and small black fruit a 
good deal hidden by the foliage, and is a native of the 
'"oast region frotn New Hampshire to Texas. A good mass 
of tlu'se slnaibs can be seen on the right hand side of the 
HemIo'"k Hill Drive' opnosite the Laurel plantation. Two 
Jananese' (‘vergreen Hollies can be grown here. Ilex cren- 
afa and I. nedmmdosa. The former is a small bushy 
tree or small shrub with small finely toothed leaves and 
small black fruit borne on such small stems that it is hid¬ 
den by tluv leaves. There are forms of this plant wdtb 
i-irge'r at)d with smaller leaves, and the small-leaved form 
('var.. mi' roplu/lla). on which the leaves are not more 
than half an im*h long, i'^ the hardier. Several large plants 
ean be seen on A/alea Path. Of Ilex peduneulosa there 
are only small s])eeimens in the Arboretum, wdiere they 
ean b(' seeti on IliekoiA Path near Centre Street wdiere 
they hav(' been grow ing for several years. In Japan this 
a small fr('(' soTiietimes twenty or thirty feet tall, or 
more oft('n a shrub. The leaves resemble in shape those 
of our AVild Cheri'y. and the handsome red fruit is borne 
on long stalks and is v(M‘y ornamental. 
\m)iu)vei).\s. Andromeda, oi‘ as it is often called 
■'jn (lorlhunda, is one of the handsomest of the broad¬ 
leaved evergret'ii shrubs which arc {)erfectly hardy in this 
climate. It is a round-topped shrub occasionally ('ighi or 
ten feet aeross and four or live feet high, with small, 
])oinled. dark gn'en leaves, and short terminal elustc'rs ol 
white bell-shaped flowers. The tlower-buds, whicb are 
fully grow n in the autumn, ai‘e conspicuous and ornamen¬ 
tal during the wfijiter. This southern Appalachian shruh 
is an old inhabitant of gardens and is still much propa¬ 
gated by nurserymen. The related Japanes(‘ spc'cies. An¬ 
dromeda japoni( a, is sometimes a small tree and has moni 
lustrous leaves and larger flow ers in larger clusters. The 
plant is hardy, but the flowers, which open early, art' 
ofteu injured by spring frosts. The so-called Bog Bdse- 
marys, Andromeda polifolia and A. glaueophylla, athough 
naturally swamp plants, can be growm in dry soil and are 
attractive small shrubs w ith small pale leaves and clus¬ 
tered wdiite or pink flowers. 
Chamaedaphne calyculata. This, the so-called 
Leather Leaf, is another native small plant which can be 
successfully grown in dry ground. The small white 
flowers are in the axils of the upper leaves and are not 
very conspicuous, and as an ornamental plant the Leather 
Leaf is not as attractive as several of the smaller shrubs 
of the Heath Family. There is also a plant of the dwarf 
fonn in the Shrub Collection (var. minor). 
The Box Huckleberra'. Among the easily growm and 
perfectly hardy evergreen plants of the Heath Family 
none is perhaps more beautiful than the Box Huckleberry 
( Gaylussacia hr-achycera) wdth its small, lustrous leaves 
wdiich become the color of old Spanish leather in the 
autumn, small wdiite flow'^ers and blue fruits. The pros¬ 
trate stems spread into broad mats only a fcAv inches 
high, and although the plant growls naturally in the shade 
of Oak woods it thrives in full sunshine. This is one of 
the rarest plants in North America and is now known to 
grow naturally in only one place in Pennsylvania. 
Blueberries. A few of the evergreen Vacciniums can 
be growm in this climate, including the Cowberry (F. 
Vitis-Idaea) and its variety minus, low plants wdth tufted 
creening stems, small pink or Avhite flowers and dark red 
berries. The two Cranberries, Vaceinium Oxycoccus and 
V. marrocarpon, although inhabitants of swamps, wdll 
also grow in dry ground and are beautiful plants. 
The only other broad-leaved evergreens wdiicb are per¬ 
fectly hai’dy lunv are the Leucothoes, the Bear Berry, the 
Ciaultherias. the Ledums. Leioiihyllums, the Pachystimas, 
Evohymus radi(*ans and Vinca minor. 
Mr. Curtis N. Smith, attorney for the American Asso¬ 
ciation of Nurserymen, reports that the objectionable 
nursery stock bill recently filed in the Georgia legisla¬ 
ture has Ix'en defeated. This hill established the measure 
of damage w hen fruit trees proved untrue to name. 
