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ILEX crenata convexa. Box Leaf Japanese Holly. The Japanese Holly is not hardy in 
most places here in Massachusetts but the Box Leaf Japanese Holly has been entirely 
satisfactory with us. It is a coming plant. Several years ago we had several thousand 
but people didn’t seem to know it so we rested our propagation for a few years. In the 
meantime, as the public became better acquainted with its beauty, it began to sell 
like hot cakes, and we sold completely out of the larger plants in 1938. However, we 
are in production again and have a good stock for 1940 and the years to follow. 
Box Leaf Japanese Holly is a shrubdike broaddeaved evergreen that is very decorative 
when planted in conjunction with rhododendrons, evergreen shrubs and particularly 
with coniferous evergreens. The texture of its foliage in an evergreen planting takes 
away that solid heavy look and when the light is shining on it it seems to brighten 
up the entire scene. It has also been used very effectively as a hedge plant. It is very 
bushy with boxdike foliage of dull green and grows about 4 feet tall. 
Each 10 100 
18 to 24 in., B&B.$3.00 $27.50 $250.00 
OXYDENDRUM arboreum. Sourwood. Here is one of our native trees that still seems 
to be little known. It is a native to the Alleghenies and has grown well at the Arnold 
Arboretum on the north side of Hemlock Hill. It forms a small tree ultimately about 
25 feet in height. It is slender and graceful as a birch—just ideal to fill a narrow corner 
or plant at the back of a shrub border to give irregular outline against the sky. Its 
flowers are its crowning glory, coming in long, curving racemes like drooping bouquets 
of lily'of'the'valley on the ends of the branches in July and August when no other 
tree is in flower. Usually it is the very first tree in the autumn to assume its fall 
coloring and nearly always it is a brilliant scarlet. 
Russell Hybrid Lupins 
Each 10 
2 to 3 ft. BU*B $1.75 $15.00 
3 to 4 ft. B6?B 2.25 20.00 
4 to 5 ft. B6?B 3.00 27.50 
Each 10 
5 to 6 ft. B6?B $5.00 $45.00 
6 to 7 ft. B6?B 7.00 65.00 
NEPETA, Six Hills Giant. Nearly every gardener is familiar with 
Nepeta mussini but not so many know Six Hills Giant, introduced 
in 1939. It has a neat, compact habit of growth but produces 
larger and finer flowers and the foliage is a more silvery gray. It 
flowers from May to September and grows about 15 inches tall. 
It makes a show in the border or is useful as an edging to paths in 
dry, sunny locations, and the flowers are excellent for cutting. 
Each, 40c; 12 for $4.00; 100 for $27.00. 
RUSSELL HYBRID LUPINS have already been well publicized 
as a .new English strain of extraordinary colors with many shades 
never before seen in Lupines. (See color illustration, page 62.) 
Superb spikes closely set with large 
individual flowers, resembling a round 
column of sweet peas. Spikes are from 
3 to 5 feet tall, and all the flowers on 
the spike open at one time from top to 
bottom. The plants we offer will 
flower this year. Each, 40c; doz., 
$4.00; $27.00 per 100. 
ASTER, Star of Eisenach. A new variety 
of Aster subcaeruleus which will prove 
to be a most welcome addition to the 
border and the rock garden. The two- 
inch lavender flowers appear in early 
June on ten-inch stems, making this 
plant one of the most valuable that 
we have for cut flowers. Each, 40c; 
$4.00 per doz.; $27.00 per 100. 
DELPHINIUM, Pacific White. New 
strains of white Delphiniums have 
been many but there have been few 
that have met with such instant uni' 
versal approval as the Pacific White. 
This variety has long spikes of close' 
set flowers—the purest white that we 
have yet seen. Each, 75c; $7.50 per 
doz. 
Vinca Minor Alba 
VINCA minor alba. White Periwinkle. Everyone knows the common 
Periwinkle with its handsome evergreen foliage and bright blue 
flowers, hardy :and most effective, .under trees and shady nooks 
where few plants will thrive. The white Periwinkle is exactly like 
it with white instead of blue flowers. The white is particularly 
effective when planted in conjunction with the blue. The comment 
is frequently made that white is not planted sufficiently in gardens 
and that it provides a yard stick by which to measure the depth 
of other colors. We suggest planting some of the white Peri' 
winkle. Our plants are heavy, well established ones growing in 
3'inch pots. Each, 40c; 10 for $3.50; $25.00 per 100. 
VIOLA odorata semperflorens. Everblooming Sweet Violet. Those 
who are familiar with the common viola odorata will appreciate 
what a great improvement was made when the variety semper' 
florens was developed. The flowers are carried well above the fo' 
liage, making a much better display and the blooming period has 
been lengthened so that flowers are present throughout the season. 
Each, 30c; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
EPIGAEA repens. Mayflower or Trailing 
Arbutus i This native wild flower is 
well known to all New Englanders and 
has been loved by them since colonial 
days. The delicate pink, fragrant flow' 
ers, hiding under leaves, are eagerly 
sought in early spring. This plant will 
be happy in the native garden where 
there is good drainage and plenty of 
leaf mold. Each, 50c; $5.00 per doz.; 
$40.00 per 100. 
PHLOX camlaensis. Camla Phlox. We 
repeat this here because it is one of 
the newer perennials and an admirable 
one. It is a creeping type with a very 
attractive green foliage that doesn’t 
yellow in the summer, and remains a 
wholesome green throughout the 
winter, and is neat and compact. Its 
flowers are large and a salmon'pink 
color blossoming in May and fre' 
quently again from August to Octo' 
ber. Each, 40c; doz., $4.00; $27.00 
per 100. 
