MAGNOLIA STELLATA. Shrub or small tree with spreading 
branches, smaller and slower growing than most magnolias. 
Considered by some as the best magnolia. Hardiest and earliest. 
A highly ornamental shrub and very popular, and justly so, with 
its beautiful star-shaped pure white, sweet-scented flowers, bloom- 
ing in profusion. Begins blooming early when hardly 2 ft. tall. A 
marvelous specimen plant and also can be trained as an espalier. 
A real aristocrat 
MEXICAN ORANGE (See Choisya Ternata). 
MOCK ORANGE (See Philadelphus). 
MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM (Oregon Grape). An ornate little ever- 
green shrub, native of Oregon. Leaves are holly-like and bright 
green. Has long clusters of bright golden yellow flowers in the 
spring, followed by bunches of bright blue, grape-like berries. 
Attractive in foliage, flower and fruit. Also fine for interior decora- 
tive purposes. Some leaves take on autumn tints of crimson, 
deep red, bronze and gold. The shrub is at its best in group 
plantings. One of the hardiest of the broadleaved evergreens. 
MOUNTAIN LAUREL (See Kalmia). 
NANDINA DOMESTICA. A native of the Orient. Characterized by 
delicate foliage, the long slender leaves being frond-like. It bears 
large clusters of bright red berries which at times almost cover 
the tops of the plants. Some of the leaves turn in autumn to 
attractive shades of red, bronze and scarlet, and some remain 
green. Height 4 to 5 feet. Good for specimen and mass plantings. 
One of the finest hardy evergreens grown. 
OREGON GRAPE (See Mahonia). 
PHILADELPHUS (Mock Orange). Deciduous; flowers white, very 
deliciously fragrant; generally blossoms in June; in fact it is re- 
markable for the uniformity of the blossoming period throughout 
the world. Hardy. Well adapted to shrubberies. 
P, Coronarius. 10 feet high; flowers white. 
P. Coronarius Virginal. 10 feet high; double white flowers. 
P. Grandiflorus. 
species. 
PHOTINIA SERRULATA. Native of China. A hardy, rapid growina 
evergreens with large, dark green, glossy leaves having serrated 
edges. Without doubt one of the most desirable of all broad- 
leaved shrubs. The tips of the new foliage in spring and summer 
are fiery red. Its shades of red and crimson are unsurpassed by 
any evergreen. 
PICEA EXCELSA (Norway Spruce). One of the best known and 
one of the hardiest of conifers. Native of northern Europe. Conical 
in form of growth and with deep green foliage. Does well in 
rather sterile soil and defies the blast in cold, exposed situations. 
Rapid growing, the name excelsa meaning lofty. Valuable for 
windbreaks and makes a good specimen tree. 
PICEA POLITA (Tiger Tail Spruce). In appearance the foliage is 
light green, delicate and pleasing, but harsh to the touch. Upright, 
symmetrical, uniform, dense and hardy. Serves a valuable purpose 
as a protector against trepassers. A hedge of Tiger Tail Spruce is 
practically impregnable. 
PICEA PUNGENS GLAUCA (Blue Colorado Spruce). Native Wyo- 
ming to Colorado and Utah. The color effect ranges from green 
to silvery blue. A very handsome and a very hardy tree of 
symmetrical habit of growth. One of the most desirable of the 
spruces. Flourishes under adverse conditions. 
PICEA PUNGENS GLAUCA KASTER (Kaster Blue Spruce). Same as 
Blue Spruce in growth. But far superior in color. A grafted variety 
to insure the bluest of blue color for all trees. The supreme among 
Blue spruces. 
PIERIS JAPONICA (Japanese Andromeda). A shrub of Oriental 
origin, growing to a height of 4 to 5 feet. Has glossy deep green 
foliage. In early spring it is crowned in a magnificent way with 
large clusters and masses of white drooping bell-shaped flowers, 
resembling Lily of the Valley, which sometimes appear before the 
last late flurries of snow have gone. The young foliage is tinged 
with pink. One of the best evergreen ornamentals for landscape 
purposes. Hardy, Pacific Coast. 
PINE (See Pinus). 
PINUS MUGHUS COMPACTA (Mugho) (Montana Pine). A dense, 
stout dwarf evergreen, of unquestionable hardiness. Coming from 
the high mountains of central Europe it has been dwarfed as trees 
frequently are that are storm swept for centuries along bleak 
coast lines or in rugged mountains, and only the hardiest and 
fittest survive. Such is the selected Mugho Pine, without a peer 
Flowers scentless but much larger than other 
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Arborvitae (Thuya) (See page 17) 
as a dwarf mountain evergreen. Mature trees reach a height of 
4 to 5 feet but having a spread of 6 to 8 feet. It grows with 
numerous branches and can be kept sheared to small size if 
desired. Very dense, compact and deep green summer and winter. 
PINUS PUMILA (Dwart Stone Pine). Dwarf pine as the name Pumila 
indicates and irregularly branching. The foliage, which appears 
in dense clusters, clothes the tree with many needles, soft in 
texture and of delicate fresh bluish green throughout the year. Its 
appealing features may be summed up in three words: rare, hardy, 
beautiful. 
PRIVET (See Ligustrum). 
PSUEDOTSUGA DOUGLASI (Douglas Fir). Reaches a height of 200 
feet or more, being among the tallest trees in the world, and a 
diameter of 12 feet. Good dark green foliage. A truly stately tree 
and while it reaches great size and height it also possesses great 
ornamental values. 
PYRACANTHA COCCINEA LALANDII (Laland Firethorn). A tall, 
scraggly evergreen shrub of surpassing beauty. In the spring it is 
a shower of white bloom and in the fall it is laden with such 
enormous masses of brilliant orange-red berries that the foliage is 
almost concealed. One of the most glorious hardy evergreens 
known. 
PYRACANTHA CRENATA SERRATA. One of the introductions from 
China. Spiney evergreen, growing to a height of 9 feet. Bears coral- 
red berries one-fourth inch across in dense corymbs. 
PYRACANTHA KANSUENSIS. Handsome evergreen  firethorn 
with an upright and slightly spreading habit of growth. Leaves 
small, dark green, thickly clothing the branches. Red berries. 
Hardy. Smaller growing than Lalandii. 
PYRACANTHA YUNNANENSIS (Yunnan Firethorn). Native of 
Yunnan Province, China. Spreading shrub of rank growth, and 
producing an enormous yield of bright red berries, which are 
simply gorgeous during the fall and winter. Hardy. 
RED CEDAR (See Juniperus). 
RETINOSPORA (See Chamaecyparis or Thuya). 
RHODODENDRON. The Rhodedendron belongs to our most orna- 
mental and most beautiful flowering shrubs and are often com- 
pletely covered with their showy trusses of brilliantly and vari- 
ously colored flowers, being evergreen the species are attractive 
throughout the whole year with their handsome large foliage. 
They grow best in peaty soil, and in a light or heavy shade. 
Equally effective and desirable as single specimens on the lawn 
or when massed in large groups, and are especially showy when 
backed by the dark-green foliage of conifers, which at the same 
time afford a most advantageous shelter. 
. Ponticum. Pink to lavender. 
. Album Norrem. Pale lilac to white. 
. Alice. Deep pink. 
. Amphion. Red. 
. Blandyanum. Rosy crimson. 
. Brittania. Fine clear red. 
. Caractacus. Purplish crimson. 
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