

Hardy Baltica Ivy Covering Banca is Very Hardy and Excellent on Banks 
G round Co vering Plants 
for shady places where grass will not grow 
There’s no need to despair over making attractive the 
shady places under trees and the like where grass won’t grow. 
Here are ten different plants that are ideal for just such 
situations. 
Ones that once established will spread quickly, last in- 
definitely and require practically no care. Although pri- 
marily foliage plants, some have blooms. The Myrtle, for 

Hardy Baltica and English Ivy 
The famous English Ivy with its familiar evergreen, glossy foliage, 
requires winter protection in cold sections of the country where 
it is exposed to chilly winds on open walls. It can, however, be 
planted with perfect safety as a ground cover or as an edging to 
flower beds anywhere. Gracilis is perfectly hardy and we recom- 
mend its use on the north side and west side of buildings and walls 
or in shady places or as a ground cover under trees in dense shade. 
The 22-inch pot plants offered are very economical. 
ENGLISH IVY—Hedera helix 
A lovely vine as well as a splendid ground cover. Its beautiful shiny 
leaves make a wonderful ground cover in densest shade. 
5-in. pot plants, 30 inches high Each $0.60, Doz. $6.00, 100 $40.00 
214-in. pot plants Doz. $2.75, 100 $15.00, 1000 $140.00 
BALTICA IV Y—Hedera helix gracilis 
Identical in habit with the English Ivy, but with foliage not as large 
and more cut; a most graceful vine; perfectly hardy and a splendid 
evergreen vine on walls with north or west exposures, also an excellent 
ground cover. 
5-in. pot plants, 30 inches high Each $0.60, Doz. $6.00, 100 $40.00 
214-in. pot plants Doz. $2.75, 100 $15.00, 1000 $140.00 
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The Ajugas Are Suitable for Sun or Shade 
instance, is sprinkled in the early spring with blue or white 
flowers. 
Any of these ground coverings can be planted either in 
the spring or fall. Let us know the amount of ground you 
want to cover, and we'll gladly advise how many of any of 
the plants are needed. 
Pachistima Canbyi 
This small holly-leaved prostrate little evergreen shrub spreads about 
18 inches. Several planted together make a perfectly charming ground 
cover. It grows equally well in sun or shade and is hardy anywhere. 
Because of its ease of culture and fine habit without any care, it is 
rapidly becoming first choice as a cover for graves as well as in small 
shady places in the garden. See page 165 for illustration. 
Three $1.35, Doz. $4.50, 100 $35.00 
Ajuga - Bugle 
Dwarf, creeping perennials. The leaves are a rich shiny green, and 
the shoots more or less creeping. Excellent plants for edging or car- 
peting bare spots. Suitable for sun or shade. 
*Genevensis Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Grows 6 to 8 inches high; dense spikes of blue flowers in May and June. 
*Reptans rubra Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Grows 3 to 4 inches high, with deep purplish blue flowers in May and 
June. It is an excellent plant for ground covering and makes a good 
background for bulbs, such as snowdrops and grape hyacinths, which- 
may be planted under its foliage. 









