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RARE PERENNIALS, ALPINE PLANTS 
CALLUNA, Continued. 
*vulgaris County Wicklow—Prostrate hab- 
it, with very double flower of pale pink. 
50c and 75c each. 
*vulgaris foxi—Also listed as foxi nana. 
The tiniest of the tiny Callunas, looking 
like a ball of dark green moss. Isolated 
plants maintain themselves for years in 
this rounded cushion form, but planted 
several close together they form a dark 
green carpet, studded with purple-pink 
flowers in summer. 4 inches. 50c and 
$1.00 each. 
*vulgaris J. H. Hamilton—The best of the 
double pink flowering Callunas, being 
a real deep pink. The foliage is also very 
distinctive, being very fine and close. 
50e and $1.00 each. 
*vulgaris kuphaldti—One of the most dis- 
tinct Callunas we have ever seen. Grows 
quite prostrate and pours itself like a 
dark green cataract over banks or rocks. 
Never more than 8 inches high, it pro- 
duces its pinkish-lavender flowers from 
July to Sept. 50c and 75c each. 
*vulgaris Mrs. H. E. Beale — Very long 
spikes or racemes of double pink flow- 
ers, like small roses. Excellent for cut- 
ting. 50c and 75c each. 
*vulgaris Mullion — Compact bushes of 
very dark green and spikes of deep 
pinkish-lavender flowers. 9 inches. 50c 
and 75c each. 
*vyulgaris pyramidalis—Makes a pyramidal 
bush, 2 to 3 ft. high, with white flowers 
from Aug. to Oct. 50c and 75c each. 
ERICA—See page 52. 
CASSIOPE *mertensiana—Our native form 
with slender branches clothed in scale- 
like foliage, with numerous nodding 
white bells in midsummer. Requires a 
very acid soil and a damp, cool situation. 
12 inches. $1.00 each. 
CEANOTHUS “*prostratus—One of Oregon’s 
best dwarf shrubs for the alpine garden. 
Makes creeping mats of evergreen Holly- 
like foliage, the leaves being less than 
one inch long and rather narrow. Cov- 
ered in the spring with umbels of dainty 
lilac-like flowers. 2 yr. old. 50c and 75c 
each. 
CISTUS—(Rock-Rose) Wonderful shrubs for 
dry places and rock walls. 
*albidus—One of the hardiest Rock Roses. 
White hairy leaves and large lilac-pink 
flowers from June to Sept. Will grow to 
4 or 5 ft. high, but can be kept to 2 ft. 
by pruning. 50c and 75c each. 
*laurifolius—The hardiest of all Cistus, 
with large, dark green leaves and im- 
mense cup-shaped white flowers from 
June to August. Evergreen; 3 to 4 feet. 
50c and $1.00 each. 
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*villosus-—-Rather dwarf, 18 to 24 inches 
high. Leaves and young stems shaggy 
with whitish hair. Large flowers of rose, 
yellow at base, all Summer. 50c and 75c 
each. 
*villosus prostratus—Of dwarf, prostrate 
habit, with large white flowers all sum- 
mer, One of the neatest of rockery 
shrubs for the hot, dry wall or bank. 
50c each. 
COROKIA *cotoneaster—From New Zealand 
but hardy here to 5 degrees above zero. 
Slow growing shrub with curiously tan- 
gled, wiry branches forming dense, 
rounded bushes. Inch long leaves, white 
beneath, and small yellow flowers in 
June, followed by red berries in fall. 
50c and $1.00 each. 
CORYLOPSIS (Winter Hazel) — Deciduous 
shrubs from Asia with strongly veined 
leaves and fragrant yellow flowers be- 
fore the leaves appear in March or 
April. Prefer a peaty, sandy loam, full 
sun or light shade. 
pauciflora—Will eventually reach a height 
of 6 ft. Drooping racemes of Primrose 
yellow flowers. Uncommon. Flowering 
size plants, $5.00 to $7.50 each. 
spicata — A much branched, spreading 
shrub, up to 6 ft., with large nodding 
spikes of yellow flowers. Not common. 
Flowering size shrubs, $5.00 to $7.50 ea. 
COTONEASTER *dammeri—(humifusa) An 
essential creeping shrub for the rockery. 
A perfect prostrate species with bright 
evergreen foliage and coral-red berries. 
35e and 50c each. 
*horizontalis variegata — A very compact 
and slow growing variety with small 
leaves of green, pink and white, which 
makes a very pretty effect over rocks and 
ledges. White flowers, followed by bright 
red berries in fall. Pot grown plants, 50c 
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. 
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, 35ec and 60c¢ 
each. 
