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ENGLISH BOXWOOD 
Box wood has two important uses in the home planting as repre- 
sented in the adjoining pictures. Trimmed specimens are valu- 
able accent plants because they may be purchased in the 
exact size to create the desired immediate effect and their slow 
growth is readily controlled by occasional trimming. Boxwood 
makes the neatest permanent low hedge and is useful for out- 
lining terraces (see picture), formal treatment of flower and rose 
beds, and lining paths and drives. 

Buxus sempervirens (English Boxwood). Handsome shrub of 
dense, compact growth. Leaves quite small, deep green. An 
ideal hedge plant. Trimmed cones. BB 36-40" $7.50, 30-36” 
$5.00; boxed specimens 40-48” $20.00. Untrimmed hedge plants 
BB 12-15" $1.50. Cutting-grown plants in 1 g. c. 75c each, 10 for 
$7.00; in 2%" pots, $12.50 per 100, 15c each. 
B. sempervirens suffruticosa (Dwarf Box). A widely known and 
popular form; foliage small, deep green, and dense. BB 8-12” 
1-50; 1 g.c.85c each; 10 for $8.00. 
B. japonica (Japanese Box). Foliage larger and rounder than 
English Boxwood and plants are quicker growing; will stand 
higher summer temperatures. 1 g. c. 75c each, 10 for $7.00. 
B. rotundifolia (Roundleaf Box). The most rapid-growing Box- 
wood. Foliage large, dark green, and nearly round. Ideal variety 
fora 3to 4 ft. hedge. BB 3-4 ft. $3.50; 1 g. c. 75c each, 10 for $7.00. 


PERNETTYA 
Pernettya mucronata. Compact shrub with small 
leaves and lilac, red or pink berries. 1 g. c. 85c. 
PLEROMA 
Pleroma grandiflora (Glorybush). A lovely flower- 
ing shrub with velvety bronze-green foliage flowers 
dark royal purple and two to three inches across. 
Blooms during summer and fall. Will freeze back if 
exposed to hard frost but sprouts up again and blooms 
the following summer. 1 g. c. 85c. 
PITTOSPORUM 
Pittosporum tobira. A handsome variety of low- 
spreading growth; foliage dark green and glossy; 
flowers yellowish white, very fragrant and numer- 
ous. Excellent for foundation plantings. BB 18-24” 
$2.00; 5g. c. 15-18” $1.75; 1 g. c. 85c, 10 for $8.00. 
FLOWERS OF MYRTLE 

P. tobira variegata. Of similar habit but foliage is light 
green with cream markings. 1 g. c. 85c. 
POLYGALA 
Polygala dalmaisiana. Compact shrub with ever- 
present magenta flowers. 1 g. c. 85c. 
POMADERRIS 
Pomaderris elliptica. Fine new shrub from New Zea- 
land. Masses of golden yellow flowers in spring. 
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PSIDIUM 
Psidium cattleianum (Strawberry guava). Compact 
shrub with dark green, leathery leaves. Fruit deep 
claret and very fine flavor. BB 15-18" $1.75; 1g. c. 
85c, 10 for $8.00. 
PYRACANTHA 
. Pyracantha coccinea (Burning Bush). Thorny shrub; 
foliage small and ovate; flowers white, berries or- 
ange; from August to December. BB DR} Sie, SASF 
1 Gg. c 85c- 
P. crenulata (Chinese Evergreen Hawthorn). Foliage 
long, narrow, glossy and dense; berries small, dark 
crimson and showy; August to December. BB 3-4 
ft, 3°50) 2:3 ft $2:50; 1 guci85e: 
P. crenulata yunnanensis (Yunnan Firethorn). Foli- 
age roundish, sometimes lobed; flowers white fol- 
lowed by masses of bright and red berries from Oc- 
tober to March. Fine for mass effects or for bank 
and ground cover. BB 3-4 ft. $3.50, 2-3 ft. $2.50; 1 g.c. 
85c, 10 for $8.00. 
RHUS . . . Sumac 
Rhus integrifolia (Lemonade Sumac). Handsome glossy 
foliage; berries impart lemon flavor when stirred in 
water. 1 g. c. 85c. 
R. ovata (Sugar Sumac). Excellent shrub for dry con- 
ditions, ll ig. cs Soc. 
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ROSMARINUS 
Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary). Small, straggly 
shrub with gray-green, aromatic foliage and pale 
blue almost white flowers. 1 g. c. 85c. 
R. prostratus (Trailing Rosemary). Foliage and flowers 
like parent but habit trailing. 1 g. c. 85c. 
XYLOSMA 
Xylosma senticosa (Myroxylon). Hardy, slow-grow- 
ing shrub, excellent for hedge or shrubbery border. 
Has shining, bright-green, ovate leaves, two inches 
long; stems somewhat thorny. New growth tinged 
with bronze. 1 g. c. 85c. 
PYRACANTHA WEAVER’S SUPERB 
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