DIAPENSIACEAE 
An ancient family of few genera and few species. For the most part 
they are woodlanders, preferring half shade and cool acid soil so 
friable that fingers can easily be forced through it. A mulch of pul- 
verized sphagnum once a year is beneficial. Beautiful ground covers 
among rhododendrons and for choice shaded places in the rock garden. 
Galax aphylla. Tufts of leathery shining reniform leaves that turn 
crimson in winter. Small flowers in 12 in. spikes. 75c-$1.00. 
Shortia galacifolia. Tufts of smaller oval leaves, crimson in winter; 
an abundance of crimped pearly bells in March. 75c. 
. uniflora grandiflora. One of the most astonishingly beautiful plants; 
carpets of leathery oval leaves, shining and crimson in the winter; 
funnel-like bells 1% in. across, pink and crimped on the margins; free 
blooming; early spring. $1.50-$3.50. 
Schizocodon ilicifolius. Smaller in leaf than above with leaves conspicu- 
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ously toothed and crowded. Fringed flowers deep rose pink, $2.00 - $2.50. 
soldanelloides. Much larger in leaf than Shortia: leaves more or less 
toothed, maroon in winter; flowers bell-shaped, fringed, pale to deep 
rose-pink; 3% in. across, crowded on short stems, April. $2.00. 
DIPSACEAE 
Scabiosa Parnassi. Mounds of gray crimped foliage and scabious flowers 
of pink on 3 in. stems. A dry place in the sun. Blooms from early 
summer till late fall. 35c. 
EPACRIDACEAE 
Leucopogon Fraseri. From a family represented only in Australia, New 
Zealand and Tasmania. A peat-loving shrub, forming compact growth 
and dense mats by spreading underground stems and erect branches 
of 3-6 in. The leaves are stalkless, heath-like and overlapping. The 
flowers are solitary in the leaf axils and are long narrow white 
tubes, purple within and hairy. The fruit, an amber globule, is sweet 
and edible. $1.50. 
ERICACEAE 
There is no family more useful in the rock garden and for foreground 
plantings, for long blooming period, lively color, permanence and 
fulness of beauty than the heath family and as a whole none more 
tractable. They are a congenial group and have such strong family 
resemblances and affinities that there is only harmony when planted 
together. A cool root run and acid soil are their chief requisites. All 
are woody and most are evergreen. 
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