
50 WM. BORSCH & SON, Maplewood, 
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Dwarf Trees and Shrubs | 
We have found it advisable to make a distinct section for all hard-wooded 
plants and request our customers to cast their eyes over this second alphabetical 
arrangement for any dwarf plants they may miss in the first part of the catalog. 
We DO NOT pay the cost of transportation on Trees and Shrubs. Please add 10% 
for orders west, and 15% for orders east of the Mississippi, if by parcel post. 
Postage often amounts to more than this, and the balance may be remitted upon 
receipt of notice. All excess money will be refunded. 
ABELIA *schumanni—(syn. longituba) The 
arching branches are covered all sum- 
mer with showy soft rose-pink flowers, 
larger than those of common A. grdfl. 
50c to $1.00 each. 
ANDROMEDA glaucophylla — The Bog- 
Rosemary. Young branches glaucous, 
leaves white beneath. Pinkish flowers on 
curved thick pedicels, spring and early 
summer. A fine evergreen shrub for the 
rockery, in peaty or leafmold soil, in a 
light shade. 12 inches. 50c, $1.00 and 
$1.50 each. 
*polifolia grdfl. compacta—A very dwarf 
and compact form with glaucous-grey 
leaves and very large pink bells. From 
imported plants, and stock limited. A 
few large plants, about 8 inches high, 
and bushy, at $2.00 each. Smaller pot- 
grown plants, 75c and $1.00 each. 
*polifolia montana—A very small and com- 
pact form, with leaves much darker in 
color than A. polifolia nana and rosy 
bells. Prefers moist places. 50c, $1.00 
and $1.50 each. 
polifolia nana— Evergreen, with smaller 
and more narrow leaves than preceding, 
with white flowers, tinted pink. 8 inches. 
50c, $1.00 and $1.50 each. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS *media—Hybrids of A. 
uva-ursi and A. columbiana making pro- 
cumbent, much branched bushlets to 2 
ft. wide and from 1 to 2 ft. high and 
clothed with greyish or green leaves. 
White or pale pink flowers followed by 
red berries, in terminal racemes. Some- 
thing new for dry, stony soils, in full 
sun. Potted plants, 50c each. 
*nummularia— Grows into small bushes 
about 6 inches high, somewhat like a 
Heather, later creeping like a carpet, 
seldom exceeding a foot in height. Very 
small leaves, shining green, with dainty 
pink to white flowers and red berries. 
Any good soil, on the acid side, light 
shade or full sun. 50¢c and 75c each. 
*uva-ursi (Bearberry)—Prostrate shrubby 
trailer with shiny dark green foliage and 
white flowers, followed by orange-red 
berries. Valuable for dry rockery or 
banks. 35c and 50c each. 
BETULA nana. This dwarf Birch of the 
northern and Arctic regions makes a fine 
and lacy little bush, not more than 3 or 
4 feet high, and as much across. Very 
slow growing. 75c and $1.00 each. 
BROOMS—See Genistas. 
BRUCKENTHALIA *spiculifolia — (Balkan 
Heath) A*‘most dainty and charming 
miniature Heath, making mats of close 
brilliant green fur, which is covered with 
small bell-shaped flowers of pink during 
July and Aug. 6 to 8 inches. Very hardy. 
50c and 75c each. 
CALLUNA—Scotch Heather or Ling. 
There is only one species of Calluna, 
vulgaris, but its named varieties are 
many. They require a lime-free soil, 
which is not stiff and liable to cake, as 
their fine, thread-like roots cannot tra- 
verse such a medium. The addition of — 
peat moss and sand to such soil is neces- 
sary. They do not like a rich soil, as that 
causes them to become gross in habit, 
unnatural in appearance and poor in 
flower. They are 
shippers, but in hot, dry climates thrive 
in situations where they receive some 
light shade during the hottest part of 
the day. 
Few people connect Scotch Heather 
and honey, but the annual yield of honey 
from Heather in Great Britain is larger 
than that from all other flowers put to- 
gether. Hundreds of hives are carted to 
the hills and moors, and “‘pastured” there 
from July to October, when they are in 
bloom. Heather honey always commands 
a higher price than honey from other 
flowers. 
Few races of plants or shrubs present 
such a clean sheet of eee” from 
disease and pests. 
*vulgaris aurea—Dwarf growing and form- 
ing carpets of rich copper gold in winter 
and spring. Lilac pink flowers. 12 ins. 
35c and 50c each. 
*vulgaris Camla Variety — Of compact 
habit, with dark green foliage and dou- 
ble pink flowers. 12 inches. 50c and 
75c each, ae 
inveterate sun-wor-. 
