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Distinctive Hardy Plants for the Home Garden 
WOODY 
PLANTS 
The Less Difficult Dwarf Shrubs and Conifers. 

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS *Uva-ursi (Bearberry) —A trailer with 
shiny, dark green foliage and white flowers, followed by 
orange-red berries. By far the most valuable, shrubby, ever- 
green groundcover for hot, dry banks. Our plants are com- 
pact and readily established. Pots, 50c and 75c. 
BRUCKENTHALIA “*spiculifo:ia (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 early Summer. 6 to 8 in. 
Very hardy. $1.00, $1.50, and $2.00. 
CALLUNA 
CALLUNA (Heather or Ling) —There is only one species of Cal- 
luna, vulgaris, but its named varieties are many. They re- 
quire a lime-free soil, which is not stiff and liable to cake, 
for their fine, thread-like rcots cannot traverse such a me- 
dium. The addition of peat moss and sand to such soil is 
necessary. They do not like a rich soil. That causes them: 
to become gross in habit, unnatural in appearance, and 
poor in flower. They are inveterate sun-worshippers, but in 
hot, dry climates thrive in situations where they receive 
some light shade during the hottest part of the day. 
Few races of plants or shrubs present such a clean sheet 
of exemption from insects and diseases. Although Heathers 
are perfectly hardy in cold climates, it is wise to avoid 
Winter burning by covering the plants lightly with conifer 
boughs or some other, loose mulch. The plants should be 
pruned in late Winter or early Spring. Heathers have tiny, 
scale-like, overlapping leaves and numerous small flowers 
in racemes. They bloom in mid- and late Summer and are 
much used in rock gardens or shrub borders or as edgings. 
The evergreen foliage is most attractive all year. 
*Camla Variety—Compact rounded bushlets with dark green 
foliage and very double, lavender pink flowers. 12 to 18 
in. This and the other double varieties are great improve- 
ments over the old, single types. 75c, $1.25, and $1.75. 
*County Wicklow—Much like Camla but more dwarf and 
compact. Tight mounds with dense protruding ‘‘spikes’’ of 
double, lilac pink blooms. 1 ft. 75c, $1.25, and $1.75. 
*Foxii (sometimes listed as Foxii nana)—The tiniest of the 
tiny Callunas, looking like a ball of dar green moss. Iso- 
lated 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. 4 to 
6 in. 75c and $1.00. 
*J., H. Hamilton—The best of the doubles. A soft, deep pink 
which is both pleasing and showy. Fine foliage on slender 
twigs making tidy plants to 1 foot high and much more 
ACTOSSE DC eile aera Cab leiiio: 
*Mrs. H. E. Beale—The largest and most robust with more 
open growth and long, slender stalks of pink flowers. 1 V2 
to 2 ft. Lovely as a cut flower and lasts well in water. 75c, 
Sop 25y, eyavel SSeS) 
*pyramidalis—A blaze of slender white spires in mid-and late 
Summer. An upright variety with rich green foliage which 
makes attractive edgings or specimens. 2 ft. or more. Use- 
ful and different as a clipped or natural dwarf hedge. 75c, 
SIG 25 pedo 
CISTUS 
CISTUS (Rock Rose) Wonderful shrubs for dry, sunny places 
and poor soils. The Rock Roses are greatly magnified Sun 
Roses (Helianthemums) in appearance but, unfortunately, 
are not hardy in cold climates. Their pleasing, evergreen 
foliage and huge, colorful blooms always cause excited 
comments. Rock Roses are easily grown and permanent. 
They bloom in late Spring and early Summer and are valu- 
able additions to the shrub border. The low-growing kinds 
are very useful in the large rock garden or for covering 
barren slopes. 
albidus—A bushy, upright species with gray, hairy leaves and 
rosy-lilac blooms 2'% inches across. 3 to 5 ft. Pots, 75c. 
laurifolius—One of the hardiest Cistus, with large, dark green 
leaves and immense, cup-shaped, white flowers from 214 
to 3 inches across. This handsome, broad-leaved evergreen 
is attractive throughout the year. 5 ft. or more. Pots, 75c. 
villosus—-A compact kind, very broad, to 3 feet. The foliage 
and stems are somewhat hairy and the leaves are con- 
spicuously veined. Large, showy blooms of rose, yellow 
blotched at the base. Pots, 75c. 
villosus prostratus—Much like the species in appearance but 
with smaller, crinkled leaves and large, snowy-white blos- 
soms with golden centers. The plants are dwarf and spread- 
ing, | to 1 Y2 feet high and a yard or more across. A lovely, 
rare evergreen for rock gardens in warm climates. Pots, 
$1.00. 
CONIFERS 
CONIFERS — The true dwarf conifers (narrow-leaved ever- 
greens) are offered by few nurseries and have been over- 
looked by most gardeners in this country. In recent years 
increasing interest is being shown in them as their use 
spreads. 
Dwarf conifers are available in countless forms with 
endless variations in habits of growth, colors, and textures. 
They are very slow growing, permanent, need little if any 
pruning, and are attractive throughout the year. Few sights 
are more cheering on a cold Winter day than the Summer 
green of a huddled conifer peering from its outlining bur- 
den of new-fallen snow. There are varieties of iron-clad 
hardiness as well as others, not so hardy, for milder cli- 
mates. They mostly are not fussy about soil, requiring or- 
dinary good loam, reasonable drainage, and a moderate 
amount of moisture. Almost without exception they need 
full sun or, at least, an open sky above them if near tall 
trees or buildings. 
Rock gardens usually need the stabilizing and unifying 
influence of woody, evergreen plants. Dwarf conifers fill 
this need admirably, creating informal, natural effects so 
typical of the high alpine country and Nature’s rock gar- 
dens. These conifers are also indispensible for dwarf hedges 
(clipped or natural), foundation plantings that do not grow 
out of bounds, and specimen or accent plants in formal 
areas such as terraces and patios. May we emphasize again 
that the conifers we offer below are naturally very slow- 
growing plants and not just young plants of 100 foot forest 
conifers! 
Please Note—Our dwarf conifers are sent from pots, if small, 
or balled and burlapped, if they are larger sizes from the 
field. The figures for sizes are given in inches, height 
by spread (ex.—10x6). They are based on average plants 
of a given age and allowance must be made for natura! 
variations. All prices are postpaid to your door, thereby 
eliminating the fuss and bother to you of remitting for 
transportation after the plants have been delivered! Coni- 
fers are dug and shipped only during the cooler, more moist 
seasons, mid-Fall to mid-Spring. 


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