G. Forrestii. A low shrub approaching 4 ft. in height. The thick narrow 
leaves become 3 in. long. The length of the previous year’s growth 
is behung with racemes of small urn-like flowers dangling on white 
stems. George Forrest who discovered the plant describes the fruit 
as being “light China to Prussian blue.” In flower or fruit this shrub 
is very beautiful. Yunnan. $1.50. 
* G. humifusa. Western mountains... Grows in wide carpets. Leaves 
are oval and finely serrulate; spicy fruit scarlet. $1.00-$1.50. 
G. Miqueliana. Spreading evergreen; leaves oval, coriaceous, toothed, 
13 in. long; turning crimson in fall. Flowers white urns; fruit white. 
The whole plant extremely beautiful. $1.50. 
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nummularioides. A small prostrate shrub, branches rooting as they 
proceed. The leaves are heart-shaped, threaded on slender stems. 
Flowers small, white to pink; fruits bluish. The clos: growth and the 
entrancing pattern made by the leaves makes this a valuable plant. 
Himalaya. $1.25. 
* Ledum columbianum. An aromatic little shrub that completely covers 
itself in white bloom. It is nice for drifts in bogs or as part of heather 
plantings. We have too many—50c. 
L. nipponicum. Rare. 6-12 in. Red-brown downy hairs on stems and 
leaves. Foliage bright green above, blue-gray beneath. Branches tipped 
with heads of white flowers. Small plants 75c. 
% Leucothoe Davisae. A rare slow-growing evergreen with dark green 
foliage. Shoots upright from the base, each ending in an erect raceme 
of creamy urn-shaped flowers. Rare and choice. $1.00. 
L. Keiskei. A semi-prostrate bush of zig-zag branches clothed with nar- 
row pointed shiny leaves, bright crimson when young, aging to more 
sombre color. The white flowers are 1 in. long, borne in terminal 
racemes. Small plants $1.00. 
Loiseleuria procumbens. European form. Arctic alpine; twiggy bushes 
of a few in. with small thick leaves and bright pink flowers. Small 
plants $1.50. 
Pernettya rupicola. Almost prostrate in growth; young shoots crimson; 
leaves leathery, glossy, toothed; fruit 4 in. across, from cream to 
rose to red. Chile. $1.50. 
P. tasmanica. A very prostrate fragile little shrub. Leaves % in. long, 
- narrow and pointed, closely set. Flowers small white urns; fruit a 
glorious Christmas-red berry almost 4 in. across. Peaty soil. $1.50. 
Rhododendrons. There is great variation in the height to which rhodo- 
dendrons will grow. If planted in the open to take the brunt of the wea- 
ther they will remain low in form; in shade they grow much taller. In 
the mountain wilds of Asia many of them form extensive windswept 
moorlands or alpine pastures, now on flattish uplands and again on steep 
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