8 Better Evergreen Shrubs 
Ilex opaca American Holly 
Ihe familiar Holly of Christmas time. A narrow pyra- 
midal tree with numerous short spreading branches of dark 
green leaves with prominent spines. Glittering scarlet fruit 
abundantly in the fall provided they are planted in 
borne 
[t prefers cool moist soil in par- 
groups ol 
tial shade. 
three or more. 
Each 
$6.00 
8.00 
30.00 
Mountain Laurel —- Kalmia 
Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel 
A showy and most beautiful shrub bursting out in June 
with billows of pink and white clusters of crinkly waxy 
lowers. Somewhat irregular in growth, with glossy green 
leaves in clusters about the numerous branches. 
Each Per 10 
12 to 15 in. B-B $3.00 $27.00 
18 to 24 in. B-B 5.00 45.00 
PO rast Ware bye: 6.00 55.00 
3 to 3% ft. B-B 7.50 70.00 
Leucothoe catesbaei 
An open evergreen shrub with broad shiny green pointed leaves that 
change to bronze-red in the winter. Pendulous flowers of white, fra- 
grant and waxy, droop beneath each leaf in May. A fine arching low 
srowing shrub to mix in with evergreens. 
Each Per 10 
$3.00 $27.00 
Drooping Leucothoe 
Each Per 10 
bspsiney Akshoter 18 to 24 in. . $4.00 $36.00 
Mahonia aquifolium Oregon Hollygrape 
An upright shrub with glossy green Holly-like leaves, with prom- 
inent spines. Interesting small yellow flowers tucked in among the 
leaves bloom in May. Another unique plant to use with other ever- 
greens. Each Each 
15 to 18 in. B-B $3.00 ZetOn2 yon te b- bee _ $5.50 
18 to 24 in. B-B . 4,00 
Pachysandra terminalis — See page 9 
the green. 
Field 
erown 
leaves. 
Field Grown 

Vountain Laurel 
Kalmia latifolia 

Vinea minor 
A handsome evergreen ground cover with showy bright blue flowers borne freely 
in early spring and at intervals throughout the summer and autumn. 
ly hardy and thrives splendidly under trees where it makes a dense mat. 
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Mahonia aquifolium — Oregon Tee 
Mountain Andromeda 
An early blossoming evergreen shrub of spreading habit. Referred 
to, often, as the Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub, its large drooping clusters 
of striking white flowers open in mid-April and bloom for 4 to 5 
weeks in mid-spring. Dwarf, round and compact in habit of growth, 
Pieris floribunda 
blossom buds form in the fall, giving the appearance of flowers 
throughout the winter. 
Each Per 10 Each Per 10 
T2etowlopire . $3.00 $27.00 15 to 18 in. ...... $4.00 $39.00 
Pieris japonica Japanese Andromeda 
This variety also blossoms early but grows more upright with 
leaves in a unique whorl arrangement. 
Each Each 
Oe Say BY Sine. $3.00 $27.00 18 to 24 in. _ $6.00 
IBS iwewhsvanak, oo HOG 39.00 
Vinca — Myrtle 
A creeping evergreen vine spreading into a thick mounded mass of 
glossy green with blue bell shaped flowers lifting their heads jauntily above 
Common Periwinkle 
It is perfect- 
Per 10 Per 100 
$2.50 $21.00 
Vinea minor, Bowles’ Variety 
An excellent variety of the above with broader, somewhat crinkly glossy green 
Flowers large, of a deep rich blue color, borne in remarkable profusion. An 
unsurpassed ground cover. 
Per 10 Per 100 
$4.50 $36.00 
Ground Cover Plants 
You will observe that we grow a number of plants for ground cover 
purposes. None are more practical than Pachysandra and Vinca which we 
grow in quantity. 
Wherever you have an area too shady for grass to grow successfully 
or to small to bother to mow, a green carpeting ‘of either of these plants is 
a good treatment and provides an attractive effect at any season. 
ordinarily planted at the rate of 3 plants to each square foot of area for 
reasonably quick results. 
They are 
