GROUND COVERS FOR USE AMONG RHODODENDRON 
BERBERIDACEAE 
%* Vancouveria hexandra. 10 in. Creeping ground-cover; more delicate 
in all its parts than Epimedium to which it is related. Pale compound 
leaves; creamy flowers on wiry stems in Apr. 35c. 
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 pulverized sphag- 
num once a year is beneficial. Beautiful ground covers among rhododen- 
drons 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. 
S. uniflora grandiflora. One of the most astonishingly beautiful plants; 
carpets of leathery oval leaves, shining and crimson in the winter; 
funnel-like bells, 14 in. across, pink and crimson on the margins; free 
blooming; early spring. Only a few to spare. $3.50. 
EPACRIDACEAE 
Leucopogen Fraseri. A close carpet-forming shrub of 3-6 in. Small poin- 
ted stalkless leaves, bronzy-green are imbricated. The long-tubed 
whitish flowers are borne in the leaf axils and are smoky-lavender 
and hairy within. They have a strong heliotrope fragrance. The fruits 
are clear drops of amber. New Zealand. $1.50. 
POLYPODIACEAE (FERNS) 
We are growing many ferns in our garden both for the sake of the 
ephemeral beauty they offer and the coolness of the ground they provide; 
also, their spreading shade battles against weeds on the outskirt portion 
of the garden. 
There appears to be a growing wave of interest in the garden possi- 
bilities of these windlings as plantings by themselves, in combination 
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