R. vaccinoides. At elevations of 12,000 ft. in_its native Tibet. This Rae 
plant is an epiphyte on trees atid rocks. In lowland countries it +350 
thrives on acid soil; a small shrub with small smooth leaves and 
xxxxR. Williamsianum. Said to grow to 4 {t. Our form is, however, ee 
perfectly prostrate. It is beautiful at any time of the year with oval 
heart-shaped leaves which in early spring are suffused with bronzy Sm 
x x x R. xanthocodon. A tall shrub with blue-green oval leaves; yellow- ; 
x xx x R. yunnanense. A most useful plant to drape over a wall, cover 
Xx 
Vaccinium glauco-album. Rare. A small evergreen shrub from altitudes 
. Nummularia. A small shrub with oval leathery wrinkled leaves set 
. padifolium. 5-8 ft. Red-branched; semi-evergreen leaves closely set 
and dark red in autumn. Flowers in short racemes, purple-yellow; — 
. Vitis-idea-minor. A small shrub from farther north. $1.00 up. 
small lilac pink or white tinged with pink. $1.50. 
green color. The flower is bell-shaped, 214 in. wide, waxy crimson 
in bud and maturing to apple-blossom-pink, W. Szechuen. Intro- ; 4: 
duced by E. H. Wilson 1908. $1.25-$2.50. 
green bell-shaped flowers. $2.00. 
a bank, to use as foreground planting or to take an important posi- 
tion in the rock garden. Variable in habit, growing erect or sprawl-_ Bie | 
ing, depending on whether it started life in sun or shade. Flowers 
creamy-white, spotted with cinnabar—a thrilling sight in bloom. — 
W. China. Introduced by Jean M. Delavay 1889. $2.50. 
R. zaleucum. Tree or shrub. Flowers pale white or rose, fragrann ns 
leaves milky-white beneath. $1.00 up. 
of 10,000 ft. in the Himalayas. Beautiful leathery dark blue-green 
leaves with bluish-white reverses. Flowers borne in 2-3 in. Beane 
pinkish white. Berries black with white bloom. $1.50. 
closely on slender branches beset with light brown bristles. The 
flowers are small pinkish urns, margined with brighter color. Fruits — Se 
are black. In Sikkim it sometimés grows in the forks of trees; here © 
it requires a sheltered position. Only a few small plants $1.50. : 
fruit purple-black with blue bloom. $1.50. 
V. uliginosum. A little cosmopolite of the northern hemisphere from  — 
the mountains to old bogs on the coasts. A very prostrate growth ~ 
with oval blue leaves and large purple-blue fruits. $2.00. 
V. Vitis-Idaea. 8-12 in. Arctic alpine; stoloniferous; oval dark shiny 
S200 leaves; flowers waxy pink urns, red fruit persistent. 75c- — 
2.00 . 
BERBERIDACEAE 
Vancouveria hexandra. 10 in. Creeping ground- cover; more delicate 
in all its parts than Epimedium to which it is related. Pale com- 
pound leaves; creamy flowers on wiry stems in dei 35c., 
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