Broad-leaved Evergreens 
Listed below is some of the finest of garden material 
for use in the Temperate Zone. The plants are not only 
beautiful in themselves but many of them bear crops of 
attractive berries which not only add beauty to the winter 
landscape but provide food for the birds at a time when 
they need it most and food is scarce. 
Although attractive plants at all times, it is during the 
ABELIA GRANDIFLORA. Glossy-foliaged 
plants which can be pruned to any height. 
White flowers flushed pink from May to 
October. Illustrated in color on page 19. 
A., EDWARD GROUCHER. Clear lilac- 
pink flowers twice as large as those of 
A. grandiflora. 
AUCUBA JAPONICA. A shrub to 15 feet. 
Foliage to 7 inches long and scarlet fruit. 
Hardy to Washington. 
A. JAPONICA VARIEGATA. Gold-Dust 
Tree. A variety with yellow-spotted leaves. 
Berberis 
The Evergreen Barberries have beautiful 
foliage, attractive berries, and picturesque 
thorns. Fine for hedges and specimen plants. 
BERBERIS JULIANZ. Wintergreen Bar- 
berry. Spiny-toothed leaves. Bluish black 
fruit. 4 ft. 
B. MENTORENSIS. Plant Patent No. 99. 
Upright plants with dark green, almost 
evergreen foliage. An outstanding novelty. 
B. PRUINOSA. Leaves dark green above, 
white beneath. Bluish black berries. 10 ft. 
B. VERRUCULOSA. Warty Barberry. 
Attractive, small, spiny-toothed foliage, 
dark green above, white beneath. Black 
fruit. 2 to 3 ft. 
Cotoneaster 
Fine berry-bearing shrubs of all shapes and 
sizes from the rock-hugging Horizontalis and 
Microphylla to the tall, graceful Salicifolia 
floccosa. 
COTONEASTER BUXIFOLIA. A _ low- 
growing plant with oval, boxwood-like 
foliage. White flowers in May, red fruit. 
C. BUXIFOLIA BELLA. A rather dwarf 
plant of spreading habit, evergreen foliage 
and red berries. A good rock-garden plant. 
C. DECORA CONSPICUA. A dwarf plant 
with small foliage and small pink flowers, 
scarlet berries. 
C. DIELSIANA. Pinkish flowers. Bright 
red fruit. 8 ft. 
C. DIVARICATA. Leaves dark, shining 
above, paler beneath. Pinkish flowers. 
Bright red fruit. 6 ft. 
C. FRANCHETI. Pinkish flowers 
orange-red fruit. 10 ft. 
C. GLAUCOPHYLLA. An evergreen sort 
with many berries. 
C. HORIZCNTALIS. Semi-evergreen. 
Flowers pinkish. Fruit red. 3 ft. 
C. MICROPHYLLA. Rock Spray Coton- 
easter. Evergreen. White flowers. Bright 
red berries. 3 ft. 
C. SALICIFOLIA. Willow-leaf Cotoneaster. 
Evergreen. White flowers. Bright red 
fruit. 15 ft. 
C. SALICIFOLIA FLOCCOSA. A variety 
of the above with shining foliage. 
and 
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 
long days of winter that the broad-leafs bring us the most 
pleasure. The heavy foliage takes on an added richness 
and depth of color so different from the green of summer 
that the leaves almost seem to be from different plants. 
Here are specimen plants for particular settings, ideal 
shrubbery border material, hedge material, and a few 
ELAZAGNUS PUNGENS. Shrub to 15 feet 
with fragrant flowers followed by attractive 
red fruit. 
EJPUNGENS FRUITLANDI. Grows 10 to 
15 feet tall with large, pointed leaves, 
silvery beneath. 
E. PUNGENS VARIEGATA. A variety 
with leaves margined with yellowish white. 
ESCALLONIA FLORIBUNDA. Large bush 
with foliage glossy green above and dotted 
underneath. White flowers in panicles. 
E. GLUTINOSA. A spreading shrub with a 
profusion of white flowers during August 
and September. Hardy here, evergreen in 
the far South. 
Euonymus 
The Spindle Trees bear attractive fruits 
desirable for winter bouquets, and are very 
popular garden material. 
EUONYMUS JAPONICUS. A shrub to 15 
feet with shining foliage and pink berries. 
E. JAPONICUS AUREO-VARIEGATUS. 
A variety having its leaves blotched with 
yellow. 
E. JAPONICUS MICROPHYLLUS. A 
variety with smaller foliage. 
E. PATENS. A partially evergreen shrub to 
9 feet with pink fruit. 
E. RADICANS. Winter Creeper. Evergreen 
trailing or climbing shrub. Greenish white 
or pinkish flowers. 
E. RADICANS VEGETUS. A bushy form 
of the above growing to 5 feet. 
GARDENIA JASMINOIDES (florida). 
Cape Jasmine. Evergreen shrub to 6 feet 
with very fragrant waxy white flowers. 
G. JASMINOIDES FORTUNIANA. A 
variety with larger flowers. 
G. JASMINOIDES RADICANS. Dwarf 
variety resembling Florida. Useful in 
rock-gardens or as a ground-cover. 
HYPERICUM CALYCINUM. Aaron’s- 
Beard. Shrub to 1 foot with yellow flowers. 
H. MOSERIANUM. Gold-Flower. A 2-foot 
plant with yellow flowers 21% inches across. 
Illustrated in color on page 19. 
ILLICIUM ANISATUM. Anise Tree. A 
handsome evergreen to 15 feet with light 
green leaves which when bruised have the 
scent of anise. 
JASMINUM FLORIDUM. Half-evergreen 
shrub with yellow flowers. 
J. HUMILE. Evergreen shrub to 20 feet 
with fragrant yellow flowers in clusters. 
J. PRIMULINUM. Yellow flowers with 
darker centers, often double. 10 ft. 
J. STEPHANENSE. Low shrub with very 
fragrant pink flowers. 
KALMIA LATIFOLIA. Mountain Laurel. 
Large clusters of deep pink flowers in June. 
plants for the rockery. 
LIGUSTRUM. The Privets make fine 
specimen plants and bear heavy crops of 
attractive fruit. 
L. IONANDRUM. A handsome low shrub 
with small evergreen leaves. 
L. JAPONICUM. An evergreen shrub to 
15 feet with white flowers and black berries. 
L. JAPONICUM ROYAL. A variety of the 
above having leaves splotched with yellow. 
L. LUCIDUM. Glossy Privet. A shrub to 
25 feet with purple berries. 
L. LUCIDUM MACROPHYLLUM. A 
large-leaved variety of upright habit with 
dark green glossy foliage. Shears well. 
L. LUCIDUM NOBILIS. An upright type 
with dark green leaves in four ranks on new 
growth. Best for shearing into columns. 
L. MASSALONGIANUM 
Evergreen shrub to 3 feet. 
LONICERA NITIDA. An evergreen to 6 
feet with creamy white flowers and pur- 
plish blue fruit. 
L. PILEATA. A semi-prostrate evergreen 
with small foliage, fragrant white flowers, 
and purple fruit. 
MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM. Oregon Holly- 
Grape. An evergreen to 3 feet or more with 
clusters of yellow flowers in early spring. 
The foliage turns bronzy in winter. 
M. BEALEI. Leather-leaf Holly-Grape. 
A shrub to 12 feet with small yellow flowers 
with lily-of-the-valley fragrance. Large 
clusters of grape-like fruit. 
MICHELIA COMPRESSA. See Magnolia 
compressa. 
MYRICA CERIFERA. Southern Wax- 
Myrtle. A large shrub whose rich green 
foliage turns purplish bronze in autumn. 
Bluish white, aromatic berries. 
NANDINA DOMESTICA. An attractive 
shrub whose foliage varies from green to 
red, with panicles of white flowers followed 
by bright red berries. Illustrated in color 
on page 11. 
OSMANTHUS. Holly-like evergreen shrubs 
with fragrant flowers. 
O. FORTUNEI. A shrub to 6 feet with spiny- 
toothed leaves. 
O. FRAGRANS. Very large shrub with 
fragrant white flowers. 
O. FRAGRANS, YELLOW-FLOWERED. 
Form of the preceding with yellow blooms. 
O. ILICIFOLIUS (Aquifolium). A shrub 
to 20 feet with white flowers. 
PERSEA BORBONIA. Red Bay. Tree to 
30 feet with large blue or blue-black fruit. 
PHOTINIA GLABRA. An evergreen shrub 
to 10 feet with white flowers and fruit. 
P. SERRULATA. Large evergreen shrub 
with shiny foliage. 
(myrtifolium). 
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