Banded Shrubs & Evergreens (Continued) 
*ERICA darleynsis. (Winter-blooming Heath. Low 
evergreen, gray-green foliage. Blooms lavender very 
early in spring. Makes fine pot plant. Grows easily. 
Good money-maker. Likes Michigan Peat.) ________ 
HYDRANGEA arb. grandiflora. (Large double white 
flowers in August; does well in shade.) ____________ 
*HYDRANGEA pan. grandiflora. (Hydrangea Pee Gee; 
ours is extra large flowering strain.) —~----_-----__ 
*JTLEX cornuta burfordi. (Burford’s Chinese Holly; 
oe dark green leaves; heavy berry-bearer; hardy 
CTC.) Meee ee a ee ee ee et ae ee 
*ILEX crenata convexa.—bullata. (Lots of noise about 
this one! A Japanese Holly with dark, shiny green 
leaves, black berries; fine low foundation plant; in 
SOOCE GEM ANG +) wees ee te ee Se ee oe ee 
*[LEX crenata rotundifolia. (Roundleaf Jap. Holly. 
Grows about as broad as high. Excellent broadleaved 
P ST CCT:) Meee eee ene ee ee ee es Fe 
ILEX aquifolium. (English Holly; only a few available 
tHIS eV Cars) Meee ee ee ee ee a ee ee 
*TLEX opaca femina. (Berry-bearing American Holly.) 
*TLEX opaca mascula. (Male American Holly; no ber- 
ries, but you will need some of these to pollenate 
feminae DIOOMS. LOmEDerEIess) see =e ee ee ee 
ILEX vomitoria. (Youpon Holly; not too hardy here; 
poor foliage, but good berry-bearer.) _____- 
*JASMINUM = nudiflorum. (Winter Jasmine; bright 
yellow forsythia-like flowers very early in spring; 
foliage: and ustemseare ievergreen:.)s —22—=—=—=- == 
*JUNIPERUS chin. pfitzeriana. (Pfitzer’s Juniper.) __ 
*JUNIPERUS chin. pfitzeriana compata. (Compact 
form of Pfitzer Juniper; doesn’t grow quite so 
clumsy and large as common pfitzers.) .--~____-»___ 
*JUNIPERUS glauca hetzi. (Hetz’s Blue Juniper; 
grows well; makes up quickly and a good ’green.) __ 
LEUCOTHOE catesbaei. (Drooping lLeucothoe or 
Andromeda. Does well with Azaleas and Rhododen- 
dronsse Seems hOdOden dros.) wees = ee 
LIGUSTRUM ibota regelianum. (Regal Privet; and 
thesemaremtrucrsreo adi \i sce enna te ees See 
*LIGUSTRUM ibota vicary. (New golden-leaved form.) 
PHILADELPHUS virginalis. (Virginial mockorange; 
stock plants from which cuttings were taken were 
“rogned’’ several years to leave only true double- 
HOWELL 2 ECY.D Cs) eee eee ae as 8 es 
*PICEA conica glauca. (Dwarf Alberta Spruce; very 
small plants from cuttings. Sold out for Sp. ’52 
delivery. Booking orders now for ’53 shipment.) ___ 
*PICEA excelsa maxwelli. (Spreading dwarf Spruce. 
Just as slow growing as the P. conica glauca, but of 
globular form. Very compact and beautiful. Very 
small plants. Sold out for Sp. ’52 delivery. Booking 
OLdersenowr Lor Spey “De! delivery.) (soa ee 
*PIERIS japonica. (Evergreen Japanese Pieris. See 
notes under. Rhododendronsy jis se see 
*PYRACANTHA cocc. lalandi. (Laland’s Firethorn. 
Thorny bush with orange berries; sells well; see 
notes under “‘Cotoneaster and Pyracantha’’.) —_---~_ 
*RETINOSPORA plumosa. (Plumed Retinospora; poor 
evergreen, but grows quickly and used extensively in 
housing project planting; therefore in big demand.) 
*RETINOSPORA pl. aurea GOLDDUST. (Best of the 
Golden plumosa Retinosporas.) )le22 22 — 
*RETINOSPORA pl. lutescens. (Football Cypress. Low, 
golden-flecked and one of the better Ret’s.) ~--_-__-_ 
RHODODENDRON carolinianum. (Carolina Rhod. 
nursery-grown seedlings; hardy over wide area; pink 
blooms earlier than most Rhod.), 222-2 = __ == 
* See page 18 before ordering items so marked. 
Rhododendrons 
10.00 
9.00 
9.00 
25.00 
15.00 
15.00 
35.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
11.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
13.50 
9.00 
9.00 
12.50 
16.00 
16.00 
15.00 
12.50 
12.50 
12.50 
12.50 
13.50 
No two soils are alike. Because of that, each locality 
presents its own problems in growing Azaleas, 
Rhododendrons, Kalmias, Ericas, Collunas, Pieris and 
Leucothoes. 
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