THIRTY ACRES ON THE VALLEY HIGHWAY AT FOSTER 
Gordonia alatamaha (Franklinia). 
Deciduous small tree with shiny 
green leaves, turning scarlet in 
the fall. Extinct in its native 
habitat, now known only in cult- 
ivation. White flowers, 3 in. 
across. Rare. 
Grevillea robusta, SILK OAK. Bizarre 
tree from Queensland with fern-like 
leaves and orange flowers. 
GUELDER ROSE: Viburnum Opulus roseum 
GUM, SWEET: Liquidambar 
(sigs ea Boue dioica, KENTUCKY COFFEE 
TREE. Larger-growing deciduous 
tree suitable for climate control 
or ornament. Finely-divided doubl 
compound dark green leaves, hard 
wooded, greenish-white flowers, 
bold winter outline. Seeds once 
ground for coffee (a desperate 
practice). 
; Hamamelis virginiana, WITCH-HAZEL. 
Deciduous hardy shrub valued for 
its attractive yellow flowers from 
Sept to Oct. 
HAWTHORN: Crataegus 
HEATHER: Bruckenthalia, Calluna, 
Erica, Daboecia. 
EVERGREEN VERONICAS 
Hebe, SHRUBBY EVERGREEN VERONICA. 
Compact broadleaved evergreen 
shrubs often sold as Veronicas. 
From New Zealand. 
buxifolia (thymifolia). Compact 
grower with tiny roundish bright 
green leaves and white flowers. 
cupressoides. Compact shrub with 
cypress-like gray-green foliage. 
elliptica var. AUTUMN BEAUTY. 
Larger lush green round leaves 
and brilliant purple flowers 
covering the plant from August 
till the new year. Choice. 
Traversii. Taller growing form 
with narrow green leaves and 
conspicuous white flowers. 
Hedera, IVY. Broadleaved evergreen 
plants of easy culture. 
colchica. A giant-leaved form 
from Persia, vine-like. Not 
common. 
helix baltica. Small leaved, slow 
growing, for groundcover. 
h. conglomerata. Dwarf bush-form 
with curious knoting branches. 
Not common. 
h. erecta. Dwarf erect-growing 
shrub-form type. 
h. variegata. Leaves mottled with 
cream. 
HELIANTHEMUM: Perennial Section 
HEMLOCK: Tsuga 
HICKORY: Carya 
HOLLY: Ilex 
HOLLY, MOUNTAIN: Nemopanthus 
HONEYSUCKLE: Lonicera 
HONBYSUCKLE, HIMALAYA: Leycesteria, 
Perennial Section 
HOP-HORNBEAM: Ostrya 
HYDRANGEAS 
Hydrangea. Deciduous hardy shrubs, 
some semi-herbaceous others woody. 
Valued for their large terminal 
clusters of flowers, their easy 
culture, and their hardiness. A 
more satisfying plant is hard to 
find. The following list contains 
some seldom-seen unusual varieties 
Fertile flowers have small petals, 
sterile flowers have large petals. 
Hydrangeas, cont. next page. 
