rae MAYFAIR NURSERIES, Box 87, Hillsdale, N. J. 
BLECHNUM. Deer Fern. (Polypodiaceae, Fern Family) 
Blechnum spicant. An interesting fern from the West Coast extending from Alaska to 
California. The sterile fronds are about 6 inches long and form a circle flat on the 
ground. The fertle fronds stand upright in the center of the circle about 18 inches 
high. Easy to establish in an acid leafmold soil in shade. (pH 4-6) 
BRUCKENTHALIA. Spike Heath. (Ericaceae ,Heath Family) 
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia. This dainty little shrub from the Balkans is a rock garden 
must. It forms large spreading bushes with the upright growth about 5 inches high, 
clothed with very fine and dense eyergreen leaves, resembling a dwarf spruce. In 
June and July it is alive with numerous short spikes of delicately colored bells. 
Color HCC 27/3, Light Magenta. A neat and easy grower if given the right soil. 
It requires a sandy acid leafmold or peaty soil in sun or light shade, (pH 4-6) 
BRUNNERA. Giant Forget-Me-Not. (Boraginaceae, Borage Family) 
Brunnera macrophylla. (Anchusa myosotidiflora) Broad, heart shaped leaves about 12 
inches high, with airy sprays of brilliant blue flowers on 15 inch stems in April and 
May. A hardy, long lived plant from the Caucasus that thrives in shade or semi 
shade in a rich acid loam. (pH 5-7) Easy to grow and self sows quite freely. 
BU XUS. Boxwood. (Buxaceae, Broxwood Family) 
Buxus microphylla koreana. A perfectly hardy boxwood from Korea that does not sun 
burn and comes through the hardest winters without loosing a leaf. This is the 
best for northern gardens. It grows into a dense rounded bush of small dark green 
leaves, never more than 15 inches high. A good plant for bold evergreen accent and 
can be sheared for low hedge or edgings. It thrives in any good garden soil and sun 
or partial shade. Part shade is preferred. (pH 6-8) 
Buxus microphylla nana compacta. The smallest and most compact of the dwarf box- 
woods for the rock garden. A very slow grower that produces a tight little tuft of 
tiny evergreen leaves about the size of a golf ball in three years. The original plant 
is said to be only 9 inches high and over 20 years old. It thrives in any good garden 
soil and partial shade or sun. (pH 6-8) 
CALLIRHO E. Poppy-Mallow. (Malvaceae, Mallow Family) 
Callirhoe involucrata. An extremely big and rather coarse plant, however it is useful 
in a large rock garden and in hot sunny wall gardens. Long trailing stems some- 
times three feet long, bearing large deep purple-red cups 3 inches in diameter all 
through the summer. The trailing stems do not root down and become weedy. The 
plant can be trimmed to any desired size. It succeeds in any ordinary garden soil in 
full sun. A native of the Mid-Western Plains. (pH 6-8) 
CALLUNA. Heather. (Ericaceae, Heath Family) 
The heathers are dwarf shrubs of indispensable value for the rock garden, both 
for their neat and attractive evergreen foliage and for their colorful flowers that come 
in July, August and September, when color is most needed. All the varieties listed be- 
low are perfectly hardy and quite distinct either in habit of growth or in flower. No rock 
garden is complete without a quota of these lovely shrubs. All are varieties of one 
species, Calluna Vulgaris,native to Europe and Asia Minor and possibly Labrador. 
All the varieties of Heather require a sandy or peaty acid leafmold soil in full sun 
or light shade for part of the day (pH 4-5) Many varieties will grow in shade but 
they will not flower. If your soil is naturally acid it is easy to grow the Heathers by 
adding acid leafmold, peat moss and sand in liberal quantities. Mix all the ingredients 
well before planting. If your soil is very alkaine it woud be best to dig a trench about 
12 to 15 inches deep and filling in with a mixture of half peat and half sand. Peatmoss 
and sand are ortainable everywhere, therefore you can grow heathers anywhere. Once 
they are established they will withstand any amount of drought. 
Callun vulgaris Mayfair. This is not in its proper alphabetical order, but we list it first 
because it resembles the typical form more than any of the others. We call it 
Mayfair because is was raised here from seed. It is a vigorous grower and a profuse 
bloomer. It forms large spreading bushes with the sturdy upright growth about 
two feet high, topped with long erect spikes of little lavender flowers from July 
to late September. One of our specimen plants is about four feet in diameter and 
the small scale-like leaves are completely hidden by the thousands of flowers. 
