MAURICK YOUNG'S CATALOGUE, 



PSEUDOLARIX. 



s. d. s. d. 



KEMPFERI Plants, each 3s, 6d. 7 6 — 42 o 



Syn. Larix Kempferi, Specimens, price on application, 



^ ,, Abies Kempferi. 



This is the Golden Larch of China, a very valuable and beautiful 

 tree, the foliage in the spring and summer being of a beautiful bright 

 green, ij^ to 2 inches long, and rather troad ; the colour deeplns 

 towards autumn, when, before falling, it assumes a rich golden- 

 yellow. It will form a large tree in this country, and its extreme 

 beauty cannot fail to recommend it to all lovers of handsome trees. 



RETINOSPORA. 



All the species of this genera have been recently introduced from Japan ; some 

 of them make trees of size, but most are dwarf in habit, forming pyramids or 

 bushes. All are hardy and evergreen. 



ERICOIDES. Good plants, per doz. 6s. 9 0—12 o 



A conical compact bush, greyish-green in summer, and turning 

 purple in winter; admirably adapted for winter bedding or pots. 



FILICOIDES Plants, each 2 6 — 21 6 



Bright green foliage on reddish stems ; should be grown as a bush, 

 when.it makes a pretty fern-like plant. 



FILIFERA Good plants, each, i 6 — lo 6 



Makes a pyramidal bush, with the ends of its shoots drooping in 

 long filaments, some of which are tesselated. 



GRACILIS each 2 6 — lo 6 



A more slender form of the above. 



LEPTOCLADA Plants, per doz. 9 o — I2 o 



Specimens, each 36 — 7 ^ 

 A slow-growing pyramidal bush, erf" a dark bluish-green, very 

 pretty for winter beds or pots. It is quite a miniature tree. 



LYCOPODIOIDES each 3 6 — 21 o 



A dense growing shrub or dwarf tree, deep green foliage, very 

 distinct. 



OBTUSA— "Tree of the Sun," 



Good plants, i to i|ft., per 100 ... — 75' ^ 



\\ to 2 ft., „ ... — loo o 



' 2 to 3 ft., per doz. ... — 150 



3 to 4 ft, „ 18 O — 30 o 



4 to 5 ft., ., 36 o — 42 o 

 A tall evergreen tree, growing from 70 to 100 feet high, of great 



beauty ; thrives well in this country, and planted as single specimens 

 is very handsome. It is also a good shrubbery plant, and as it bears 

 clipping well, it will be a good plant for hedges. The timber is 

 described as white and fine grained, and highly valued by the Japanese. 



ALBA Plants, each 3 6 — 15 O 



Similar in general character to the former, rather more compact in 

 habit, and the young shoots pure white during the spring and summer 

 months. A very beautiful variety, new and scarce. 



AUREA Plants, each 2 6 — 10 6 



A rapid-growing variety, also of the same habit as obtusat and 

 having the branches suffused with gold- 



ERECTA Plants, each 16—26 



An upright form. 



GRACILIS.... Plants, each 26—50 



Rather dwarf in habit, very compact, a rich dark green. 

 NANA Plants, each 36—76 



Very dwarf and compact, forming a pretty little bush, of a rich 

 deep green. 



ALBA VARIEGATA Plants, each 36—50 



General character like the preceding, with many white spots on the 

 foliage. 



