R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. 
PLANT NOVELTIES. 
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Abies Delavayi. 
NEW FIRS FROM CHINA. 
Introduced by the Arnold Arboretum. 
Abies Delavayi. This is one of the handsomest of the Silver Fir 
family. It is also one of the hardiest known in China. Mr. E. H. 
Wilson tells us it is known in China by the name Lien-sha, meaning 
Cold Fir, in allusion to the fact that the tree grows in cold regions. 
Its upright growth and rich deep green foliage make it rival in 
appearance the Yew trees of Europe, and we predict that for lands- 
cape purposes this Fir will be used to produce the Yew effects here. 
$5.00 each. 
Abies recurvata. This Fir is of pyramidal habit. The rich deep 
green foliage resembles that of Abies Delavayi, but is strongly re- 
curved, which gives the tree a distinct and pleasing appearance. Mr. 
Wilson writes: ‘‘In all respects this species is one of the most desirable 
of the family; and it was well worth a long journey to introduce it 
into cultivation.”’ It has proved perfectly hardy and like A. Delavayi 
Chinese Spruces at our Cape Cod Nursery. 
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Picea asperata var. ponderosa. 
NEW CHINESE SPRUCES. 
Introduced by the Arnold Arboretum. 
Picea asperata. A quadrangular-leaved Spruce from northwestern 
China. Some of the trees are very glaucous in appearance, hence 
the colloquial name. Yun Sha (Cloudy Fir). Old trees are very 
spire-like in outline. All the varieties of P. asperata are of dense 
growth, and the purplish coloring of the young foliage makes them 
strikingly beautiful in the early Summer. 
Picea asperata var. notabilis. This variety differs from the pre- 
ceding, chiefly in the cones, the scales of which are rhombic-ovate in 
outline. 
Picea asperata var. ponderosa. 
able for its large cones. 
Picea Balfouriana. One of the tallest of the Chinese Spruces. 
Picea montigena. The short, stout bristly leaves are of shining 
green and more or less glaucescent. 
Picea retroflexa. Glaucous foliage in somewhat spiral arrangement. 
Very interesting. 
Strong Plants of the above varieties, $3.00 each. Collection of 6 
This handsome variety is remark- 
will be a valuable addition to our trees for landscape planting. $5.00 varieties, $15.00. Larger Plants, $5.00 each. Collection of 6 
each. varieties, $25.00. 
HEATHER. 
Strong Plants of the following Erieas, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 
THE HEATHER, Erica vulgaris, and its varieties are perfectly hardy in New England. They require sun, and will flourish on a bank or a 
border where they have full exposure to the sunshine. Among dwarf, hardy, woody plants, there are few that continue so long in bloom as 
these. 
Alba Minor. Low growing white variety. July to September. 1 ft. 
Hammondi. White; free flowering. August and September. 1+ ft. 
Searli. The best and most distinct white variety. July to September. 
ERICA Carnea. 
For Rock Gardens, for edging shrubbery borders and for ground covering purposes in sunny situations, they are unrivalled. 
Sericea. Deep purple flowers; silvery foliage. 
Variegata. Purple; variegated foliage. 
Low growing; flesh colored flowers. 
Vagans. Compact grower; rose colored flowers. 
(Cornish Heath.) 
Picea albertiana var. conica. 
PICEA albertiana var. conica. 
100 feet. 
Plants 4 to 6 inches, $1.00 each. 
(Illustrated above.) A beautiful, pyramidal evergreen tree of slender proportions, attaining a height of over 
Its density of short, silvery green needles gives it the appearance of a Retinospora, rather than a tree; a rare and valuable plant. 
Plants 10 to 12 inches, $3.50 each. 
