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HARDY 
CONIFER S .— Continued. 
A Group of Blue Spruces 
at Our Dedham Nurseries. 
RETINOSPORA Pisifera aurea. A lovely bright-golden form of the preceding. 3 to 4 
feet. $2.50 each; $24.00 per doz. 
Plumosa. Forms a handsome pyramid of dense, feathery branches, fine, light green 
foliage. 2 feet. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 3 to 33 feet, $2.50 each; $28.00 per 
doz. 4 feet, $4.00 each. 
Plumosa aurea. One of the best Evergreens, forming a pyramid of rich golden 
foliage which holds its color the year round. It is one of the most brilliant and hardy 
conifers. 14 to 2 feet. $1.00 each. 2 to 3 feet, $1.75 each. Larger specimens, $3.00 
to $10.00 each. 
SCIADOPITYS Verticillata. Japanese Umbrella Tree. A beautiful and most desir- 
able Japanese evergreen of erect pyramidal growth, with large, shining, deep green 
foliage in umbrella-like whorls. Protection of pine boughs or coarse matting is 
necessary during winter in Massachusetts. 2} to 3 feet. $5.00 each. 4-foot speci- 
mens, $12.00 each. 
TAXUS Cuspidata. Japanese Yew. A showy variety of spreading habit; foliage 
light green. 14 to 2 feet. $2.50 each; $25.00 per doz. 
Cuspidata var brevifolia. A handsome form of the above with short dark 
green leaves. 1} to 2 feet. $2.50 each. 
THUJA Occidentalis. American Arborvite. Extremely useful for screens, 
clumps or lawn specimens. Specimen plants, 33 to 4 feet, $1.00 each; 4 to 5 
feet, $2.00 each; 5 to 6 feet, $3.00 each; 6 to 7 feet, $4.00 each; 7 to 8 feet, 
$6.00 each; 8 to 9 feet, $8.00 each; 9 to 10 feet, $10.00 each. 
Occidentalis lutea. Nootka Sound Cypress. Yellow foliage. 2 to 2% feet. 
$1.50 each; $15.00 per doz. 23 to 3 feet, $2.50 each. 
var. Compacta. A dwarf compact form. 2 feet. $1.50 each. 
var. Elwangeriana. Yellowish. 2 to 3 feet. $1.00 each. 
var. George Peabody. Golden yellow, very hardy. 2 feet, $1.50 each. 
var. Globosa. Globe-headed Arborvite. Foliage green; compact; globular 
inform. 12to15 inches. $1.50 each. 
var. Pyramidalis. Habit like the Italian Cypress. 2 to 3 feet, .75 each; 
$7.50 per doz. 3 to 4 feet, $1.25 each; $14.00 per doz. 4 to 5 feet, $2.00 
each; $24.00 per doz. 
var. Pyramidalis Douglasii. A very attractive pyramidal evergreen re- 
sembling the Retinospora; foliage distinct. 14 to 2 feet. $1.75 each. 
var. Siberica. Siberian Arborvite. Deep green; very hardy. 1% to 2 feet. 
$1.00 each. , 
var. Verveeneana. A gracefully drooping, yellow marked Arborvite. 2 to 
3-feet. $1.00 each. 3 to 4 feet. $1.50 each. 
var. Warreana. Sturdy pyramidal growth. 14 
$10.00 per doz. 
to 2 feet. $1.00 each; 
Retinospora plumosa aurea. 
