CHOICE FRUIT TREES AND ORNAMENTALS 



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BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS 



BAY TREES. Most valuable ornamental trees, usually trimmed to formal lines. They are particularly 

 useful as tub plants for the decoration of halls, vestibules, conservatories, etc. Not hardy in northern states. 

 We imported a choice lot of trees from Europe the past summer. Standard trees, with nice crowns, 40- to 

 48-inch stems, 28- to 30-inch crown, |8 each, $15 for 2. 



LAURUS CERASUS. Cherry Laurel. The Mock Orange of the South. Handsome, bushy trees with 

 glossy evergreen foliage. They make very ornamental tub plants, bearing white flowers, which somewhat resem- 

 ble those of the cherry tree. Standard trees, with symmetrical crowns, 3 to 4 feet, ^2.50 each, I4.S0 per pair. 

 Dwarf Pyramids, $1 each, $10 per doz. 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS 

 Rhododendrons ( ROSEB A Y ) 



When planted singly in the lawn, grouped around evergreens, or planted in masses about the house, nothing 

 is so effective as the Rhododendron. It is most showy at any time, but particularly so in early summer, when it 

 is covered with masses of large, beautiful flowers; and in winter when its great, glossy green leaves present a strik- 

 ing contrast to the bare branches of trees and bushes surrounding it. 



The Rhododendron, more than most other shrubs, is ideal for planting in beds close up against the founda- 

 tion of the house. The effect 

 thus produced is nothing short 

 of marvelous, when a home so 

 planted is compared with one 

 whose foundation looms above 

 the ground, giving an impres- 

 sion of barren coldness hard to 

 describe. 



Plant the Rhododendron 

 where it will receive shade for 

 a part of each day — the north 

 side of the house is desirable — 

 and the most gratifying results 

 will follow. 



Catawbiense grandiflora. 

 White. Flowers are very large, 

 borne freely in large clusters late 

 in the spring Foliage oblong, 

 bright green, clustered at the end 

 of the branches. Ten to fifteen 

 buds, 15 ins., |i each, $10 per doz. 



C. grandiflora. Purple. 

 Resembles the preceding. The 

 flowers are purple. Seven to 

 ten buds, 12 inches, $1 each, 

 |io per doz. 



Ponticum, Purple. Not 

 quite so hardy as the two pre- 

 ceding sorts, but the bushes 

 are very vigorous, growing as 

 high as 10 feet, Purple flowers. 

 Ten to fifteen buds, 15 inches, 

 $1 each, $10 per doz. 



Mr. J. G. Harrison and an American Arborvitae hedge planted near his 

 residence 



