Sb THE LOVETT COMPANY, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



DWARF ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHERRY. 



Of all the fruit introduced from the West this appears to be the 

 most valuable. It is as hardy as an oak, having withstood a tem- 

 perature of forty degrees below zero, unharmed in either fruit-bud 

 or branch. It is one of the most productive of all fruits, sixteen 

 quarts of fruit having been picked from off a three-years-old bush 

 and eighty cherries off a branch, twelve inches long, of a two-years- 

 old bush. The illustration here given, which is from a photograph 

 of a branch, will give same idea of its productiveness. The fruit 

 is jet black when fully ripe, averages somewhat larger than the 

 English Morello, its season of ripening being after all others are gone. 

 In quality and flavor it is akin to the s^ eet cherries, excellent in 

 flavor and a pleasant fruit for eating out of hand. 



This Cherry is of a bushy habit of growth, rarely exceeding four 

 feet in height, and is really a fine ornamental shrub that would grace 

 any lawn, bearing in spring a mass of beautiful white bloom. The 

 advent of this very desirable dwarf cherry tree will fill a much needed 

 want, viz., that of a productive dwarf cherry tree for family gar- 

 dens, for which its early bearing— it begins to fruit at two years old 

 —and ease of cultm-e renders it admirably adapted. TVe consider it 

 a decided acquisition for garden cultivation. This does not, in the 

 young plant, produce a large fibrous growth of root, but has always 

 a scraggy appearance; they grow readily, however, if carefully 

 planted. Having a large stock we offer it at very low rates, viz. . 

 Ea., 20c; 3 for oOc; doz,, $1.50; 100, SIO.CO; (&y mail, if desired). 



ELAEAGNUS. 



Elsaffnas longipes. A beautiful hardy shrub from Japan. It grows from five to six 

 feet high, making a well-branched bush of great beauty; leaves longish-oval, bright green 

 above and silvery-white beneath. The blossoms appear in May, in great profusion. The 

 berries are ripe early in July and are oval in shape, like an oUve, and about the size 

 shown in the illustration, bright scarlet and very abimdant. Like cranberries, the fruit 

 requii'es cooking, and may be used in the same manner. 



The true longipes is a dense, bushy grower, which begins to bear fruit when about 

 two years old and only two feet high. TTith this has been confused another variety, 

 umbellatv.s, which is a vigorous-growing, willowy shrub that often gi-ows to a height of 

 ten feet without bearing fruit. The true longipes is the variety we offer. Ea., 20c: 3 

 for 50c; doz., §1.50 (by mail, if desired). 



TREE CRANBERRY. 



Among the ornamental berry-bearing shrubs there are few superior, 

 either for beauty or for the usefulness of their fruit, to the Tree or High-* 

 bush Cranberry. It forms a symmetrical little tree, and is a pleasing orna- 

 ment on the lawn or shmbbery. Its juicy, acid fruit is of a bright red and 

 is used as an excellent substitute for the swamp cranberries. The berries 

 hang on well and present an effective appearance in winter. The shi'ub is 

 well worth planting for ornamental effect alone; its excellent fruit makes 

 it a profitable adjunct. It is surprising that so few are aware of its beauty 

 and utihty. It should be more generally planted. The trees we offer have 

 been selected with a view to large fi-uit and small seeds and are sure to 

 please Ea., 15c; 3 for 35c; doz., Sl.OO; 100, S6.00 (6y mail). Strong plants, 

 2 to 3 ft, ea., 20c; 8 for 50c, doz., §1.50; 100, $8.00 {too large to mail). 



BUFFALO BERRY. 



Although no doubt of value in the far West, its native home, it has not proved so with us at the East. We 

 have not succeeded after careful trial to induce it to bear fruit. In its habitat it yields very abundantly of roimd, 

 red berries, somewhat resembling currants, and which are highly prized for making jellies and jams. The 

 shrub attains a height of eight to ten feet, of compact, symmetrical habit and abvmdant, silvery-white foUage, 

 decidedly omamentaL Strong transplanted plants, ea., 10c; 3 for 2oc; doz., 7.5c; 100, $3.50. 



Whatever else you plant or do not plant, the present spring, don't fail to set out at least a 

 few of the Logan Berry. 



