J. T. Lovett C; — Evergreen Trees. 



JUNIPER. 

 Irish JuMiper.— A well-known ai 1 popular 

 variety, of erect, dense and com- 

 pact form, very slender and fastl- 

 glate. With dark green foliage ; 

 very handsome. U^eful In small 

 places for making effective con- 

 trasts. 2 ft, 25c ; 3 ft, 50c. 



Prostrate Juniper, — A 

 prostrate evergreen, trailing and 

 spreading over the ground ; 

 thickly branched, and with foli- 

 age of glossy dark green. Excel- 

 lent for rockwork and similar 

 situations. 18 to 24 in. across, 

 75c. 



FIR. 



Balsam Fir. — The well- 

 known native fir tree. Of pyra- 

 midal form ; foliage very dark 

 green, silvery glaucous beneath, 

 to 3 ft., 35c. 



European Silver Fir. - A well-known 

 species of vigorous growth and spreading horizontal 

 branches ; foliage, warm dark green above and sil- 

 very beneath ; form pyramidal. The foliage and 

 general appearance is much less sombre than that of 

 our native balsam flr. 12 to 18 In, 25c. 



Nordmann's Silver Fir.- From the Cri- 

 mean Mountains. A very hardy tree of symmetrical 

 form ; branches numerous and horizontal ; foliage 

 rich, forming dense masses of a warm, lively color, 

 deep green above and glaucous beneath. It is supe- 

 rior in beauty to all the other silver flrs,and is indeed 

 "The King of Evergreens." 2 ft, $1.25. 



PINE. 



Austrian Pine.— From Syria. A popular sort 



having numerous rough, regularly arranged 

 branches, and long, rigid, dark green foliage. Tree 

 hardy and of spreading growth. 2 to 3 ft, 30c; 3 to 

 4 ft, 50c. 



Dwarf Pine (Pinus Mughus). — From the 

 Pyrenees and Alps. Usual form broad and low, like 

 a bush, but sometimes, it is said, reaches a height of 

 40 feet. It has ascending branches thickly covered 

 with yellowish- green foliage : very ornamental. 12 

 in, 35c ; 2 to 3 ft across, 75c. 



Excelsa or Bhotan Pine.— From the Hima- 

 laya Mountains, A vigorous growing species of 

 symmetrical form, and long, gracefully-drooping, 

 silvery foliage. Slender, loose and rather pendulous 

 plumes. A noble tree. 18 to 24 in, 40c. 



Scotch Fine.— A well-known robust tree, of 

 rapid growth and dull, bluish-green foliage. Excel- 

 lent for making wind-breaks. 18 in, 25c; 2 ft, 35c; 

 3 ft, 50c. 



Swiss Stone Pine.— j:urope. Of compact, 

 conical form, regularly branched to the ground ; 

 dense, dark green foliage with globular tufts. Rather 

 a :iIow grower. 18 in, 75(;. 



White Pine.— A well-known, native species. 



tall and stately; trunk free from branches for two- 

 thirds of its height; leaves long and slender, of a light 

 bluish-green color. 18 in., 2.5c; 2 ft., 35c,- 3 ft., 50c. 



RETINOSPORA. 



Heath-leaved or Fricoides Uetinos- 

 pora.— Of dense, compact, upright habit, with del- 

 icate foliage ; deep green in color, changing to a 

 pleasing purple with a steel-blue cast in winter. 

 Very distinct, attractive and ornamental, but not 

 hardy north of the latitude ot New York City. 18 in. ,350. 



Obtusa nana or Black Dwarf Retinos- 

 pora.— Of dwarf habit, seldom growing more than 

 two feet high ; spherical form, so compact, and foli- 

 age so utterly dense, that not a branch nor branch let 

 is disclosed to view ; foliage of the deepest and most 

 beautiful green color. Plant perfectly hardy, and 

 will bear the greatest exposure. Exceedingly choice 

 and beautiful. 12 in., 50c ; 18 in., 75c. 



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