SELECTIONS, ETC. — PEONIES. 



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midalis and Expansa. so noted for ornamenting the cemeteries of Oriental Countries and of the 

 south of Europe. These two are well suited to localities south of Washington, but are often 

 injured severely in this latitude. 



The mo6t desirable Pines are the White and Red Pines of our own Country, and the Austrian, 

 Pineaster, Scotch, Calabrian, Bhutan, and Cembran, and the Bentham, Sabine, and Spiral Cali- 

 fornian Pines. Of the Junipers the most symmetrical and conical are the Silvery-leaved, Irish, 

 and Swedish, — all of the most hardy character, capable of sustaining the severest northern 

 winters. The Chinese is also quite ornamental, though attaining only a moderate height; but 

 the Carolina Conical Juniper, or Cedar, will reach a height of thirty feet, with a beautiful head. 

 The splendid Cryptomerias of Japan, with their mo^t graceful drooping foliage, sustain our 

 winters here, but will not succeed further to the north. The American, Siberian, and Chinese 

 Arbor Vita? are all well suited for general adornment, and also for sci'eens and hedges. The last 

 two do not attain to an equal size with the former. Of the Yew family the English Upright, 

 English Spreading, and the Irish, are the principal species of interest ; the former is much the 

 most desirable, and grows more rapidly than any other of its class. 



The Magnolia grandiflora and its varieties produce the most splendid flowers of all the 

 Evergreen family ; and, by binding them in straw, we have preserved fine trees, now of twenty 

 years' growth. 



Evergreen Shrubs. — The most desirable are the Mahonias and Rhododendrons, for their 

 splendid foliage and profusion of bloom, the Aucuba, the various Hollies, Euonymus, Cotoneasters, 

 Phillyreas, and Photinias, and the Tree Box of the different varieties, for the beauty of their 

 foliage, and for permanent ornament during winter, when they serve so greatly to cheer and 

 enliven the " Winter Garden." 



TREES AND SHRUBBERY SDITABLE EOR CEMETERIES. 



Ash, Mountain. 



European Weeping. 



Golden Weeping. . 



White fringed. 



Curled-leaved, dark green. 

 Arbor Vitre, American. 



California n. 



Chinese. 



Siberian. 

 Anraba Japonica. 

 Beech, Purple-leaved. 



Green Weeping. 

 Bignonia crucigera, Evergreen 



climber. 

 Berberry, Purple-leaved. 

 Box Dwarf, for edging. 



Tree, green, and variegated. 

 Cedar of Lebanon. 

 Cedrus Deodora. 

 Cherry Weeping. 

 Cryptomeria Japonica (Weeping) 

 Copressus Funebris (Funebral 

 Cypress). 



Eglantine, several varieties. 



Euonymus, Japan green. 

 Japan Variegated. 

 European white berried. 

 European pink do 

 European scarlet do 

 European crimson berried. 



Holly, European green, six va- 

 rieties. 



Variegated, eight varieties. 



Scotch and Irish. 

 Ilex, Balearica, beautiful foliage. 

 Ivy, Irish large-leaved, ) ^ 



English small do }■ 



Poetic, J ers - 



Jasmine, several species. 

 Jnniper, Irish dark green. 



Argentea, Silvery. 



Swedish light green. 



Oblonga pendula(Weeping) 

 Ealmia latifolia. 

 Lanrel, English, or Apollo's. 



Portugal. 



Laurel, Alexandrian or Classic, 



an Evergreen Climber. 

 Linden, Scarlet Twig. 



Weeping. 

 Magnolia, various species. 

 Mahonia, several beautiful spe- 

 cies. 



Purple Fringe-tree. 

 Rhododendron, numerous splen- 

 did varieties. 

 Yinca, or Running Myrtle,") 



9 varieties. j 

 Virginia Creeper. 



Virgin's Bower, or Clematis, 



10 species. 

 Wistaria, Chinese Blue. 



White or Snowy. 

 Willow, Weeping Ring-leaved. 

 Woodbine, several species,Climb- 

 ers. 



Tew, English spreading. 

 English upright. 

 Irish. 



CHINESE TREE PJMIES.-MONIA MOUTAN. 



These are the most splendid and showy of all Flowering Shrubs, and among the most rare. 



The flowers are mostly fragrant, and all are double, unless denoted otherwise. They are 

 perfectly hardy, and will withstand the winters of our most northern States and the Canadas. 

 They bloom in May, ten to fifteen days before the Chinese Herbaceous varieties. 



Extra large plants of five and six years' growth, of ]Sbs. 1 and 2, can be supplied at |8 each ; 

 and also of many other varieties, at $3, and others at $5 and upwards. 



Those marked thus * are Seedlings originated by W. R. Prince. 



There is no other extensive Collection of this Class of Plants in the Union ; and those we 

 supply are far larger plants than are usually sold, and of blooming age. Th y are mostly on their 

 own roots, and but few are grafted. 



Botanical Name. Description. Price. 



1 BANKSII Roseate, very large, magnificent, protuberant, fragrant. *7o to 1 00 



DITTO Larger size 2 00 



2 PAP AVER ACE A Very large, single white, with crimson center 75 to 1 00 



DITTO Larger size 2 00 



