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R. & J. farquhar Company, boston. 



NEW EVERGREENS FROM CHINA. 



Abies Delavayi. 



Chinese Spruces at our Cape Cod Nursery. 



Picea asperata var. ponderosa. 



NEW FIRS FROM CHINA INTRODUCED BY THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM. 



Abies Delavayi. This is one of the handsomest of the Silver Fir family. 

 It is also one of the hardiest known in China. 



Its upright growth and rich, deep green foliage make it rival in ap- 

 pearance the Yew trees of Europe, and we predict that for landscape 

 purposes, this Fir will be used to produce the Yew effects here. $5.00 each. 



Abies reeurvata. This Fir is of pyramidal habit. The rich, deep green 

 foliage resembles that of Abies Delavayi, but is strongly recurved, which 

 gives the tree a distinct and pleasing appearance. It has proved per- 

 fectly hardy and like A. Delavayi will be a valuable addition to our trees 

 for landscape planting. $5.00 each. 



NEW CHINESE SPRUCES INTRODUCED BY THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM. 



Picea asperata var. 



for its large cones. 



ponderosa. This handsome variety is remarkable 



Picea Balfouriana. One of the tallest of the Chinese Spruces. 



Picea montlgena. 



and more or less j 



Pieea retroflexa. 



Very interesting. 



The short, stout bristly leaves are of shining green 

 :laucescent. 



Picea asperata. A quadrangular-leaved Spruce from northwestern 

 China. Some of the trees are very glaucous in appearance, hence the 

 colloquial name Yun sha (Cloudy Fir). Old trees are very spire-like 

 in outline. All the varieties of P. asperata are of dense growth, and 

 the purplish coloring of the young foliage makes them strikingly beautiful 

 in the early Summer. 



Glaucous foliage in somewhat spiral arrangement. Picea asperata var. notabilis. This variety differs from the preceding 



chiefly in the cones, the scales of which are rhombicovate in outline. 



Strong Plants of the above varieties, each $.3.00. Collection of 6 varieties, $15.00. Larger Plants, each S5.00. Collection of 6 varieties, $25.00. 



HARDY CONIFERS. 



We do not advise planting Evergreens later than October 1st, in New England. We only offer varieties suitable for Fall Planting. 



ABIES balsamea 



underneath. 



3 to 4 ft. . . . $2.50 each 



canadensis. 



CBalm of Gilead Fir.) Rich dark-green foliage, silvery 



I 4 to 5 ft. . . . $4 . 00 each 

 (See Tsuga.) 



coneolor. (Colorado Silver Fir.) One of the most beautiful and grace- 

 ful evergreen trees, growing in symmetrical pyramid form, with long 

 featherj' foliage of silvery-green color, which curves upward. As a 

 lawn specimen it is one of the most decorative trees. 

 2^ to 3 ft. . . . S5.00 each I 5 to 6 ft. . . . $10.00 each 

 3 to 4 ft. . . . 7 . 00 each | 



Veitchii. (Veitch's Silver Fir.) A beautiful Evergreen, with a pronounced 

 silvery tint; fine as a specimen. 

 3 to 4 ft $6 . 00 each 



JUNIPERUS communis. (English Juniper.) Low-gro-ndng bushy plant; 

 light glaucous foliage; very hardy. 3 to 4 ft., $5.00 each; $55.00 

 per doz. 



communis var. Hibernica. (Irish Juniper.) A beautiful glaucous- 

 green variety of dense pillar-like growth; very desirable. 2 to 21 ft., 

 $2.00 each; $22.00 per doz. 



JUNIPERUS.— Corahnued. 



communis var. suecica. (Swedish Juniper.) Grows in the form of a 



neat, compact column; foliage golden-green. 2 to 2 J ft., 82.00 each; 

 $22.00 per doz. 



communis var. prostrata. A dwarf spreading variety with trailing 

 branches. $2.25 each. 

 Larger Plants. $5.00 to $7.50 each. 



Chinensis virginalis. Very fine dwarf evergreen, ^-ith handsome, 

 closely set heads of green foliage, forming a dense round mat. S3. 50 

 each; $40.00 per doz. 



Chinensis virginalis aurea. Yellow form of the preceding, and like 

 it, a most valuable acquisition for the rock garden. S3. 50 each; 

 $40.00 per doz. 



Chinensis var. Pfltzeriana. A beautiful form with graceful, dark 

 green foliage. 

 2to2Jft- . . . $4.00 each | 3 to S^t. . . . $6.00 each 



Six plants of one variety at dozen rate. 



