Fred'k W. Kelsey, 150 Broadway, New York. 



Autumn, 1897. 



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Choice Hardy Evergreens. 



Of the following rare and choice kinds, as also the common Arbor-vitaes, Spruces, etc., I can 

 make very favorable rates for fine transplanted, well-rooted, well-furnished stock. Orders 

 booked for shipment now or at proper time in spring. 



ARBOR-VITi13, American, Siberian. Fine 

 hedge plants, of different sizes. 12 to 18 inches 

 up to 5 and 6 feet ; special low prices per 100 

 and 1,000. 



CEDRUS ATLANTICA GLAUCA. New and * 



very choice ; medium size, compact growl h ; 

 fine, delicate leaves of a most beautiful glaucous 

 steel-blue tint; color equal to the finest of the. 

 Colorado Blue Sptnice. Has proved hardy at 

 Newport the past season. S2..50 to t5 each. 



Cedar of Lebanon (Cednis Libani). Vigorous, 

 spreading branches, with large, dark green 

 foliage: young growth tender. Choice. $1 to 

 S2 each. 



Deodar Cedar (Cedrus Deodara). Graceful 

 foliage of a light, silvery or glaucous-green. 

 One of the most beautiful and satisfactory 

 Evergreens; not entirely hardy north of Phila- 

 delphia. $1.50 to S2..50 each. 



HEMLOCK (Abies Canadensis). Very fine hedge 

 plants. 12 to IS inches up to 4 and .5 feet; at 

 low rates per 100 and 1,000 on application. 



JUNIPER, GOLDEN (■/. Aurea) SpreadingGol- 

 den Juniper. Hardy and fine. 12 to 18 inches 

 high, by 2 to 3 feet diameter. il.OO each, 110 

 per dozen. 



Juniper, Trailing (J.Prostrata). Avery hardy 

 variety. Adapted to almost any soil or loca- 

 tion. Low spreading habit, rich foliage. Fine 

 for massing or rock work. Several thousand 

 well-furnished, well-rooted plants as quoted in 

 Surplus List, second page. 



TINE, Austrian, Scotch, White. Good trans- 

 planted stock of these leading hardy varieties. 

 Extra. 50 cents to $1.00 each; $10 to $25 per 

 100; smaller, $25 to $75 per 1,000. Prices on 

 apph cation. 



Bhotan [Pinus excelsa) . Fine trees of this rare 

 and beautiful Pine. $1 to $2 each. 



RETINOSPORA. Good specimens of Filifera, 

 Golden, Plumosa, Pisifera and Squarrosa, 



75 cents to $1..50 each. Fine plants, 18 to 24 

 inches and 2 to 3 feet and upwards, $25 to $50 

 per 100. 



SCIADOPITYS VERTICILLATA. Umbrel- 

 la Pine. A very odd and unique tree. Longer 

 leaves than those on other Couiferae, shining 



green above and a line of white underneath. 

 The horizontal branches and peculiar growth of 

 the leaves in parasol-like whorls gives this 

 variety a very distinct individuality. $2 and 

 ?3 each. Extra specimens up to 4 or 5 feet, 

 prices on application. 



SEQUOIA GIGANTEA or WELLINGTON- 



lA. Big Tree of California. Of moderate 

 growth while young, compact habit and orna- 

 mental in all respects. Hardy when planted 

 with other Evergreens. $1.50 to $2.50 each. 



SILVER FIR iPieea). Concolor. The finest 

 of the Rocky Mountain Firs. 1 to 2 feet and 2 

 to 3 feet. Nice transplanted stock, $40, $75 and 

 $100 per 100. Extra specimens $2.50 to $5 each. 



SILVER FIR. Cephalonian, Siberian, Cili- 

 cian, Nornianniaiia. Fine young specimens 

 of all these choice varieties, $1.50 to .$2..50, ac- 

 cording to size. Low rates per 100 for young 

 transplanted stock 1 to 3 feet. 



Fraser's Silver Fir. Good specimens, with balls, 

 from 2 to 5 feet, 50 cents to $2.50 each; $25, $50 

 and upwards per 100. 



SPRUCE, COLORADO BLUE. (Picea pun- 

 gens^. The "true blues" of this variety are 

 generally admitted to be the most strikingly 

 beautiful of all the really hardy Contferae, The 

 ti'ees are easily grown, transplant successful- 

 ly, and are hardy everywhere; the steel-blue 

 color that gives this variety its peculiar charm 

 is still rare. Always a marked object in lawns 

 or landscape. Fine, transplanted specimen 

 trees of the real blue color, IS inches to 5 feet, 

 $1.50 to $10 each. Seedlings, not selected color, 

 at low rates per 100. Prices and particulars on 

 application. 



Spruce, Douslas. Good transplanted stock of 

 this valuable tree, 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 feet, $15 to 

 $30 per 100. 



Spruce, Engelmanni. Hardy. Fine blue color. 

 See Surplus List, page 2. 



Spruce, Norway. Fine specimens; all sizes 

 from 18 to 24 inches to 6 feet, and larger at low 

 rates per 100. Nice transplanted, small sizes, 

 special low prices per 1,000. 



YEW (Taxus), Golden, English, Erect, Irish, 



and others, 50 cts. to $1 each. Low rates per 100, 



EVERGREENS OF SMALL SIZE FOR TR ANSPL ANTIIVG, 



Good transplanted stock of the following, and other varieties, can be supplied by the 100 or 1,000, and 



smaller sizes of such as the Arbor- ViT^s. Austrian Pine, Norway Spruce, Scotch Fir, Scotch Pine, 



White Pine, etc., bv the 10.000, on specially favorable terms. 



Prices for the following kinds. 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and 24 to 30 inches, $40, $60, $75 and $100 per 1,000 net, 



according to size and variety : 



American Arbor- VitaD, White Pine, Hemlock Spruce, Scotch Fir, 



Siberian .Arbor-Vitae, Mountain Pine, Norway Spruce, Trailing Juniper, 



Austrian Pine, Douglas Spruce. White Spruce, English Yew. 



I^°°For more complete list of Evergreens, descriptions, etc., and list of Choice Evergreens 



in Trained Specimens, see full Catalogue, No. 38 for 1897. 



The shipments of Evergreens from you were all received correct and quite satisfastory. The trees all promise 

 to do well.— J. G., Newport, B. I. 



