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Choice Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs and Plants. 



MASS BORDER OF HARDY RHODODENDRONS. 



Fine Hardy Shruhs— Continued . 



PURPLE FRINGE (Rhus Continus.) "Smoke 

 Trije." 35 cts. $10 to S20 per 100. 



PRUNIS PISSARDII. Leaves constant crim- 

 son or maroon red the entire season ; hardy and 

 easily grown. Fine plants on plum stock, 2 1-2 

 to .5 feet, S3 to S5 per dozen. $1.5 to $30 per 100. 

 Triloba. Fine plants on plum stock. $3 to $4 

 per dozen. $12 and $18 per 100. 



PRIVET, STANDARD CALIFORNIA. 

 Fine specimens grown in tree shape; well- 

 branched heads. Rare and valuable. $1.50 

 each. $10 to $1.5 per dozen. 



PRIVET, CALIFORNIA or OVALIFOLIUM. 

 This variety is now more extensively used for 

 hedge purposes than any other hardy plant. It 

 is easily transplanted ; of compact, rapid 

 growth ; handsome foliage, and is free from 

 insects and diseases. Can be readUy trimmed 

 so as to keep the hedge of almost any height or 

 form desii-ed, and the foliage remains in per- 

 fection very late in Autumn. Very fine, well- 

 rooted and well-branclied plants. 18 to 24 inches. 

 2 to 3 feet, 3 to 4 feet and larger, $5 per 100 and 

 upwards according to size. Special low rates 

 per 1,000. See Sui-plus List, page 2. 

 Common European. A valuable hedge plant, 

 and for groups, screens, or borders. Growth 

 very compact ; shining green leaves ; $2 and $3 

 per dozen; low rat«s per 100 and 1,000. 



P/EONIES, Upright or Tree. Enormous showy 

 flowers. Best hardy varieties, $1 to $2. 



RHODOTY'PUS KERRIOIDES. Large, dark, 

 plicate foliage and single pure white flowers in 

 midsummer ; fine. 



RHODODENDRONS. No ornamental grounds 

 are complete without masses or borders of these 

 superb plants. They can be easily grown with 

 perfect success almost everywhere in this lati- 

 tude. Although adapted to a shaded situation, 

 they will flourish in any good loamy soil, mod- 

 erately enriched with fibrous material such as 

 leaf-mould, swamp muck or well rotted sod. 

 Sandy loam with a liberal mixture of swamp 

 muck makes an excellent soil. The plants should 

 always be arranged in good sized beds or masses, 

 and, when first planted, set as close as two or 

 three feet apart. The beds or borders should not 

 be less than two or two and a half feet deep, and 

 the plants mulched or otherwise kept in moist 

 condition at the roots. Autumn drought when the 

 plants are setting flower buds is often injurious. 

 The seed pods should always be removed after 

 flowering. My plants this season are unusually 

 fine, and of the strictly hardy vaiieties for this 

 climate. I offer them, as heretofore, in case 

 collections of 25, 50 and 100 plants to the case. 

 These cases contain a choice selection of the 

 best hardy named varieties of assorted colors 

 for group or mass j)lonting, and are furnished 

 at the hundred price. Particular varieties can 

 be supplied by the himdred or thousand at low- 

 est prices for well-grown, well-budded, reliable 

 plants. These are the cheapest and best. There 

 is no experiment in trying them. Every plant 

 will grow, and will bloom nicely the first season. 

 Bushy plants, with some buds, about 18 inches, 

 $9 per dozen, $70 per 100. Bushy, well-budded 

 plants, selected, about 2 feet, $10 per dozen, $80 

 per 100 ; extra, $15 per dozen, $100 per 100. 



The Rhododendrons are very fine, much better than our highest expectation.— C. U., Ithaca, N. Y. 



