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Evergreen and Coniferous Trees— Continued. 



ABIES polita. Tiger's Tail Spruce. Pointed 

 liglit green leaves. §1.50 



AKIES pungcns. (See Picea Pungens.) 



ABIES tortuosa Conipucta. Tortuous Com- 

 pact Spruce. Spreading tree of dwarf habit; 

 young branches curiously twisted. $1 to $2. 



PICEA Aniabilis. Lovelt Silver Fir. Fine 

 glaucous foliage. $1.50 to ^2. 



PICEA balsamca. Balm of Gilead Fir. Very 

 hardy; foliage silvery underneath. 50 cts. to $1. 



*PICEA Breweriana. Brewer's Weeping 

 Spruce. Ot symmetrical form, with horizontal 

 branches; foliage a beautiful green. Distinguished 

 for the beauty of their long, pendulous brancldets, 

 which hang straight down from the branches to a 

 length of 0 or 8 feet on the older trees. Smooth, 

 reddish bark. A decided novelty and beautiful 

 tree. $3 to $5. 



PICEA Ccphalonica. Cephalonian Fir. Sil- 

 very dagger-shaped leaves, $2. 



PICEA concolor or lasiocarpa. Rare and 

 especially choice. S^. 



*PICE A concolor violacea. Silver Fir. This 



• new variety is one of the most ornamental of all 

 the Piceas, and hardy as the hardiest. Leaves 

 similar in size to the Douglas Spruce, but in color 

 a charming light semi-glaucous tint, which makes 

 a pleasing and striking contrast. $2.50 and S3. 50. 



PICEA Cilicia, Cilician Silver Fir. Branches 

 compact, thickly set on the stems; foliage dark 

 green, delicate and very beautiful. $1 and 1.50. 



PICEA Englemaui. Resembles the Pungens. 

 Compact, fine for la^\Tis. Pyi'amidal form; 

 branches sometimes pendulous, foliage with a rich 

 silver sheen, A very valuable and hardy tree. 

 SI to .S2. 



PICEA firma. Japan Silver Fir. Pyramidal, 

 compact form. Foliage flat, and green under- 

 neath. Vigorous and very hardy. Distinct. SI 

 to S2. 



PICEA Fraserii, Fraser's Silver Fm. Avery 

 hard}' variety, somewhat resembling the Balsam 

 Fir, but of finer appearance and moi-e lasting 

 beauty. ?1 and 1.50. 



PICEA grandis. Great Silver Fm. The grand 

 Silver Fii' of the Rocky Mountains; of pyramidal 

 form, and with short dark foliage. Fine. $1 and $2, 



PICEA Iludsonica. Hudson's Bay Silver Fir. 

 Dwarf round tree, two to three feet high. Dark 

 green foliage, glaucous undeiueath. §1.50. 



*PICEA Lowii. Low's Silver Fir. A fine, 

 new and hardy Picea of compact symmetrical 

 growth, and large distinct foliage of a delicate 

 light green. $5. 



PICEA magnifica. Superb Silver Fir. Re- 

 sembles Picea nobilis. Very fine. $2. 



PICEA nobilis. Noble Silver Fir. Young 

 foliage silver-blue. A superb vai'iety; one of the 

 finest of Coniferae. $2. 



PICEA Nordmanniana. Nordmaicn's Silver 

 Fir. Medium size, but of symmetrical form 

 and majestic grovHli. Horizontal branches with 



large, massive, dark green foliage, glaucous 

 underneath, producing a rich and delicate effect. 

 $1 to S2..50. 



PICEA pectinata. European or Common Siir 

 VER Fir Green foliage, silver underneath. 75c. 



PICEA pendnla. AVeeping Silver Fm. Rare 

 and unique variety of distinct habit. .$2. 



PICEA Piclita. Siberian Silver Fib. Very 

 dark green foliage. One of hardiest and best. $3. 



PICEA pangens. Colorado Blue Spruce. Fine 

 vigorous habit and remarkably beautiful foliage; 

 cannot be excelled by any other Evergreen. 

 Perfectly hardy everywhere, and grown success- 

 fully where other Evergreens fail. Ic will with- 

 stand the coldest seasons, and in appearance sur- 

 passes any of the taller Coniferous trees, with per- 

 haps the excejatiou of Abies Concolor or Cedi'us 

 Atlautica Glauca. Can be easily transplanted. 

 The fine steel-blue color of tliis variety is stUl 

 very rare . Fine specimens of selected blues 3^ to 

 6 feet, S3..50 to $12 ; smaller, $2 and $3. Not 

 selected blue, 10 inches to G feet, 50 cts. to $2.50 

 each. Low rates per hundi-ed. 



PICEA pectinata compacta. Compact Silver 

 Fir. One of the hardiest of the Silver Firs ; 

 dwarf form and dense, glossy green foliage. $1..50. 



PICEA pinsapo. Pinsapo Fir. A very hand- 

 some variety, resembling P. Cephalonica ; 

 branches very thick, and spreading horizontally. 

 A beautiful evtrgi-een, not entirely hardy. S2. 



PICEA Veitcliii. Veitche's Silver Fir. Beau- 

 tiful species, resembling in chai-acter the Nord- 

 manuiana. Very rare. $3. 



BIOTA aurea. Golden Arbor- Vit^. 50c. to $1. 



BIOTA elegantissima. Rollinson's Golden 

 Arbor-Vit.^:. $1. 



BIOTA Orientalis. CmNESE Arbor-Vit.s. 

 Pyramidal habit and fresh green foliage. 81. 



BIOTA Orientalis filif'ormis. Thread- 

 Branched Arbor-Vit^. Medium size, straight 

 stem, slender, droopinir bianchcs; leaves pale 

 green. Hardy and choice. 50 cts. 



BIOTA Orientalis pyramidalis nova. Pyra- 

 midal Arbor- ViT^. A fine hardy variety, of 

 dwarf form and a beautiful green color. 75 cts. 



BIOTA Orientalis Zuccariniana. Globular in 

 form ; bright green foliage ; hardy. 75 cts. and $L 



BIOTA semper aurescens. Eveb-Golden 

 Arbor- ViT.E. Dense conical habit. $1. 



CEDRUS Deodara. Deodar, or Indian Cedar. 

 Of vigorous growth, pyramidal form; graceful 

 foliage of a light, sUvery or glaucous green. 

 One of the most beautiful of evergreens; not 

 entirely hardy north of Philadelphia. $1.50 

 to $2.50. 



CEDRUS Libaui. Cedar op Lebanon. Vig- 

 orous, spreading branches, with large, dark- 

 green foliage; yoimg growth tender. Choice, 

 $1 and $2. 



