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THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., YALESVILLE, CONN. 
V MERSEREAU. This variety was originated in Western New York, where the mercury- 
falls below zero each winter. It has been well tested and found to be perfectly hardy. 
It makes very large canes, is very productive, of large size, delicious quality, hangs on the 
bushes till fully ripe, does not turn red in the baskets, has an unusually long season. 
Prof. L. H. Bailey says: "It is one of the most promising varieties I know." 
LUCRETIA DEWBERRY. The best ^f the Blackberry family and decidedly the most 
productive. The berries are far larger and incomparably better than any blackberry, and 
of unequalled excellence; sweet and luscious throughout. Should be covered Uke straw- 
berries in winter. 
ASPARAGUS 
Asparagus usually sells at a good price, and, being ready for market in April and May, 
the income derived from it is especially appreciated at that time of the year. It is usually 
planted on light soil to have it early, though it can be easily grown on all good garden soils. 
The sprouts are not usually cut until the second or third year after planting, except to mow 
down the canes in the fall. The roots will give good crops for from 15 to 20 years, selling 
at $100 to $200 per acre. Plant the roots in the spring or fall, from 4 to 6 inches deep, 
covering with only 3 inches of soil at first, and fiUing in the trenches as the plants grow. 
CONOVER'S COLOSSAL. Very large; makes rapid growth; planted mostly by market- 
gardeners; very productive. 
PALMETTO. Of southern origin; a variety of excellent quality; early, very large, 
very prolific; all who have used it pronounce it ahead of any other. 
RHUBARB 
RHUBARB, MYATT'S LINNAEUS. Those who have never grown this variety, which is 
of superior quality, will hardly recognize the old "Pie Plant." It is an early, tender 
variety, not in the least tough or stringy, with a mild, sub-acid flavor. 
ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT 
Although still greatly neglected in many places, the people of all sections in city, 
town and country are awakening to the fact that the town lot and farm yard, as well as 
the country villa, is of greater value when attractively planted with a judicious selection 
of ornamentals; that an investment of hardy trees, shrubs, roses and plants used in beau- 
tifying the home grounds and street, returns a greater interest in actual cash value than 
is possible with an outlay of similar amount in almost any other way, to say nothing 
of the added beauty, the increased comfort and health of the occupants. 
Hardy trees and shrubs can now be obtained at moderate cost, that will stand the 
extremes of temperature and soil of nearly all sections; judicious selection will obtain 
deciduous and evergreen trees that make beautiful specimens the year through, deciduous 
trees and shrubs giving constant succession of bloom through the season, while the purple, 
variegated leaved and weeping forms are always ready for variety and contr.ist. 
For more complete list and description, write for our special ornamental catalogue. 
DESIRABLE ORNAMENTAL TREES TO PLANT 
A LIST OF TREES RECOMMENDED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES 
For more complete list and description, write for our ornamental catalogue. 
FOR STREETS, ROADS AND WIDE AVENUES. American Elm, Sugar, Sycamore and Silver 
Maples, Carolina Poplar, Pin Oak. 
FOR DRIVEWAYS THROUGH LAWNS AND PARKS. Norway Maple, Safeburia or Gingko, 
Tulip Tree, Magnolia Acuminata, Catalpa Speciosa, to which we add American and Euro- 
pean Lindens. 
SINGLE SPECIMENS OF LARGE GROWTH. JEnglish and Rivers' Beech, Birches, particu- 
larly Cut-leaf Weeping; English and Purple-Leaf Elms; American, European and White- 
Leaf Lindens; Norway, Purple Norway, Sycamore and Cut-Leaf Maples; Horse Chestnuts; 
Austrian and Scotch Pines ; Norway and Colorado Spruces. 
SINGLE SPECIMENS OF MEDIUM GROWTH. Imperial Cut-Leaf Alder, Fern-Leaf and 
Weeping Beech, Catalpa Bungei, Purple Birch, Horse Chestnuts, Laburnum, Chinese Mag- 
nolias, Oak-Leaf Mountain Ash, Prunus Pissardi, Flowering Thorns, Hemlocks, White 
Pines, Siberian Arbor Vitaes, etc. 
