New, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
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Deciduous Trees and Shrubs. 
A General List, containing a Careful Selection of the best Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. 
NO pleasure grounds or rural homes, however modest, are considered complete without ornamental trees and 
shrubs of a hardy and permanent character. Too often the effect of planting is measurably destroyed by the 
use of inferior or unsuitable species. Where grounds of any extent are to be planted, the advice of a compe- 
tent landscape gardener will be found fully worth its cost. Trees and shrubs of an ornamental character properly 
selected and suitably planted, increase very largely the actual value of any property, and add much to the comfort and 
easure of those who occupy the premises. 
ACER. The Maple. A well-known and valuable genus of 
ornamental trees. They are regular in outline, of vigorous 
growth, free from diseases, and of wide adaptability. 
A. colchioum rubrum. The young leaves are crim- 
son ; tree of compact, roundish habit $1 00 
A. dasycarpum. The Silver Maple. Of value 
where very rapid growth is required . . ¥0 50 to i 00 
A- Wierii laciniatum. A very beautiful cut- 
leaved form, with a distinct and graceful pendu- 
lous habit $0 50 to I 00 
A. plalanoides. The Norway Maple. A superb 
ornanientaltreeofverysymmetricalhabit$o 50to i 00 
A. laciniatum. The Cut-leaved Norway Ma- 
ble. A rare and curious form i 00 
A. polyinoi'phuin Japonicuin. The Japan Ma- 
ples. They have great beauty of form, and 
their coloring is wonderfully rich. In some the 
foliage is deeply cut, leaving only the skeleton 
of a leaf; in others the rich hues of autumn 
foliage are constant the season through. All are 
hardy and dwarf, averaging from two to four 
feet in height. Strong established plants of the 
choicest sorts, 50 cents to $2.50, according to 
size and variety ; carefully assorted lots, for ef- 
fective results, $20 to I40 per dozen. 
A. pseiido-plataniis. The Sycamore Maple. 
Much resembles the Norway $0 50 to i 00 
A. purpurea. A form with handsome leaves, 
purple underneath ; a very effective tree .... 75 
A. tricolor. Foliage distinctly marked pink, 
yellow and green ; a very beautiful variety ... i 00 
A. AVoerlci. A beautiful goldcn-leaved va- 
riety ; va/uable in contrasting i 00 
A. rubrum. The Red Maule or Red Bud. The 
deep red blossoms appear before the leaves in 
spring ; in fall the leaves change to brilliant scar- 
let ; a fine and symmetrical tree jjo 50 to i 00 
A. sacchariuuin. The Sugar Maple. A well- 
known and handsome tree of elegant and round- 
headed form $0 50 to I 00 
A. columnare. (New.) A remarkable form 
of the Sugar Maple. Very erect, and in shape 
like tlie pyramidal poplar i 00 
^SCULiUS. The Horse-Chestnut. Splendid decorative 
and shade trees, combining rich foliage with very beau- 
tiful flowers and conspicuously elegant habit. One great 
merit is the rapidity with which their foliage unfolds in 
spring. 
^'ESCULUS hippocastanum. The well known white- 
flowering Horse-chestnut -$o 50 to$! 00 
alba flore pleno. Fine double white flow- 
ers ; bears no nuts , qq 
rubicuuda. Beautiful red flowers .... i 00 
JE. macrostachya. Dwarf; a fine flowering shrub 
of elegant growth, with deeply cut leaves, and 
flowers in large spikes $0 50 to i 00 
AXiNUS aurea. The Yellow-leaved Alder. Its 
bright golden tint is like a burst of sunshine 
amid masses of darker shrubbery i 00 
AMYGDAIiUS. The Almond. Beautiful small trees or 
shrubs, with a profusion of bright double flowers. 
A. communis. The common Almond. A fine small 
"■^^ $0 50 
A. persica alba fl. pi. Double flowering 50 
A. rubra 11. pi j,-, 
A. pruuifolius ro.sea fl. pL Pink flowers. $0 50 to 75 
A. alba fl. pi. White flowers 50 to 75 
ANDR03IKDA. Dwarf trees and shrubs, with pretty 
foliage and delicately beautiful flowers, shaped like 
Lilies-of-the-Valley, in clustered racemes or panicles. 
For the evergreen forms, see Evergreens. 
A. arborea. Broad leaves and drooping panicles of fra- 
grant white flowers $1 00 
A. oalyculata 
A. 3Iariana. Narrow foliage, and delicate bells of 
lily-like flowers $0 50 to 
A. speciosa. Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub. Dwarf, 
with glaucous foliage and long racemes of flow- 
ers ; fine for forcing 50 
AZAIjE.\S. .Ml the best hardy species and varieties are 
grown at Rose Hill. For prices and descriptions, see 
.■Azaleas and Rhododendrons. 
BERBERIS. The Barberries are much valued for 
their bright red fruits and fine foliage. 
B. vulgaris alropurpureum. The purple-leaved Bar- 
berry 35 
B. Thunbergfii. A rare dwarf Japanese form, with 
briglit red berries in sununer, and brilliant au- 
tunnial foliage So 50 to 75 
BETULiA. The Birches are noted for their graceful 
form and silvery white bark ; all of them are grand or- 
namental trees. 
B. alba atropurpurca. Deep purple foliage, giv- 
ing very rich effects |o 75 to $i 00 
B. pendula. Tlie Purple-leaved Weeping 
Birch. A fine weeping tree of excellent effect. . 2 00 
50 
75 
