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Xanthoxeras Sorbifolia. A valuable new, ornamental shrub, intro- 
duced from Mongolia, which produces a profusion of flowers in 
racemes, the individual flowers being white with a pink eye, five- 
petaled, and about an inch in diameter. It attains to the size of 
a small tree, has proved to be entirely hardy, and is very beautiful 
both in foliage and in flower. Without hesitation, it may be 
ranked as a valuable acquisition. 75 cents each. 
, CONIFEROUS TREES. 
The first prize of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has for 
several seasons been awarded for this best collection of evergreens. A 
few of special note are here named. 
Retinospora Plumosa Aurea. The bright golden color of this 
Japan Cypress, and its vigor and hardiness, render it indispensable. 
Bushy specimens, 25 cents to $1 and $2. 
Retinospora Squarrosa. A perfect contrast to the preceding; of 
light, graceful form, silvery color, producing a most beautiful dewy 
softness, which is very charming. 50 cents, $1 and $2. 
Retinospora Filifera. Its long, pendulous branches make it the 
most graceful, distinct, and desirable evergrecn-tree. 50 cents 
and $1. 
Retinospora Plumosa. Quite as hardy as the Arbor Vita;, and a 
very desirable evergreen. 25 to 50 cents. 
Austrian Pine. One of the most hardy trees for exposed positions, 
and admirable as a lawn tree. 3 feet, 50 cents. 
Scotch Pine. 2 to 2^ 2 ' feet, 50 cents. 
Weeping Spruce. The branches are perfectly pendulous, and the 
trees strikingly picturesque. $1 and $2. 
Colorado Spruce {Adits /'unpens). A perfectly hardy, Rocky 
Mountain spruce of various and most attractive shades of color, 
from clear, silvery-white to dark steel-blue. Of this noble variety, 
now so much in demand, I have a superior stock in highest colors, 
and of all sizes from 1 to 4 feet. The stock is not surpassed in 
the country. Superb specimens at $1 to $5 each. These are 
much finer than the ill-shaped, grafted specimens. 
Menzie's Spruce. Similar to the preceding, from California. $1 
and §2. Small plants, 50 cents. 
