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Ornamental Trees of Special Merit. 
In variety and excellence this stock is unsurpassed, and the prices 
will be found to be low considering the quality. Second sizes can 
generally be furnished at much reduced rates. 
Prunus Pissardi. A new and very distinct plum, introduced from 
Persia, and one of the best novelties of late years. The wood 
and leaves are dark purple throughout the entire season, the fruit 
being also purple. Quite hardy, and a great acquisition. 50 cents 
each. 
For description of the new maples, Schweidler, Reitenbach, and the 
Japan ,\trosanguineum, see page 5. 
Japan Maple {Cokkicitnt rubrum). A fine variety for the lawn, 
having dark polished green leaves, the young growth tipped with 
red. 5 feet, at 50 cents; 10 feet, %i. 
Variegated Negundo Maple. Conspicuously light foliage as a tree, 
or, if cut back, it makes a shrub of luxuriantly bright variegation. 
75 cents. 
Cut-leaved Weeping Maple. Leaf deeply laciniated; graceful and 
rapid in growth; light and airy; often beautifully tinted and 
shaded in autumn. 50 cents to $1. 
Scarlet Maple. The most brilliant color in autumn. 50 cents to ^l. 
Sugar and Norway Maples. 8 to 10 feet, 50 cents; 10 to 12 feet, 
75 cents; 12 to 15 feet, %\ ; extras, %2 to $3. 
Silver Maples. 10 to 12 feet, 50 cents; 14 to 16 feet, $i\ extra 
sizes, §2 and S3. 
Weeping Embossed Cypress. A hardy and vigorous Chinese 
variety, with delicate pendulous foliage. $1. 
Catalpa Speciosa. A Western type of this fine flowering tree, which 
is decidedly more hardy, and finer in bloom, than the common 
kind. It is largely planted at the West. 50 cents. 
