LIMVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, U. S. A. 
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VACCIHIUM, continued. Each. Doz. 
V. hirsutum. (New.) This rare huckleberry, which has the marked peculiarity 
of being covered with hair or thick "fuzz," is now offered for the first time. 
Both stem and fruit are hairy, the latter being convertible into delicious 
pies; it makes a very pretty shrub, and is of special interest botanically $o 25 $1 00 
VIBURNUM acerifolium (Maple-leaved Arrow Wood). A slender shrub 3 to 5 
feet high, of neat and somewhat compact habit, producing freely small, long- 
stemmed clusters of white flowers ; but its greatest beauty is in the rich deep 
"claret-color" which its handsome three-lobed leaves assume, late in autumn. 
1 to 2 feet 20 2 00 
V. latanoides (Hobble-Bush, Bear Haw). A valuable shrub 4 to 12 feet high, 
with handsome flowers and showy black fruits in large clusters ; the leaves 
are very large and conspicuous. 1 to 2 feet 25 2 00 
2 to 3 feet 35 2 5° 
V. dentatum (Shawnee Haw). This is a quick-grow ing Viburnum, with slender 
straight shoots like fish poles ; the flowers are quite showy, pure white, in 
large flat cymes ; fruit black. 1 to 2 feet 25 2 00 
ZANTHORHIZA apiifolia (Yellow Root). A low and very hardy shrub, 2 to 3 feet 
high, very useful for the margin of shrubberies; pinnate leaves, changing to 
a bright orange in late autumn, and very conspicuous. This is a showy plant, 
the peculiar brown flowers being disposed in pendulous racemes and followed 
by light fruit in the fertile plant, which remains late on the stem. Strong ... 20 2 00 
Evergreen Shrubs. 
Each. 
Doz. 
The 
Prof. C. 
few dwarf 
5'"' 
00 
ANDROMEDA polifolia. "A beautiful little evergreen which takes readily to 
cultivation, forming a compact mass of foliage two or more feet across and 
10 or 12 inches high ; flowers bell or urn-shaped, pale pink or flesh color in 
May."— Giltett. Strong plants $0 15 $" 5° 
CASSANDRA calyculata (Leather Leaf). A small shrub with evergreen ser- 
rate leaves, and bearing nodding flowers in leafy racemes in early spring 15 1 50 
HYPERICUM aureum. A rare species, and the finest of all this family of plants. 
Bartram, the discoverer of this rare shrub, gives a good description of it in 
his " Travels." He says : "I observed * * a species of shrub Hyperi- 
cum (H. aureum) of marvelous show and beauty. It grows erect, 3 or 
4 feet high, forming a globular top, representing a perfect little tree ; the 
leaves are large, oblong, firm of texture, smooth and shining ; the flowers 
are very large, their petals broad and conspicuous, which, with their tufts of 
golden filaments, give the little bushes a very splendid appearance, 
large orange-yellow flowers are two inches across when expanded. 
S. Sargent, director of Arnold Arboretum, says: "There are 
shrubs better worth a place in the garden." Each 35 i 
Fine blooming plants, 12 to 18 inches 5° 5 
H. densiflorum. Another fine species, 3 to 5 feet high, with smaller leaves and 
flowers than the preceding, 
though a somewhat freer 
bloomer. Forms a compact 
bush, and is very showy 
when full of its bright yel- 
low blossoms, which almost 
completely cover the bush 
in July and August. Very 
desirable as a small orna- 
mental. 9 to 10 in 15 1 00 
1 to 2 ft., flowering plants. 25 200 
H. Kalmianum. Forming a 
large and close growing 
shrub, with abundant yel- 
low flowers in late summer : 
a valuable plant. 2 to 3 
feet, strong 5° 
KALMIA angustifolia (Sheep 
Laurel). Small shrub 2 to 3 
ft. high, with narrow leaves 
and small deep rose-colored 
flowers in very early spring. 
9 to 18 in. . . .fS per 100. . 20" 1 50 
FLOWER OF RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM. 
