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SELECTED TREES, PLANTS, ETC, 
MULBERRIES. 
Teas’ Weeping. A very thrifty, vigorous grower, perfectly hardy, forming a natural umbrella-shaped top 
or head ; foliage handsome ; a fine ornamental for the lawn ; new and valuable. 75 cts., 3 i and Si. 25 each. 
New American. This we consider equal to Downing’s 
in all respects, continuing in bearing fully as long, and a 
hardier tree. Fruit jet black. Price, first-class, 40 cts. each, 
$4 per doz.; medium, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
Russian. First-class, 25 cts. each, #2.50 per doz. 
Downing. Everbearing ; a handsome lawn tree, with 
delicious berries ; fruits at four and five years of age ; con- 
tinues in bearing three to four months of the year, making it 
very desirable. Price, first-class, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz.; 
medium, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
CUSTARD APPLE, 
or NORTHERN BANANA. 
Papaw Tree (Asimina triloba ). 
This is a small tree, indigenous to the middle and southern 
states from western 
NEW AMERICAN MULBERRY. 
New York to south- 
ern Michigan, and 
southward to mid- 
dle Florida and . 
eastern Texas, but 
rare near the At- 
lantic coast. It at- 
tains its greatest development in the Mississippi Valley and especially 
along the tributaries of the lower Ohio River. Although it is hardy 
around New York, it is only precariously hardy north of there. The 
Papaw tree belongs to the custard apple family of plants, and is the 
only arborescent species of the genus belonging to this country ; two 
or three other species, only low shrubs, also occur in the southern 
states, but are not hardy in the north. 
As a lawn tree, the Papaw is well worth growing for its shapely 
form and ample, abundant and fine foliage, as well as for its fruit. 
Price, first-class, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz.; medium, 25 cts. each, $2.50 
per doz. 
FIGS. 
Price, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Brown Turkey. Brownish purple ; large ; rich and excellent. 
Royal. Medium ; skin thin, reddish brown or purple ; very juicy, 
melting and high flavored. 
Celestial. Medium to 
quality ; color pale violet ; a 
of the hardiest sorts. 
Seems to thrive where 
given reasonable care. 
small ; very sweet and of the best 
vigorous grower, and productive ; one 
PERSIMMON, AMERICAN. 
This makes a very handsome ornamental tree and is tolerably 
hardy here. The fruit, although pungent when green, becomes 
sweet and palatable if allowed to remain on the tree exposed to 
early frosts. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., by mail or express. 
A NEW HARDY ORANGE. 
This is the most hardy of the Orange family, and will stand 
our northern climate with little or no protection, being also 
desirable for pot-culture. In the parks of both New York and 
Philadelphia it grows luxuriantly and blooms and fruits pro- 
fusely. You can have an Orange tree growing, blooming and 
fruiting in your lawn or yard. It is dwarf, of low, symmetrical 
growth, with beautiful trifoliate, glossy green leaves, and many 
large, white, sweet-scented blossoms, finer than any other variety 
of Orange blossoms, and borne almost continually. The fruit is 
small, bright orange red in color, having a peculiar flavor ; of no 
value for eating, though it may prove useful in making a lemon- 
ade, as the fruit is as acid as a lime. The fine appearance of the 
plant, with its constant habit of blooming and showy fruit, com- 
bine to make a plant of peculiar value and beauty. Is best suited 
for open ground culture, as it is deciduous and drops its leaves in 
the fall, though it will not do so if kept from frost. 15 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
HARDY ORANGE. 
