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Reid's Nurseries — Catalogue oe Small Fruits, Etc. 
Select Hedge=Plants. 
For ornamental hedges, we can recommend almost any of the hardy, compact growing shrubs as being de- 
sirable. For screens, we have found nothing so useful as the American Arbor vitae, Norway or Hemlock 
Spruces. With careful pruning, these can be kept low and in good shape; but in planting evergreens care 
must be used not to let the roots become exposed. For the division of lawns, the Japan Quince is very desir- 
able ; flowers are large and showy, scarlet-crimson ; foliage a glossy green until late in the season. Should be 
pruned well every fall. For a defensive hedge, for farm purposes and turning stock, we have seen nothing 
equal the Osage Orange. It is a very vigorous grower, but requires the shears often to keep it in a desirable 
form. For a division or outer fence for small lots, undoubtedly the California Privet is the best. It is almost 
an evergreen, and grows freely in all soils; compact and regular in form, and bears shearing to any extent; 
being without thorns, it is very easily pruned. 
Osage Orange should be planted about 6 inches apart. Privet, or other shrubs about 12 inches ; ever- 
greens, about 12 or 18 inches, according to size. 
ARBOR-V1T/E. 
American. A rapid grower, and very desirable for an evergreen hedge, or ornamental screen. It is not 
adapted for turning stock, and should be used only for dividing a lawn, or hiding unsightly places. Price,. 
12 to 18 inches, $3 per 100. 
CALIFORNIA PRIVET. 
A vigorous, hardy shrub, of fine habit and foliage, nearly evergreen. Grows in almost any soil, and is very 
patient of pruning ; makes a desirable ornamental shrub, as well as hedge. 18 in., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., *5. 
per 100 ; 2 ft., 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $7 per too; 3 ft., 25 cts. each, *1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 
OSAGE ORANGE. 
The popular hedge-plant. Good stock. 1 year, 50 cts. per 100, $3 per 1,000 ; 2 years, 75 cts. per too, $4 per 
1,000. 
SPRUCE. 
Norway. A native of Europe. An elegant tree, extremely hardy, of lofty, 'rapid growth ; habit drooping when 
tree attains a few years’ growth. One of the most popular evergreens for planting, either as single speci- 
mens or for shelter. One of the best evergreen hedge-plants. Price, 12 to 18 in., $3 per 100. 
Dwarf Box Edging. The well known sort, used for edging. 20 cts. per yd. 
Horticultural Books. 
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A B C of Strawberry Culture. A valuable little manual. 
Very useful to the strawberry grower. Price, 40 cts. 
Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. On their Culture* 
Propagation and Management. With descriptions of all the 
finest varieties, native and foreign, cultivated in this country. 
By A. J. Downing. It contains the names and synonyms of 
over 10,000 varieties by Charles Downing. Over 1,000 pages, 
with several hundred outline engravings, including Supple- 
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Fuller's Small Fruit Culturist. By Andrew S. Fuller- 
Rewritten, enlarged, and brought fully up to the present time- 
The book covers the whole ground ot propagating Small 
Fruits, their culture, varieties, packing for market, etc. $1.50. 
Fuller’s Grape Culturist. By A. S. Fuller. This is one 
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Strawberry Culturist. By Andrew S. Fuller. Containing 
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Husman’s American Grape Growing and Wine Making. 
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author of this book is a recognized authority on the subject. 
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White’s Cranberry Culture. Contents:— Natural His- 
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— Flooding. — Enemies and Difficulties Overcome. —Picking.— 
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Insects Injurious to the Cranberry. By Joseph J. White. A 
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How to Make the Garden Pay- By T. Greiner, one of the 
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prices named. 
profitably, and descriptions of the leading varieties, accom- 
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Insects and Insecticides. A practical manual concerning 
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Handbook for Fruit Growers. By F. R. Elliot. Contain- 
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Quince Culture. By W. W. Meech. An illustrated hand- 
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Bailey’s Field Notes on Apple Culture. By Prof. L. H. 
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The Practical Fruit Grower. By S. T. Maynard. Just 
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Henderson’s Handbook of Plants. This new edition com- 
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