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ELEAGNUS LONGIPES. 
ELEAGNUS LONGIPES. 
This new and valuable acquisition, a native of Japan, 
is one of our most promising new fruits, and we highly 
recommend it for more general planting. It is Worthy 
a place in both fruit and ornamental collections, as its 
beautiful shape as a shrub, with its dark green foliage, 
makes it a very conspicuous sight, especially when 
loaded with its fruit ; it is also very attractive when in 
bloom in May, the flowers being a beautiful lemon- 
yellow color. The bush begins to bear at two years 
old, and the fruit is very highly prized by those who 
have fruited it, for its peculiar piquancy, mak- 
ing a very delicious sifuce, and considered much 
superior to the cranberry. It is about the size 
of an ordinary cherry, but more oval, and is 
borne in large clusters in great profusion. The 
bush is very hardy and free from insects and 
disease, and will thrive in any soil with ordinary 
culture ; it grows to the height of about six feet. 
It is seldom we have to offer a plant which 
combines valuable fruiting qualifications with 
such an ornamental character. The plant will 
be prized as among the many good things which 
have come to us from Japan. 
Extracts from an article by the well known 
horticulturist, William Falconer, in Rural New- 
Yorker: " The shrub Eleagnus Longipes is 
one of my special favorites. I have grown it 
for years, and the longer I know it the better 
I like it. It is a dative of Japan, and belongs 
to the olive family of plants, and is perfectly 
hardy. As a garden shrub it grows to a height 
of five feet or more, is bushy, and broad, and 
thrifty ; plants begin to fruit when two or three 
years old. The leaves are oval, oblong, green 
above, silvery beneath, and last in good con- 
dition all summer long, and are never disfigured 
by insect vermin. The flowers are small, sil- 
ver)' yellow, and borne in great abundance, 
and m full bloom about the 6th to 10th of May. 
The fruit is oval, five-eighths to an inch or 
more long, very fleshy and juicy, bright red 
and drooping, on slender pedicels on the un- 
derside of the twigs, and borne in immense 
profusion. It is ripe about July 4 to 10. We 
use the fruit for sauce as one would cranber- 
ries, and a delicious sauce it makes, especially 
for children ; indeed, I like it so well that I 
have planted it in our fruit garden as a standard 
crop, as one would currants. ” Be sure to plant 
this very desirable fruiting shrub. Price, mail 
or express, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
A NEW HARDY ORANGE. 
(Citrus Trifoliata.) 
This is the most hardy of the orange family, and 
will stand our northern climate with little or no 
protection, and is also desirable for pot culture. In 
the parks of both New York and Philadelphia it is 
growing luxuriantly, and blooming and fruiting 
profusely. You can have an orange tree growing, 
blooming and fruiting on your lawn or yard. It is 
a dwarf, of low, symmetrical growth, with beautiful 
trifoliate, glossy green leaves, and abundance of 
large, white, sweet-scented blossoms, larger and 
liner 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 lemonade, as the fruit is as acid as a lime 
1 he fine appearance of the plant, with its constant 
liab it of blooming and showy fruit, combine to make 
a plant of peculiar value and beauty. It is a con- 
spicuous and attractive object in any shrubbery or 
pleasure ground, pot or tub, and is best suited for 
open ground culture, as it is deciduous and drops 
its leaves in the fall, and cannot be induced to make 
much growth in winter, even in the greenhouse 
though it will not drop its leaves if kept from frost It 
blooms very profusely in spring and early summer, 
but after the fruit begins to form blossoms are not 
plentiful. Our cut represents a young tree, about 
four feet high, as it appears when in bloom and 
when in fruit, but the flowers and fruit do not ap- 
pear together to the extent there shown. Tile fra- 
grance produced by a tree in bloom can be appre- 
ciated only by those who are familiar with the deli- 
cious perfume of the orange blossom. We predict for 
this tree a great future. In addition to its great orna- 
mental value, this tree is growing into large use as a 
stock upon which to bud or graft oranges for dwarfin'" 
and by its use, handsome pot plants are grown, which 
bear abundantly of choice fruit. Strong, young, 
thrifty trees, by mail or express, 25 cts. each $2 so 
per doz. 
HARDY ORANGE 
