The Garden Magazine, March, 1921 
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Order by Mail from this 
Abridged Meehan Catalogue 
W E GIVE below, prices on dependable nursery stock that you can 
order by mail for early planting. Every plant and shrub is 
sturdy, vigorous, high-quality, and you can order as safely as though 
you came to the nursery and made your selection in person. Each has 
behind it the reputation of “the pioneer nurserymen of America.” 
Shade and Lawn Trees 
Fine 
Norway Maples, 2\ inch diam., $5 each; inch, $7. 
► specimens. 
Schwedler’s Maple, 4 inch specimen, $15. 
Catalpa Bungei, 5 foot stems, straight, $3.50 each. 
Cedrela, 2\ inch, $5. 
Beech — English, 5 feet, $3.50; 7 feet, $5. River’s Purple, 
8 feet, $10. 
Magnolia tripetala, 3 inch diam., $8 each. 
Phellodendron Amurense, 2\ inch, $5. 
Japanese Larch, 6 feet, $6. 
Ginkgo, 1 § inch, $3.50; 2\ inch, $6. 
Pagoda Tree — Sophora, 3 inch specimen, $10. 
White-leaved Linden, 3£ inch specimen, $8. 
Chinese Elm, 2\ inch, $5. 
Historical English Elms, $10 each. 
Hardy Garden Flowers 
Just a suggestive list of popular old-fashioned kinds. 
See General Catalogue for description. 
Price 25 cents each; $2 per 10 of any one kind; .$15 per 100 
of one kind. Extra size plants double price. 
We will make up a special collection, 100 plants (our choice) 
for $17. 
Achillea the Peatl 
Anemone Japonica 
Aquilegia — Columbine 
Aster — small-flowering 
Centaurea — Hardy Corn Flower 
Chrysanthemum — Hardy Pompons and Shasta Daisy 
Delphinium — Larkspur. 
Digitalis — Foxglove 
Eupatorium — Hardy Ageratum 
Funkia — Variegated Edging 
Hemerocallis fulva — double. 
Hibiscus — Meehan's Mallow Marvels. Mixed colors. 
75 cents each. 
Iris, German — Separate Colors. 
Iris, Japanese — Separate Colors 
Iris, Siberian 
Pachysandra — Evergreen Ground Cover. 
Paeonies — Separate Colors. 75c. and $1 each. 
Papaver orientalis — Perennial Poppy. 
Phlox — Separate Colors 
Phlox subulata — Creeping 
Plumbago 
Sedum acre — Ground Cover 
Sedum spectabilis — Showy. Upright 
Spiraea — Herbaceous sorts 
Statice — Sea Lavender 
Stokesia — Stokes Aster 
Tritoma — Red-hot Poker 
Veronica longifolia 
Vinca Minor — Periwinkle. Ground Cover. 
Fine Clumps. 
Paeonies 
Must be planted early. Our roots are large and fine. All 
colors. 75 cents and $1 each. 
Hardy Ferns 
Price 25 cents each; $2 per 10; $15 per 100. 
Good assortment for every purpose. 
Flowering Shrubs 
Strawberry Shrub, 2 feet, 75 cents 
White Fringe, 5 feet, $1.75. 
White Dogwood, 5 feet, $2. 
Pink Dogwood, 4 feet, $3. 
Deutzia — tall, 3 feet , 75c.; 5 feet, SI; dwarf, 1| feet, 75c. 
Forsythia, 3 feet, 75 cents. 
Althaea, 4 feet, $1. 
Hydrangea — single flower, 4 feet, $1.50. 
Bush Honeysuckle, 4 feet, $1. 
Mock Orange — Swee t Syringa, 5 feet, $1. 
Carolina Wild Rose, 4 feet, $1 
Rugosa Rose, 2 feet, 75 cents. 
Climbing Roses, $1.25 each 
Spiraeas, 75 cents 
Styrax, 6 feet, $2 
Lilacs — white and purple, 3 feet, 75 cents. 
Single Snowball, 4 feet, $1 50. 
Weigela, 4 feet, $1; 6 feet, $1.50. 
Fine Evergreens 
We are justly proud of our Evergreens. You can safely 
mail your order if unable to call. 
Evergreens — Bedding varieties 
Arbor-vitae — Thuya 
Victoria (Silver-tipped), 3 ft., $4 each; 4 ft., S6 each 
Globe, 1 ft. diam., $3 each. 
Meehan's Golden, 2 ft., $4 each. 
Pyramidal, 2* ft.. $3.50; 3j ft., $5. 
Boxwood — Unusually fine, bushy plants 
H ft., $2.50; 2 ft. bushy, $8. 
21 ft. Heavy specimens, $9. 
Golden, 1 ft. bushy, $3. 
Pyramid, 2$ ft., $10. 
Junipers 
Virginiana, 6 ft., $9. 
Virginiana glauca, 4 ft., $10; 7 ft. , $18. 
Retinospora 
Heath-leaved, 1 ft., $1. 
Thread -leaved (filifera), 2) ft. , $5 
Golden Thread-leaved, 1J ft., $7.50. 
Dwarf Hinoki Cypress. 1J ft., $2.50. 
Sawara Cypress (pisiferai 3 ) ft., $7; 41 ft. , $9; 5 ft., $10 
Golden Sawara, 3 ft., $6; 4 ft., $8; 41 ft., $9. 
Plume Cedar (Golden or Green) 11 ft., $3; 2 ft., $4; 3 ft., 
$6; 4 ft., $8. 
Golden Plume, Specimens, 5 ft., $12; 8 ft., $20. 
Silver Cedar (squarrosa), 1 ft., $2. 
Evergreens — Lawn Specimens — Exceptionally fine plants. 
Cephalonian Fir, 6 ft., $18. 
Veitch's Fir, 31 ft., $6. 
Red Cedar, bushy, 6 ft., $9; 7 ft., $12. 
Blue Cedar (Virginiana Glauca), 7 ft. , $18. 
Norway Spruce. 7 ft., $7; 10 ft., $10. 
Roster's Blue Spruce — Superb, 51 ft., $18; 6 ft., $20; 7 ft., $30. 
Jack Pine, 9 ft., $8; 12 ft., $12. 
Scotch Pine, 5 ft., $6; 6 ft., $8. 
Retinospora filifera aurea, 6 ft., $18. 
Golden Plume Cedar, 8 ft., $20; 9 ft., $25. 
American Arbor-vitae, 7 ft. specimens, $10. 
We can assure you prompt shipment. All prices are quoted F. O. B. Germantown, 
except that packing cost is charged on orders of less than $10. On orders of $50 
or over we will allow a discount of ten per cent. Five per cent, discount for cash 
with order. 
Koster’s Blue Spruce 
Climbing Vines 
All are extra size plants. Those from pots 
are just as hardy, and may be planted late in 
spring or summer. 
Ampelopsis Veitchii — Boston Ivy — Clings 
to anything. Field grown, 75c. each; from 
pots $1 each. 
Ampelopsis Virginica or Quinquefolia— 
Virginia Creeper. Same price as Veitchii. 
Bignonia radicans— Trumpet Vine— Climbing. 
Scarlet Flowering. Very rapid. 75c. each. 
Bignonia grandiflora. Large orange flow- 
ers. 75 cents and $1 each. 
Hedera Helix — English Ivy. Evergreen. 
Shade loving. From pots 75 cents each; 
$50 per 100. 
Lonicera Halleana — Honeysuckle. From 
pots 75 cents each; $50 per 100. 
Vitis — Flowering Grape. Heavy Vines. $1.50 
each. 
Wistaria— $1.50 each. Heavy Vines $2.50 each. 
Fruit Trees 
We have the largest and best obtainable. 
Apples, Pears, Cherries and Plums — extra 
size, $2 each. 
Peaches and Quince. $1.50 each. 
Raspberries, Currants, Gooseberries, 
Grapes, etc. at moderate prices. 
Hardy Grasses 
Arrhenatherum — Variegated. Flowering edg- 
ing plant. 50 cents each; $3 per 10. 
Bambusa Metake — Hardy Dwarl Bamboo 
$1 per clump. 
Calamagrostis — Variegated Ribbon Grass. 
50 cents per clump; $3 per 10. 
Eulalia gracillima— Graceful Japanese Grass 
$1 per clump; $6 per 10. 
Eulalia variegata — $1 per clump; $6 per 10.. 
Pioneer 
Nurserymen 
of America 
MEEHAN. Sons 
Nurwymen Horticulturists 
6717 Chew Street, Germantown, Phila., Pa. 
