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E. SHEPPARD & SONS’ CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 
HEDGE PLANTS.— (Evergreen. Stone.) 
The idea of planting hedges for use and ornament, and screens for the 
protection of orchards, farms, aud gardens, is a practical one, and rapidly 
becoming appreciated. Among the trees adapted to ornamental hedges the 
American Arbor Vitaj aud the Norway Spruce take the first place. By 
using medium-sized plants a hedge can be made as cheaply as a good board 
fence can be built, and then, with very little care, it is becoming every year 
more and more “ a thing of beauty.” We all know that such hedges con- 
stitute the principal attraction in our best-kept places. 
American Arbor Vit.e. $8.00 to $25. 00 per hundred. 
Norway Spruce. $25.00 per hundred. 
DECIDUOUS. 
Privet. One year, $5.00 per hundred. 
Japan Quince. $16.00 per hundred. 
Dwarf Box. For edging. 
CHOICE CONIFERS. 
Arbor ViTiB. Siberian, the best of all the genus for this country, exceed- 
ingly hardy, keeping color well in winter, growth compact and pyram- 
idal, makes an elegant tree; 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 
Arbor Vit^c. American Golden, beautifully marked with golden-yellow, 
very hardy; $1.00 each. 
Arbor Vit-e. Reidii, a dwarf bush of a beautiful shade of green, very 
dense and perfect form ; 50 cts. to $2.00 each. 
Biota Elegantissima. End of young branches tipped with golden-yellow ; 
$1.50 each. 
Juniper, Irish. A tapering, pretty little tree, $1.00. 
“ Swedish. A small-sized, handsome, pyramidal tree, with bluish- 
green foliage ; $1.00. 
Juniper, Chinensis. A small tree or shrub, with spreading branches ; $1.00. 
“ Communis. A handsome, compact, small tree. 
Pines. Austrian; a remarkably robust, hardy tree, growth rapid. 
“ Nordmannlana ; this is a symmetrical and imposing tree ; $2.00. 
“ Pichta; a medium-sized tree, quite compact aud conical, and having 
very rich, dark foliage; $2.00. 
“ Cembra; a handsome and distinct European species, of a compact, 
conical form, foliage short and silvery ; $1.00. 
Retinospora Obtusa. A new evergreen tree from Japan, with beautiful 
light green foliage; $1.00. 
Retinospora Pisifera. A small tree, with numerous delicate branches 
and feathery foliage ; $1.00. 
Retinospora Plumosa. A variety with fine, short branches and small 
leaves; $1.00. 
Retinospora Plumosa Aurea Vaiiiegata A beautiful variety, similar in 
habit to Plumosa, with foliage of a rich golden-yellow; small plants, 
50 cts. each ; large plants, $2.00. 
