E. SHEPPARD & SONS’ CATALOGUE OK PLANTS. 
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HEDGE PLANTS. — (Evergreen. Stone.) 
The idea of planting hedges for use and ornament, and screens for the protection 
of orchards, farms, and gardens, is a practical one, and rapidly becoming appre- 
ciated. Among the trees adapted to ornamental hedges the American Arbor Vitae 
and 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 constitute the principal attraction in our best-kept places. 
American Arbor Vitae. $8.00 to $25.00 per hundred. 
Norway Spruce. $25.00 per hundred. 
DECIDUOUS. 
Privet. One year, $5.00 per hundred. 
Japan Quince. $15.00 per hundred. 
Dwarf Box. For edging. 
CHOICE CONIFERS. 
Arbor Vit*. Siberian, the best of all the genus for this country, exceedingly 
hardy, keeping color well in winter, growth compact and pyramidal, makes 
an elegant tree ; 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 
Arbor Vitae. American Golden, beautifully marked with golden yellow, very 
hardy ; $1.00 each. 
Arbor Vitae. Reidii, a dwarf bush of a beautiful shade of green, very dense 
and perfect form ; 50 cts. to $2.00 each. 
Biota Elegautissima. End of young branches tipped with golden yellow ; 
$1.50 each. 
Juniper Irish. A tapering, pretty tree, $1.00. 
" Swedish. A small-sized, handsome, pyramidal tree, with bluish green 
foliage; $1.00. 
“ Chinensis. A small tree or shrub, with spreading branches ; S1.00 
“ Commonis. A handsome, compact, small tree. 
Pines. Austrian, a remarkably robust, hardy tree, growth rapid. 
“ Nordmanniana; this is a symmetrical and imposing tree ; $2.00. 
“ Pichta; a medium-sized tree, quite compact and conical, and hearing very 
rich, dark foliage ; $2.00. 
“ Cembra; a handsome and distinct European species, of a compact, coni- 
cal 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 Variegata. A beautiful variety, similar in 
habit to Plumosa, with foliage of rich golden-yellow ; small plants, 50 cts. 
each ; large plants, $2.00. 
