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Valdesian Nurseries, Bostic, North Carolina 
Cypress 
Italian Cypress (Cupressus Sempervirens) — 
A distinct variety, the foliage being almost a 
deep blue. Has tapering branches lying close 
to the stems. Grows very erect and shapely. 
Fine for landscape work in grouping, borders 
or single specimens. Its foliage and very erect 
growth makes it a most desirable variety for 
finest plantings. For years we have had calls 
for this variety—Italian Cypress, but have only 
recently been able to obtain sufficient plants 
to offer in quantity. 
Arizona Cypress (Cupressus Arizonica) —A 
splendid new variety of good growth and of 
slender, pyramidal habit. Foliage bluish-green. 
Very hardy and rare. 
Each 
Per 10 
12 
to 
18- 
inch. 
B. 
& 
B. 
.$1.50 
$12.00 
18 
to 
24- 
inch. 
B. 
& 
B. 
. 2.00 
17.50 
2 
to 
3 
feet. 
B. 
& 
B. 
. 3.50 
30.00 
3 
to 
4 
feet. 
B. 
& 
B. 
. 5.50 
50.00 
4 
to 
5 
feet, 
B. 
& 
B. 
. 6.00 
60.00 
5 
to 
6 
feet, 
B. 
& 
B. 
. 7.50 
70.00 
Lawsonian Cypress (Chamaecyparis Lawson- 
iana) —Has pendulous branches like ostrich 
feathers and foliage of silver gray sheen. This 
graceful tree makes a tine specimen if planted 
alone. Its elegant, drooping branches and dark, 
glossy, green foliage, tinged with its glaucous* 
hue makes it one of the rarest and most valu¬ 
able sort. 
2 
to 
3 
feet, 
B. 
& 
B. 
Each 
.$3.00 
Per 10 
$30.00 
3 
to 
4 
feet, 
B. 
& 
B. 
. 4.00 
40.00 
4 
to 
5 
feet, 
B. 
& 
B. 
. 5.00 
50.00 
Firs 
Douglas Fir (P. Douglassii) —This succeeds 
better in the South, and in other sections south 
of Massachusetts than any other variety we 
know. Some years ago we bought several hun¬ 
dred dollars worth of stock plants of some of 
the firs, but had very few to live through the 
summer. The Douglas is a healthy grower, 
conical in form with spreading horizontal 
branches. Foliage light blue above with silvery- 
white below. It is a handsome evergreen tree, 
and is an odd looking variety, making it con¬ 
spicuous and justly so that it is worthy of a 
place in the finest plantings. 
Each Per 10 
2 to 3 feet, B. & B $4.00 $40.00 
3 to 4 feet, B. & B 5.50 50.00 
4 to 5 feet, B. & B. specimens 7.50 70.00 
Hemlock—Tsuga 
Carolina Hemlock —Compact graceful tree of 
rare beauty. Its hardiness, dense, drooping 
foliage and beautiful form makes it rank among, 
if not ahead, of the Japanese sorts. Its fine 
feathery foliage makes a splendid contrast 
among other evergreens for lawn or park plant¬ 
ing, and one could not think of anything finer 
for border or screen. It is a coming evergreen 
for the finest plantings. 
Each Per 10 
12 to 18-inch, B. & B.$2.51) $25.00 
IS to 24-inch, B. & B. 4.00 40.00 
2 to 3 feet, B. & B. 5.00 50.00 
Hemlock (Canadensis) —A medium size grace¬ 
ful evergreen tree of dense growth, branches 
thickly set with beautiful, drooping, feathery 
foliage of a barker color than the Hemlock 
Carolinian a and a very handsome tree. It 
lends an attractive appearance in grouping, 
Hemlock 
owing to its drooping branches and feathery- 
like foliage. A sight of this tree as Nature’s 
Architect scatters them in the Appalachian 
Mountains is something wonderful to behold. 
It is always beautiful and even during the 
summer time when deciduous trees and shrubs 
are covered with foliage, it appears pre-emin¬ 
ently among other sorts. No wonder Mrs 
Wheeler from Redondo Beach, California, while 
travelling through the eastern Carolina moun¬ 
tains exclaimed, “This wonderful mountain 
scenery surpasses anything I have ever seen. 
Without this Hemlock, these mountains would 
be lacking. They not only grow singly, but in 
groups and clusters, appearing always beauti¬ 
ful and shapely. The noted Grove Park Inn at 
Asheville, being one of the finest resorts in 
the world, has prominently used among its 
plantings this beautiful evergreen. Hemlocks 
may be used to advantage on large estates as 
well as among other large plantings, while 
among smaller plantings, they should certainly 
have a place. 
They bear trimming at any time of the year 
and are among the best evergreens for hedging. 
After being cut back a number of times, they 
become thick and dense, and with their grace¬ 
ful and featliery-like foliage, they make beauti¬ 
ful evergreen hedges. 
Each Per 10 
10 to 12-inch, B. & B.$1.00 $ 8.00 
12 to 18-inch, B. & B. 1.50 15.00 
18 to 24-inch, B. & B. 2.50 25.00 
24 to 30-inch, B. & B. 3.50 30.00 
30 to 36-inch, B. & B. 4.50 40.00 
4 to 5 feet, B. & B. 5.50 50.00 
Maryland. 
Valdesian Nurseries, Bostic, N. C. 
Gentlemen: The Old English vine I ordered 
of you arrived yesterday in splendid condition, 
never received any plants or vines so well pack¬ 
ed for shipment. Thank you. 
Very truly, 
‘CYRUS ROOT. 
