GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES 
Ornamental Department 
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as the best after extensive plantings of these and many other sorts. All prominent 
new varieties are procured by us, when introduced, and given thorough tests. 
Our stock of roses this year consists of over 60,000 fine plants, mostly grafted and 
all open-ground-grown. They will be found to give incomparably better results 
than the small rooted slips generally sent out from the North. 
With the large assortment of trees and plants and shrubs listed in the follow¬ 
ing pages, one should be able to make a selection that would add greatly not only 
to the attractiveness and comfort but to the actual value of one’s home. 
SHADE TREES, CONIFERS, SHRUBS AND VINES 
ALTH.®A, ROSE OF SHARON, is one of our 
most desirable flowering shrubs, and merits 
extensive cultivation, as it produces beauti¬ 
ful flowers in great profusion during a long 
period. The flowers come on the new 
growth, and it continues to bloom as long 
as new wood is being made. 
Meehani. Double, pure white, with red throat; 
very free and fine. 
Rubra. Double red ; large, full, free-flower¬ 
ing. A very handsome shrub when in full 
bloom. 
ARBORVIT.®, or BIOTA. These beautiful ever¬ 
greens can be utilized in many ways, and 
are always satisfactory. Desirable for lin¬ 
ing avenues or planted as individual speci¬ 
mens. Very ornamental. 
Aurea nana. Forms an exceedingly compact, 
well-rounded head. Beautiful greenish yel¬ 
low foliage. A perfect gem for gardens or 
grounds where trees of only shrub-like di¬ 
mensions are wanted. One of the most 
satisfactory of all, 
Pyramidalis. This variety is of very upright 
growth, branches drawn close together. 
I'oliage beautiful light greenish color. A 
very desirable variety for planting at ends 
of walks or termini of hedges. 
Rosedale. This handsome variety, originated 
in southern Texas, is attracting a great deal 
of attention throughout the South. It is of 
very compact growth and forms a sym¬ 
metrical, well-rounded head. The foliage 
is of a dark bluish green cast that makes it 
unique and distinctive in appearance. \'ery 
desirable. 
CAMPHOR TREE {Cmnamoniiim Camphora). 
A broad-leaved evergreen, yielding the cam¬ 
phor gum of commerce. Is perfectly well 
adapted to this region, and is exceedingly 
handsome. Hardy throughout Florida and 
most of the Gulf states. Makes an excellent 
Camphor Tree, continued 
windbreak, or, when planted singly and 
properly trimmed, a beautiful shade tree. 
Leaves and berries are very aromatic. It is 
a rank grower, and thrives in soil of but or¬ 
dinary fertility. Considerable attention has 
recently been drawn to the possibility of 
camphor production for profit in the Lower 
South, and the trees are now in demand 
for this purpose. 
CAPE JESSAMINE {Gardenia Jlorida). A 
well-known evergreen shrub, having very 
handsome foliage and producing in profu¬ 
sion large, fragrant white flowers from May 
to .September. Hardy throughout the 
Lower South and as far north as Virginia. 
CATALPA speciosa. A very rapid - growing, 
large-leaved tree. Makes an excellent shade 
tree in a very short time. White flowers 
about 2>^ inches in diameter, with two yel¬ 
low stripes inside and spotted purplish 
brown. Blooms in June. 'I'he grain of the 
wood is coarse and rather soft but very 
durable in the soil ; very valuable for fence- 
posts and railroad ties, and now being 
planted quite extensively for these purposes, 
especially in the West and .Southwest, where 
wood is scarce. 
CEDRUS Deodara. The Great Cedar of the 
Himalayas. Attains immense size. The 
limbs are exceedingly graceful in manner of 
growth, and the short bluish green needles 
give it a very beautiful and striking ap¬ 
pearance. 
CITRUS trifoliata. Makes one of the best de¬ 
fensive hedges, (See pages 14 and 16.) 
CRAPE MYRTLE {Las^erstrccmia Indica),^ Too 
much cannot be said in favor of the delicate- 
flowered Lagerstroemias; universal favorites 
in the South, and deservedly so. Decidu¬ 
ous shrubs, hardy in the southern states, 
and producing throughout the summer great 
