QLLN SAINT MART NURSERIES Ornamentals : Etc. 
PERSIAN PLUM (Prunus Phsardii). Has re- 
markably handsome purple foliage, which re¬ 
tains its deep color through the warmest 
weather, and the leaves remain on the trees 
until midwinter. This most beautiful of 
purple-leaved trees bears a very handsome, 
crimson fruit of fair quality, ripening in June. 
POMEGRANATE. This hardy shrub, which is 
easily grown throughout the Gulf states, is 
very graceful in form and foliage, and its 
brilliant scarlet flowers are very ornamental. 
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PRIVET ( Ligustrum ). The Privets are among 
the most valuable hedge plants for the South. 
Can be kept trimmed in any desired form. 
Amoor River. Light green leaves; evergreen; 
flowers white. One of the best for hedges. 
Golden. Leaves margined white and yellow. 
One of the best variegated shrubs for hedges 
or single specimens. 
PURPLE-LEAVED PEACH. A strong-growing 
Peach with remarkably handsome purple foli¬ 
age; desirable as an ornamental. 
RETINOSPORA plumosa. One of the most val¬ 
ued of all the Retinosporas or Japan Cypresses. 
A rapid-growing variety with exquisite, 
plume-like foliage and slender branches. 
Very handsome. 
SPIR/EA Billardii. A very desirable shrub of 
medium or dwarf growth, producing a great 
profusion of flowers in spikes; color white; 
almost a perpetual bloomer. 
TEXAS UMBRELLA TREE. A subvariety of 
the China Tree; of remarkably fast growth ; 
very symmetrical, resembling an umbrella in 
shape. One of the handsomest deciduous 
trees; cannot be surpassed as a shade tree. 
WISTARIA, PURPLE. A magnificent climber. 
We have one of these shading our front piazza 
that has been planted fifteen years, and has 
annually increased in dimensions until it re¬ 
quires frequent pruning to keep it within 
bounds. It is handsome at all times, and 
magnificent when in bloom, making a beauti¬ 
ful drapery of flowers. 
Hints To Planters 
The land for an orchard should be dry, or at least of such a character as will drain readily. 
If it seems to be rather wet, it can, in many cases, be made suitable for fruit trees by throwing 
it up into ridges with a plow, and setting the tree on these ridges with the dead (or water) 
furrows running between the rows of trees in the same general direction that the land slopes. 
Never let the roots of trees be exposed to the sun. Always keep them covered with damp 
straw, moss or wet blanket when planting. 
Most kinds of trees should be well trimmed back before planting. It pays to plant 
carefully. Do not set trees too deep—particularly Oranges. 
Heel trees in, if not ready to plant. Select a shady place and water well. 
Before setting out Citrus trees—Oranges, Pomelos, Lemons and Kumquats—trim back 
the tops well and then trim the foliage by cutting off two-thirds to three-quarters of each leaf . 
This reduces the rapid evaporation of sap, that is always going on through the foliage, and 
makes success in transplanting much more certain. 
In watering, remember that one thorough drenching is worth a dozen small applications. 
Banking up Oranges with fine earth, in the fall, is a great protection against cold. This 
also helps to hold newly planted trees against force of wind. Mounds should be removed in 
the spring. 
Examine Peach trees in orchard frequently near the ground for borers. Dig them out 
with a sharp pointed knife. 
When Peach trees get into bearing they are apt to set too much fruit. Practise a rigid 
system of thinning. Commence this when the fruit is of the size of a marble and continue, at 
intervals, until it is half grown ; always removing stung or imperfect specimens. At the final 
thinning reduce fruit to 3 or 4 inches apart. A heavily loaded Peach tree will produce as 
much fruit—by measure—if three-quarters of the original number set are thinned out ; and 
the value of the fruit on the tree that is thinned will be double that on the unthinned one. 
If curculio are troublesome, jar Peach and Plum trees in early morning, frequently, after 
fruit has set, and catch insects on a sheet spread under the tree. 
In more northern sections—and at rare intervals in the southern—trees get chilled in the 
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