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Houstons 9 Nurseries 
CATALPA SPECIOSA — One of the 
most rapid growers. Valuable for timber, 
fence posts, railroad ties, etc., possessing 
wonderful durability. Large, heart-shaped 
downy leaves, and compound panicles 
of white flowers, tinged with violet and 
dotted with purple and yellow. Very 
ornamental and useful. 
Price, 6 to 8 ft., 50 cents; 8 to 10 
ft., 75 cents each. 
CATALPA BUNGEI (Chinese Catal- 
pa) — A curious dwarf tree that grows 
but 8 to 10 feet high and twice as broad. 
Top-grafted on tall stems, it is quite 
effective for lawn and terrace decoration. 
Price, 5 to 6 ft., 2 year heads, $1.00 
CUT-LEAVED WEEPING BIRCH — 
One of the most elegant of all weeping 
or pendulous trees. Its tall, slender, yet 
vigorous growth, graceful drooping habit 
silvery white bark and delicately cut 
foliage presents a combination of attrac¬ 
tive characteristics rarely met with in a 
single tree. 
Price, 8 to 10 ft., $1.00 each. 
Norway 
Spruce, 
Norway 
SPRUCE, COLORADO BLUE — 
Foliage bluo and sago green, that dis¬ 
tinct color which is so rare in the East. 
Tree usually has a symmetrically shaped, 
narrow-pointed or rounding top; is hardy 
and quick growing. 
2 to 3 feet.$2.00 each 
HEMLOCK. CANADIAN — A tall and 
raceful tree with spreading or drooping 
runchos, forming a pyramidal crown; 
A lofty, elegant tree of 
perfect pyramidal habit, 
remarkably elegant and 
rich; as it gets age has 
fine graceful pendulous 
branches; is exceedingly 
picturesque and beautiful; 
very popular, and deserved¬ 
ly so, and should be planted 
largely. One of the best 
evergreens for hedges if 
trimmed properly each 
year. 
Price, 2 to 3 ft., 50 cents 
each; $5.00 per dozen; 
3 to 4 ft., $1.00 each 
foliage dark green and glossy. Makes a 
grand hedge, either clipped to formal 
lines, or untrimmed. 
2 to 3 feet.$1.00 each 
ROSTER’S BLUE SPRUCE — 
(Grafted.) Foliage an intense silvery blue, 
a very dense, rapid grower with regular 
slim branches. Very rare and distinct. 
2 to 3 feet.$3.00 each 
to 2 feet.$1.75 each 
