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HOOPES, BROTHER & THOMAS’S WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 
STANDARD SHRUBS. 
An entirely new departure for landscape effect. Most beautiful of ornamental plants. 
Hardy, unique, and easy to manage. More desirable than tree roses. 
We claim to be the first to furnish the trade with this entirely new and charming 
addition to the lawn and garden. 
Our collection of shrubs trained in tree form has received during the past two 
seasons almost the entire time of our skilled plantsmen, so that we take great pleasure 
in requesting horticulturists to inspect the result. 
They are not merely old shrubs trimmed to a single stem, but have been grown 
from healthy young plants with the sole purpose of forming perfect little trees before 
sending them out to our customers. The heads have been persistently pinched back 
to induce a rounded, bushy outline, and all carefully staked to secure straight and 
smooth stems. 
When in full bloom, our large blocks of standard Altheas won the admiration of 
all visitors without a single adverse criticism, and it would be diflicult indeed to 
imagine a grander sight than these miniature trees with their regularly formed heads 
covered with flowers of every conceivable color. 
Even the Ibota Privet, made a charming show when in bloom. The large round 
heads of dark shining foliage were relieved by a multitude of panicles of pure white 
flowers, unique in their peculiar appearance. 
The Exochorda, pleasing at all times, and under any system of training, is espe¬ 
cially so when grown as little trees. The heads clothed with a dense mass of bloom 
remind one of a large ball of snow. When out of flower, the bright glaucous foliage 
is also very attractive. 
YOUNG STOCK FOR NURSERY PLANTING. 
BUTTONWOOD -Oriental, i year, 9 to 18 inches.... 
IilUO'NYMUS- -Kukopeus, 2 years, 2 to 4 feet. 
KENTUCKY COFFEE- 1 year, 12 to 18 inches. 
MAGNOLIA —tr 1 petei.a, (Umbrella), 12 to 15 inches. 
tripktkla, (Umbrella), 15 to 18 inches. 
MAPLE -Norway, 5 to 6 feet. ] once trails- [ 
Norway, 6 to 7 feet. . j planted, grown | 
7 to 9 feet:.j in rows -j 
Sugar, 6 to 8 feet. | 2 leet apart; | 
“ 8 to 10 feet .J fine. 
Silver, 2-year seedlings, 2 to 3 feet . 
“ 3*year seedlings, 3 to 4 feet . 
" 3-year seedlings, 4 to 5 feet. 
" 3-year seedlings, 5 to 6 feet. 
OAK— Chestnut, 6 to 9 inches. 
Mossy cup, 9 to 15 inches. 
Pin, 9 to 15 inches. 
“ 15 to 18 inches.... 
Red, 9 to 15 inches... 
Scarlet, 6 to 9 inches. 
ARBORVIT^E—American, once transplanted, 15 to 18 in... 
American, once transplanted, 18 to 24 inches.. 
“ “ 2 to 2# feet. 
FIR—Silver, 12 to 18 inches. 
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