TREES 
OF 
UNUSUAL CHARACTER AND SIZE 
The individuality of a tree can never be expressed 
by any listing- of height or breadth, nor do such figures 
indicate form or worth ; the following notes are of rare 
pieces. 
BOX BUSH. Specimens. 
Grown and transplanted for many years in our 
Nurseries, these rare old Box Bush range in height 
from four to seven feet, and to seven feet in breadth. 
See also pages 23 to 25. 
SPRUCE. Specimens. 
The Oriental Spruce with its deep green foliage, 
, ^ popular .Colorado Blue Spruce in sizes up to 
lb feet in height, and in many cases of double the 
average breadth. See also pages 11 and 12. 
RETINOSPORA. Specimens. 
Over , twent y years’ growth is represented in 
many of these choice pieces which are trained into 
pyramid, broad pyramid, oval pyramid, and columnar 
shapes. 1 leces of twelve to eighteen feet in height 
and of a breadth of four to ten feet according to the 
form. See also pages 14 to 10. 
CEDARS. Specimens. 
, Pp r common Red Cedar and its types, the Blue 
V liginiana galuca and the dark green Virginiana 
Schotti, in heavily trimmed, nursery specimens with 
a weight of body and a denseness of branch and 
foliage that is unusual. See also pages G to 10. 
PINES. Specimens. 
Between ten and eighteen feet in height, having 
a spread of from six to twelve feet, are furnished 
with fibrous roots insuring quick results. See also 
pages 12-33-14. 
MAPLES. In variety. 
Sugar, Norway and Schwedler’s Purple are of¬ 
fered m large sizes—regularly prepared for trans¬ 
planting- and are not a large risk. 
OAKS. 
In such sorts as Red, Pin, Scarlet and Bicolor, 
from 4 to 8 inches in diameter of stem, some sorts up 
to iz inches will give splendid effects at once. 
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