PRICE LIST. 
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UR list of Peonies, Phloxes and Irises, plants in which the Nurseries 
have specialized extensively, demands so much space, owing to 
the number of varieties grown by us, that we publish it separately as a 
Special Price List. This list will be mailed at once upon request to 
any one desiring to consult it, and as it is the result of long and care¬ 
ful selection and aims at containing the best species grown, and none 
but good ones in our judgment, we trust it may be sent for and con¬ 
sulted by all who are interested in these plants or who are making 
gardens. 
The range of trees and shrubs which can be grown upon the coast 
of Maine is less wide than to the southward but those which it includes 
are among the most beautiful in the world and the most valuable in 
landscape planting, as in forestry. Some of these, like the White and 
Red Spruces, the Arbor Vitae, the Canoe and Yellow Birches, the Vibur¬ 
nums and the trailing Juniper, grow here at their best, more finely than 
in other latitudes, while for its Pines and Hemlocks, the most beautiful 
of our Evergreens, the State of Maine is famous. AVhat does grow 
here, trees, shrubs and plants of every kind, grows strongly and gains 
a hardihood and vigor it is slow to lose even when transplanted else¬ 
where. But plants grown elsewhere and transplanted here acclimatise 
themselves with difficulty. 
The material for the best effects in landscape planting is abundant 
within the range of trees and shrubs that thrive here well, and infinitely 
better results will be obtained by using it than by attempting to grow 
those that will not grow here well and hardily. Our list as it now 
stands is the result of long experiment and a wide trial of other species, 
and the trees and shrubs that it contains are the only ones of either 
landscape or economic value that have stood the test. 
The range of herbaceous plants — unlike the woody ones—which 
can be grown here successfully is an extraordinarily wide one. These 
the late springs, hot summer sunshine and cool nights of the Maine 
coast suit wonderfully well, and they have no new growth of wood to 
ripen in the fall but all that is permanent and living in them lies be¬ 
neath the ground when winter comes, sheltered by it and by their 
winter covering of leaves and snow. This makes our northern coast- 
region not only one well suited to the nursery cultivation of such 
plants but one where gardens of herbaceous plants and annuals, flower¬ 
ing in continuous succession and with constant change throughout the 
summer, can be made with rare advantage. The range of plants that 
can be used in them is great and varied, their growth is quick and 
strong, and their flowering exceptionally free, brilliant and beautiful. 
