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A FEW FLOWERS 
ELEAGNUS LONGIPES. 
I his desirable and rare shrub is described as follows by Professor Sargent: “ Eleagnus Longipes is a low shrub in 
cultivation, only a few feet in height, although it is said to become a small tree sometimes in Japan. The branches are 
angular, and covered with small rusty brown scales. I he leaves are somewhat coriaceous, oval oblong, contracted into a 
rather blunt point, smooth and dark-green above, and covered on the lower surface with a dense silvery-white pubescence. 
I he small yellow flowers are solitary, or, more rarely, two or three together, and borne on long, slender peduncles. They 
are inconspicuous, but the fruit, which appears in our illustration, is exceedingly ornamental. It ripens in July, and 
is oblong, half an inch or more long, bright red, and covered with minute white dots. This plant may well be grown 
for the beauty of its fruit alone, which, moreover, is juicy and edible, with a sharp, rather pungent, agreeable flavor. 
Both the size and the flavor can doubtless be improved by careful selection, and it is quite within the range of possibility 
i hat it may become a highly esteemed and popular dessert and culinary fruit. To some persons, even in its present state, 
the flavor is far preferable to that of the currant or the gooseberry. The plants are very productive, as our illustration 
shows, and they are easily raised and perfectly hardy. They possess, moreover, the merit of carrying their leaves bright 
and fresh well into the winter.” 75 cents. 
Shrubs. 
Amygdalus Communis Albo Pleno (Double White Almond). 
Medium size, habit like that of the Peach. One of the most beautiful 
early flowering shrubs. 50 cents. 
Amygdalus Rubro Pleno (Red Flowering Almond). A 
variety with bright rose-colored flowers. 50 cents. 
Andromeda Catesbcei. Long recurving branches; fine ovate 
lanceolate leaves, tinged with a brownish shade in fall ; white, 
slightly sweet-scented flowers in spring. The most striking of our 
native evergreen shrubs, and well worth cultivating for its handsome 
foliage alone. 50 cents and 75 cents. 
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Andromeda Polifolia. Dwarf habit; flowers urn-shaped, nearly 
globular, white, wax-like, and persistent. Blooms in May. 75 cents. 
Azalea Arborescens. A large and spreading azalea, often grow¬ 
ing eight to twelve feet high, with handsome dark-green foliage, and 
producing great white and rose-tinted blossoms late in summer, when 
other azaleas are out of bloom, thus lengthening out the season of this 
delightful family of flowering shrubs. It is hardy at twenty below 
zero, and easy to cultivate in ordinary soil. One of the most desirable 
of all the species, from the high mountains of North Carolina. 
Highly fragrant. 50 cents, 
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