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Acer platanoides. Norway Maple. A very orna¬ 
mental and hardy species; attains a height of 
50 feet; rapid in growth; needs good drainage. 
6 to 8 feet, 40 cts. each. 
A. Pseudo=platanus. Sycamore Maple. This fine 
European Maple attains a height of 30 to GO feet. 
It is well adapted to exposed situations, and pre¬ 
fers a deep, soft soil, but is not confined to these. 
10 to 12 feet, 50 cts. each. 
A. rubrum. Red Maple. Usually a small tree, 
but it sometimes attains a large size. Native to 
swamps and moist woods. A quick grower, 
handsome in dower, and adapted to moist ground. 
5 to 7 feet, 35 cts. each, $3 per doz.; 7 to 12 feet, 
55 cts. each. 
A. saccharinum. White or Silver Maple. This 
fine ornamental tree is found growing along 
river banks, and in moist clay is a rapid grower. 
It will thrive in more places than the Sugar 
Maple. 10 to 12 feet, 40 cts. each. 
A. —, var. Wieri Iaciniatum. Wier’s Cut-Leaved 
Maple. 8 to 10 feet, 75 cts. each. 
A. saccharum. Sugar Maple. Five to 7 feet, 
30 cts. each. 
A. Tataricum. Tartarian Maple. A fine small 
species 20 feet high; very ornamental and quite 
hardy. 4 to 5 feet, 55 cts. each. 
AESCULUS Hippocastanum. Horse-Chestnut. Three 
to 5 feet, 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
AILANTUS glandulosa. Tree of Heaven. Six to 
8 feet, 35 cts. each. 
Azalea calendulacea, 
AMELANCHIER Canadensis. Shad-Bush, Juneberry. 
A shrub or small tree, with handsome white 
flowers in drooping racemes, which come in 
early spring before much of the forest foliage is 
out. 4 to 6 feet, 25 cts. each. 
AMORPHA fruticosa. False, or Bastard Indigo. 
Flowers dark, bluish purple. Shrub about 6 
feet high. California. 2 to 3 feet, 30 cts. each. 
ANDROMEDA polifolia. Wild Rosemary. This charm¬ 
ing little evergreen is only 10 to 12 inches high, 
with numerous small, pale pink, bell-shaped 
flowers. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts., $1.25 per doz. 
ARALIA spinosa. Hercules’ Club. A low tree or 
shrub, with prickly stem. Plants 5 to 8 feet, 
50 cts. each. 
AZALEA arborescens. Three to 10 feet high; decid¬ 
uous leaves and pale rose-colored flowers in 
June. One of the brightest shrubs of early 
spring. 35 cts. each. 
A. Canadensis [Khodova Canadensis ). Grows 1 to 
3 feet high, bearing in spring rose-purple flowers 
before the leaves. 25 cts. each. 
A. calendulacea. Flame-colored Azalea. Orange- 
colored flowers, turning to red. Fine plants, 
35 cts. each. 
A. nudiflorum. Pinxter Flower. A handsome 
shrub, 2 to 10 feet high. It forms clumps. The 
flowers are very handsome and vary in color 
from nearly white to dark purple. 25 cts. each. 
A. Vaseyi. A new and fine species from the 
southern Alleghanies. Rose-purple flowers in 
May. Fine, established plants, 2 to 3 feet, 
50 cts. each. 
A. viscosum. Swamp Pink, White Honeysuckle. 
Four to 10 feet high; white flowers in May. 
Good plants, 18 to 24 inches high, 25 cts. each, 
$2 per doz. 
BENZOIN odoriferum [Lindera Benzoin ). Spice Bush. 
Grows 6 to 15 feet high. Native of damp woods. 
It will thrive in shade if not too dry. Plants 
24 inches high, 25 cts. each. 
BERBERIS Thunbergii. The finest species in the genus, 
useful in many different ways. 15 cts. each, 
2 for 25 cts.. $1 per doz.; first size plants, 25 cts. 
each, $1.75 per doz. 
B. vulgare. Common Barberry. 15 cts. each. 
B. vulgare, var. atropurpurea. Purple-leaved form. 
12 to 18 inches high, 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
BETULA lutea. Yellow, or Gray Birch. Plants 3 
to 5 feet, 25 cts. each, $1.75 per doz. 
B. nigra. Red, or River Birch. Three to 5 feet, 
30 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
B. papyracea. Canoe Birch. Six to 7 feet, GO cts. 
each. 
B. populifolia. American White Birch. A beau¬ 
tiful tree. Four to 5 feet, 30 cts. each. 
CALYCANTHUS floridus. Sw eet - scented Shrub, 
Carolina Allspice. 20 cts. each. 
CARAGANA Sibirica. Pea-tree. Three to 4 feet, 
25 cts. each. 
CEAN0THUS Americanus. New Jersey Tea. One to 
2 feet high, with pretty panicles of white flow¬ 
ers, 25 cts, each, 
