Shrubs and Trees 
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MYRICA cerifera. Tallow Shrub, Wax Myrtle. 
Grows 5 to 12 feet high and opens reddish Mow¬ 
ers in May. A hardy evergreen shrub. Good 
plants. 3 to 4 feet high, 50 cts. each. 
M. Gale. Sweet Gale. A dwarf, fragrant hardy 
shrub. Fine, stocky plants, 15 cts. each, $1.10 
per doz. 
NEGUNDO aceroides. See Acer Negundo. 
PHILADELPHUS coronarius. Mock-orange, Syringa. 
Grows from 2 to 10 feet high. A handsome spe¬ 
cies from the south of Europe. Plants 18 inches, 
stocky, 15 cts. each. 
P. pubescens (P. grandi flora. s). Two to 4 feet, 
25 cts. each. 
PHYSOCARPUS opulifolius. Ninebark. A fine native 
shrub 5 to 10 feet high, with umbel-like heads 
of white flowers in Juue. 2- to 4-foot 
plants, 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
PICEA alba (Abie s alba). White Spruce. 
A tall and handsome tree which 
attains a height of 50 to 150 feet. 18 
inches high, 20 cts. each. 
P. excelsa (Abies excelsa). Norway 
Spruce. A tall-growing tree of rapid 
growth; hardy and handsome. Nice 
for a boundary tree. 18 to 24 inches, 
25 cts. each. Smaller plants, 15 cts. 
each. 
P. pungens. Colorado Spruce. Not 
blue. One of the hardiest of the 
western Spruces. 12 to 20 inches, 
70 cts. each. 
PINUS divaricata (P . Banksiana) . North¬ 
ern Scrub Pine. The tree attains a 
height of 70 feet in favored locations. 
Plants 2 feet, GO cts. each, $5 per doz. 
P. Laricio ( P. austriaca). Corsican 
Pine. A hardy and handsome species, 
which attains a height of from 75 to 
100 feet. 15 to 18 inches high, 25 cts 
each. 
P. resinosa. Red Pine, Norway Pine. 
Tree attains a height of 70 to 150 feet, 
with long horizontal branches. A fine 
ornamental tree. Plants 1 to 2 feet, 
25 cts. each. 
P. rigida. Pitch Pine. 
to 30 inches high, 30 cts. 
P. Strobus. White, or Weymouth Pine. 
This is the handsomest of the Pines, 
and will thrive in a greater variety of 
soils and situations than any other 
species. It is rather rapid in growth. 
Not only is it one of the best trees 
for ornamental purposes, but there is 
no other tree in the world so largely 
grown for timber as this. 18 to 30 
inches high, 20 cts. each, $1.50 
per doz. 
PLATANUS occidentalis. American Syca¬ 
more, Buttonwood. Plants 6 to 10 
feet, 50 cts. 
POPULUS alba , var. Bolleana. Bolles 7 Poplar. 
Somewhat pyramidal in outline. A tall narrow- 
topped tree. Turkestan. Plants 5 to G feet, 
GO cts. each. 
P. deltoides, var. Carolinensis. Carot ina Poplar. 
Distinct in habit of growth, forming a straight 
upright or pyramidal head. It seems to differ 
from the Cottonwood in its strict appearance 
and rapid growth. Nice plants, 10 to 12 feet, 
55 cts. each. 
P. nigra, var. Italica. Lombardy, or Italian 
Poplar. Plants 10 to 12 feet, GO cts. 
PRUNUS Americana. American Wild Plum. Two 
to 6 feet, 35 cts. each. 
P. serotina. Wild Black Cherry. A strong, 
straight tree not rarely 100 feet high. Valuable 
for its timber. 4 to 5 feet, 30 cts. each. 
riueit pun^ens. 
