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FRED'K H. HORSFORD, CHARLOTTE, VERMONT. 
PHILADELPHUS coronarius. Mock-orange, Syringa. 
Grows from 2 to 10 feet high. A handsome 
species from the south of Europe. Plants 12 to 
18 inches, stocky, 15 cts. each. 
PICEA alba (Abies 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. $1.50 per doz.; 3 to 4 feet, 
50 cts. each. 
P. nigra, var. rubra. The mountain form of this 
species, and a much better and handsomer tree, 
though of slow growth. 15 to 18 inches, 35 cts. 
P. pungens. Colorado Blue Spruce. One of the 
hardiest of the western Spruces. 12 to 18 inches, 
55 cts. each; VA feet, 80 cts. each. 
PINUS inops. New Jersey Scrub Pine. Good,stocky 
plants, 45 cts. each. 
P. Laricio (Pinus Austriaca). Corsican Pine. A 
hardy and handsome species, which attains a 
height of from 75 to 100 feet. 18 to 30 inches 
high, stocky, 25 cts. each, $2.10 per doz. 
PINUS rigida. Pitch Pine. Plants about 20 inches 
high, 30 cts. each. 
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 orna¬ 
mental purposes, but there is no other tree in 
the world so largely grown for timber as this. 
18 to 24 inches high, 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
P. sylvestris. Scotch Fir. 18 to 24 inches high, 
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
‘ PLATANUS occidenlalis. American Sycamore, But¬ 
tonwood. Plants 3 to 4 feet, 15 cts. 
P0PULUS pyramidalis. Lombardy Poplar. Tall and 
spire-like; valuable in landscape work. 5 to 7 
feet, 25 cts. 
P0TENTILLA fruticosa. Shrubby Cinquefoil. 2 feet. 
Fine clumps, 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
PRUNUS Americana. American Wild Plum. 2 to 3 
feet, 20 cts. each. 
P. Virginiana. Choke Cherry. 25 cts. each. 
PTELEA trifoliata. Plop Tree. 4 to 5 feet, 25 cts.; 
smaller, 2 years old, 10 cts. 
PYRUS arbutifolia. Chokeberry. A medium- 
sized shiub, with small, shining leaves, 
handsomely tinted in autumn. Flowers 
pretty,white, followed by black fruit. 20 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz. 
P. Aucuparia. European Mountain Ash. 20 
cts. each. 
P. Japonica. See Cydonia Japonica. 
QUERCUS bicolor. Swamp White Oak. 3 to 3% 
feet, 20 cts. each. 
Q. macrocarpa. Burr, or Mossy-cup Oak. 3 to 
3A feet, 20 cts. each. 
Q. paluslris. Pin Oak. Height about (50 feet. 
A very attractive tree under cultivation. 3 
to 3A feet, 35c. each; 4 to 5 feet, 45c. each. 
Q. Prinus (Q. montmm). Chestnut Oak. 3 to 
3A feet, 30 cts. each. 
Q. Robur. English Oak. Rather quick in its 
growth, with good foliage. ITas proved 
quite hardy here. G to 10 feet, 50 cts. each, 
$4.50 per doz. 
Q. rubra. Red Oak. 4 to 5 feet, 40 cts. each, 
$2.75 per doz. 
RHAMNUS alnifolia. A low straggling shrub. 12 
cts. each, $1 per doz. 
R. cathartica. Common Buckthorn. 20 cts. 
RHODODENDRON Catawbiense. Shrub 3 to G feet 
high, with oval or oblong leaves,and handsome 
lilac-purple flowers in June. Plants a foot 
high, 10 cts. each; 1 A to 2 feet, 75 cts. each. 
R. maximum. Rose Bay, Great Laurel. This 
handsome shrub grows naturally in Vermont 
and New Hampshire, but never attains the 
large size here that it does in the south. 
Flowers pale rose or white, showy; leaves 
thick, 4 to 8 inches long, deep green. Good 
established plants a foot high, 20 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz.; 18 inches high, 40 cts. each, 2 
for 70 cts.; 2 feet, 75 cts. each. 
Piceu pinigviis. 
