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SHRUBS AND TREES. 
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LARIX amerlcana. American Larch, Tama¬ 
rack. A slender tree with heavy, close-grained 
wood. Plants 5 to 7 feet, 30 cts. each. 
L. europaea. European Larch. Plants 2to4 
feet high, spreading, 35 cts. each, $1.65 per doz. 
LEDUM latifolium. Labrador Tea. About a 
foot high. Flowers in pretty cymes, white; 
last of May. Leaves covered underneath with 
rusty wool. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts., $1.25 
per doz.; by mail, 20 cts. each. 
LIGUSTRUM ovalifolium. Called California 
Privet, but is a native of Japan; one of the 
best, because its handsome loliage stays on so 
late. Plants 2 feet high, 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
L. vulgare. European Privet. Common Privet 
of Europe and north Africa. Plants 3 to 5 feet, | 
25 cts. each. 
L1NDERA Benzoin. Spice Bush. Grows 6 to I 
15 feet high. Native of damp woods. It will 
thrive in shade if not too dry. Plants 18 inches 1 
high, 15 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. 
LIRIODENDRON tuilpifera. Tulip Tree. 4 to 
5 feet, 30 cts. each. 
LONICERA chrysantha (L. Morrowi). 45c. each. 
L. ciliata. Two to 3 feet. Flowers yellowish ! 
green. 20 cts. each. 
L. Oblongifolia. SWAMP FLY HONEYSUCKLE. 
Two to 5 feet, with cream-colored flowers, light 
green, oblong leaves, and reddish purple ber¬ 
ries. Fine in cultivation. 25c. each, 2 for 35c. 
L. Ruprechtiana. 45 cts. each. 
L. tatarica. Tartarian Honeysuckle. Plants 
3 to 4 feet, stocky, 45 cts. each, 2 for 70 cts. 
LYCIUM europaoum. Box thorn. Pale white 
flowers. Erect spring shrub from the south of 
Europe. 3-foot plants, 20cts. each, $1.30 per doz. ! 
MY RICA as pleni folia ( Comptonia asplcnifolid). 
Sweet Fern. 25 cts. each. 
M. cerlfera. Tallow Shrub, Wax Myrtle. 
Grows 5 to 12 feet high and opens reddish flow¬ 
ers in May. A hardy evergreen shrub. Good 
plants, 12 to iS inches high, 20 cts. each, $1.50 
per doz. 
M. Gale. Sweet Gale. A dwarf, fragrant hardy 
shrub. Fine, stocky plants, 15 cts. each, $1.10 
per doz. 
NECUNDO Aceroides (Acer Negundo). Box 
Elder. 25 cts. each. 
OXYDENDRUM arboreum ( Andromeda a?'bo- 
rea). Sorrel-Tree, or Sourwood. A native 
of southern Pennsylvania and of the Alle¬ 
ghenies; attains a height of 15 to 40 feet. Plants 
i'A to 3 feet, 15 cts. each. 
PHILADELPHUS coronarlus. MOCK-ORANGE, j 
Syrjnga. 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. iS inches high, 20 cts. each; 
2 feet high, 40 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 aoz. » 
PICEA nigra. Black Spruce. Rather slow in 
growth ; native to swamps and cool mountain 
woods. Forty to 70 feet high. iS to 24 inches 
high, 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
P. —, var. rubra. The mountain form of this 
species, and a much better and handsomer tree, 
though of slow growth. 15 to iS inches, 25 cts. 
P. pungens. Colorado Blue Spruce. One 
of the hardiest of the western Spruces. 12 to 
18 inches, 25 cts. each ; 1H to 2 feet, 50 cts. each. 
PINUS inops. New Jersey Scrub Pine. Good, 
stocky plants, 45 cts. each. 
P. Larlcio (Pinus auslnaca). Corsican Pine. 
A hardy and handsome species, which attains 
a height of from 75 to 100 feet. iS to 30 inches 
high, stocky, 25 cts. each, $2.10 per doz. 
P. riglda. 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 ns this. 
iS 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 occidentalls. American Syca¬ 
more, Buttonwood. Plants 3 to 4 ft., 15 cts. 
Picea pungens (Colorado Blue Spruce). 
