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Fred’k H. Horsford, Charlotte, Vermont. 
A Young Pin Oak (Quercus paluslris). 
POTENTILLA fruticosa. Two feet. Fine 
clumps, 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
PRUNUS americana (Wild Horse Plum). 18 to 
20 inches, 15 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. 
P. Virginiana (Choke Cherry). 15 cts. 
PTELEA trifoliata (Shrubby Trefoil, or Hop-tree). 
2 to 3 feet, 20 cts. 
PYRUS arbutifolia (Chokeberry), A medium¬ 
sized shrub, with small, shining leaves, hand¬ 
somely tinted in autumn. Flowers pretty, white, 
followed bv black fruit. 15c. each, $1 per doz. 
P. Aucuparia (European Mountain Ash). 
20 cts. 
P. japonica (Cydonia japonica, Japan Quince). 
15 cts each, $1.20 per doz. 
QUERCUS palustris (Pin Oak). Height about 
60 feet. A very attractive tree under cultiva¬ 
tion. 3 to 4 feet, 25 cts. 
Q. Robur (English Oak). Rather quick in its 
growth, with good foliage. Has proven quite 
hardy here. 4 to 5 feet, 20c. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Q. rubra (Red Oak). 4 to 5 feet, 20 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
RHAMNUS alnifolia. A low straggling shrub. 
12 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
R. cathartica (Common Buckthorn). 20 cts. 
RHODODENDRON arborescens ( Azalea arbo- 
rescens). Three to 10feet high ; deciduous leaves 
and pale rose-colored flowers in June. One of 
the brightest shrubs of early spring. 30 cts. 
R. calendulaceum ( Azalea ccilendulacea , 
Flame-colorecl Azalea). Orange-colored flow¬ 
ers, turning to red. Fine plants, 25 cts 
R. catawbiense. Shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with 
oval or oblong leaves, and handsome lilac-purple 
flowers in June. Plants a foot high, 30 cts. 
R. maximum (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.; 15 to 20 inches 
high, 40 cts each, 2 for 70 cts. 
R. nudiflorum ( Azalea nudijlora, Pinxter 
Flower). A handsome shrub, 2 to 10 feet high. 
It forms clumps. The flowers are very hand¬ 
some, and vary in color from nearly white to 
dark purple. 20 cts each, $1.50 per doz 
R. punctatum. 12 to 18 inches high, 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
R. R hod ora (Rhodo?'a canadensis) . Showy 
rose-purple flowers in May. 25 cts. 
R. Vaseyi ( Azalea Vaseyi) . A new and fine 
species from the southern Alleghanies. Rose- 
purple flowers in May. Fine, established 
plants, 30 cts. 
R. viscosum (Azalea viscosa , White Honey¬ 
suckle). Four to 10 feet high ; white flowers in 
May. Good plants, 18 to 24 inches high, 25 cts. 
each, $1,50 per doz. 
RHUS aromatica (Dwarf Sumac). 15 cts. each, 
$1.10 per doz. 
R. Cotin us (Smoke Tree). 3 feet, 25 cts. each, 
$2 per doz. 
RIBES floridum [Georgi orL’Hdrit. ?] (Wild 
Black Currant). 2 to 3 feet, 30 cts. 
ROBINIA hispida (Rose Acacia). A shrub 3 to 8 
feet high, with bristly branches and stalks, and 
large, deep, rose-colored flowers in May and 
June. 20 cts. 
SAMBUCUS canadensis (Common Elder). 
Collected plants only, 15 cts each, $1 per doz. 
S. racemosa (Red-berried Elder). 20 cts. each, 
2 for 35 cts. 
SHEPHERDIA canadensis. A shrub 3 to 5 feet 
high. 25 cts. 
SOPH ORA japonica. Fine plants, 2 to 3 feet high, 
15 cts each, $1.25 per doz. 
SP1R/EA discolor (S. aricefolia) . 2 to 3 feet, 
25 cts. each, 2 for 40 cts. 
S. Billardii [S. salicifolia , according to Index 
Kewensis, but horticulturally different]. Rosy 
pink flowers. 4 to 5-foot plants, 20 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
S. Douglasii. Oregon species. 20 cts. 
S. opulifolia [Linn, or Pall.?]. 15 cts. each, 
$1 10 per doz. 
S. prunifolia, var. flore pleno. 2 to 3 feet, 
20 cts. each, 2 for 35 cts. 
