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Fred’k H. Horsford, Charlotte, Vermont 
Rhododendron maximum. 
Populus angustifolia. From Colorado. 4 to G ft., 20c. 
P. deltoides, var. Carolinensis. Carolina 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. 
P. nigra, var. Italica. Lombardy, or Italian Pop¬ 
lar. Plants 5 to G feet, 20 cts. 
PRUNUS Pissardi. Purple Plum. Plants, 4 to 5 feet 
40 cts. 
P. serotina. Wild Black Ci-ierry. A strong, 
straight tree not rarely 100 feet high. Valuable 
for its timber. 8 to 10 feet, 50 cts. 
PTELEA trifoliata, Hop Tree. Three feet, 20 cts. 
QUERCUS bicolor. Swamp White Oak. Five to 7 
feet, 50 cts. 
Q. macrocarpa. Burr, or Mossy-cup Oak. Three 
feet, 40 cts. 
Q. palustris. Pin Oak. Height about GO feet. A 
very attractive tree under cultivation. Six to 8 
feet, 65 cts. each. 
Q. prinus (Q. Montana). Chestnut Oak. Three 
to 5 feet, 40 cts. each. 
Q. pedunculata (Q. Boliur). English Oak. Rather 
quick in its growth, with good foliage. Has 
Proved quite hardy here. Five to G feet, 40 cts. 
each, $3 per doz. 
Q. velutina (Q. tinctoria). Black or Yellow- 
barked Oak. Plants 4 to 5 feet. 50 cts. each. 
RHODODENDRON Catawbiense. Shrub 3 to G feet 
high, with oval or oblong leaves and handsome 
lilac-purple flowers in June. Plants 2 feet high, 
75 cts. each. 
R. maximum. Rose Bay, Great Laurel. This 
handsome shruo 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. Plants 2 feet high, 
G5 cts. each. 
Pt. punctatum. Twelve to 18 inches high, 55 cts. 
each. 
RHUS aromatica. Fragrant Sumac. Twelve to 20 
inches high, 1G cts. each, $1.35 per doz. 
R. Cotinus. Smoke Tree. Three feet, 50c. each. 
R. glaber, var. laciniata. Cut-leaved Scarlet 
Sumac. A handsome form with finely cut foli¬ 
age. 40 cts. each. 
R. typhina, var. laciniata. Cut-leaf Sumac. One 
to 2 feet, 25 cts. each. 
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. each. 
RUBUS odoratus. Purple-flowering Raspberry. 
Attains 3 to 5 feet in height, and bears large 
showy rose-purple flowers in summer. 2-foot 
collected nlants, 15 cts. each. 
