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ELLIOTT NURSERY COMPANY, PITTSBURG, PA. 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES (for bedding purposes) 
The following grasses and reeds are splendid for making tropical looking beds and groups, and, being entirely hardy and of easiest 
culture, require but little attention after planting. The Eulalias grow from 4 to 6 feet high, and Arnndo Donor, in very rich soil, will grow 
to be 16 feet high. These plants 
make splendid beds, and should he 
generally cultivated. There are 
two notably fine beds of them in 
this country, one in the United 
States Botanical Gardens at Wash 
ington, and the other in the 
grounds of the late George W. 
Childs, Esq., near Philadelphia, 
and there is nothing more striking 
in either grounds. 
ARUNDO Donax. Very striking 
appearance; will grow 16 feet 
high in rich soil. $3 per doz.. 
$20 per 100 . 
Donax variegata. A beautiful 
variety of the above, with va 
riegations of white; grows 5 
to 8 feet. $2.50 per doz., $15 
per 100 . 
BAM BUS A Metake (Hardy Bam 
boo). This beautiful Bamboo 
is perfectly hardy and fine for 
producing tropical effects. 50 
cts. each, $5 per doz. 
ERIANTHUS Ravennae. A strikingly beautiful hardy grass, grow¬ 
ing about 12 feet high. 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz., $20 per 100. 
EULALIA Japonica variegata. Green and white variegation. $1.25 
per doz., $6 per 100 . 
EULALIA gracillima. A new variety of extremely beautiful and 
graceful habit; should always be planted on outside of bed or 
group. $1.25 per doz., $6 per 100. 
Zebrina. Variegations across the leaf. $1.25 per doz., $G per 100. 
ORNAMENTAL HEDGES 
Hedges can be used to advantage on all suburban and country places, large or small. Where protection against cattle is not needed a 
well-kept hedge is far more beautiful than the most costly wall or fence. At Newport, the most beautiful summer resort in America, hedges 
are very popular and are used more than either walls or fences. 
TRIMMED HEDGES 
Per 100 
CEAT2EGUS Oxyacantha (English Hawthorn). This is the 
Thorn that is used all over England for field and farm hedges. 
It is very attractive, being covered with white, sweet-scented 
flowers in the spring, and bright scarlet berries in the fall 
and winter. Nice plants, 24 to 48 inches high.$12 00 
Pyracantha Lalandi (Improved Evergreen Thorn). 1 think 
the most beautiful hedge I ever saw in America is one of 
this Thorn, on the grounds of Mr. VVinthrop, at Newport, 
R. I. Tho foliage is dense and of a beautiful glossy green, 
which turns in tho winter to a rich bronze. In the fall and 
winter this thorn is covered with small bright scarlet ber¬ 
ries, which make it extremely attractive. Nice stocky plants. 15 00 
Some extra large plants. 25 00 
HEMLOCK SPRUCE. This undoubtedly makes the most 
beautiful evergreen hedge that can lie grown in this cli¬ 
mate. It is perfectly hardy, a fine rich green in color, which 
color it retains all through the winter; and no matter how 
hard it is trimmed, the peculiar feathery appearance of its 
young growth always gives it a graceful appearance. Plant 
18 to 24 inches apart. Nice young plants, 8 to 15 in. high.. 
12 to 18 inches. 
18 to 24 inches, twice transplanted. 
15 00 
20 00 
50 00 
MAHONIA Aquifolium. This, which is one of the most beauti¬ 
ful evergreen shrubs, makes a splendid hedge, i t is covered 
with showy yellow flowers in the spring, but its greatest 
beauty is its foliage, which is fine at all seasons of the year, 
but especially so in the fall and winter, when it turns to the 
finest bronze and crimson. It is especially desirable as a 
trimmed or untrirmned hedge. Plant 18 inches apart_ 12 00 
PRIVET, California. This is the most popular hedge plant in 
this country, which is explained by its handsome appear¬ 
ance, rapid growth and low price. A line hedge 5 feet 
high can he made with it in three seasons if planted in deep, 
rich soil. It should be planted in single rows, 8 to 10 inches 
apart, or alternated in double rows, and the plants set 16 to 
18 inches apart in each row, and the rows 6 inches apart. 
1 year, 12 to 15 inches. 3 00 
2 to 2 X 4 feet. 6 00 
2% to 3 feet. 8 00 
3 to 4 feet.. 10 00 
Common. Makes a good hedge and will stand in extreme 
northern states, where California Privet is not hardy. 6 00 
UNTRIMMED HEDGES 
Untrimmed hedges are allowed to grow naturally without pruning, 
and, as a rule, are not suitable for planting on the boundaries of 
grounds, but can be used for enclosing flower or vegetable gardens, 
on the edge of terraces and along roads and walks. Sometimes they 
can be used to conceal unsightly but necessary fences. 
D J 1 Per 100 
ALTH2EA (Rose of Sharon ) . These make a desirable flower¬ 
ing hedge; bloom in August. Nice young plants, seedlings $10 00 
Best Named VarGcies. Strong plants. 13 00 
BERBERIS Tlunbergii (Japanese Barberry). One of the most 
beautAul shrubs in cultivation, either for hedging or gen¬ 
eral purposes. It is of neat, compact growtli and never 
need be touched with the shears. The foliage is beautiful 
at all times, and in the fall turns to a most brilliantcrimson 
color, but its most attractive feature is its fruit. The plant 
is literally covered with bright scarlet berries all the fall 
and winter. It never grows over about three feet high. If 
a low hedge is desired, it can be used for a boundary one. 
It is fine for the edge of a terrace and along roads and 
walks; as it is quite thorny, boys and cattle will leave it 
alone. Plant 15 to 18 inches apart. 13 00 
CORCHORUS Japonica variegata. This makes one of the 
daintiest little hedges imaginable. The growth is slender 
and graceful, the foliage is of fine form and variegated, 
and after the leaves drop in the fall the twigs are a bright 
green color, which make it attractive all winter. 12 00 
KALMIA latifolia (Mountain Laurel). This splendid native 
evergreen shrub makes a beautiful and tmiqtie hedge. It 
would he worth growing for its fine evergreen foliage 
alone, but when it is in bloom in June nothing in the world 
makes a finer floral display. Nice transplanted plants, 6 to 
12 inches. 15 00 
LILACS. Tile common Purple and White Lilacs make a desir¬ 
able flowering hedge, but of course a very tall one. We can 
supply both colors, nice plants, 1 to 2 feet high. 8 00 
ROSE, Crimson Rambler. This remarkably fine climbing 
Rose makes a superb hedge if planted in a row, and cut 
back early every spring to about three feet high. 20 00 
Sweetbrier. The popular Sweetbrier makes an attractive 
hedge and is desirable for planting along a fence. 12 00 
Mad. Plantier. This well known hardy white Rose makes a 
fine hedge, and when in bloom in June nothing can be 
more attractive. 20 00 
