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£idward Gillett, SouthwicR, Massachusetts 
SHRUBS AND TREES 
MYRICA gale (Sweet Cxale). 'I'hc Howers come out before the leaves. Foliage bright 
green and fragrant. Does nicely near the water. Four feet. 25c. each, $i .50 per doz. 
NEMOPANTHES Canadensis (Mountain Holly). A medium-sized shrub, with bright 
red berries in autumn. 25 cts. each, ^2 per doz. 
PHILADELPHUS coronarius (Syringa, or Mock Orange). A tall shrub, with large, 
pure white flowers in June. A rapid grower. 25 cts. 
P. grandiflorus (Large-Flowering Syringa). A rapid-growing shrub. 10 to 12 ft. 25c. 
PICEA pungens (Colorado Blue Spruce). A very hardy evergreen tree of flue form and 
bluish green to silvery white color. 50 cts. to ji each. 
PINUS Strobus (Wliite Pine). A tall, handsome tree, green all the year; a rapid grower, 
making a fine ornamental tree. 25 cts. 
PTELEA trifoliata (Hop Tree). A small tree, with curious winged seed-vessels. Fine 
specimen, nursery-grown. 50 cts. 
PYRUS arbutifolius. A shrub, with small, shining leaves beautifully tinted in autumn. 
25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
QUERCUS palustris (iMn Oak). This Oak is of exceedingly good form. I'he blanches 
are somewdiat drooping, leaves very deeply cut, glossy green and of the most gorgeous 
tints in autumn, l^lants 2 feet higli, 25 cts. 
Q. rubra (Red Oak). 'Phis is one of the largest of the Oaks, forming symmetrical tops. 
'I'he leaves are siiowy in autumn. Plants 3 feet high, 35 cts. 
RETINOSPORA (Japan Cypress). Evergreen tree desirable for lawns well protected from 
wiiuls. VVe get Hue sprays and colors in this choice Cypress. 
R. ericoides (Heath-Leaved Jajian Cypress). A beautiful dwarf evergreen shrub, form¬ 
ing a round head. Leaves small, bluish green. 1 offer fine thrifty plants about : )4 
feet high at 35 cts. 
R. plumosa. A most beautiful Japan Cypress, with short dark green leaves thickly 
studding the branches, forming very fine sprays. Nicely formed, nursery-grown plants, 
4 years old, about i Yz feet high. 35 cts. 
R. plumosa aurea. A variety of the above, w-ith the leaves golden tinted. V'ery thrifty 
plants, about feet high. 35 cts. 
RHAMNUS alnifolius. About feet high, clotlied with yellow-green leaves. Takes 
reailily to cultivation. It possesses much merit as an ornamental plant on account of 
its compact habit and handsome foliage. 20 cts. each, per doz. 
RHODODENDRON punctatum. A hardy species, flowering wheti but 3 or 4 feet high, 
bearing j)retty rose-colored flowers, spotteil within. 25 cts. 
R . maximum 
{(jreat Laurel). 
A n evergreen 
shrub, 5 to 30 ft. 
high, with dark 
green leaves 4 to 
10 inches long. 
Flowers white, 
pink or purple, 
greenisli in the 
throat and spot¬ 
ted with yellow 
or red. 'I'akes 
readily to cuiti- 
V a ti o n . July. 
Nursery-grown, 
with a good ball 
of eartli attached. 
9 to 12 inches, 
30 cts. each, %2 
per doz. ; i to 
i/z ft., 50c. ea., 
>4 per doz.; i Yz 
to 2 ft., 75c. ea., 
56 per doz. (See 
cut, 4th cover.) 
Spiraea Van Houttei. (See page 40.) 
