E^dward Gillett, SouthwicK, Massachusetts 
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SHRUBS AND TREES 
Spiraea Anthony Waterer. (See p«ige 40.) 
RHODORA Canadensis. A low shrub, with showy rose-purple flowers, which precede 
the leaves in May. 25 cts. each, $^1.50 per doz. 
RHUS aromatica (Fragrant Sumac). A straggling bush, seldom 3 feet high. Flowers 
pale yellow, fruit red. 25 cts. each, $1.75 per doz. 
R. copallina (Dwarf Sumac). From 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves very highly colored in 
autumn. 20 cts. each, $i .25 per doz. 
R. glabra (Smooth Sumac). Branches smooth; leaves red in autumn. Forms a bush 
10 to 12 feet high. 20 cts. , 
R. Typhina (Common Staghorn Sumach Mode of growth similar to R. glabra. 1 he 
brandies are covered with fine hairs. I-eaves fine in autumn. 20 cts. each, Si per doz. 
R. cotinus (Mist Flower, or Smoke Tree). A small tree, with very fine seed-vessels of 
a reddish color, giving it a fine appearance. 25 cts. 
RIBES aureum (Missouri Currant). Flowers yellow, in racemes, quite fragrant. I he 
leaves are highly tinted in autumn. 25 cts. 
R. Cynosbati (Wild Gooseberry). Flowers greenish; berries quite large. 25 cts. each, 
Si. 25 per doz. 
R. floridum (Wild Black Currant). Flowers yellow; currants black and edible. 25 cts. 
each, Si. 25 per doz. • 1 1 r 1 
R. prostratum (Fetid Currant). Leaves very showy in autumn. Desirable tor rocky 
places. 20 cts. 
ROSA blanda (Early Wild Rose). Grows i to 3 feet high Flowers light rose-color. 
25 Cts. each. Si.25 per doz. . 
R. Carolina (Swamp Rose). A fine native Rose, found in wet or moist places, h rom 
4 to 10 feet high. 25 cts. 
R. lucida (Dwarf Wild Rose). Seldom over 18 Inches high. Flowers rose color. 
25 cts. each. $1.2$ per doz. ^ , • n 
R. lucida alba. A very beautiful variety of the above, with pure white flowers. 75 cts. 
R. nitida. Eighteen inches high, with narrow, bright shining leaves and rose-colored 
flowers. 30 cts. 
RUBUS odoratus (Flowering Raspberry). I'his shrub is a very pretty one in cultivation. 
Handsome, dark purple, clustered flowers. 20 cts. each, fi.25 per doz. 
R. deliciosus (Rocky Mountain Rubus). A fine shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, with very 
large white flowers. 15 cts. each, Si.50 per doz. 
R. occidentalis {Black Raspberry). The wild black Raspberry so well known to every¬ 
one in New England. 20 cts. vt i i 
R. strigosus (Red Raspberry). This is well known for its fruit in New England. 20c. 
