ILdlvard Qillett, Southlvtck, Nass. — 'E.bergreens 
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Cassandra caiyculala vine for massing 
Evergreen Shrubs and Trees 
Shrubs and 'Precs arc too larRc for the mail and should go by freight or express. Wc do 
not prepay charges on Shrubs and Trees. 
4 BIES Canadensis (Hemlock). K beautiful, hardy evergreen, with graceful, drooping oranches. 
Desirable for open, exposed places, growing often 50 feet high. It is also one of the very 
best for hedge-planting and stands almost any amount of trimming. 25 cts. and 50 cts. 
A. balsamea (Balsam Fir). K tree with dark green leaves, a rapid grower, and well adapted 
for almost any place. It thrives in wet or boggy places, also on or near the tops of our 
higher New England mountains. Plants to 2 feet. 30 cts. 
A. concolor (White Silver Fir). This, according to Dr. C. S. Sargent, is found in its native 
habitat, California, Oregon, Southern Colorado, New Mexico, etc.; grows from 100 to 
250 feet high, with a trunk 4 to 6 feet in diameter; withstands the heat and drought best 
of all the Firs: a rapid grower and quite desirable for cultivation in the eastern states; 
the leaves are long and showy. Plants about i foot high. 50 cts. 
A. nigra (Black Spruce). A dark evergreen tree, with short, stiff leaves. Can be grown in very 
wet ground. 25 cts. 
A. Nordmanniana (Nordmann’s Silver Fir). A hardy Fir from the Caucasus, sometimes 
growing 150 feet high. Foliage dark green and glossy, pyramidal in outline. A fine lawn 
tree. It does exceedingly well in Massachusetts. Plants i foot high. 50 cts. 
ANDROMEDA polifolia. A beautiful little evergreen which takes readily to cultivation, form¬ 
ing a compact mass of foliage i foot across and 10 or 1 2 inches high. Flowers bell- or urn- 
shaped, pale pink or flesh-color in May. Plant 8 inches apart for massing. 15 cts. each, 
Si.25 per doz., S6 per 100. 
CASSANDRA calyculata (Leather-Leaf). low, branching shrub, with nearly evergreen 
leaves, bearing in early spring leafy racemes of small white flowers. It grows about ; 
. foot high and usually is found in masses in bogs or wet, open places; it will thrive in tin 
garden. For massing, plant 8 inches apart. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $6 per 100. 
EUONYMUS radicans. An evergreen with rather small leaves; desirable for running either 
on the ground or on walls, i foot. Used for planting in front of large shrubs. 25 cts. each, 
$2 per doz. 
E. radicans variegata (Variegated Creeping Euonymus). An evergreen creeper with beautiful 
variegated white, pink and golden-striped leaves. Fine for edging. Very prominent in 
winter, i foot. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
