EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
EVERGREEN SHRUBS AND TREES 
Evergreen Shrubs and Trees 
Shrubs and trees are too large for the mail and should go by freight or express. 
We do not prepay charges on Shrubs and 'Frees. 
ABIES Canadensis (Hemlock). 
A beautiful hardy evergreen, 
with graceful d roo pi ng 
branches. Desirable for 
open, exposed places, grow¬ 
ing often 50 feet high. It is 
also one of the very best for 
hedge-planting and stands 
almost any amount of trim¬ 
ming. 25 cts. and 50 cts. 
A. balsamea [ Balsam Fir). A 
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 Eng¬ 
land mountains. Plants i l X 
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 ; 
it 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 1 foot high. 5 ' cts. 
A. nigra (Black Spruce). A 
dark evergreen tree, with 
short, stiff leaves. Can be 
grown in very wet ground. 
25 cts. 
ANDROMEDA polifolia. A beautiful little evergreen which takes readily to cultiva¬ 
tion, forming a compact mass of foliage 1 foot across and 10 or 12 inches high. 
Flowers bell- or urn-shaped, pale pink or flesh color in May. Plant 8 inches 
apart for massing. 15 cts. each, #1.25 per doz., $6 per 100. 
CASSANDRA calyculata (Leather-leaf). A low, branching shrub, with nearly ever¬ 
green leaves, bearing in early spring leafy racemes of small white flowers. It 
grows about a foot high and usually is found in masses in bogs or wet open places ; 
it will thrive in the 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 the walls. One 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. One foot. 20 cts. each, $1.50 der doz. 
JUNIPERUS communis (Common, or Prostrate Juniper). A prostrate evergreen shrub, 
appearing as if the center had been pinched out and the growth had concentrated 
in the branches. Each one pushes outward and up a foot or more, forming a 
miniature tree in itself, the whole plant forming a beautiful shrub. 25 cts. 
ABIES CONCOLOR 
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