EDWAR D GILLETT, SOUTHWI C K, MAS SACHUSETTS 
EVERCREEN SHRUBS AND TREES 
RHODODENDRON maximum (Great Laurel). An evergreen shrub, 5 to 30 feet high, 
with dark green leaves 4 to 10 inches long. Mowers w bite, pink or purple, greenish 
in the throat and spotted 
with yellow or red. 
Takes readily to culti¬ 
vation. July. Nursery- 
grown, with a good ball 
of earth attached. 9 to 
12 inches, 30 cts each, 
$2 per doz.; 1 to 1^ 
feet, 50 cts. each, $4 
per doz.; 1 y z to 2 feet, 
75 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
(See cut.) 
R. Catawbiense. Grows 
4 to 6 feet high, and 
forms a good bush 
with deep green leaves 
and handsome heads of 
lilac-purple flowers in 
June. Quite hardy 
plants. 1 y z to 2 feet, 
75 cts. 
TAXUS baccata, var. Can¬ 
adensis (Ground Hem¬ 
lock). A low' evergreen 
shrub, about 3 feet high. 
Plant in the shade of 
other taller shrubs or 
trees. 25 cts. each. 
$1 50 per doz. 
THUYA occidentalis 
(American Arborvita.*). 
A well-known plant found in wet places, usually in swamps, in northern New 
England, Canada, etc.; has been largely used for hedge purposes and for single 
specimens. It bears severe trimming; plants 2 feet high. 25 cts. 
T. occidentalis Ellwangeriana. A beautiful form of Arborvita?, with very short, dark 
green leaves. Plant 2 feet high. 50 cts. 
T. occidentalis globosa (Globose Arborvita?). A low form, with dense, globe-shaped 
bush, about 1 ' 2 feet. 50 cts. 
T. occidentalis, Little Gem. Quite dwarf, growing broader than high. 8 inches. 25c. 
Deciduous Shrubs and Trees 
Shrubs and trees are too large for the mail and should go by freight or express. 
ACER Pennsylvanicum (Striped Maple). Beautifully striped bark and deep green, 
broad foliage. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
A. spicatum (Mountain, or White-barked Maple). A fine, thrifty plant, with deep 
crimson twigs ; leaves sharp-pointed. Forms large, fine clumps. 25 cts. 
A. saccharinum (Sugar, or Rock Maple). Five to 7 feet high 35 cts. 
ALTH 7 EA (Shrubby I fibiscus, or Rose of Sharon). A class or shrubs especially desir¬ 
able on account of their blooming late in the season, when so few other "shrubs 
are in flower. August and September. The flowers are of large size and of main 
brilliant colors. It forms fine clumps, and is very well adapted to any good soil’. 
A. coelestis. Single azure-blue. 25 cts. 
A. Jeanne d’Arc. Double pure white. 25 cts. 
A. purpurea variegata. Purple-flowered, with variegated foliage. 25 cts. 
A. rubra plena. Double, clear red. 25 cts. 
A. totus albus. Single, pure white. 25 cts. 
AMELANCHIER Canadensis (Shad Bush). Often 30 feet high. One of the first to 
flower. Flowers numerous, white, in pretty racemes. 25 cts. each, 51.5c per doz. 
ARALIA pentaphylla. From Japan. Branches spiny ; leaves deeply divided, bright 
glossy green. Plants 2 feet. 25 cts. 
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