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EDWARD GIL LETT’S CATALOGUE. 
Americanus var. obovatus — A beautiful variety of the above, forming fine bushy 
miniature clumps, flowering when G inches high, and the large crimson fruit in 
autumn makes it very desirable where a low shrub is needed. 25 cents each, 
$1.50 per dozen. 
atropurpurens (Burning Bush) — A tall shrub with dark green leaves and green¬ 
ish flowers. Very showy in autumn by the crimson fruit on long stems. Fine 
thrifty established plants. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
EUONYMUS rad leans var. variegata (Variegated Creeping Euonymus)— 
1 foot. An evergreen creeper with beautiful variegated white, pink and golden 
striped leaves. Fine for edging. Very prominent in winter. 25 cents each, 
$1.50 per dozen. 
Europmns (Common vSpindle Tree) — 6 to 10 feet. A thrifty shrub with very 
showy fruit in late autumn. 25 cents each. 
FAGIIS purpurea (Purple Beech)—Leaves of a very deep purple color. 
One of the very best for a lawn tree. Fine specimens, 4 to 6 feet. §1 each. 
FORSYTHIA suspensa (Weeping Golden Bell)—A beautiful shrub with 
drooping branches. Flowers yellow, quite showy. 25 cents each. 
viridissima —Flowers light yellow, in great abundance along the branches. 25c each. 
GAYLUSSACIA reslnosa (Black Huckleberry)—The common huckleberry 
of our woods. Very sweet fruit. Grows about 2 feet high. 15 cents each, 
$1.25 per dozen. 
IIAMAMELIS Virginica (Witch-Hazel)—A tall shrub with oval or obovate 
leaves. It flowers in autumn about the time leaves begin to fall, and matures 
its fruit the next season. 20 cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
HYDRANGEA arboresceus (Wild Hydrangea)—The earliest of this genus 
to flower. A vigorous shrub 4 feet high, with flat cymes of yellow-white 
flowers. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
radiata — A thrifty shrub from the southern Alleghany mountains, with white 
flowers similar to the above. The leaves are large, dark green on the upper 
surface, and woolly white on the lower side. The beauty is disclosed with 
every breeze, by turning a leaf here and there, and showing the woolly white 
against the background of dark green. Hardy and forming good clumps. 25 
cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
paniculata (Panicled Hydrangea) — A vigorous plant, thickly studded with long 
terminal panicles of creamy white flowers in autumn. 25 and 50 cents each. 
paniculata var. grandiflora— The showiest of autumn blooming shrubs. Great 
heads of creamy-white flowers turning to shades of red. It blooms late in the 
season, when most other shrubs are past blooming. 25 and 50 cents each. 
HYPERICUM patllllllll (Spreading St. John’s Wort)—A little low shrub 
no more than a foot high, forming neat little clumps, covered in midsummer 
with large, bright yellow flowers. Very hardy. 25 cents each. 
ILEX verticillrtris (Black Alder or Winter Berry)—A native shrub, bear¬ 
ing in autumn beautiful scarlet berries, which stay on until well into the winter. 
25 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
JUNIPERUS commuills (Common or Prostrate Juniper)—A prostrate 
evergreen shrub, appearing as if the center bud had been pinched out and the 
growth had concentrated in the branches, and each one pushing outward and 
up a foot or more, forming a miniature tree in itself, the whole plant forming a 
beautiful low shrub. 25 cents each. 
Virginiana (Red Cedar)—A beautiful shrub or tree with small pointed leaves. A 
slow grower but very hardy, and adapts itself to almost any situation, from the 
top of the rocky cliff to the sandy plain, or moist hillside. The variation in 
coloring is very great; light to dark green and dull slate. 25 to 50 cents each. 
KALMIA angustifolia (Sheep Laurel)—A low evergreen shrub 1 to 2 feet 
higli, with light green leaves and quantities of little saucer-shaped crimson flowers 
in May and June. Of easy culture, forming little clumps. 20c. each, $1.25 per doz. 
glauca (Pale Laurel) — About a foot high, with little narrow shining leaves, and 
large showy white to lilac-purple flowers. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
latifolia (Calico Bush, Mountain Laurel)—An evergreen shrub, growing luxuri¬ 
antly along our mountain sides, forming large patches, or in single round-topped 
specimens in moist, open fields, the dark shining leaves giving a brightness to 
