44 TLdlvard Gillett, Southlvick, Massachusetts 
LVLRQRLLN 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 Trees. 
ANDROMEDA polifolia. A beautiful little evergreen which takes readily to cultiva¬ 
tion, forming a compact mass of foliage i foot across and to 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. 
Hemlock Spruce 
ABIES Canadensis (Hemlock). 
A beautiful hardy evergreen, 
with graceful drooping 
branches. 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). 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 E n g 1 a n d mountains. 
Plants i'/ 2 to 2 feet, 30 cts. 
A. concolor (White Silver Fir). 
This, according to l)r. C. S. 
Sargent, is found in its native 
habitat, California, Oregon, 
Southern Colorado, New Mexi¬ 
co, etc.; grows from 100 to 250 
feet high, with a trunk 4 to 6 
feet in diameter; withstands 
the heat and drought be t 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. 40 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 
Caucasus, sometimes growing 
150 feet high Foliage dark 
green and glossy, pyramidal in 
outline. A fine lawn tree. It 
does exceedingly well in Mas¬ 
sachusetts. Plants 1 ft.high. 25c. 
