'Ldlvard Gillett, Southlvick , Massachusetts 
LVLRQRLLN SHRUBS AND TRLLS 
Hardy Rhododendrons 
R. plumosa aurea. A variety of the preceding, with the leaves golden tinted. Very 
thrifty. Plant i foot, 25 cts. 
R. squarrosa. A graceful variety, with soft, silvery foliage. Plant 2 feet high, 40 cts. 
RHODODENDRON punctatum. A hardy species, flowering when‘but 3 or 4 feet high, 
bearing pretty rose-colored flowers, spotted within. 25 cts. 
R. maximum (Great Laurel). An evergreen shrub, 5 to 30 feet high, with dark green 
leaves 4 to 10 inches long. Flowers white, pink or purple, greenish in the throat 
and spotted with yellow or red. Takes readily to cultivation. July. Nursery- 
grown, with a good ball of earth attached. 9 to 12 inches, 30 cts. each, $2 per 
doz. ; itoi^ feet, 50 cts. each, $4 per doz. ; iyi 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^ to 2 feet, 75 cts. 
TAXUS baccata, var. Canadensis (Ground Hemlock). 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 Arborvitae). 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 Arborvitae, with very short, dark 
green leaves Plant 2 feet high, 50 cts. 
T. occidentalis globosa (Globose Arborvitae). A low form, with dense, globe-shaped 
bush, about 1 yi feet. 50 cts. 
T. occidentalis, Little Gem. Quite dwarf, growing broader than high. 8 inches. 25c. 
