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Edward Gillett, Southioick, Mass. — Shrubs and Trees 
Hydrangea 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 bloom¬ 
ing. 50 cts. each, S4.00 per doz.; heavy, 
75 cts. and SI.00 each. 
HYPERICUM patulum (Spreading St. 
John’s Wort). Low, 6 to 10 inches, 
spreading; flowers large, yellow, quite 
showy. July. 20 cts. each. 
ILEX verticillaris (Black Alder, or Winter 
Berry). A native shrub, bearing in 
autumn beautiful scarlet berries, which 
stay on until well into winter. 25 cts. 
each, S2.00 per doz.; strong clumps, 50 
cts. each, S4.00 per doz. 
LAURUS Benzoin (Spice Bush). Grows 6 to 
15 inches high with large, oblong-ovate 
leaves; it forms fine bushy dumps, 
literally covered with small, spicy yel¬ 
low flowers in early spring, followed by 
the rather large, red berries which cling 
to the twigs until quite late in the 
autumn. 25 cts. each, S2.00 per doz. 
LIGUSTRUM vulgare (Common Privet). 
Forms fine clumps. Flowers white, 
followed by black berries. 25 cts. 
LONICERA ciliata (Fly Honeysuckle). 
Shrub 3 to 5 feet high. Flowers, 
greenish yellow. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per 
doz. 
MYRICA cerifera (Bayberry or Wax Myrtle). 
3 to 5 feet high, forming good clumps, 
with rather small, deep green, shining 
leaves, having a rich fragrance. Takes 
readily to cultivation even when planted 
on the seashore. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per 
doz. 
M. Gale (Sweet Gale). Grows 4 feet high. 
The flowers come out before the leaves. 
Foliage bright green and fragrant. Does 
nicely near water. 25 cts. each, $2.00 
]x,‘r doz. 
NEMOPANTHES Canadensis (Mountain 
Holly). A medium-sized shrub, with 
bright red berries in autumn. 25 cts. 
each, $2.00 per doz.; XX, 50 cts. each, 
$4.00 per doz. 
PHILADELPHUS grandiflorus (Large-flower¬ 
ing Syringa). A rapid-growing shrub. 25 
cts. 
PYRUS arbutifolius. A shrub with small, sliining leaves, beautifully tinted in autumn. 
25 cts. each. 
RHODORA Canadensis. A low shrub, with showy rose-purple flowers, which precede the 
leaves in May. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz.; heavy stock, 35 cts. each, $3.00 per doz. 
RHUS aromatica (Fragrant Sumac). A straggling bush, seldom 3 feet high. Flowers pale 
yellow, fruit red. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
R. copallina (Dwarf Sumac). From 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves very highly colored in autumn. 
25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
R. glabra (Smooth Sumac). Branches smooth; leaves red in autumn. Forms a bush 10 
to 12 feet high. 25 cts. each. 
R. typhina (Common Staghorn Sumac). Mode of growth similar to R. glabra. The 
branches are covered with fine hairs. Leaves fine in autumn. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per 
Azalea viscosa, 2 years (see page 73) 
doz. 
R. typhina laciniata. With finely cut leaves. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
