Edward Gillett, Southvxick, Mass. — Shrubs and Trees 
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RIBES aureum (Missouri 
Currant). Flowers yel¬ 
low, in racemes: quite 
fragrant. The leaves are 
highly tinted in autumn. 
25 cts. each. 
R. Cynosbati (Wild Goose¬ 
berry). Flowers greenish: 
berries quite large. 25 
cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
R. floridum (Wild Black Cur¬ 
rant). Flowers yellow; 
currants black and edible. 
25 cts. each, $2.00 per 
doz. 
R. prostratum (Fetid Currant). 
Leaves showy in autumn. 
For rocky places. 20 cts. 
each. 
ROSA blanda (Early Wild 
Rose). Grows 1 to 3 feet 
high. Flowers light rose- 
color. 25 cts. each, $2.00 
per doz., SIO per 100. 
R. Carolina (Swamp Rose). 
A native Rose, found in 
wet or moist places. 
From 4 to 10 feet high. 
25 cts. each, $2.00 per 
doz. 
R. lucida (Dwarf Wild Rose). 
Seldom over 18 inches 
high. Flowers rose-color. 
25 cts. each, $2.00 per 
doz., $10 per 100. 
R. nitida. 18 inches high, with narrow, bright shining leaves and rose-colored flowers. 
30 cts. 
RUBUS odoratus (Flowering Raspberry). This shrub is a very pretty one in cultivation. 
Handsome, dark purple, clustered flowers. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
R. delicious (Rocky Mountain Flowering Raspberry). A fine shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, with 
very large, white flowers. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
R. occidentalis (Black Raspberry). The wild black Raspberry so well known to every one 
in New England. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
R. strigosus (Red Raspberry). This is well known for its fruit in New England. 20 cts. 
each. 
R. villosus (High Blackberry). The common high-bush Blackberry of New England. 
Fruit ripens in August and September. 3 to 6 feet. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
SAMBUCUS pubens (Red-berried Elder). Flowers in broad cymes, white; fruit crimson, 
in large bunches, very showy. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
S. Canadensis (Common Elder). A very beautiful shrub, flowering at a time when most 
other shrubs are past their bloom. Flowers white. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
SPIR^A (Meadow Sweet). 
S. Anthony Waterer. A low shrub, 1 to 2 feet high; a great bloomer from early spring to 
late autumn. Flowers crimson; very hardy. 25 cts. each. 
S. opulifolia. Pretty shrub; flat heads of white flowers. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
S. opulifolia aurea (Golden Spirea). 25 cts. each. 
S. salicifolia. Flowers in a crowded panicle, white or flesh-colored. 2 or 3 feet high. 15 
cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
S. tomentosa (Steeple Bush). Stems and lower surface of the leaves very woolly. Flowers 
crowded in a dense panicle, rose-color. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
S. Thimbergi (Thunberg's Spirea). In early spring the plant is literally covered with 
small white flowers. The foliage is light green, changing in autumn to the most beauti¬ 
ful shades, making it one of the most beautiful foliage plants in cultivation. 25 cts, 
each, $2.00 per doz. XX, 50 cts. each. 
