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Edward Gillett , Southvrick , Mass.—Shrubs and Trees 
Gaylussacia resinosa (Black Huckleberry). The common Huckleberry of our woods. 
Very sweet fruit. Grows about 2 feet high. 20 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
HAMAMELIS Virginica (Witch-Hazel). A tall shrub with oval or obovate leaves. 
It flowers in autumn about the time the leaves begin to fall and matures its fruit the 
next season. 25 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
HYDRANGEA arborescens (Wild Hydrangea). The earliest of this genus to flower. 
A vigorous shrub 4 feet high, with flat cymes of yellow-white flowers. 20 cts. each, 
$2.00 per doz. 
H. radiata. A thrifty shrub from the southern Allegheny 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. Forms good clumps. 20 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
H. 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. 50 cts. each, $4.00 per doz. 
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, $2.00 per doz.; strong clumps, 50 cts. each, $4.00 per doz. 
A planting of rhododendrons in woods 
