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EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASS., U. S. A. 
A Bed of Azaleas. 
Shrubs and Trees. 
Shrubs and trees are too large for the mail and should go by freight or express. 
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 trim¬ 
ming. 25 cts. and 50 cts. 
A. Engelmanni. From Colorado. An evergreen of much beauty. 2 feet. 50 cts. 
A. nigra (Black Spruce). A dark evergreen tree, with short stiff leaves. Can be 
grown in very wet ground. 25 cts. 
ACER Pennsylvanicum (Striped Maple). Beautifully striped bark and deep green, 
broad foliage. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
A. spicatum (Mountain, or White-Barked Maple). A fine, thrifty plant, with deep 
crimson twigs, leaves sharp-pointed. Forms large, fine clumps, 25 cts. 
A. saccharinum (Sugar, or Rock Maple). 5 to 7 feet high. 35 cts. 
ALTH/EA (Shrubby Hibiscus, or Rose of Sharon). A class of shrubs especially desirable 
on account of their blooming so late in the season when so few other shrubs are in 
flower. August and September. The flowers are of large size and of many brilliant 
colors. It forms fine clumps, is very hardy and well adapted to any good soil. 
A. purpurea variegata. Purple-flowered, with variegated foliage. 25 cts. 
A. rubra plena. Double, clear red. 25 cts. 
A. totus albus. Single, pure white. 25 cts. 
A. speciosa. Double, pink. 25 cts. 
AMELANCHIER Canadensis (Shad Bush). Often 30 feet high. One of the first to 
flower. Flowers numerous, white, in pretty racemes. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
AMORPHA fruticosa (False Indigo). Dark purple flowers in a spike. A tall shrub, 
quite showy. 2 to 3 feet. 25 cts. 
ANDROMEDA pol ifolia. A beautiful little evergreen which takes readily to cultivation, 
forming a compact mass of foliage 2 or more feet across and 10 or 12 inches high. 
Flowers bell- or urn-shaped, pale pink or flesh color in May. It also does nicely in 
the bog. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
ARALIA pentaphylla. From Japan. Branches spiny ; leaves deeply divided, bright 
glossy green. 6 feet. 25 cts. 
AZALEA arborescens (Smooth Azalea). Flowers large, pure white and fragrant. 
1 to feet. 50 cts. 
A. calendulacea (Flame-Colored Azalea). This shrub is a native of the southern 
states, growing from 3 to 10 feet high, bearing a profusion of beautiful orange- 
colored flowers, which turn to flame-color with age. Hardy 1 to feet. 50 cts. 
each, I3 per doz. 
