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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, New York 
TREE ALTHEA. 
We have tree-shaped specimens 6 to 8 feet high, which will make fine lawn trees.' 
with shapely, round tops, covered with a profusion of flowers. Grows 20 feet high. 
BAYBBRKY (Wax Myrtle). A 
solid round shrub, becoming 12 
feet high, having foliage of a 
strong resinous fragrance. Seed 
bunches covered with a pearly 
gray wax. A valuable plant for 
the seashore and windy situa¬ 
tions. Especially adapted to 
quiet natural scenery, where 
individually conspicuous shrubs 
are incongruous. 
BERBERRY, common (Eu¬ 
ropean Barberry). A shrub of 
arching branches, bearing pen¬ 
dent yellow flowers, and m win¬ 
ter edible red berries. 
Purple. The best purple shrub. 
It contrasts well with green 
foliage, the Golden Elder, or 
Variegated Privet. 
Thunberg’s. A recent unique 
introduction from Japan, form¬ 
ing a broad, low shrub. The 
thick-set branches extend hori¬ 
zontally like a beech tree. 
Flowers yellow, berries orange- 
scarlet and held on the branches 
all winter. Autumn foliage 
bright; well adapted to plant¬ 
ing around the foundations of a 
house, as a border for larger 
shrubs or as a low hedge, being 
equally beautiful for a dozen or 
more different needs of land¬ 
scape gardening. 
AZALEA nudiflora (Pinxter Flower). The common 1 
pink Azalea of our woods. Beautiful pale pink ' 
flowers of delicate fragrance, appearing in May 
with the light green foliage. Fine for massing. 
Viscosa. For description, see under cut. 
Arborescens. Very fragrant, pale rose flowers, 
opening after the foliage is fully developed in July. 
Foliage smooth and glossy. 
Calendulacea (Flame Azalea). A species from the 
Allegheny mountains, whose showy orange-red 
flowers appear in May and early in June at the 
same time as the foliage. 
Taseyi. A rare variety of great beauty, recently 
discovered In the mountains of North Carolina. 
Its flowers are an exquisite shell-pink, with mot¬ 
tled throat, coming out before the foliage. Very 
hardy, and not diflicult to cultivate, but choice 
and rare as yet. 
A coJJspicuous plant, with rhododendron-like flower 
clusters appearing before the leaves. Hardy under all 
circumstances. Its brilliancy is unequaled by any 
other hardy plant. The colors range through beautiful 
shades of lemon and orange-red. For single speci¬ 
mens on the lawn, groups, or bordering shrubberies it 
is unsurpassed. 
AZALEA VISCOSA. 
A wild Azalea, with pervadingly fragrant white 
flowers, opening the latter part of June and continu¬ 
ing until August. In quantity at low rates. 
BUTTON BUSH. A round bush, with dark glossy 
foliage and globular white flowers in July. 
Thrives on any good soil, or with roots under 
water. 
CALYCANTHUS floridus (Sweet-scented Shrub). 
A spreading bush of deep, glossy foliage and 
brown, leathery flowers of lasting pineapple per¬ 
fume. An old-time favorite. 
CLEROBENDRON (Fate Tree). In August it has 
fragrant white flowers, with pink calyx ; leaves 
large and of unpleasant odor. Tender ; some¬ 
times winter-kills. 
