Ornamental and Fruit Trees, Shrubs and Vines. 
HETIXOSPORA. (Japan Cypress.) Developed by 
the Japanese gardeners into widely different forms 
and colors, they are the most important addition 
of recent years to ornamental horticulture. A 
group of these varieties on the lawn, makes a 
charming winter garden scene, and, with the addi¬ 
tion of the dwarf pine, spruces and arbor-vltjes, 
and some shrubs conspicuous at that season, make 
even on the smallest lawn, a beautiful feature! 
50 cts. to $1.50. 
Fililera. The ends of the shoots drooping in long 
filaments. 
VirUlis. Pyramidal growth of clear green, feathery 
foliage. 
Plunio.sa aiirea. This is a most beautiful and 
valuable variety; its shoots are golden tinted 
throughout the year, and brightest in winter. 
SWISS STONE PINE. (See'page 10 .) 
Obtiisa. Has very delicate dark foliage, beautiful 
in its disposition of lights and shadows ; eventu¬ 
ally a large tree. 
Ohtiisa nana. A cushion-shaped little bush, be¬ 
coming a dense, flat tuft of glossy, deep green 
spray. 
Squarrosa. A unique and conspicuous plant. The 
feathery foliage is light blue. 
SPRUCE. A genus of valuable evergreens; they 
form, mainly, quite large trees. 
Norway. Spiral topped, pyramidal form, often 
graceful and drooping habit; from its cheapness, 
hardiness, and quick growth, it has been more 
planted than any other evergreen; a good wind¬ 
break and quick hedge plant. 
Conical. A dwarf, dense variety of the Norwav ; 
of conical form. 
Gregory. Similar to the above; hemispherical in 
form. An interesting dwarf for the winter garden. 
AV^hite. A beautiful, native species of glaucous 
blue-green color and dense growth, fitting it 
for exposed situations. Slower in growth than 
the Norway, but finer in color and handsomer 
when old. 
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SPRUCS, Douglass. A quick-growingspeciesfrom the 
Pacific slope, where it 
attains the height of 
three hundred feet. 
Foliage soft, light 
green. 
Oriental. A hand¬ 
some tree, tall, com¬ 
pact and very dark in 
color. .Always of neat 
form. Si. 
.Alcock’s. A large- 
growing species from 
Japan; foliage con¬ 
spicuous, from a whit¬ 
ish blue color under¬ 
neath. 
YEAA', English. A bushy 
plant of compact 
growth and dark foli 
age, producing bright 
red berries in autumn; 
foliage browned here 
in severe winters. 
Erect. Pyramidal 
growth. 
WHITE SPRI CK. 
Golden. T.eaves touched with yellow, 
nine John. A robust variety, with dark blue- 
green foliage. 
C^iispidata. A Japanese sort that is very hardy. 
It forms a broad bush of beautiful, dark green 
foliage. $1. 
I.AROB SPHCIMENS* 
We have large, symmetrical specimens of the fol¬ 
lowing varieties of evergreens: 
Nordniann's Eir, 6 to 8 feet. 
HeinUx’k, 10 feet. 
l*ine, Austrian, 6 to 10 feet. 
Spruce, Norway, 8 to 15 feet. 
“ AA’Iiite, 6 to 12 feet. 
Many of these specimens have been root pruned, 
and all may be safely moved at any season of the 
year by onr admirable new method of clamping a ball 
of earth with the roots. 
?:ORWAY SPRUCE. 
