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P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY’S TREE AND PLANT CATALOG 
Broad-Leaved Evergreen Trees 
and Shrubs. 
With but few exceptions, all these plants are grown in pots, thereby increasing safety in 
abling us to ship with less danger of loss from removal. 
10 Plants, our selection of varieties. 
100 Plants, our selection of 25 or 40 varieties. 
Of many of the following named plants we can supply large specimens, 
given upon application. Our Stock was never larger or better. 
ABELIA 
25 to 50 cents each. 
Grandiflora. A dwarf*shrub, growing 3 to 4 feet. Pro¬ 
duces an immense quantity of tubular-shaped white Mowers 
during the entire summer. Leaves very dark green. Very 
desirable variety. 
Kupestris. Of more compact growth than Grandiflora. 
Flowers smaller and of a pale pink. Good summer bloomer. 
ARDISIA CRENULATA 
25 cents each. 
Rubra. A dwarf-growing shrub, with dark, shining leaves. 
Its beauty consists in u profusion of very showy red berries, 
which are retained during winter and until May. Succeeds 
U*st ina shady situation, near a building. It is only hardy 
southward. Plants without berries. 
Alba. Same as above, but with white berries. 
transplanting and en 
$ 4 00 
$25 00 
Prices, sizes and descriptions will be 
AUCUBA 
Gold-Dust Tree) 
12 to 15 inches.50 cents each, $4.00 for 10 
18 to24 inches, very strong .75 cents each, $6.00 for 30 
24 to 30 inches, very bushy ..$1.50 each 
3 to 4 feet, handsome specimens.$2.50 each 
This genus contains both male and female plants; if the latter 
are planted near the male plants, they produce a profusion of 
red berries, which make these plants very attractive; succeeds 
best in a shady situation. 
Hinmlaica. Leaves green, siuuated. 
Japonica (male). Leaves spotted yellow. 
Dentata (female). Leaves serrated. 
AZALEA IXDICA AT FRUITLAND. 
AZALEA INDICA 
HOME-GROWN 
6 to 8 inches high, bushy, with flower-buds, 25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
10 to 12 inches high, bushy, with flower-buds, 50 cents each, $4 for 10, $30 per 100. 
We have fifty varieties in our collection. The colors include pure white, all shades of crimson, scarlet, purple, salmon, and 
with exquisite variegations, mottlings, stripes, blotches, etc. Single and double flowers. We grow Azaleas in very large quan¬ 
tities, and annually add all the new European varieties. All our plants are grown in open ground during summer and lifted in 
October, when they are iu the most healthy condition. Plant in March if intended for open ground. 
These beautiful shrubs are perfectly hardy in this latitude, hut succeed best in a somewhat shady situation and in 
alight soil containing an abundance of leaf mold. They are of the greatest value for all purposes, either for massing or as 
siugle specimens in open ground, or for the decoration of conservatories or rooms. 
I f the plants are grown In pots they should he repotted after flowering and before the new growth begins. Keep the 
plants sheltered for a few days, and then plunge the pots in open ground in a shady situation, or they may he planted in an open 
border and kept shaded. 
