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P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY’S TREE AND PLANT CATALOG, 
CUPRESSUS 
(Cypress) 
Small plants, 12 to 15 inches.25 cents each, $2 for 10. 
Larger specimens, 18 to 24 inches.. .50 cents each, $4 for 10. 
30 to3G inches.75 cents each, §6 for 10. 
Of this section we grow many varieties, which are re¬ 
markably well adapted to the middle and sub-tropical 
sections of the South. All are graceful trees, varying in 
habit and growth from feathery, drooping branches to 
others of a more erect and formal shape. 
Excelsa. Erect growth; foliage of ashy line. 25 to 30 
feet. 
Funebrin (Funeral Cypress). Of rapid growth and 
graceful habit. Ultimate height, 40 to 50 feet. 
Glauca. With foliage of ashy-green; rapid, upright 
grower. 
Goventana. With slender and spreading branches, 
forming a broad head. Foliage dark green. 50 feet. 
Gracilis. Ashy-green foliage. Delicate and graceful 
habit. 
Knightiana. Foliage of glaucous lute. Exceedingly 
graceful. Of rapid growth. 50 feet. 
Lawgonittna. Of fine, compact habit; foliage feathery; 
varies from a vivid green to a silvery tint, according to sub¬ 
varieties. It sports from seed. Maximum height, 20 to 30 
feet. 
Lawsoniana Pyraraidalis. Erect growth. Foliage 
dark green. 
Luftitanica, or Sinensis Pendula (Cypress of Goa). A 
graceful variety of glaucous green, with pendant branches; 
varies in height, from 30 to 50 feet. This species sports 
from seed, and has produced many garden forms, of which 
the following two are the most conspicuous. 
Macrocar pa (Monterey Cypress). In California this 
is extensively planted for hedges and windbreaks. It forms 
here a fine tree, 25 to40 feet high, with spreading branches 
and dark, bright green foliage. 
Majestlea. Foliage ashy-green; branches slightly pendu¬ 
lous, 80to40feet. 
Sempcrvirons Horizontally. Rapid grower, with 
spreading branches. 50 to GO feet. 
Semper vlreang Pyramidally (Oriental, or Pyramidal 
Cypress). Of compact and shaft-like habit. GO to 80 feet. 
Sempervirens Royal 1L or Wliltleyana. The most 
shaft-like of the gr mp. Forms a main stem from which 
short and small branches radiate. 
Variegata (Chamrecyparis). A beautiful variety, with 
variegated foliage. Very distinct and conspicuous tree; 
growth somewhat open. 
JUNIPERUS 
(The Juniper Tree) 
Communis Hlbernica. (Irish.) 
15inches.25centseaeh, $2 for 10. 
24 io 36 inches.50 cents each, $4 for 10. 
4 to 5 feet, heavy. Sl.00 each. 
Of line pyramidal growth. Ultimate height, 8 to 10 feet. 
Communis Suecica (Swedish). Yellowish east. Ultimate 
height , 10 feet. 25 and 50 cents. 
Japonlca (Japanese Juniper). Bright green. Of spreading 
habit. Very fine. 50 cents to $1 each. 
Japonica Aurea Variegata. Dwarf habit. Foliage 
spotted gold. 50 cents to $1 each. 
Oblonga (Nepal). Of spreading habit. Ultimate height, ! 
10 to 15 feet. 50 cents to §2. 
Repens (Creeping). A very unique and hardy procumbent 
variety. 50 cents each. 
Sabina (Sabin). Male and female; a low spreading, dark¬ 
leaved shrub. 25 and 50 cents. 
Sinensis Variegata Argentea. Foliage somewhat simi¬ 
lar to Juniperus Japonica, of more compact and dwarf growth, 
but with branches variegated golden yellow. Stands the sun 
well. 60 cents to $1 ea h. 
LI ltOCKDKCS DECl RKllNS. 
LIBOCEDRUS DECURRENS 
(California Arborvitae) 
Grafted plants, 18 to 24 inches high.50 cents each, $4 for 10. 
30 to 36 inches.75 cents each, $G for 10. 
A magnificent, rapid-growing conifer, with erect, short 
branches, bright green, feathery foliage, in form of fans. 75 t > 
too feet. 
PODOCARPUS 
Japonica. A medium-sized tree, of compact and rather 
bushy habit. Leaves broad, dark green. Height, 10 to 15 feet, 
25 cents each, $2 for 10; larger, 15 to 18 inches, 50 cents each. 
$4 for 10. 
Koraensis. Of bushy habit; foliage narrow, dark green. A 
valuable variety. Height, 6 to 8 feet. 15 to 18 inches, 50 cents 
each, $4 for 10; 24 inches, Si each. 
PINUS 
(Pine Family) 
Abies Concolor (Colorado Fir). A beautiful and stately 
tree, with silvery-green foliage. Very desirable for the Pied¬ 
mont section. 10 to 12 iuches, 50 cents each; 15 to 18 inches, 
line plants, SI.00 each. 
Abies Excelsa (Norway Spruce). A popular species, exten¬ 
sively cultivated in the Northern sections of the continent, but 
succeeding only to a moderate extent at the South. It is well 
suited to the mountain districts 15 to 18-inch plants, 25cents 
each, S2 for 10; larger sizes. 50 cents to $1. 
Abies Pectinata (European Silver Fir). A fine tree, with 
spreading, horizontal branches and broad, silvery foliage. 10 
to 12-inch plants, 25 cents each, S2 for 10; 15 to 18 inches, 50 
cents each, $4 for 10. 
Tinns Strolms Excelsa (Bhotan Pine). Resembles the 
white pine, but with much longer and more glaucous leaves, and 
of a much more graceful habit. It is known in India as 
“Drooping Fir.” 50 cents each, £1 fi»r 10. 
