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P . J. ‘Berckmans Company’s ‘Plant Catalogue 
Hardy Broad-Leaved Evergreen Trees and 
Shrubs for Open Ground 
Plants are grown in pots ; thereby increasing safety i 
of loss from removal. 
Plants from 4- 
ABELIA rupestris. 25 cts. to 50 cts. each. 
ARD1SIA crenulata. White and red; without berries. 
25 cts. each. 
AUCUBA (Gold-Dust Tree). 25 cts. each; larger plants, 
50 cts. each; 3 varieties. 
BERBERIS Japonica (Japan). 25 and 50 cts. each. 
CLEYERA Japonica. With fragrant flowers in May. 
25 cts. each. 
ELAEAGNUS (Japan Oleaster). Frederici variegata, Pun- 
gens variegata, Reflexa aurea. 25 cts. 
ESCALL0N1A Montevidiensis. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
GARDENIA florida (Cape Jasmine), Radicans. 25 cts. 
each, $2 for 10. 
ILLICIUM anisatum (Anis Tree). 25 cts. each. 
LAUR0-CERASUS. Bertini, Colchica. Rotundifolia (English 
Laurel). 25 cts. to 50 cts. each. 
i transplanting, and enabling us to ship with less danger 
to 6-inch pots 
MAGNOLIA grandiflora. From pots. 10 inches high. 
25 cts. each. 
Grandiflora gloriosa. A sub-variety of Grandiflora, 
with flowers of immense size, often 12 inches in 
diameter; foliage large, and bronze underneath; a 
magnificent tree. 1-year, grafted plants, 50 cts. 
each. 
MYRTUS flore pleno (Double Myrtle). 25 cts. 
0LEA fragrans (Tea Olive). G to 8 inches. 25 cts. each. 
0SMANTHUS Aquifolium (Holly-leaved). A plant allied 
to Ole a fragrans, but with prickly-toothed leaves. 
25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
QUERCUS suber (Cork Oak). 25 cts. 
RUSCUS aculeatus (Butcher’s Broom). 25 cts. 
VIBURNUM odoratissimum (Chinese), Tinus (or Laurus- 
t intis), Suspensum. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
Hardy Coniferous Evergreens for Open Ground 
Price for plants grown in 4- and 6-inch pots, unless noted, 50 cts. each; 10 plants, our selection of varieties, $4 
These are grown in pots during part of the season, and, being set out with all their roots in a compact ball 
of earth, there is slight danger of loss from transplanting. For full description, see Catalogue No. 1. 
biota aurea nana. Photograph of original plant. 
(10 years old; 4 feet high.) 
ARB0RVITAE (BIOTA). Biota aurea nana. Anew 
variety, which originated in our grounds. 
Of very dwarf and compact habit; a perfect 
gem for small gardens or cemetery lots. 
The original plant when 10 years old meas¬ 
ured only 48 inches in height, and is perfect 
in every respect. It far surpasses the old 
Biota aurea where a very dwarf tree is de¬ 
sired. Plants 12 to 15 inches high, 50 cts. 
each, $4 for 10. 
Biota Aurea, Aurea Conspicua, Japonica Filiformis. 
50 cts. 
ARB0RVITAE (THUYA). Gigantea, Lobbii, and 
globosa. 25 cts. and 50 cts. 
CEDRUS DE0DARA. 15 to 18 inches, 50 cts. 
CEPHALOTAXUS F0RTUNEI ( Fortune’s Yew). 
50 cts. 
JUNIPERUS (The Juniper Tree). Irish, Japonica 
variegata, Oblonga. 50 cts. 
P0D0CARPUS (Japan Yew). Japonica and Kora- 
ensis. 50 cts. 
RETIN0SP0RA (Japan Cypress). A valuable 
genus of small trees or shrubs from Japan; 
very hardy and desirable for small gardens 
or cemetery lots. The bright-tinted foliage 
of some of the sorts contrasts well with dark 
evergreens. 
Fililera, Pisifera, Pisifera argentea, Plumosa, 
Plumosa aurea. 50 cts. 
GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION 
By L. R. Taft. A complete treatise on greenhouse 
structures and arrangements of the various forms and 
styles of plant houses for professional florists as well 
as amateurs. All the best and most improved struc¬ 
tures are so fully and clearly described that anyone 
who desires to build a greenhouse will have no difficulty 
in determining the kind best suited to his purpose. 
The modern and most successful methods of heating 
and ventilating are fully treated upon. The construc¬ 
tion of hotbeds and frames receives appropriate atten¬ 
tion. Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo, $1.50, 
