HARLAN P. KELSEY, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 
KELSEY’S HARDY SPECIMEN EVERGREEN 
TREES AND SHRUBS 
BOXFORD-HIGHLANDS NURSERY 
Note. — All Stock is nursery-grown and transplanted unless marked otherwise. 
The larger sizes of Evergreens are always shipped with balls and burlaped. 
Prices in this catalog cover the average good grade of plants as they run in the 
nursery row. Where special selection is made prices arc increased accordingly. 
The sizes immediately following the names indicate the hights attained by 
the Trees, Shrubs y and Plants in a wild state; under cultivation they usuallyjreach 
and often exceed the lesser hight given. 
Upright cones of Fraser Fir 
EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS 
ABIES concolor, Goncolor Fir. 80 to 250 ft. 
Foliage bluc-grcen to blue-gray with broad 
needles, charming purple to yellow cones. A 
wonderfully beautiful, long-lived tree; rapid 
growth. 
Each 10 100 
12 to 18 in.$1 00 §8 00 S70 00 
18 to 24 in. 2 00 18 00 105 00 
2 to 3 ft. 3 25 30 00 270 00 
3 to 4 ft. 4 50 40 00 
4 to 5 ft. . .. 7 00 
9 to 18 ft. specimens $8 to 150 00 each 
fruacri, FRASER FlR. 30 to 70 fL. 
Dark-green, thickest foliage, blue underneath; 
compact, pyramidal habit. One of our choicest 
evergreens especially for New England shore 
planting. The only permanent “Balsam Fir.” 
Thousands of perfect specimens up to 10 feet. 
This is a specialty at Boxford-IIighlands Nurs¬ 
ery, and we can supply in car lots for mass 
planting or to the Nursery Trade. This fine 
species comes from the high Carolina Moun¬ 
tains. There arc few Evergreens we can 
recommend so highly. 
Each 10 100 
9 to 12 in.$ 30 $2 70 $24 00 
12 to 18 in. 50 4 20 30 00 
2 to 3 ft. 1 50 12 00 
3 to 4 ft. 2 50 22 00 200 00 
4 to 5 ft. 3 50 32 00 300 00 
5 to 0 ft. 5 00 40 00 300 00 
G to 7 ft. 7 00 G4 00 GOO 00 
7 to 8 ft. 9 00 80 00 750 00 
8 to 12 ft. specimens $10 to 50 00 each 
homolcpis ( brachyphulla), Nikko Fir. 80 to 
100 ft. 
Very distinctive rare Fir, horizontal branches, 
dark glossy foliage; green leaves, silvery white 
underneath, and violet purple cones. Very 
hardy Japanese species. 
Each 10 
12 to 18 in.$2 00 $18 00 
18 to 24 in. 3 00 28 00 
ABIES liomolopiH umbiliciita ( mnbcllala ), Dim- 
pleconb Fir. 50 to 80 ft. 
Variety with green cones, with lighter colored 
leaves. 
5 to 12 ft. specimens $7 to 20 00 each 
pcctinata* European Silver Fir. 100 to 200 ft. 
Rapid, open growing sort with glossy green 
needles, silvery beneath. 
Each 10 
12 to 18 in.$3 00 $27 00 
voitolii* Veitcii Fir. 80 to 100 ft. 
Strong-growing, ironclad Fir, making a most 
striking lawn specimen or in groups. Bright 
green foliage, silver-blue underneath. A rare 
conifer from Japan and Manchuria. 
Each 10 
12 to 18 in.$2 GO $24 00 
18 to 24 in. 4 00 30 00 
2 to 3 ft. 0 00 54 00 
3 to 4 ft.8 00 
5 to 18 ft. specimens $10 to 75 00 each 
ANDROMEDA polifolin, see under Rhododen¬ 
drons and Other Rroadleaf Evergreens. 
ARCTOSTAPIIYLOS uvaurwi, sec under Rhodo¬ 
dendrons, etc. 
CIIAMAECYPARIS obtu*a, IIinoki CYPRESS. 
80 to 120 ft. 
Graceful tree with “Japanese” cfTect; bright 
green foliage. Fine also for low-clipped hedge; 
brown cones. Each 10 100 
9 to 12 in.$ 75 $0 00 $50 00 
12 to 18 in. 1 50 12 00 90 00 
18 to 24 in. 2 00 18 00 
Horticultural variety of CburnuccypuriN. 
Dwarf IIinoki Cypress (oblusn nana ). 4 to 
10 ft. 
Very dwarf Japanese Evergreen; picturesque 
cfTect. Dark-green, shiny foliage, densely 
tufted. 
12 to 18 in.$3 00 each 
CIIAMAEDAPIINE culyculutu* sec Rhododen¬ 
drons and Other Broadlcaf Evergreens. 
DAPHNE cneorum, sec Rhododendrons and 
Other Broadleaf Evergreens. 
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