JgKELSEY’S HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
u - ^"^Crro)rn in the Carolina jyfountains at 3800 feet elevation 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS, continued 
VACCINIUM corymbosum. High Bush Blueberry. 5 to 10 ft. Swamp variety of high growth. 
erythrocarpon. 3 to 4 ft. From the highest mountains. A rare sort with deep pink flowers and fruit, 
hlrsutum. Hairy Huckleberry. 2 to 4 ft. Very rare species introduced by us. The stem, leaves and 
berries covered with hairs. Foliage deep shades of red in autumn, 
pallidum. Mountain Blueberry. 2 to 8 ft. Mountain variety of the well-known Blueberry. Fine fruit, 
pennsylvanicum. Dwarf Blueberry. 1 to 2 ft. Fine fall colorings of dark red shades, 
stamineum. Dkerbkrry. 2 to 4 ft. Of most elegant thick growth and light green leaves. Very large, 
showy clusters of greenish white flowers and green fruit turning purplish. A most elegant shrub. 
Viburnum 
acorifoliura 
VIBURNUM acerifolium. Maple-Leaved Arrowwood. 3 to G ft. 
Slender-growthed shrub of neat, compact habit, producing freely 
small, long-stemmed clusters of white flowers. Its greatest beauty 
is in the rich claret color the handsome three-lobed leaves assume 
in late autumn. 
alnifolium (lantanoidex). Hobble Bush. 3 to 10 ft. Large, showy 
flowers and clusters of black fruit. The leaves are large and con¬ 
spicuous and color gorgeously in early fall, through shades of yel¬ 
low to deep bronzes and reds. 
cassinoides. Shawnee Haw. 4 to 15 ft. White flowers in June 
and conspicuous clusters of blue-black fruit in fall. A most 
pleasing shrub. 
dentatum. Arrowwood. 6 to 15 ft. Bushier sort than preceding. 
May and June. 
nudum. Withe Rod. G to 15 ft. Flat heads of white flowers in 
June. 
prunifolium. Black Haw. 10 to 25 ft. Tall species 
with shining foliage and large fruit. May. 
XANTHORRHIZA APIIFOLIA. YELLOW-ROOT. 
1 to 4 ft. Undoubtedly the finest American 
undershrub for planting under trees, along road¬ 
ways, walks and borders, or where conditions 
of extreme moisture prevail. Finely cut foliage 
remains a good green till autumn, when it 
turns shades of orange and yellow. Now used 
by thousands in parks and private grounds. 
Peculiar brown-purple flowers in pendulous ra¬ 
cemes, appearing early with the leaves. Recom¬ 
mended as a border plant and for mass planting. 
XANTHOXYLUM americanum. Prickly Ash. 8 to 35 ft. Large pinnate 
leaves with tropical effect. Flowers before the leaves appear, yellow-greenish. 
April or May. 
XOLISMA (Andromeda) ligustrina. Privet Andromeda. 3 to 12 ft. Racemes 
of white flowers crowded in naked panicles. April. 
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PINES, FIRS, HEMLOCKS AND OTHER HARDY 
NATIVE EVERGREEN TREES 
\ H A CLASS our Native American Evergreens are, without question, far beyond comparison with those of 
JL\ foreign countries, possessing, as they do, unrivaled characteristics of gracefulness, color and often gran- 
/ \ dour. Our Alleghany region is rich in beautiful forms, while the western and Pacific states swell the list 
with a large number of rare and olegant species. We would call especial attention to the rare Carolina 
Hemlock (Tsana caroliniana) offered below, which we introduced to cultivation. In our Salem Branch wo 
have some large conifers 1 to 12 ft. in height, specimen trees for immediate effect. 
ABIES biilHiunoa. Balsam Fir. 50 to 00 ft. Usually a slender tree or in high elevation a low or prostrate 
shrub. Of great beauty, particularly when young. 
oonoolor. White Fir. 80 to 150 ft. Stately tree from the Rocky Mountains with silvery green foliage. 
Elegant lawn tree. 
ABIES FRASERI. FRASER’S FlR. 
set foliage, often quite blue, and 
compact habit. Native of the 
highest peaks of the southern 
Alleghanics. Highly 
recommended. 
CHAMAECYPARIS thy- 
oitlo.s. White Cedar. 50 
to U0 ft. Fine evergreen 
foliage much resembling arbor- 
vitie. One of our most satisfactory 
natives. 
40 to 90 ft. A finer species than preceding, with dark, thick- 
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Cones of Fraser’s Southern Fir (Abies fraseri) 
