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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds &c.
Identifier: CAT31282554 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Joseph Breck & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Joseph Breck & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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100 JOSEPH BRECK & SONS (Corporation). SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, continued, Magnolia Soulangeana. Flowers white and purple, cup- shaped ; foliage, large and glossy. Fine specimens, $1.50 to $2.00 each. Mulberry, Downing's Everbearing (Morus). A rapid- growing tree which bears nice fruit. 4-5 feet, $1.00. Mulberry, Teas Weeping. Absolutely hardy and free from disease, very vigorous ingrowth. 2 years old, $1.50. Oak, White (Quercus Alba). One of the finest of Amer- ican trees, of large size and spreading branches. $\ .00. Oak, Red (Q. rubra). A native species of rapid growth. $1.00 each. Poplar, Bolleana (Populus). Pyramidal growth. 8-10 feet, $1.00. Poplar, Lombardi (P. fastigiata). Well known and re- markable for its erect rapid growth. 6-8 feet, 50 cents; 8-10 feet, 75 cents. Prunus, Pissardi. One of the best novelties of late years. The wood and leaves are dark purple through- out the entire season. 5 feet, 50 cents ; 8-10 feet, $1.50 each. Syringa Japonica (Giant tree lilac). It makes a stout tree with large rich foliage, and throws up well above the leaves large clusters of white flowers about a foot long. 2-3 feet, 75 cents each. Willow, Kilmarnock (Salix Caprea Pendula). An ex- ceedingly graceful tree with glossy foliage and perfect umbrella head. $1.00 each. Willow, White (S. Alba). Rapid grower. Valuable for seashore. 6-8 feet, 50 cents; 10 feet, 75 cents; 12-14 feet, $1.00 each. Willow (S. Babylonica). Great Weeping Willow. An immense and beautiful tree with bright green foliage and pendant branches. 6 feet, 35 cents; 8 feet, 50 cents each. Hawthorn, Double White (Cratcegus Alba Jl. pi.). Highly ornamental flowers and foliage. 6 feet, $1.50 Hawthorn, Paul's Scarlet (C. coccinea fl. pi. Paulii). Flowers bright carmine, red, makes a striking contrast when planted with the white. 5-6 feet, $1.50. Laburnum, Golden (Cytisus). A small tree producing freely long clusters of the brightest golden-yellow blos- soms, of sweet-pea size and shape. 4 feet, 50 cents; 5-6 feet, $1.00. Larch, European (Larix Europcea). An elegant, rapid- growing, pyramidal tree. 4-6 feet, 75 cents. Linden, American, or Basswood (Tilia Americana). A beautiful, rapid-growing, native tree with large leaves and fragrant flowers. 8 feet, 75 cents; 10 ieet, $1.00. Linden, European (T. Europcea). Pyramidal tree of larger size. 7-8 feet,'75 cents; 8-10 feet, $1.00. Maple, Cut Leaved Weeping (Acer Wierii Laciniatum). A weeping silver-leaved variety with deeply cut foliage. 8 feet, #1.00. Maple, Japan (Alrosanguineum Purpureum). This is the richest crimson and the most brilliant, vigorous, and the best type of the Japanese varieties. $2.00 each. Maple, White or Silver-Leaved (A. Dasycarpum). A native variety of rapid growth, very beautiful. 8-10 feet, 75 cents; 10-12 feet, $1.00; 13-15 feet, $2.00 each. Maple, Norway (A. Plantanoides). Of spreading habit, foliage dark green. 8 feet, $1.00; 10 feet, £1.25 each. Maple, Sugar. (Aver Saccharinum.) One of . the best street trees. 10-12 feet, $1.00; 12-15 feet, $1.50. Magnolia Acuminata (Cucumber M.). Of pyramidal growth, flowers yellow, tinted with bluish purple. Fine specimens. 5-6 feet, $1.00. Magnolia Conspicua. (Chinese White). A variety of great beauty; the flowers are large, pure white, and appear before the leaves. $i.5o-$2.oo each. HARDY CLIMBING PLANTS Actinidia Polygama, A strong clean vine from Japan. 50 cts. each. Akebia Quinata. Of rapid growth, with shining foliage and bluish clusters of fragrant flowers. 35 and 50 cts. Ampelopsis Englemanni. A variety of the Virginia Creeper, with bright foliage ; fine color in the autumn; the tendrils enable it to support itself like A. Veitchii. 25 and 35 cts. Ameplopsis Quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper). Well-known climber ; very vigorous. 25 cts. each. Ampelopsis Veitchii (Boston Ivy, Japanese Ivy). Well- known particularly around Boston. It grows rapidly and clings to a wall or fence with the tenacity of Ivy ; the foliage is handsome in the summer, and changes to a crimson-scarlet in autumn. For the ornamentation of brick or stone structures, it can be especially recom- mended. 25 cts. each \ $2.50 per dozen. Bignonia Radicans (Trumpet Vine). A quick-growing vine, bearing large scarlet flowers, very brilliant. 25 and 50 cts. each. Celastrus Scandens (Roxbury Wax Work). A vigorous vine with conspicuous orange-scarlet berries in autumn. 35 and 50 cts. each. Euonymus Radicans. Variegata, retains its glossy green and white foliage through the winter ; nice plants 25 and 50 cts. Honeysuckle, Hall's Japan. Abundant, vigorous foliage retained until early winter, flower white and yellow, fragrant. 35 and 50 cts. Honeysuckle, Scarlet. Strong, rapid grower, bright scar- let. 25 and 50 cts. Honeysuckle, Belgica. Dutch monthly, very sweet scented, red and buff. 25 and 35 cts. Silk Vine. A rapid growing vine, will make 30 to 40 feet in a season. 35 to 50 cts. each. Wistaria Chinensis. One of the most elegant and rapid growing of all climbing plants, bearing long pendulut clusters of pale blue flowers in May and June. 50 and 75 cts. each. Wistaria Chinensis Alba. White, otherwise similar to preceding. 75 cts. and $1.00 each. Special offer No- 2 only applies to articles on this page.
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