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Title: Catalogue of trees, shrubs, evergreens and herbaceous plants
Identifier: CAT31284912 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Shady Hill Nursery Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Shady Hill Nursery Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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38 CATALOGUE OF TREES, SHRUBS, AND VINES. P. ex. pyginaea. C. Similar to the above, with lighter foliage. $1.00. P. ex. pyramidalis. B. Of tall, slim pyramidal growth, useful in many locations. $2.00. P. nigra. Black Spruce. A good native tree, with darker and shorter leaves than the White Spruce. Hardy and valuable in seashore planting. 50 to 75 cents. P. nigra pnmila. Another low, cushion-like evergreen, very pretty and desirable. $1.00. P. nigra Donmetti. C. Like the above, but having bluish-gray needles. A beautiful and attractive diminutive tree. $2.00. P. orientalis. Eastern Spruce. B. Resembling a fine-leaved Norway Spruce, but much more elegant than the latter. Of graceful form and dark, attractive foliage. Worthy of general cultivation. $1.50. P. polita. Tiger-Tail Spruce. B. A beautiful Japan variety, hardy and choice. The thickly set branches are furnished with stiff, sharp leaves of a pleasant shade of deep green. Quite distinct and deserving cultivation for ornament. $1.50. P. pungens. Colorado Blue Spruce. B. Few trees are as much sought for as this. Large quantities are sold, but the really silvery-blue varieties are not plentiful. The tree forms a dense, pyramidal specimen, with stiff, pungent foliage and clusters of cones. Hardy. Our cut of this magnificent conifer will give a fair impression of the silvery sheen of a really high-colored tree when at its best. No evergreen tree can excel it, as it has the advan- tage of growing vigorously where many evergreens fail; withstands the coldest seasons, and in appearance surpasses any of the taller coniferous trees, with the possible exception of Abies concolor. We grow an enor- mous stock of this Spruce, many of our trees being grafted from the finest-colored specimens in the coun- try, and we can offer it in all sizes from 1 ft. up. Prices of high-colored trees: 12 to 18 ins., $1.50; 18 to 24 ins., $2.00; 24 to 30 ins., $2.50. See cut on page 39.
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PINUS — Pine. ABIES EXCELSA VAR. INVERTA. P. Anstriaca. syn. nigricans. Austrian or Black Pine. A. A robust growing variety with long, dark-green, stiff needles. Does well on all soils, and is one of the best evergreens for seashore planting. 18 to 24 ins., 50 cents. P. cembra. Swiss Stone Pine. B. Of thick, regular growth, foliage resembling the White Pine, and quite silvery. An elegant and valuable ornamental tree. 2 ft., 75 cents. 3 ft, $1.25. P. densifiora. A. A Japan variety, something like the Austrian Pine, but in elegant habit far excelling the latter. New, and worthy of cultivation as a single specimen. $1.00. P. excelsa. Lofty Bhntmi Pine. A. From the Himalayas. Like the White Pine, but with more silvery foliage, which is long and pendulous. $1.25. P. Laricio. Corsiean Pine. A handsome, open, pyramidal tree, with dark-green twisted leaves. A rapid grower, very distinct. 75 cents.

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