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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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SHADY HILL NURSERY CO., BOSTON. 79 England it is quite hardy, but in this country requires to be housed during the winter. Few- trees can compete with it in symmetry and elegant proportion, for decoration on lawns or about dwellings.. It is easily wintered in a cold cellar and requires as little care as any tree we know of. Splendid specimens, 3 to 4 ft., $4.00. Smaller plants, $2.00. AZALEA. A. amoena. Lovely Azalea. 3 ft. June. China. A very dwarf, bushy shrub, foliage turning to a bronze brown in winter. Covered entirely in May with enveloping masses of rich, purplish-red double flowers. It is especially adapted for fringing Rhododendron groups, or for bedding on a lawn. Requires protec- tion here. 50 cents to $1.00. BERBERIS — Barberry. Under this head are found the Mahonias. Other spe- cies described under Decid- uous Shrubs. B. dulcis or buxi- folia. 3 ft. May and June. A pretty ever- green with fine yellow flowers and black fruit like currants. 75 cents. B. a q uifolia or Mahonia aquifolia. Ashberry. 3 ft. May. A well-known bush, of the greatest value to give a surface of green foliage in winter. Its large, spiny leaves, which turn scarlet in fall, are much like those of the famous English holly, and its bright yellow flowers in May are very effective. Good in shady spots. 25 and 50 cents. B. ilicifolia. Holly-leaved Barberry. 3 ft. June. Very dark, spiny leaves like holly. A fine evergreen shrub. 50 cents. M. Japonica. 4 ft. green in color (Note
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ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA. A new species from Japan, with very broad, spiny foliage, light Requires protection in New England. 50 cents. Every one of the above will, in severe winters in New England, brown badly unless protected, so that they should be used in sheltered positions only.) BUXUS — Box. B. sempervirens. Tree Box. 4 ft. The hardiest variety. Close growing. Oval, dark, shining foliage. 50 cents. We offer trained round-headed, and pyramidal specimens from 20 ins. to 4 ft. at 75 cents to $2.50. B. sempervirens nana or suffruticosa. Dwarf box edging for borders. 5 to 6 ins.- 50 cents per yard. We offer the silver-variegated, golden-variegated, round-leaved, and other varieties at 50 cents each

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