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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. 43 T. baccata. European Yew. M to 15 ft. Slow-growing, with short stem and very bushy head, densely branched, thickly covered with drooping, somber green leaves. Sometimes browned in winter. 75 cents. T. var. elegantissima. 10 to 12 ft. Yariegated with gold, and much hardier than the green form. $1.00. T. var. stricta. Fulham Yew. 10 to 12 ft. A fine hardy sort. Erect in habit, with smaller foli- age. One of the best. 75 cents. T. var. fastigiata. Irish Yew. 8 to 10 ft. Deep-black foli- age with perfect columnar form. Tender in New England. 75 cents to $1.00. T. Canadensis. American Yew. A low, weeping, broad- spreading bush, dark-green foliage and crimson berries. Entirely hardy, and very valuable for sur- facing beds or forming groups. 75 cents. T. cuspidata. Abrupt-leaved Japan Yew. 5 ft. Upright growth and dense, very dark foliage. Valuable because it is especially hardy, and rich in appearance. $1.00.
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(NOTE.- of Yews climate.) -We omit other as unreliable in forms this SCIADOPITYS — Umbrella Pine. S. verticillata. 18 to 20 ft. A Japan evergreen tree with per- fectly upright trunk with horizon- tal branches, bearing whorls of shining green, very broad, flat needles, lined with white on the under side. These needles, by their remarkable size, and still more remarkable arrangement in umbrella-like tufts, and their leathery texture, give this tree the most unique and elegant appear- ance of any known conifer. It is of slow growth at first, but makes, finally, a large tree. It is a rare tree, even in Japan, and is there planted in the grounds of many of the temples. We have a photo- graph of one of these trees which is said to be eight hundred years old. It is absolutely hardy, and a good specimen has been long considered the ne plus ultra of a fine country estate. 2 ft., $2.50. Extra specimens, 4 to 5 ft., $6.00 to $10.00. SCIADOPITYS VERTICILLATA.

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