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Title: Choice tree and hardy shrubs
Identifier: CAT31285624 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: F. W. Kelsey Nursery Company; Kelsey, Fred'k W; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Fred'k W. Kelsey
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Choice Trees, Shrubs and Hardy Plants. 25" RETINOSPORA obtusa nana. Dvaef Obtuse Ketinospora. Very dwarf; spreading habit and deep green, glossy foliage. Karely grows over two feet in height. $1. RETINOSPORA obtusa pendula. Weeping Ob- tuse Japan Cypress. A very attractive variety, with graceful, drooping branches. $1.50. RETINOSPORA obtusa nana aurea. Golden Dwarf Obtuse Retinospora. Rich bronze- yellow leaves. $1.50. RETINOSPORA obtusa argentea variegata. Soft, silvery foliage, intermixed with green. $1.50. RETINOSPORA pisifera. Pea-Fruited Retin- ospora. Beautiful tree, with delicate branches and fine feathery foliage. 75 cts. and $1.50. RETINOSPORA pisifera aurea. Pyramidal in habit with golden tinted foliage. $1 to $1.50. RETINOSPORA pisifera nana variegata. Dwarf Variegated Japan Cypress. A dwarf shrub of dense growth, having a bluish gray appear- ance; a portion of the branches of a pale yellow color. $1.50. RETINOSPORA plumosa. Plume-dike Retin- ospora. Graceful habit and delicate glaucous foliage. 75 cts. and $1. RETINOSPORA plumosa argentea. Silver Plume-like Retinospora. Silver-tipped foli- age. 50 cts. and $1. RETINOSPORA plumosa aurea. Golden Plume-like Retinospora. One of the best retinosporas. Foliage tipped bright golden yellow, which color is retained throughout the year. Compact, symmetrical form. 75 cts. to $1.50. RETINOSPORA squarrosa. Squarrose Retin- ospora. Compact habit and small, light green, feathery foliage of a silvery green tint. Thickly branched, very graceful and effective. A beauti- ful and valuable small evergreen. 75 cts. to $1.50. SEQUOIA gigantea or Wellingtonia. Big Tree of California. World renowned on account of the immense size it has attained in its native districts. Of moderate growth while young, compact habit and ornamental. Hardy when planted with other evergreens. $1.50 to $2.50. SEQUOIA pendula. This weeping variety has foliage of the same character as the preceding, with a distinct pendulous habit. $3 to $5. TAXUS adpressa. Short-Leaved Yew. A robust, hardy, handsom® little evergreen, with dark green foliage and delicate pink berries. 50 cts. to $1. TAXUS adpressa ericoides. Heath-like Yew. Slow-growing, upright branched yew; small foliage. 75 cts. and $1. TAXUS baccata. English Yew. A popular va- riety of spreading, bushy habit, admitting of trimming to any shape. Dark green, glossy foliage. 50 cts. to $1; $25 to $75 per 100; ex- tra specimens, prices on application. TAXUS baccata aurea. Golden Yew. Gold- margined leaves. $1 to $2.
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Umbrella Pine. SCIADOPITYS verticillata. Umbrella Pine. A very odd and unique tree from Japan, and unlike any other variety. Very long leaves, much wider than those on other Coniferas, shining green above and a line of white underneath. The horizontal branches and peculiar growth of the leaves in parasol-like whorls give the va- riety a very distinct individuality. Perfectly hardy and very choice. $2 to $3 ; extra speci- mens $5 to $25. TAXUS baccata fastigiata. Irish Yew. A valu- able variety, of very upright growth; deep blackish green foliage. $1 to $2. Young trees not hardy. Foliage handsome green Golden Irish bordered with TAXUS baccata fastigiata aurea Yew. yellow. $1 to $2. TAXUS baccata Fisherii. Fisher's Variegated Yew. Low-spreading tree, with some of its foliage deep yellow in color. $1. TAXUS cuspidata. Pointed Yew. Japanese variety, of dense bushy habit and dark green foliage. $1. The Picea Pungens and Taxus Baccata arrived in good condition and seem to be doing well. G. B. Portsmouth, Ya.

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