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Title: Everything for the fruit grower : 1899
Identifier: CAT31283881 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Reid's Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture), Ohio, Bridgeport, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Ohio, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs
Publisher: Bridgeport, Ohio : E. W. Reid's Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Cut-ieaved Weeping Birch. CORN US florida (White - flowering Dogwood). Flowers white, 3 to 3K inches in diameter, pro- duced in spring before the leaves appear ; very abundant, showy and durable. Foliage grayish green, glossy and handsome. Spreading, irregular form, growing 20 to 25 feet high. 50 cts. and 75 cts. each. Rubra (Red-flowering Dogwood). This is simply a great and grand improvement upon the otherwise unrivaled white-flowering variety. It possesses the same freedom of flowering, producing what might be termed a drift of bloom of a bright, fresh and cheerful rosy red. The fruits or berries are the same as those of the species. 75 cts. and $1 each. CRAB, Bechtel's Double-flcwering. One of the most beautiful of the many fine varieties of flower- ing Crab Apples. Tree of medium size, covered in early spring with large, beautiful, double, fragrant flowers of a delicate pink color. From a distance the flowers have the appearance of roses. A great acquisition, and certain to become very popular as soon as known. Blooms when quite young. 50 cts. and 75 cts. ELM, American White. A noble drooping, spread- ing tree of our own woods; one of the grandest of park and street trees. 35 cts., 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1 each. Scotch. A fine, spreading tree of rapid growth; foli- age large. 35 cts., 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1 each. Camperdown Weeping. Grafted (5 to 8 feet high, this forms one of the most picturesque drooping trees. It is of rank growth, the shoots often mak- ing a zigzag growth of several feet outward and downward in a single season. The leaves are large, dark green and glossy, and cover the tree with a luxuriant mass of verdure. 75 cts., $1, and $1.50. HORSE-CHESTNUT. Double White-flowering. A superb variety, with large double flowers. 25 cts., 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1 each. Red-flowering. Not so rapid a grower as White, and blooms later; foliage a deep green ; very showy tree. $1, $1.25 and $1.50 each. JUDAS TREE, American. A small-growing tree, covered with delicate purple flowers before the leaves appear. 75 cts. and $1 each. LARCH. A pyramidal tree of beautiful shape, with branches spreading out straight from the trunk. Fine for the lawn, and, being a rapid grower, desir- able where immediate effects are wanted. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. LINDEN, European. A pyramidal tree, with large leaves and fragrant flowers. 75 cts. and $1 each. American. A rapid-growing, beautiful native tree with very large leaves and fragrant flowers; fine for street planting, giving quick shade in spring. 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1 each. LI QUI DAM BAR (Sweet Gum). Leaves star- shaped, dark green in summer ; very glossy, changing to crimson in autumn; pyramidal in form, with a singular bark; a native tree. 50 cts. and 75 cts. each. MULBERRY, Teas' Weeping. A choice ornamental tree, described and illustrated on page 19. MAGNOLIA, Hypoleuca Japan. A new tree of great beauty and medium height. Flowers large and fine, creamy white, very fragrant; blooms in June, after foliage has developed. $1.50 and $2 each. Acuminata. A noble and very beautiful tree, with a very large leaf and fragrant flower tinted with purple; rapid grower. 75 cts. and $1 each.
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A Spray of Bechtel's Flowering' Crab. -46-

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