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Title: J.G. Harrison & Sons nurseries
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Harrison's Nurseries (Berlin, Md.) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Harrison's Nurseries (Berlin, Md.) Seeds Nurseries (Horticulture)
Publisher: Berlin, Md. : J. G. Harrison & Son's
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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strip at least 6 feet wide and as long as the hedge is to extend, open atrench through the middle of the strip, and with a careful person to hold and range the plants, let one or moreassistants thorougly pulverize and fill in the soil about the roots. Before setting, dip each plant in a thin puddleof mud, and place evergreens from 15 to 18 inches apart in the row; deciduous shrubs, including CaliforniaPrivet, should be but 9 inches apart. Price of California Privet. Dozen. 2 to 3 feet $0.60 18 inches to 2 feet __ 50 12 inches to 18 inches .40 Hundred. Thousand. $4.00 $35.00 . 3.00 25.00 2.50 20.00 Catalpa=Speciosa—One of the most rapid growers. Valuable for timber, fence posts, railroad ties, etc.,posse.ssing wonderful durability. Large, heart-shaped, downy leaves, and compound panicles of white flowers,tinged with violet and dotted with purple and yellow. Very ornamental and useful. Each.3 to 4feet $0.35 Dozen. $3.00 HARRISONS NURSERIES, BERIvIN, MD. 33 SHADE, AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.
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SILVER MAPLE. Maple—Silver-leaved (Acer dasycarpum)—A hardy, rapid growing, native tree,attain-ing a large size; valuable for producing aquick shade, fine for street and park plant-ing, for which purpose it is planted morelargely than any other tree. Price of Silver Maple. Each. Doz. Hund. 8 to 10 feet $0.30 $3.00 $20.00 6 to 8 feet _ .25 2.50 15.00 Silver Maple. Spruce, Norway—A lofty, elegant tree ofperfect pyramidal habit, remarkably elegantand rich; as it gets age has fine, graceful,pendulous branches. Is exceedingly pictur-esque and beautiful. Vers popular, anddeservedly so, and should be largely planted.One of the best evergreens for hedges, ifproperly trimmed yearly. Delaware, April 12, 1905.Dear Sirs; Received the Norway Spruce O. K. and ampleased with its appearance. Have it set out. Yours truly, R.Graham. Price of Norway Spruce. Each. Doz. Hund. 3 to 4 feet $0.50 $5.00 $40.00 10 to 15 inches .10 1.00 10.00 Walnut, Black—A native tree of largesize, majestic form, beau

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