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Title: Mount Hope Nurseries established 1840 : general catalogue
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Mount Hope Nurseries Ellwanger & Barry Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Roses Seeds Catalogs Strawberries Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs Fruit Catalogs Flowers Catalogs
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y. : Ellwanger & Barry
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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foliage; fine. $1.00. var. compacta. D. A dwarf compact form. $1.00. var. globosa. Globe-headed Arbor Vit.e. D. Forms a dense, round shrub. Very desir-able. $1.00. var. intermedia. D. A perfectly hardy variety, of dwarf, compact habit; fine bluish green foli-age; very distinct and valuable. $1.50. var. pyramidalis. Pyra.midal Arbor YiT.t. C. Of upright, compact habit, like the Irish Juni-per; very desirable. $1.00. tvar. pyramidalis. Douglas Pyramidal Arbor Yit.e. C. Pyramidal in form; foliage distinct;somewhat resembling a Retiuispora. $1.50. var. Siberica. Siberian Arbor Vit.e. C. The best of all the genus for this country; exceed-ingly hardy, keeping color well in winter; growth compact and pyramidal; makes an elegantlawn tree; of great value for ornament, screens, and hedges. $1.00. var. Tom Thumb. D. A dwarf variety of the American Arbor Vitae, which originated on ourgrounds. It is remarkable for its slow growth and compact, symmetrical habit. $1.00. / ^ fUy^ GEXERAL CATALOGUE 45
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COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 46 ELLWANGER Sf BARRYS ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS IN FOUR CLASSES CLASS I.—Deciduous Shrubs. CLASS II.—Variegated-leaved Deciduous Shrubs. CLASS III.—Evergreen Shrubs. CLASS IV.—Climbing and Trailing Shrubs. CLASS L—DECIDUOUS SHRUBS C. denotes shrubs which attain 9 to 12 feet in height at maturity. D. 5 to 8 E. lto4 AMORPHA. False Indigo These are fine large shrubs, with small purple or white flowers in dense terminal panicles in July.A. fragrans. Fragrant Amorpha. D. A hairy shrub. Flowers dark purple; June and July. 35c. ARALIA. Angelica Tree A. pentaphylla. D. A pretty Japanese shrub, of medium size and rapid growth; branches furnishedwith spines; leaves palmate, five lobed and pale green. 35c.5 A. spinosa. Hercules Club. Devils Walking Stick. C. A native plant, valuable for producingtropical effects. 50c. AZALEA A. mollis. E. A splendid hardy species from Japan, and one of the most valuable flowering shrubs. Flowers large and showy yellow and different shades

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