. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. (56 Catalogue of Reading Nursery, Mass. — J. W. Manning, Proprietor. A. pectinata. [European Silver Fir.] Med. A lofty, erect tree, regularly furnished with whorls or horizontal branches. Foliage deep, rich green, silvery beneath. 75 cents. A. pectinata var. pendula. [Weeping European Silver Fir.] A curious form, with decided weepin
. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. (56 Catalogue of Reading Nursery, Mass. — J. W. Manning, Proprietor. A. pectinata. [European Silver Fir.] Med. A lofty, erect tree, regularly furnished with whorls or horizontal branches. Foliage deep, rich green, silvery beneath. 75 cents. A. pectinata var. pendula. [Weeping European Silver Fir.] A curious form, with decided weeping kabit of growth. $ A. Pichta. [Siberian Silver Fir.] Med. A medium, dense-headed tree, with deep green foliage of pleasing shade and particularly soft to the touch. Also known as A. Sibirica. $ A. Pinsapo. [Spanish Silver Fir.] Med. A magnificent species, from the mountains of Spain, of dense, pyramidal habit of growth, with branches very thickly placed in whorls. A very choice species, not entirely hardy everywhere, but we have specimens on our ground 15 ft. high which have never shown signs of winter-killing. Elegant. $ A. polita. [Tiger's Tai^ Spruce.] See under Picea. A. pungens. [Rocky Mountain Blue Spruce.] See under Picea. A. sub-alpina. [The Sub-Alpine Fir.] Lg. A handsome tree, with curious, smooth, ashy gray bark; foliage deep green. A rare and not fully tested species, though probably hardy. $ A. Veitchii. [Veitch's Silver Fir.] Lg. A rare and very handsome Japanese form, of vigorous growth, and so far proving quite hardy. $ LARIX — Larch. Deciduous coniferous trees of high ornamental merit, adapted to all conditions of soils and exposure. The pleasing light green foliage, the pendulous tend of the branchlets with the upward sweep of the main branches unite to give the class a distinctly ornamental effect. Owing to their early leafage it is imperative to plant as early as possible in the spring, while fall planting of the class can be es
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