. Descriptive catalogue of the Reading Nursery. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Fruit Massachusetts Catalogs; Shrubs Massachusetts Catalogs; Trees Massachusetts Catalogs; Perennials Massachusetts Catalogs. Close Conicalhi Pruned, 2 to 5 feet. Pruned Arbor Yitses, 2 to 5 feet, of cone form, compact and beautiful. By pruning, twice a year, some are made so dense that they cannot be seen into 2 inches. 50c to $ The following 5 or 6 varieties by nature grow compact and more or less globular. Parsons Compaeta. Very dwarf and compact, with
. Descriptive catalogue of the Reading Nursery. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Fruit Massachusetts Catalogs; Shrubs Massachusetts Catalogs; Trees Massachusetts Catalogs; Perennials Massachusetts Catalogs. Close Conicalhi Pruned, 2 to 5 feet. Pruned Arbor Yitses, 2 to 5 feet, of cone form, compact and beautiful. By pruning, twice a year, some are made so dense that they cannot be seen into 2 inches. 50c to $ The following 5 or 6 varieties by nature grow compact and more or less globular. Parsons Compaeta. Very dwarf and compact, with a globular head of a light green color ; perfectly hardy ; 2 ieet high and 18 inches diame- ter, 75c. See specimens, 4 feet across, in our grounds. Eeed's Bivarf. A seedling grown bv Wm. Reed, of Elizabeth, N. J. broad spreading, and valuable. Does not fade in winter. 50c to $1. ^ Grlobosea. Globular habit and very distinctly marked ; never grows over 4 feet; requires no pruning to retain it in a round form : takes care of itself in a hedge. 2 to 3 ft. 50c to ,sl. Grown by John Bright, of Germantown, Pa. Wood ward. See cut. Grows some 3 to 4 feet, and nearly as broad. ( We M ere awarded a Silver Medal by the Massachusetts Horticul- tural Society, in 1871, for its introduction.) A fine tree for the lawn. Price, 8 to 10 in., 25c ; 12 to 18 in., 50c. ; 18 to 20 in., 75c ; 2 to 2h feet, $1. We recommend this as suitable to set as a border for walks. It will make the most perfect hedge without a particle of pruning, and grow many years before becomin<r two feet high. 4 to 6 inch plants, 85 per hundred ; H to 9 in., $10 per hund.; 9 to 12 in., $15 per hund. This is a distinct native Arbor Vitas ; has only to be seen to be admired. It is not improved hy pruning, but will retain about an equal diameter with its height. Our cut does not do justice to it. Siberian Arbor Titae. Keeps color well in winter; growth compact and pyramidal. Makes an elegant lawn tree, and may grow 8 to 12 fe
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