. A summary of all the most desireable novelties : as well as the best among older tested varieties of trees, shrubs, evergreens, rhododendrons, hardy herbaceous perennials and fruits. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. SHADY HILL NURSERY. 5. PARAGON CHESTNUT AND BUKH. (See Page 4.) immense clusters of white blossoms, standing stiffly up on the outer and top shoots of the tree, some- times measuriu<; 16 by 24 inches in size, it is then, without a doubt, the most showy of all our ornamental trees. The common
. A summary of all the most desireable novelties : as well as the best among older tested varieties of trees, shrubs, evergreens, rhododendrons, hardy herbaceous perennials and fruits. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. SHADY HILL NURSERY. 5. PARAGON CHESTNUT AND BUKH. (See Page 4.) immense clusters of white blossoms, standing stiffly up on the outer and top shoots of the tree, some- times measuriu<; 16 by 24 inches in size, it is then, without a doubt, the most showy of all our ornamental trees. The common lilacs mildew the last half of the summer, but this almost anomalous new species is al- ways clean and glossy, and seems to be perfectly at home in our climate. The first ever grown, commercially, were grown in Shady Hill Nurseries, in 1885, and have been sent since then all over the world. 3-4ft,.50 cents; 5-7 ft., 75 cents. Salisburia. (M<iiden-hair Tree or dringko.) About as handsome a small tree as can be cultivated. It is from Japan, and grows into columnar form to about 40 feet. The foliage is formed like the Adiantum fern, thick and glossy. It is largely used abroad for street planting, and as an individual specimen is always handsome. Very desirable on small grounds. 75 cents to $ A Few New Trees of Value are: Betula Alba Anrea. A yellow-leaved birch, fine for con- trasts with other birches. $ Acauthopauax Eiciiiifoliiiiii. Anew Aralia like tree with immense leaves like the castor-oil bean plant. Hardy and sub-tropical iu effect. $ Popiilus Tricliocarpa. A fine new variety of the balsam pop- lar, with long oval leaves, silvery be- neath, and strong iu growtli. 75 cents. Uliiiiis Uiubraculifera. This has a distinct globular growth, becoming finer with age and most picturesque. $ Crataegus Carrier!. One of the finest of the thorns. The foliage is deep, glossy green; the flowers large and white in color The tree is loaded with bright scarlet fruit t
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