. 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. Novelties in Trees. Bechtel's Flowering Crab. (Pyms Angiistifolia.) Of all d\Varf flowering trees this is preeminently beautiful, and, were we confined to one tree, this would be our choice. It blossoms freely when but 2 or 3 feet high, a habit not common to most of the Pyrus family, and the fl
. 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. Novelties in Trees. Bechtel's Flowering Crab. (Pyms Angiistifolia.) Of all d\Varf flowering trees this is preeminently beautiful, and, were we confined to one tree, this would be our choice. It blossoms freely when but 2 or 3 feet high, a habit not common to most of the Pyrus family, and the flowers are produced after the full development of the leaves. The individual flowers are very large, vivid j)ink in color, with intermingling of white, and are intensely fragrant. For a single specimen of low, compact growth there is nothing to excel it. Strong trees, 75 cents. The Paragon Chestnut. Our cut on following page shows tlie immense nuts of this remarkable variety, which is not only a beautiful ornamental tree, but one of profit. Tlie nuts are pro- duced on young trees when but 7 feet higli, and they are double the size of the ordinary American chestnut. The tree is hardy and vigorous and the fruit of the best quality. On account of its dwarf and ornamental habit it is well adapted to planting in small grounds. $ Syringa Japonica. (Japan Tree Lilac.) This beautiful tree is found growing only in one small neighborhood in the most nortliern island of Japan. It makes a straight, stout, well-branched tree, in shape like a young ash tree, with leaves so large and hand- some that it would be in demand as a grand lawn tree for its foliage alone; but when it puts forth, in mid- summer, vfhen other lilacs have long been gone, its. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shady Hill Nursery Compa
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