. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. [LMOST every oue who raises flowers wants roses. I can furnish nearly all the popular varieties of the hardy hy" brid perpetual and evei'-blooming classes. If purchasers wiU state which they prefer, whether the hardy "June" roses or monthly bloomers, I will make selections which wall give them satisfaction. Roses want to be planted in Heh ground, and then have a good coat of cow ma
. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. [LMOST every oue who raises flowers wants roses. I can furnish nearly all the popular varieties of the hardy hy" brid perpetual and evei'-blooming classes. If purchasers wiU state which they prefer, whether the hardy "June" roses or monthly bloomers, I will make selections which wall give them satisfaction. Roses want to be planted in Heh ground, and then have a good coat of cow manure spread over the surface It is probable tliat one-half of the roses die of starvation. 1-year plants, 25. cts. each, $; per doz.; 2-year plants, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. Ohnambntal. Mbdgbs. WHERE HEDGES are appropriately introduced, they add as much to decorative planting as a neat frame does to a handsome picture. Since the introduction of barbed wire, we now possess the advantage of being able to depend on hedges of many of the handsome evergi-eens and flowering shrubs for protec- tion against cattle and other intruders. Two or three strands of wire stretched very tightly along the line of a hedge will make a safe and effectual barrier, and will soon be hid from view by the gi'owth of the plants. The following are some of the best species for ornamental hedging, and are more fully described in the preceding pages. EVERGREEN. ARBORVITJE, American. 1 to 4 feet, SI to $5 per doz., g5 to $35 per 100. A. Siberian. 1 to 3 feet, $ to $6 per doz., $10 to $40 per 100. A. compacta. Dwarf. 1 to 2 feet, $2 to $4 per doz., $10 to $25 per 100. A. Hoveyi. Dwarf. 1 to 2 feet, $2 to $4 per doz., $10 to $25 per 100. RETINOSFORA plumosa. 2 to 5 feet, $3 to $6 per doz., $12 to $40 per 100. R. p. aurea. 1}4 to 4 feet, $2 to $6 per doz., §15 to S50 per 100. SPRUCE, Hemlock. !}{ to 4 feet, $ to $7 per doz., $15 to $50 per 100. S., Norway. 1 to 3 ft., $1 to $4 ^ doz., $8 to $30 f 1
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