. General catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees : shrubs, roses, paeonies, small fruits, etc., Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Roses Catalogs. 48 CHARLTON NURSERY COMPANY. RETINOSPORA, OR JAPAN CYPRESS. A genus very similar to Cupressus. It comprises many sorts of wonderful beauty. They are natives of Japan and very few will endure the rigor of our winters without protection. Whenever they can be preserved they will amply repay the efforts made. The
. General catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees : shrubs, roses, paeonies, small fruits, etc., Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Roses Catalogs. 48 CHARLTON NURSERY COMPANY. RETINOSPORA, OR JAPAN CYPRESS. A genus very similar to Cupressus. It comprises many sorts of wonderful beauty. They are natives of Japan and very few will endure the rigor of our winters without protection. Whenever they can be preserved they will amply repay the efforts made. The small varieties are exceedingly desirable for in-door culture in pots. Obtusa Compacta (Obtuse-Leaved)—A beautiful variety, with glossy green leaves, silverv-white underneath: hardv. Pisifera (Pea Fruited)—An erect, slender growing tree, from Japan, graceful and handsome; resembling the Cypress in foliage; perfectly hardy. Pisifera Aurea (Golden)—In this variety the tips of the branches are of a bright golden hue, very marked and pretty. Plumosa—A variety with fine short branches and small leaves. The soft plume- like appearance of the foliage gives it its name. Plumosa Aurea—One of the most striking and desirable little plants of recent introduction; habit of growth compact, with branches and leaves of beautiful golden yellow. SPRUCE (Abies). Colorado Blue or Rocky Mountain (Picea pungens) —A magnificent evergreen from the Rocky Mountains. Very hardy; foliage a handsome blue. Douglass (Douglassi)—Coni- cal form, branches spread- ing. A very desirable variety. Hemlock (Canadensis)—An elegant tree with drooping branches and fine yew-like foliage; perfectly hardy and quite distinct; of un- doubted worth and beauty. Makes a fine ornamental hedge. Norway (Excelsa)—Of very rapid growth and graceful- ly drooping habit when of some size; dense in struct- ure, regular in outline, and perfectly hardy; will bear shearing or cutting well, and hence is well adapted for p
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