. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. Be6Ch, European • The rCuropean Beech is used quite as much as the American, and it has the additional advantage of being more twiggy and of holding its dead leaves throughout the winter. On this account it makes more of a screen in the winter than any other deciduous hedge plant. The Beech should be sheared as often as necessar
. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. Be6Ch, European • The rCuropean Beech is used quite as much as the American, and it has the additional advantage of being more twiggy and of holding its dead leaves throughout the winter. On this account it makes more of a screen in the winter than any other deciduous hedge plant. The Beech should be sheared as often as necessary in order to keep it bushy, and when planted it should be cut to the ground several times in order to make it thick at the bottom. 3 to X ft. Trans S 25 00 per 100 4 to 5 ft. " 50 00 " 100 Berberry, Creen-leaved. a very good ornamental hedge and one that is also more or less defensive, can be made by the use of the Berberry. It is a fairly strong grower, and the branches being completely covered with small thorns make of it a particularly solid hedge. In the spring it is covered with small yellow flowers followed later by bright red berries. It makes a verj' attractive plant. It will grow in quite low situa- tions, and equally as well on high ground. 18 to 24 in. Seedlings $ 6 00 per 100 $30 00 per 1000 2to2J-^lt. Trans 10 00 " 100 70 00 " 1000 3 to 4 ft. " 15 00 " 100 100 00 " 1000 " Purple-leaved, it is of exactly the same character as the green-leaved, with the exception that the foliage is purple, and on this account it is verj- largelj' used. 18 to 24 in. Seedlings $ 6 00 per 100 $30 00 per 1000 2 ft. Trans 10 00 " 100 70 00 " 1000 " Thunberg'S. of all deciduous shrubs, we know of none that we would recommend as highly for a low, dwarf hedge, as we do this. The twigs and branches are quite spreading, and thej' are completely covered with small thorns. The plant grows extremely thick right from the ground, frequently
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