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READING NURSERIES

ESTABLISHED 1854.

READING
HIGHLAND
STATION

J. W. MANNING,

READING, Mass. ?
NURSERIES, "ino Wawses. ” ®
12 MILES NORTH OF BOSTON.
Office and Packing Shed,

70 RODS FROM DEPOT.

OF LARCE AND SMALL SPECIES,
OF ALL VARIZTIES,

SUITED TO THIS LATITUDE.

SHADE TREES, ROCK MAPLES, &c.,

HARDY SHRUBS, CLIMBING VINES,
ROSES, Many Varieties,

EVERGREEN TREES,

WELL TESTED SORTS, MANY RARE EINDS,

PLANTS, of Evergreens, &c. neavincs \
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Descriptive Catalogue

OF THE

Established 1854, by
J. W. MANNING, Proprietor.

READING, Mass.

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12 Miles North of Boston, on the Boston and Maine Railroad—30 minutes ride
from Boston or Lawrence—20 or more trains daily stop at the Station
each way.
E> The Reading Highland Station is only 106 rods North of Reading Station, and only 15 rods
from the larger Nursery where there is a collection of 300,000 trees not surpassed in
New England. —&%

Office and Packing Sheds 70 rods from Reading Depot, on High Street, and nearer the Highland Station.

This Catalogue annuls atl former ones,
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We have reduced our retail prices from 20 to 33 per cent., hoping to sustain patronage. 1876
was one of our most successful season’s sales, for which we thank our patrons,

Two to three hours absence from Boston will afford time to ramble through our grounds, and
return to business. We desire to see customers select their trees in person.

Our soil is mostly of a sandy gravelly loam, affording plenty of fibrous roots.

We have grown trees for 30 years, and aided in laying out, grading and decorating many
Public and Private Grounds, and trust we are able to advise in the selection of suitable trees,
fruit and shrubs.

Our stock was never so large or in better condition, and may justly be ranked as ONE OF THE
very LArGest In New ENGLAND, especially our Evergreens, in ample variety of 100 or more
distinct sorts.

Ample experience has shown that New-England grown trees are the best for this climate.

When trees are long exposed out of ground, they start tardily, if they live at all. The loss of
Evergreen Trees after exposure is lamentably great, while fresh-dug nursery-grown trees, planted
without drying, ought nearly all to live. We advise planting Evergreens before June—say from
April 20th to May 25th, and deeper than is often practised.

A deep, mellow, well-drained soil is acceptable to all sorts of trees and plants. But give all
trees as good a chance as is required to grow a large crop of corn. Do this for successive years,
and good growth is surer than most business affairs.

4. CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

GRAPES, CurRANTS, other small Fruits, Rock Maple and Evererrrn Trees are made
specialties in this establishment. The latter are grown by the 100,000. The stock of Apple,
Pear and Peach trees, &c., is ample. Many in advanced state, for early fruiting.

All orders, by mail or otherwise, with cash accompanying, will receive prompt attention.
Especial consideration shall be made to all who remit thus. If we are unable to supply such or-
ders, the funds shall be accounted for at once.

Trees will be packed in bales and boxes, as a protection against drying and bruising, to go to
any part of the country, for which a charge is made to cover expenses.

Packages delivered at Depot or Express in Reading, free of cartage.

We desire to be acquainted by return mail of any error in filling orders, that it may be adjusted
at once. No allowance made unless claim is made within ten days after receipt of trees.

After shipment as directed; or according to our best judgment, we are not accountable. Ap-
plication for damages by delay should be made of the forwarder.

The stock sent out would nearly all live, if transplanted under our supervision. Treatment,
soil and weather affect the success of trees. We therefore are not held accountable, and do not
guarantee nor allow. our assistants to warrant perfect success in all trees. Truthfulness to
name and good order on leaving our hands is all the responsibility we assume.

It is often for the interest of both ourselves and the purchaser, if we are allowed to substitute
when limited on any variety. Please be explicit in ordering, and state to what extent this priv-
ilege is granted. Large orders will receive a discount from the retail or single tree rates. When
whole rows are taken, our rates will be quite low to suit the times or an excess of trees that we
wish to dispose of.

"a= Terms Cash. Postal Orders on Boston, Check or Draft on some Boston or New York
Bank, payable to our order.

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NOTICE.

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This Catalogue is a descriptive one—retail prices are named in most cases.

We hope purchasers will not fail to deal with us direct. To do so itis best to
come tothe Nursery. Something seen may be of use to the visitor.

We have long been injured by parties claiming to be our travelling agents, and
as evidence they show our card, circular or price-list. That is no evidence that
they will deliver our stock, or that we ever saw the party. Some will buy a few
dollars’ worth of us, and obtain nearly all they sell from the most rem rte estab-
lishments, grown in very different soil and climate, to whichis added the ex-
posure of long transportation—often several weeks transpiring between the time
of digging these trees and the delivery of them—while the purchaser sup-
posed them grown in our grounds. We are thus censured when not at fault.
Accept no agent claiming to sell our stock who cannot show an open letter,
dated within 20 days, signed in our hand writing, with some printed heading
relating to our establishment.

8S—= READING is not surpassed if equalled in Railroad accommodations by any town
near Boston. As a place of residence, abundance of high ground, and commanding views, we
commend the vicinity of our Nursery, known as Reading Highlands. The mountain system of
south-western New Hampshire is in full view, including the Temple, Mason, Lyndesboro’, Peter-
boro’, Greenfield, Francestown and Unconnunux Mountains, with Joe English Hill away in New
Boston, also the Grand Monadnock, near Keene ; these heights are 50 to 75 miles away to the
north-west ; due west stands Wachusett in Massachusetts. Our collection of Iledge, Fruit and
Ornamental Trees is accessible to all those inclined to examine our grounds, whether as buyers
or not.

*,* Who will not preserve his memory at the beginning of the new century by planting trees ?

What and How to Plant.

We cannot give minute rules for all cases, what or how to plant, but a few words are often as
good as avolume. Plant thrifty trees, even if small in size and price, in a soil that will grow a large
crop of corn or vegetables, and continue such cultivation as good field crops require from year to
year. ‘This is what we are obliged to do in the Nursery, and will prove infallible everywhere.
Most trees feel a shock at transplanting ; they feel it most from a good soil to a poor soil.

We are aware of the wide-spread demand for extra large trees and shrubs for immediate effect.
To quite an extent we can furnish stock in an advanced state. Much of this is of increased

value by frequent transplanting.

Thrifty vigorous trees are readily distinguished from stunted ones by the previous year’s
growth : in evergreens by a dark luxuriant color, varied only by the natural shade of green pecu-
liar to the different varieties of evergreens. The sickly, yellow color seen on trees grown in grass
or weeds, or on an exhausted soil, is an item of comparison to be borne in mind in selecting. We
offer evergreens of rich colors, and of ample recent growth. Many of them are improved by
several transplantings, and by cutting back.

PLANTING TREES.—We seldom use water about the roots of trees except to sprinkle the

6 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

roots, to cause the earth to adhere more readily, unless the soil is quite dry late in Spring
or early in Autumn—see that the soil is made to come in close contact with all roots. Dig
a hole far beyond the extent of the longest roots, and in poor sandy or gravelly soil dig lar-
ger and substitute 10 to 20 bushels of rich soddy loam. Cut back all mangled roots; reduce
the tops of all trees, taking off much of the last season’s growth. A tree with poor roots, or
badly dried, can be made to live by very close pruning, while large trees, with tops formed,
it is well to not only shorten back but to take clean out some of the branches. Plant a little
deeper than the tree grew in the Nursery, especially if the land is of a dry nature, particu-
larly in planting Evergreens.

FREEZING.—Trees receiyed in packages in freezing weather,—place them unopened in a
damp dark cellar, free from frost or dry fire heat, or bury the whole in the ground until
thawed ; then unpack and cover roots in earth. Badly dried trees are greatly reyived by
burying top and all in the ground from 3 to 6 days.

STaAkiNG TREES.—Tall trees of any variety should be staked to prevent swaying by the
wind.

MULCHING is of the utmost importance ; they are much surer to live. Trees thus cared
for, often make as much progress the first season as without it in two seasons. 6 inches
deep of some litter placed about the trees and spreading a foot or two beyond the roots
would be a fair mulching.

AFTER CULTURE.—No satisfactory success can be looked for from trees standing contin-
uously in grass ; the ground all about them should be as mellow and rich as for corn.

Well packed trees sent out fresh from the nursery, is the only consistent way to expect
trees to reach the place of planting in good order. Inimense losses occur by damaging from
exposure. (A good way is to go to a nursery with a carriage, pack all the trees or plants
with some damp material about the roots, to secure from the wind and sun by mats, blank-
ets or canvas. These the buyer should come prepared with to the nursery.)

Gladly would we assist to load a sale upon a vehicle; the labor would be less to us than the
free delivery of such sale at the depot or express office in Reading, even if packed, and save
that important item of TIME to us.

Nine-tenths of the sales sent out are packed-in bales or boxes. There is no substitute for
Meadow Moss (Spaglum) ; we collect ten cords a year and use it pretty freely about the
roots of trees in packing. Two weeks have often transpired and yet roots were found fresh
when packed in Moss.

A large tree box, for which $3 is charged, contains at least 120 feet of dimension lumber;
then nails, iron straps, cost of making, &c., cost all we charge for them.

It is the universal custom in all Nurseries to charge for thorough packing. Small packages
merely tied together with strings, is not the packing we charge for. It is often we use 4 to
6 mats to a bale, and bushels of moss, litter, straw, cords, strings, &c.

Thus when it is necessary to pack trees in bales or boxes for the benefit of the purchaser,
it is right they should pay for it.

We have seen Evergreens set after long exposure, of which not one in flve hundred lived ;
while on the other hand we sent 1000 (12 to 15 inch) Arbor-Vite to the Boston & Maine
Freight Depot, in Boston, to be called for. Some oversight or misunderstanding occurred
on the part of the delivery clerk, and the plants were not found when called for, nor taken
away by the party they were shipped to. After ten days these plants came back into our
Nursery, were unboxed, and replanted with no watering. Notover 25 out of the 1000 plants
died. Good packing saved these plants from being a total loss. Had they gone out simply
tied in bundles, with no moss or mats, nearly a.complete loss would have been the case, in-
stead of a cost of four to six dollars to pay freight both ways and replanting again. These
plants are in prime condition to sell again, after two years since transplanting.

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSPRY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR. 7

The lessons to be learned at a nursery, where trees are grown in large varieties, must
make a lasting and useful impression on all who take careful observation. We have prided
ourselves for years in the clean cultivation of our grounds, and invite attention.

Our Hedges are a source of pride to us, and cannot fail to be suggestive to others. They
are seen here of a dozen varieties of trees, mostly evergreens, from 2 to 10 feet high. Our sue-
cess in planting nearly 2000 Arbor-Vite trees, in 1876, along our nursery avenues, was about
perfect. The trees were 4 to 8 feet high, set according to height. The 6 to 8 feet trees were
planted in line ; then the 4 to 5 feet plants, and the result was, only five trees died, as they now
appear, March 1, 1877. Our success, in 1875, of planting over 600 feet of hedge of 6 to 8 feet
trees, was eminently successful. These hedges are on exhibition to all who may call.

We can show the Pyrus Japonica (or Japan Quince) in hedges, both the red and white flow-
ering varieties; also of the Privet and the Three-Thorned Acacia, the Hemlock; White Pine,
Norway Spruce, Blue Spruce, Black Spruce, Scotch Larch, and Balsam Fir. Then our Pruned
Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, designed for separate planting, are a feature of our establishment
by no means to be overlooked. We have Arbor-Vitw and Hemlocks of the most compact, close-
pruned habit, of globular, pyramidal and conical shape.

Next come the Evergreens whose natural tendency is to grow compact and dwarfish. These
consist of Spruce, Hemlock and Arbor- Vite. The numerous rare evergreens are many of them
of dwarf habit also. The Retinasporas, resembling Arbor- Vite, have, many of them, a pecu-

liar tint; while others have a plume-like delicacy. Others are tinted with yellow, or variegated.
We have had our full share of loss and delay in learning for thirty years what is hardy in
our grounds, We will inform all who consult us in person what our experience has been.

TESTIMONIALS.

We introduce the testimony of the following gentlemen, members of the most successful Horti-
cultural Society in the world, as evidence of the practical way we produce stock, suited to this
latitude, of Fruit Trees of all desirable varieties, as well as hardy Ornamental Trees and Flow-
ering Shrubs.

Report of the Committee on Ornamental Gardening of the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci-
ety, whose Chairman, Mr. H. W. Fuller, with members of the Committee and invited guests,
visited the Reading Nursery, August 30, 1871.

The following persons, well known in the horticultural community, were among the company :

J. G. BARKER, P. Brown Hovey,

E. Frep. WASHBURN, D. T. Curtis,

E. W. Buswett and Lady, JOHN C. Hovey,

RoBert MANNING, Mr. H. Goutn, of Rochester, N. Y.
J. E. M. Griiiey, Mr. Ross, of Brookline.

‘* Your Committee, with some inyited guests, paid a visit to the
NURSERIES OF MR. J. W. MANNING,

at Reading, Mass. Here they were received and entertained with truly cordial hospitality ; but,
unfortunately, an unexpected and violent rain-storm disturbed their investigations and prevented
them from traversing the extensive plantations, as they otherwise would have done. Enough,
however, was seen to satisfy them fully that a man of great energy and enthusiasm was ruling
the place, and that his zeal and perseverance entitled him to warm commendation. There was
no attempt to gloss over anything ; no extraneous ornamentation or plans to captivate were adopt-
ed ; nor did there appear to be any very methodical system of operations beyond what was prop-
erly connected with the production, care and sale of plants. There was no attempt at landscape
gardening. To grow and sell good evergreens, fruit and forest trees, and ornamental and useful
shrubs, seemed to be the one great aim ; and success in these was evidently the engrossing
thought. Here were exhibited evergreens of almost every hardy kind, and of all sizes, to the

8 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.~ J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

number of nearly two hundred thousand. White and Norway Spruces, Hemlocks, Arborvite,
Scotch and Austrian Pines, Larches, Junipers, and a goodly lot of Rock Maples and Elms, so
desirable for forest-tree plantings. The whole collection contained, it is said, nearly three hun-
dred thousand plants, large and small. Of all the trees shown to your Committee, the most re-
markable was a variety of the Arborvite, claimed to be new, which is of low stature, globular
or egg-shaped, with brilliant green foliage, compact habit and very hardy, and admirably
adapted to ornamental gardening. A single seedling was found, * * * * * * * years
ago, in the State of Maine ; and, of the plants started from this parent shrub Mr. Manning pro-
cured three plants only. From these he has propagated four hundred more (about 85 per cent.
of his layers having struck roots). Of this variety one was exhibited by Mr. Manning, in Sep-
tember last, at Horticultural Hall. 8

The Hemlocks were very numerous. Many of the evergreens were trimmed in set forms to
suit the taste of fancy gardeners. A few of the White Pines, by close cutting, had become so
compact, that a weasel would rather go round them than through them.

Among the flowering shrubs were Rhododendrons, Kalmias and Azaleas. Many plants of the
Yucca filamentosa were in good condition.

In consideration of the energetic and successful efforts of Mr. Manning in propagating and
introducing the above-mentioned valuable variety of Arborvite, they have awarded to him a
silver medal of the Society.

All of which is respectfully submitted. For the Committee,
H. W. FULLER, CuHarrman.’?

[See Massachusetts Horticultural Society Silver Medal below, and cut of Woodward Arbor Vite. ]

This WOODWARD ARBOR VITA
requires no pruning to keep it in globular
form. The cut above shows a tree 2 feet high
and 2 feet through the top. Price $1; smaller
plants 50c.

Worcester, Mass., April 22d, 1874.

“Mr. J. W. Mannine : ; 4
I have received the plants forwarded by you in superb order, and finer, stockier, better
rooted plants than I had expected. If they do not thrive, the fault will be mine. The rhodo-
dendrons look magnificently. * * * * Yours truly,
CHARLES C. BALDWIN.”’

Mayor’s Office, Concord, N. H., July 10, 1869.
“J. W. Mannine, Esq. : : ;
Dear Sir,—I am happy to say that our hedge (2150—18 to 24 inch Aborvite) seems to be

doing well. The trees, also (standards), are all doing well. * * * Yours truly,
L. D. Stevens, Mayor.’’*

* In the above case 2150 Evergreen trees were transported 60 miles, and only eleven plants were lost. It is to-day
a proof of the success all may look for if the proper care is taken not to dry the trees between digging and planting.

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.~— J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR. 9

- Wixcuenvon, Mass., June 12, 1876.
J. W. Mannina, Esq.:

Dear Sir,—Please find enclosed check for the amount of bill for the last trees sent up. Iam
more thankful for the evident pains you took in selecting and sending me nice, good ones. They
are the delight of my own people and the envy of many others. They get as they deserve much
notice and universal praise. When I need more be assured of my order.

Yours most gratefully sincere,
DENIS C. MORAN,
Catholic Pastor.

Dover, N. H., Aug. 28, 1876.
J. W. Mannine, Esq.:
Dear Sir,—I herewith enclose Draft in payment of bill (of Evergreen trees). The trees
are perfectly satisfactory. Accept thanks for the pains taken, and for the discount.
Respectfully Yours,

HARRISON PALEY.

Mancuester, N. H1., June 3, 1874.
J. W. Mannine, Esq.:
Dear Sir,—Please find Post-Office Order for your bill. Your trees are very reasonable
‘in price. Jam well pleased with them.
Yours truly,
DAVID CROSS,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.

Aron, N. H., June 10, 1874.
Mr. J. W. MANNING :
Dear Sir,—I am perfeetly satisfied with your trees. There are several new houses being
built here. and another season will be in want of trees and vines. Will recommend your

establishment.
J. K. BOYNTON.

Suear Hixn, N. H., May 29, 1875.
Mr. MAnNnInc :
Sir,—A neighbor of mine wants some grape vines. If you have ‘* Dracut Amber?’ and
‘« Hartford Prolific,’’ strong vines, to forward, send them by express to me, at LISBON, N. H.
No other kinds will do.

I have a ‘‘ Dracut Amber ’’ that I had of you 3 years since that I would not take $50 for.
It is all you recommended, and better in quality than I expected; some think it as good as the
‘* Hartford.’? It has been very hardy, strong grower and prodigious bearer and very early, and
is the Grape for our latitude. Truly yours, &c.,

WILLIAM M. TAYLOR.

.

Resolved. That a vote of thanks of the citizens of the town of Bedford be returned to Jacob
W. Manning, Esq., of Reading, Mass. (a native of this town), for a valuable present, of more
than fifty dollars worth of Evergreen, Shade and Ornamental Trees for the Cemetery at Bedford
Centre.

Resolved, That the Town-Clerk be instructed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mr.
Manning, and to record the same on the town records.

A true copy of the records of the town of Bedford, N. H., 1875,

SILAS A. RIDDLE,
Town-Clerk.

A collection of Evergreen Trees of $40 in value was given to the Parsonage some 5 years
before the above record. Also, subsequent to that, $75 worth were given for the Cemetery
Extension.

Major J. W. Wellman, of Wakefield, purchased of us in the spring of 1875, Apple trees of very
extra large size, with a root in proportion to top. The Wakefield Citizen and Banner, of Jan.
13th, 1877, says, ‘* Major J. W. Wellman has shown us the Ramsdell (winter) Sweeting Apple
plucked from the tree in October, seventeen months after the tree had been planted in his gar-

den ; the fruit was large and handsome, an apple measuring 3 and 1-2 inches diameter.”

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Distances for Planting.

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Special Notice.

It is frequently asked where our place of business or sample store is in Boston. The sale
season is but a small portion of the year. We cannot leave the Nursery to be in Boston ip
person; all attempts to delegate a competent man to work with a whole heart in our inter-
est, and to do so continually, has modified our faith in its possibility. We are hoping to
find such an assistant. In our attempts thus far it has not proved successful to keep a sup-
ply of nursery stock in Boston to sell from, exposed day after day ; it is simply to deal out
trees in a more or less damaged or ruined state. It is the end of the market, and the stock
must be sold at any price ; the competition comes to this: those who are so situated vie
with each other to get rid of such stock rather than take it home ; they well know it is
nearly worthless, after the sale season is over, to take back to the Nursery and plant out
again.

Trees are not dry goods. The often repeated watering of roots for days, and even weeks,
as practised, is wofully objectionable. Nursery stock thus exposed for sale, only serves to
disgust the buyers with nurserymen, for these city dealers all pass for such. The true nur-
seryman ought only to be seen in the city with well protected samples. Orders should be
sent to the Nursery, so that the trees may be dug and packed fresh from the soil, instead of
being selected from dry specimens from sidewalks and cellars.

Cries Sel ae eeu Bie

FRUIT DEPARTMENT.

APPLES.

The culture of the Apple has suffered some drawbacks in many parts of Eastern Massachu-
setts and in other sections for some years past. The Canker-worm has had a discouraging effect
with many who would otherwise be inclined to plant.

The Thurlow Farm in West Newbury once had 3000 Apple trees growing upon it—nearly all
Baldwins, planted mostly by its present senior occupant. The Canker-worms took possession ;
and other duties pressed upon the owner; the worms had their own way for years, so that no crop
was obtained to compare with the hopes of the planter. Most of the trees ceased to exist. But
a new turn in affairs took place ; new council prevailed and a war began on the enemy. The
best of the orchards were selected and most thoroughly attended to, Printer’s Ink applied so
often to a band of tar paper around the trunks of the trees, that the grubs did not succeed in
ascending the trees and lay their eggs. This was succeeded by a crop in 1876, of 900 barrels
of the best of apples, while the actual cost of the prevention was only 4 cents per tree, proved by a
careful account of the expense. No crop on the farm paid so well, even at the low rate of $1.50
per barrel.

Evidently there is a movement coming over the minds of people that it is time to renew the
planting of Apple Orchards and take care of them. The attention required to succeed in grow-
ing the apple is only on a par with the care required to grow any crop. It is requisite to
have live vigilant men to look well to any crop. ‘This applies to all other occupations, and to
fruit-culture especially. It is all very simple, so that the unsuccessful man has only to hang his
head in shame while here and there about him the attentive man gets his reward according to his
‘skill and labor.

Mr. Paul Isley, of Newbury, Mass., planted 28 Roxbury Russet Apple trees in 1861, costin$
less than 50 cents each, on land where the onion crop had been successful. The trees grew
healthy and strong. He had gathered several crops, but in 1875 unusual results attended him.
It was the odd year. One hundred barrels of the most perfect apples were harvested from these
trees, to say nothing of windfalls and imperfect specimens. He was offered $4.00 per barrel
for the whole lot, but he subsequently received much more, realizing $450.00 cash. His treatment
was like our own rule, to grow fruit in a soil that would grow a larger crop of corn or vegetables.

We planted two Hubbardston Nonesuch Apple trees on a gravelly loam soil, on a sidehill, in
1856—handsome trees worth 50 cents each. No manure has been used, but the soil has been
kept free of grass and weeds, forked up once or twice a year beyond the extent of the limbs from
that time to the present. In 1859 we received the highest premium ($6.00) of the Mass. Horti-
cultural Society, for the best 12 apples shown of that variety. These trees have borne me fin-
crops every alternate year since.

12 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

All property will deteriorate if neglected
animal life, growth and perfection.

Our list of the varieties of Apples extends infinitely beyond those enumerated here, so that
if an order of a dozen or more varieties, continuing from August to May, were left, it could
readily be filled and not include one of the sorts named, and yet be quite as desirable for family
use. For market, certain standard sorts sell best. None but good varieties are grown. Some
are better adapted to some soils and markets than others. Our selection of varieties, after 30
years’ experience with fruits, is a guarantee for merit as selections from the most popular authors,
or the approved lists of County or State Societies, for we have long been an active member of
various County, State and National Societies.

; this especially applies to property in vegetable and

Thus we claim the privilege to substitute varie-
ties where our judgment and stock of trees favor a change, unless positively requested not to do
so in the order.

The first fruit in importance is the Apple.
year.

Every one of the 20,000 Apple trees we offer has been transplanted since they were 1 to 3 years
from bud, and growing as they do on a light soil and easy digging, we get splendid yellow fibrous
roots.

Its period extends nearly or quite through the

Most of these larger trees can be relied upon to fruit the following year after transplanting.

We here show the following lines representing the diameter of Apple trees at base.
size will oftener exceed than fall short of the dimensions here given:

For 25 cents, ss=r=
and thrifty, with good roots.

For 40 cents, a 1 or more inches diameter, and 64 to 8 feet
hich. Many of these trees have fruited in the mare row, ie Ha the Crab Apples.

For $2.00, « : a Taner, 210 3 inches diameter, with a
splendid top, and 8 to 10 feat high! eet some of a dwarfish habit or cut back.

We offer our choice of varieties of the above sizes at $2.50, $4.50 and $9.00 per dozen.

The

easem=sess 7-8 to ij inch diameter, and 5 to 6 feet high; very good tops

Willinas Faverite. Alsocalled Early Williams,
and Williams Red. This (with the Grayenstein)
command the first place and the highest price in
Boston market in their season. Large, often oblong,
red, with darker stripes, white flesh with yeins of

Red Astracham. Targe, red, with white bloom ;
very beautiful, pleasant acid, tender, white flesh.
Great growcr, and profuse bearer in alternate years
Succeeds everywhere; very popular. Early August.
Kine for cooking and popular for cating. Very. de-

sirable. red; mild acid; pleasant, melting texture. Season,
' x ¥ August; growth moderate ; bears abundantly on a
Primate. Medium Size, pale yellow, with a blush; strong soil if highly cultivated. (Trees of this yari-

flesh white, tender, sub acid; stocky grower. Aug.
Sweet Bough. Large, pale yellow; flesh while, ten-

ety, at2or 3 years growth, usually are 4 to 6 feet,
while many of the stronger growers are 6 to 8 feet.

der and crisp when fully ripe, with a rich, sweet and
sprightly flavor. Tree moderate and upright grower.
Aug. and sept.

Medium, yellow, tender and good
August.

Early Harvest. i
sub-acid. Symmetrical grower.

Forndling. Large, striped, ribbed, pleasant acid.
Phis apple is among the best tor the dessert or for
cooking. It is often erroneously called River Apple.
The growth and fruitfulness, as well as appearance,
settle it at ouce as very distinct and desirable. It is
more than 30 years before the public. The trees from
buds grow feebly, but grafted in the top of establish-
ed trees, it soon comes into bearing. Season, Aug.

ito Oct. 15. Price of trees, 50c; cions by mail, 50c
per doz.
Shvropshirevime. One of the earliest, pleasant, strip-

ed, good sized early apples—long and well known—
good growing tree; bears young. Does well at the
nor thy is in the old collections as Sopsavine.

Early Ripe. A variety very popular further south;
the tree grows finely in our grounds; ripe early in
Aug.; good size, striped, juicy, pleasant; symmetri-
cal grower ; desirable.

It is well to graft it in tops of well advanced trees. )
Price of cions, 50c per doz. Trees 5 to 8 feet, 25 to
79 cents.

Monson Sweet. Yellow, smooth, medium, very rich,
Sweet, fine grained; a stout growing tree; bears
well; ripe in 1 August.

Jersey Sweet.
a good grower.

Striped, good size, rich, juicy, sweet,

Sept. t

Garden Royal.
aromatic and
tive. Sept.

Small, round, very tender, juicy,
delicious. ‘Tree vigorous and produc-
Cions, 50c per doz.

Maiden’s Blush. Medium, yellow and red, of firm,
good quality. A pleasant acid, white flesh, with a
deep blush; flattish; quite productive. Desirable ;
a sure bearer; yery upright grower. Oct.

erimson
Octo-

Alexander. Very large, round,
striped, juicy and good.
ber and November.

beautiful,
Tree a fair bearer.

Porter. Large, oblong, yellow, sprightly sub-acid;
hardy and productive; popular. Sept.

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY,

VETOFSKY APPLE.

MASS.—J. W.

MANNING, PROPRIETOR. it}

(See description on page 14.)

Gravenstein. Large, flattish, yellow ground, hand-
somely striped with red; flesh yellow, crisp. of un-
surpassed flavor. Very popular in Mass. ; considered
the most valuable autumn apple. Vigorous; deserves
good culture. Fruits evenly over the tree, and most-
ly in alternate years. Keeps well. A sort of prince
among apples. Sept.

Twenty=-Onnce Apple. A very clean, handsome
grower, bearing a very large striped fair apple plea-

sant, juicy. For alarge apple it is every way desira-
ble. Lute fall and early winter.

Fall Pippin. Very large, green, often ribbed, turns
toa yellow when ripe; pleasant snb acid with a dis-
tinct aroma. Late fall apple; dark bark, stout, up-
right, good formed top. Very worthy.

Black Gillyflower. It is quite oblong. dark brown,
seen in market in winter, eagerly sought for as an
eating apple, of which many can be eaten without a
sense of fulness. Bears well and commands a ready
sale.

Hubbardston Nonsuch. Large. dark stripes to red;
fair, mild and crisp. A young and abundant bearer.
Does well on dry soil. Excellent market apple for
late uutumn, and may be kept fresh till March.

Mother. Large, roundish, handsome, striped with
pale red, very tender, juicy, high flavored and fine.
Tree vigorous and productive. Noy. to Jan.

Large, pale yellow, handsome,

Tree vigorous

Dec. to Feb.

Peck’s Plensant, r
crisp. juicy, rich and high flavored.
and productive. A very fine apple.

Jewett's Red (or Nodhead). This in perfection is
one of the fine grained first rate apples, medium,
striped, requires a favorable location und nice cul-
ture. Moderate growing tree. The stock of trees
very limited.

Grimes’s Golden. New. Fall medium size, yellow,
close-grained, juicy, aromatic refreshing quality ; re-
tains its flavor to the last. A fair grower, and bears
every year; also cooks wellin Sept. <A fine eating
apple. Remarkable for long season in use. Keeps
very late in winter.

Esopus Spitzenburg. Very desirable quality, not
so profitable as Baldwin to fruit in our own observa-
tion, but unexceptional in character as an eating
apple; yellow and red with dots, pleasant sub acid,
yellowish flesh; loose open top.

Baldwin. Large, red and of good quality. The best
and most popular winter apple for market. Tree
vigorous and productive; universally known. Adapt-
edtoany well-drained soil. It originated only four
miles from our Nursery on the Butter’s farm in Wil-
mington, and has been known nearly 100 years. We
have seen those who ate fruit from the original tree.
(Get trees from near the parent und first type.) Dec.
to April.

Fameuse. (Snow Apple.}| Medium size, roundish,
very handsome, deep crimson, tender, white fleshed,
juicy, high-flavored and delicious. Tree vigorous
aud productive. Noy. to Feb.

R.3. Greening. Well known and desirable. Does
best on a strong soil. With ample cultivation, very
superior vs a cooking as well as a dessert apple. We
have trees 6 to 10 feet twice transplanted. (We find
no trouble in transplanting this or other extra large
trees from our soil.) Jun.

Mann Apple. Thisis an upright regular grower; the
fruit has almost the precise characteristic of the cel-
ebrated Swaar apple; yellow, with dots; a rieh, plea-
sant. juicy and melting apple. We are pleased with
the trees, growing as they do symmetrical; ripe Jan.
to May

(Tompkins County). Very large, flattish, striped
red and yellow. This apple is very much sought for.
Tree free grower in long branches. Handsomer and
superior in flavor to Baldwin. New; origin, western
New York. Dec. to April.

English Russet. Medium to large, clear dark russct
skin; winter; a good keeper; firm flesh; great vigor
of growth, upright habit, makes an open round top.

Danvers Winter Sweet. <A_ vigorous, irregular
grower, often not of handsome form when small, but
forms a large spreading top as it gets age; bears
large crops of yellow smooth fruit ; juicy; one of the
best for baking; profitable and well known; ripe
Dee. to March.

Talman Sweet. Medium size, cleat yellow, with a
distinct line over one side; a rich sweet apple, well
known; grows upright with an open top; bears fair
crops. Ripe Dee. to Mareh,

14 CATALOGUE OF

READING NURSERY, MASS,—J. w. MANNING,

PROPRIETOR.

“HE DARTMOUTH CRAB APPLE,

(Sce description on page 15.)

Ladie~’ Sweet. Large size, yellow ground, with dull
red over most of the surface, with light specks, cover-
ed over with a light bloom as most black grapes have;
flesh white, firm, a rich sweet; keeps late in winter;
abundant bearer ; free, slender, upright grower;
when young becomes spreading on bearing full crops.
Well known for 26 years as a desirable eating and
baking apple.

Originated at Concord, Mass. Medi-

Upright, pleasant, abundant

Adapted to dry soil.

Humt Russet.
um, juicy and tender.
bearer, Tich in appearance.
Jan. to May.

Northerm Spye Very large, striped, sub-acid, and
very fresh in spring. Excellent. It is not an early
bearer, but fruits abundantly when it gets size and
age. Commands a high price in market. Upright
grower. Dee. to May.

Roxbury Russet. Medium to large; quality good.

Well known as 9 veteran. ree vigorous on good
soil. Profitable. March to June,

Russian Apples,

Duchesse of Oldenburg. A large, beautiful Rus
sian apple; roundish, streaked red and yellow ; ten-
der, juicy and pleasant. A kitchen apple of best
quality, and esteemed by many for dessert, Tree a
vigorous fine grower, and a young and “Abundant
bearer. Sept. Succeeds well in the northwest and
New England. Price, 5 ft. 25c; 6 to 8 ft. 50c.

Tetofsky. (See Illustration.) Ripe early in August,
The tree is upright, forming an open head; comes to
bearing extremely early, often the second year after
being budded or grafted! bears ever year. We
would plant 10 feet apart, or even much less. Fruit
g00d size, nearly round; yellow, beautifully striped
With red. Flesh white, juicy, pleasant acid, aroma-
tic. Adapted to small gardens. July and August.
Not much disseminated. We offer 6 feet trees, 50c
each; + feet, 25ceach. -

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.,—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR. 15

New Brunswick. Origin, New Brunswick. A seed-
ling or hybrid between those noted Russian apples,
Red Astrachan and Duchesse of Oldenburg. ‘Ihus
making three of the most desirable sorts of apples,
especially for the north. We witnessed early in Aug-
ust, 1875, 150 miles north of st John, N. B., 3,000
trees of this New Brunswick Apple growing in a
specimen or Premium Orchard, having special treat-
ment, being then 3 to 4 years from grafting; when 14
inch diameier, many of them had 50 tu 70 splendid
apples upon them. (The trees grow finely in our
grounds the past + years.) The tree is vigorous,
very large, luxuriant foliage, bears young; fruit
large, somewhat ribbed; yellow, with large, clear,
red stripe; pleasant acid; season, last of Aug. and
Sept. 50c.

(With this and other hardy sorts, it is possible to
grow fine, large, improved apples at the extreme
north, where it has been thought only the erab up-
ples could grow.)

Grab Apples,

Mostly 6 to 8 feet high.

Yellow Siberian. Remarkable as a great truiter;
clear yellow, conical, uniformly fair. Contrasts well
with the red and striped varieties. Price 85¢; extra
large trees, 7 to 8 feet, in bearing, 75c.

Red Siberian. Striped, conicel, early and abundant
bearer : has long been a favorite, and is yet a relia-
ble variety. 35c; extra specimen trees, in bearing,
7oc. each.

Transcendant. One of the most popular Crabs. In
size this Crab, on its introduction, was a great ad-
vance. Yellow, with red stripe; bears young and
quite abundant. Strong grower and large leaf. Sea-
son, lust of Sept. and early Oct. Price, 6 feet, 35c;
7 to § feet, in bearing, 75c.

Queen’s Choice. This Crab originated ‘near Mont-
real. Has been extensively disseminated in northern
Vermont and New Hampshire, and especially in
Canada. We have seen its wonderful fruitfulnes in
our own soil. Stock very limited. Trees 6 to 8ft.75c.

Hyslop. Almost as large as Early Strawberry Apple.
Deep crimson. Very popular on account of its size
and color. Keeps late. 6 ft. 35¢e; extra bearing, 75c.

Dartmouth Crab. Origin, Hanover, N.H. (Seecut.)
Introduced by us some years ago. ‘This tree is pecu-
Jiar in its growth; quite upright and distinct; a full
regular head when in bearing. The original tree we
took cions from was some 8 inches in diameter and
20 feet in height. Fruit one and @ half inches in
diameter; is a great bearer; fine for cooking and
preserves; will make the best of cider; keeps late
in full or early winter. Color very handsome, dark
crimson and orange, with bloom. We have made a
specialty of this variety, and ofier many extra large
trees, 5 to 10 feet, in bearing, 75c; 6107 ft. sdc.

Soulard, The largest of this class of apples; very
valuable as a cooking apple, having an astringent
quince like flavor; color green, becoming yellow late
in winter. Not arapid grower, but productive. 50c.

Bay We offer 12 Crab Apple Trees, made up of 5 to 10
varieties of first class size, for $5; or 6 of 6 varieties, in-
cluding the Russian Apples, of large, select, bearing size,
tor $3.

Dwari Apples.

Much attention has been given to planting Dwarf Ap-
ples of late years, with the most gratifying success,
especially where rich cultivation is afforded them. All
sorts suceced equally well when worked upon Paradise
or Doucin stocks—the former producing a very small tree
or shrub, the latter a tree of considerable size, reaching
sometimes 10 or 12 feet in height. These commence
bearing fruit the second year after planting, and being
us healthy as standard trees and wouderfally productive,
are a great ornament and satisfaction to every planter
who will attend to them properly. The dwarf habit is
pieserved by shortening in. We have seen a bushel of
nice apples on a dwarf tree only 6 feet high, but pruned
back so as to be 5 or 6 feet in breadth of the top. They
should be planted from 6 to8 feet apart, or 1000 to an
acre. We have many in full bearing now. 2% to 4 feet
high, 35e; strong trees in bearing, 75c.

PEARS.

The cultivation of this noble fruit is rapidly extending as its value is appreciated.

The range

of varieties is such that, like apples they can be had in good eating condition from August until

early spring.

The melting, juicy texture, the refined flavor, and the delicate aroma of the Pear

give it a rank above all fruits of northern latitude, except the grape and peach.
But the Pear like most things highly desirable and valuable, cannot be had without labor, atten-

tion and skill.

The relative prices of the Apple and the Pear being about as one to five, show at

the same time the superior value of the latter, and the greater skill required to bring it to perfec-

tion.
vigorously a crop of vegetables.

Good cultivation means only such a soil and fertility every year as is required to grow

Nearly all pears of the summer and fall varieties are of much better quality to be gathered
while yet hard, or as soon as certain wormy ones show a ripening tendency, which is often ten

days before the bulk of the crop would be ripe enough to gather from the tree.

then be kept far longer than if left on the tree.

The fruit may

Mr. Wm. L. Talbot, of Billerica, was eminently successful in the sale of his farm in Sept. 1874.
He was sure the sale was effected by the fine pears in perfection at the time of sale, which he

bought of us only two or three years before.

_ Price of standard trees 2 years. Good trees 4 to 5 feet, 50c; 5 to 6 feet, 75c; 2 to4 years old,
6 to 7 feet $1 ; 3 to 5 years, many in bearing, 6 to 8 feet, $1.50 ; very extra, price on selection.
Dwarf Pear trees are in demand. They require deep soil, liberal manuring, and clean cultiva-

tion. No. 1 trees, many in bearing, 35 to 50¢ and upwards.

Extra large trees, price on selection.

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CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

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Clapp’s Eaborite Poar.

An American Seeding
Awarded $60 GOLD MEDAL by Mass. Hort. Soc.
AS THE BEST LARGE EARLY PEAR.

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Ripe

12 to 20 feet high.

Originated in Dorchester, Mass.
It is a cross or hybrid between the Bartlett and
Flemish Beauty : resembling the latter in growth
of tree, but more veyorous and equally as hardy.
In outline, texture and quality of fruit, it is more
like the Bartlett. Good judges pronounce it better.

parlier than the Barilett.

It should be gathered early, and ripened indoors.
On the farm of its origin are 100 bearing trees,

Go und do likewise.

PRICE OF TREES:

2 to 4 years’ growth, 75¢ to $1.50 each;

$6 to $12 per dozen,

CLAPP’S FAVORITE PEAR.

Doyenne d’Kte. No earlier pear than this. Small,

round, sweet. Tree quite upright in growth. Au-
gust Ist.
Madeletme. Medium size, juicy, sweet ana excellent.

Tree vigorous and productive. August.

Beurre Giffard. Medium, fine quality, melting, me-
dium size, long pear form, brownish on sunny side.
slender grower. One of the best.

Rosiiezer. Small, juicy, rich, sweet, one of the best;
dark brownish green; 2 profuse bearer. The growth
requires heading back to make a good formed top.
Aug.

Clapp’s Favorite. The Premium Pear. Should be
gathered early (say the 20th Aug) and ripened ina
dry cool place. [See cut above.]

This Queen of Pears is the largest of the early
varieties. Size of Bartlett and of best quality. A
cross between the Bartlett and the ¥lemish Beauty,
having the virtues of botni—namely, earliness and
perfect hardiness, great vigor of growth and splen-
did leaf. Rather upright and long-branching; sets
its fruit singly. Color yellowish ground with dark-
brown cheek. Origin, Dorchester, Mass. ‘The best
early seedling pear produced in New England. A
$60 Gold Medal was awarded it by the Mass. Hort,
Society. Price of cions by mail, 50c per dozen. It
should always be gathered early.

Bartlett. Large, buttery, melting; the most popular
of all; standard of excellence. It is always safe to
plant more of this pear. Sept.

Belle Luwerative. Greenish-yellow, medium, very
sweet aud melting. Abundant bearer in all soils.
Does especially well on dry soils. An upright, sym-
metrical grower. Ripe last of Sept. We have trees
that fruited in 1876.

serliag. Full medium size; yellow, handsome, juicy
sweet—a fine early pear. Upright vigorous grower.
August.

Tyson. Medium size; melting, perfumed, luscious,
prolific bearer, symmetrical grower. Sept.

Flemish Beauty. Large, brown, melting, hardy in
all parts of the extreme North, where the fruit is
perfectly free from cracking. [A tree in Woodstock,
Vt., bore nine bushels of perfect fruit, selling for
$36.] Oct.

Doyenne Boussock, Large, handsome, good, re
markably juicy when fully ripe; strong, healthy
grower; fruit uniformly fair, roundish, brown cheek,
spirited and good. Has been named among the best
Jz. Season just after Bartlett. Gather while hard.
We have 8 to 10 fect trees that replant safely.

Howell. A beautiful American variety, large, light
waxen yellow, with a fine red cheek; rich aromatic
flavor. Tree an upright grower and good bearer;
voy, hardy and valuable; anearly bearer. Sept. and

cts

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR. 17

Beurre Superfine. In growth, bearing and quality
it is vigorous, fruitful, pleasant sprightly, juicy and
melting.

Buffum. Medium, brown and yellow; very erect
and great grower and beurer. Sweet. We have&
to 10 ft. trees that transplant well. Oct. $1.50 to $2.50.

Does well on the quince root as a Dwarf.

Seckel. A delicious old variety unsurpassed in flavor;
fruit roundish obovate; skin of yellowish brown,
with red cheeks; flesh very rich, spicy and sweet.
Tree a slow grower, with rather stoutshoots. Needs
high culture, Sept. and Oct.

Louise Bonne de Jersey, qe Medium, pyriform,
smooth, yellowish brown, with dark cheek when
well mpened; sprightly ciampagne flavor, much ad-
mired when perfectly ripe. Superior for marketing.
Improved on quince stock. It is so suecessful on
the quince as a Dwart, that it is not propagated
much on the Pear stalk. Oct.

Beurre osc. Large, cinnamon russet, half melting,
musky, high flavored and excellent. Oct. and Noy.
Excellent for market; fruit remarkably fair. Tree
not handsome when young, and hard to propagate.
Best to gratt into top of well advanced tree. Price
on seleciiou. Vrice of cions, 50e per dozen. (We
have a few grafted trees 7 to 9 feet.) $2 each.

Sheldon. Rather large, round, russet, vigorous and
productive; very rich, sweetish flavor, and melting.
A new American variety, adapted to dry soil; stocky
upright grower. One of the very best. Oct. We

have 7 to 10 feet trees. $1.50 to $3.00.

Onondaga, orSwan’s Orange. Large, deep yellow;
valuable for market; rather spirited; bears heavily
in nearly all soils. Fruit often very large. Tree dis-
posed to branch low. Often keeps to Dee.

Beurre Hardy, or Sterckmans, Lurge, russeted,
melting, vinous, rich and high-flavored. Tree vigor-
ous and very productive. A superior pear. Oct.

Beurre d@’ Anjou. Fruit large, full pyriform; dull
yellow, flesh white, very buttery, with a rich vinous
flavor. One of the most desirable varieties. Tree
healthy, grows well with ordinary care, and bears
finely. Noy. to Jan.

Beurre Clargeanu. Very large, pyriform, skin yel
low, shaded with orange and crimson, sprinkled with
russet. Highly recommended for its early bearing as
well as its fine size and beauty. Keeps well, from
Oct. to Dec. Good.

Marie Louise. Large, melting. vinous, rich and lus
cious. Tree an irregular grower, but fine bearer. One
of the very finest pears. Oct. and Noy.

Abbott.
excellent.
very productive.

Medium size, handsome, melting, sweet and
Forms a handsome pyramidal tree, and
Sept.

Large, handsome, russeted, juicy, melting
Tree vigorous, erect growing and remark-
A popular and fine pear. Oct.

Merriam.
and rich.
ably productive.

Duchesse d’Angouleme, q. <A magnificent pear
when grown upon the quince stock. Fruit of the
largest size; skin greenish yellow, spotted with
russet; flesh white, very juicy, with arici and excel-
lent flavor. Tree vigorus, upright, with yellowish
pnoghss Not grown on Pear stock much. Oct. to

ec.

Lawrence. Medium, yellow, thickly dotted, with a
flavor like louf sugar. One of the best. Tree a
moderate, healthy grower and good bearer. Noy.
and Jan.

Dana’s Hovey. Medium size ; yellowish brown;
handsome; no new or old pear can surpass it in
sweetness and aroma, resembling the Banana; does
not rot at core; good grower; bears abundantly;
season, Noy. to Jan.

Winter Nelis. Small medium, roundish; brownish
russet; fine grain, melting, rich and delicious. One
of the best winter pears. Tree straggling, slender
grower, yet throws up a tall central shoot.

ce. Large, melting, rich, perfum-
Tree vigorous and productive. One
Oct. and Nov.

Doyeune du Con
ed and luscious,
of the best pears.

Vicar of Winkfield (Le Cure), q. Large, long,
not first quality, but very productive. Best. on
quince. Should be well grown on dry, warm soil, to
give them a blush, when thev are very good, and
will keep in the cellar all winter.

As much merit for all practical results is comprised
in this collection as if extended to 50 other sorts.

i> It is often possible to supply pear cions when
trees cannot be furnished, by muil at 50c per doz.

QUINCES.

The Quince is of late attracting a great deal of attention as a market fruit.
The tree is hardy and compact in growth, requiring but little

will pay better in the orchard.

space, productive, gives regular crops, and comes early into bearing.
When put up in the proportion of about one quart of

sought after for canning for winter use.

Searcely any fruit

The fruit is very much

quinces to four of other fruit, it imparts to them a most delicious flavor.

It flourishes in any good garden soil, which should be kept mellow and well enriched. Prune
off all dead and surplus branches, and thin out the. fruit if bearing too freely.

The fruit brought, in Boston market, in the fall of 1874, $6 per bushel.

gives 680 trees per acre.

Apple or Orange. Large, roundish; bright golden
yellow ; cooks quite tender, and is of very excellent
flavor. Valuable for preserves or flavoring. Very
productive; the most popular and extensively cul-
tivated variety. Ripe in October. Price, 3 feet, 50c;
4 to 5 feet, $1.

Angers. Somewhat later than the prececing; fruit
rather more acid, but cooks well. Tree a thrifty
grower and abundant bearer. This variety of tree is
sold quite low from abundance. 50c.

Planted 8 feet apart,

Rea’s Mammoth. A seedling of the Orange Quince’
one-third larger, of the same form and color; fair,
handsome, equally as good, and said to be as produc-
tive. Tree a healthy, thrifty grower. These trees
command a higher price than the Orange Quince
from a searcity. Price, 75¢.

18 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.- J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

CHERRIES.

The Cherry succeeds as Dwarf or standard trees ; is naturally a hardy tree, succeeding in the
lightest soil or dryest situation. Many varieties of rapid growth, with large clossy leaves, forming
fine pyramidal shaped heads, and producing large crops of luscious fruit, are well adapted for

planting along the streets, or in yards as shade trees.

Plant 20 feet apart.

Price, 4 to 5 feet, 50c ; 5 to 7 feet, 75c 3 7 to 8 feet, $1.

Gove Woed. Quite large, rich; light yellow witha
red cheek; juicy and sweet. One of the very best.
Last of June.

Black Tartariam. Very large, bright purplish black ;
fruit tender, juicy, very rich excellent flavor. ‘Tree
a vigorous grower and productive. Last of June
and July.

Black Eagle. Rather large, dark red to dark purple;
Very tender, Juicy and of best quality; vigorous
rower and productive. Ripens its crop gradually
rom last week in June to July 12.

Clevelamd. (Dr. Kirkland.) Large size, yellowish,
covered with bright red; quality excellent, strong
grower and productive. Last of June.

Downer’s Late Red. Rather large, light red; ten-
der, juicy anid delicious; vigorous and productive.

Reine Hortemse. Very fine, large, bright red; juicy
and delicious; vigorous and productive.

Coe’s Transparent. Medium size, amber and light
red, juicy, rich and delicious. Tree spreading, vig-
orous and a good bearer. End of June.

Bigarrceau, Rockport. Large, amber and light
red, half terider, sweet and excelleut. Tree very
vigorous, erect and productive. Early in July.

Black Heart. Medium black, tender, juicy and good.
ae hardy, vigorous and productive sort. Early
in July.

Yellow Spamish. Large, white and red, firm, juicy,
rich and fine. Tree vigorous and productive. Karly
in July. A fine old variety.

Middle of July. One of the surest and most popular
in N. England.

May Duke. Rather large, dark red, juicy and rich.
An old, excellent variety; vigorous and productive.
Middle of June.

Early Richmond. (Kentish, Virginia, May.) Med-
ium size, dark red, melting, juicy, sprightly acid fla-
vor. This is one of the mcst valuable and popular
of the acid cherries, unsurpassed tor cooking pur-
poses. ‘Tree a slender grower, with a roundish,
spreading head, and is exceedingly productive. The
most hardy of all varieties, uninjured by the coldest
winters, when some other varieties have been killed.
Ripens afier the middle of June.

Florence. Very large, yellow, and light red, firm flesh,
rich and good. Hangs late on the tree. ‘Tree vigor-
ous and productive. End of July.

Sparhawh’s Honey. Medium size, light red, tender,
juicy, rich, sweet and delicious. ‘Tee pyramidal,
vigorous and very productive. End of July.

Late Duke. Large, pale red, tender, juicy, slightly

acid and excellent. Tree pyramidal, vigorous and
productive. Ripens late, the end of July.

PLUMS.

The Plum Tree, like the Pear, attains its greatest perfection in deep well prepared soil, being
free from disease, except the black rot, that is usually kept in subjection, by severe cutting away
in its early stage. The curculio, a small dark brown beetle, often stings the fruit, causing it to
drop off. But the following directions, faithfully observed, will secure a good crop of this fruit
everywhere.

As soon as the blossoms are fallen, spread two sheets under the treé, and give the tree a sudden
jar by striking a smart blow with a hammer upon the stem of a limb sawed from the tree for the
The insects will drop on the sheets and can be killed. Collect all the fallen fruit and
It should be done
The burning of old leather, gummy or pitchy substances every morning early,

purpose.
He or feed to swine every day for two or three weeks after the fruit is set.
before sunrise.
allowing the thick smoke to fume all through the tree while damp, is found a preventive.

The cost of protecting a large orchard from the attacks of the enemy will not exceed ten cents
per tree for the entire season.

The Plum, as all are aware, is wonderfully productive, producing heavy crops for a long series
of years, with scarcely an exception. The superior excellence of the fruit causes it to be in great
demand, and it brings readily in market from $4 to $6 per bushel.

Price, 4 to 5 feet, 50c ; 5 to 6 feet, 75c; 6 to 7 feet, $1 ; extra strong trees, price on selection.
Smith’s Orleans. Very large, reddish purple; juicy, | Imperial Gage. (Flushing Gage, Prince’s Imperial

rich and excellent; vigorous and productive. Last Gage) Fruit large, oval; skin pale green; flesh

of Aug. | juicy, rich, swcet and excellent.

‘Tree very vigorous
and productive. Sept. 1.

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.,—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

Damson. Fruit, small, oval; skin purple, covered
with blue bloom; flesh melting and juicy, rather
tart; separates partly from the stone. September.

Lombard. (Bleeker’s Scarlet.) Medium, round,
oval; violet red; juicy, pleasant and good; adheres
to the stone. Tree vigorous and productive. Last
of August.
most hardy and popular for all sections.

Peach. Very large, roundish, dull red, handsome,
juicy, sweet and excellent. Tree erect, vigorous and
productive. End of August.

Washington. Very large, round, yellow, handsome,
juicy, rich and delicious. Tree very vigorous and
productive when old. A magnilicent variety. Sept.

A valuable market variety, one of the |

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Pond’s Seedling. Large, oval, reddish violet, juicy,
oon and good. Tree vigorous and great bearer.
dnd of August.

Orleans, Early. Medium size, round, purplish red,
juicy, pleasant and good. Tree vigorous and produc-
tive. End of August.

Coe’s Golden Drop. Very large, oval, yellow dotted
with red, handsome, juicy, rich and delicious. Tree
a fair grower and productive. Late and valuable.
Sept.

Reine Claude de Bavay. Large, greenish yellow,
roundish, juicy, rich and excellent. Tree very vig-
orous and productive. A fine late fruit. End of Sept.

Miner, Chickasaw,

Wild Goose, German
Prune and others.

PEACHES.

The Peach Tree requires a well drained moderately rich soil.

A warm sandy loam is probably
By the hundred they cost but

the best. Nearly all healthy trees fruited in 1872, 1874 and 1875.
little. To get fruit, trees must be planted and cared for.

In order to preserve the continued healthy growth of the tree and the fine quality of the fruit,
the Peach should have the shoots and branches shortened in every year or two, so as to preserve
a round, vigorous head ; and the land should not be seeded to grass, but kept in constant cultiva-

tion.
best fertilizers.

A new soil is best for a peach orchard. Ashes, or its equivalent in potash, is one of the

We have some thousands of peach trees of leading and rare sorts, transplanted last year when
one growth from bud, that are of increased value by such treatment ; 4 to 6 and 7 feet high.
Price, 1 to 2 yrs. 4 to 5 feet, 25c ; extra larger or older trees, 50c ; per dozen, $2 to $4.

The varieties named before Hale’s Early, are fully tested.

trees. They are a new era in peach culture.

Louise, Early Beatrice, are all very early.

Hale’s Early. Medium size; greenish white with red
cheek; first quality. Tree healthy, good grower and
productive.

Early York. (Serrate, Early York. Early Purple.)
Mediuia size; greenish white. covered in the sun
with dull red; flesh greenish white, very tender.

Crawford's Early. This very beautiful and best of
yellow Peaches is highly esteemed for market pur-
poses. Fruit very large, oblong; skin yellow, with
a tine red cheek; flesh yellow, juicy, sprightly acid.
The tree vigorous, wonderfully productiveand hardy.
Early in Sept.

Foster. Originated in Medford, Mass.
cal with Crawford’s Eurly.
growth, and leaf like Crawford.

George lV. Large, white, with red cheek ; melting
juicy and delicious. Moderatebearer. Lastof Aug.

Blood.Leaved Peach. A very good and hardy vari-
ety for fruit crop. Dark reddish purple leaves make
it an object of beauty very distinct from all other
peach trees, as ornamental. 4 to 6 feet, 25c; 6 to7
feet, 50c.

Almost identi-
Very free, vigorous

We had little sale for them last year.
infer that people are satisfied that older varieties are good enough?

They are as hardy as other
Are
Amsden, Alexander,

peach
we to

Early

We have fine trees of new and rare sorts.

Hutchinson. Origin, Reading, Mass. We offer this
vuriety yet. It has not failed a crop but twice in 50
years. lyear, 25c. Extra large trees, d0c.

Yellow Rareripe. Large, deep yellow, dotted with
red; melting and juicy, with a rich flavor. Last of
August,

Old Mixon Free. Large, pale yellow, with a deep
red cheek; tender, rich and good; one of the best.
First to middle of September.

Stump of the World. Very large, roundish, skin
abng with a bright red cheek; flesh white, juicy and
good.

Crawford’s Late. Fruit of the largest Size; skin
yellow, or greenish yellow, with a dull red cheek.
Tree vigorous, moderately productive. One of the
finest late sorts. Last of September. Best for late
preserving. These are leading sorts, but our list is
much larger,

APRICOTS.

A delicious fruit of the plum species, valuable for its earliness.

as the plum.

Requires the same treatment

It bears immense crops under favoring circumstances, ripening in August.

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Breda. Small, dull Orange, marked with red; juicy, ) Large Early. Large, orange, with red cheek; flesh

rich and vinous. Productive and hardy. First of sweet, rich and excellent; parts from the stone. ‘Tree
August. 75c. vigorous and productive. Beginning of August.
Early Golden. (Dubois.) Small, pale orange; juicy | Moorpark. One of the largest and finest apricots;
and sweet, hardy and productive. The original tree, yellow, with a red cheek; flesh orange, sweet, juicy
by Dubois, near Fishkill, N. Y., is said to have borne and rich; parts from the stone. Very productive.

ninety dollars’ worth in one season. Lastof July. 75c.
The Apricot is beautiful and delicious ; its value is increased by its season of ripening between
the Cherry and the Peach.

NECTARINES.

The Nectarine is a most delicious smooth skinned fruit, which thrives wherever peaches will
erow. It is really a smooth skinned peach. Give the same treatment as peaches require in culture.
But the same care must be taken to defend it against the Curculio as for the Plum. Ripens in
August and Sept.

“arly Violet. Medium size; yellowish green. nearly { Dowmtom. large; greenish white, with a dark red

covered with dark purplish red; juicy, rich and high cheek; flesh greenish white, rich and high flavored;
flavored. Last of August. 50c. one of the best. Free.

EKlruge. Medium size; pale. green, with a dark red | Early Newimgtom. Large; pale green. red in the
cheek; flesh pale green; juicy and rich. First of sun; flesh pale red at the stone, juicy and rich; ad-
September. 50c. heres to the stone.

MULBERRIES.

White. The common variety. Grows to large trees,
affording ample shade for streets, and at the same
time bearing annually sweet, yellowish-brown fruit
1to 1d inches long. 50c.

Black English. Large, handsome, rich and good. $1.

Downing’s Evervearimg. Very large, 2 inches
long, black, handsome, sweet, rich and excellent. $1. |

The Small Fruits, such as Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseberries, Currants, &c.,
ripening from the first of June till Fall, are everywhere capable of successful cultivation, and
yield large returns at comparatively small expense. They should have a place in every garden.
Since the introduction of self-sealing jars and cans, they can be had throughout the year almost
as fresh as when gathered.

CURRANTS.

This fruit comes partly with the Raspberry, but follows it for several weeks. Indeed, none of
the small fruits will remain so long upon the small bushes without injury as the Currant; and
sinee the introduction of the newer varieties, the currant is attracting more notice than ever
before. Messrs. F. & L. Clapp, of Dorchester, in 1863, sold from among their pear and apple
orchards, 1200 bushels of fruit. The Cherry and La Versaillaise are the largest red sorts.

We nave narrowed our list of varieties. People want large red currants generally. We see
too little difference between the Cherry and La Versaillaise, except in length of cluster, never-
theless we have kept them distinct. Both the Cherry and La Versaillaise grow to over half an
inch in diameter, with fair culture.

There is a great difference in the price of currants, according to the size of fruit. Think of
$2 per bushel for small sized fruit, and $7 per bushel for large Cherry and La Versaillaise fruit ;
or if sold by the quart box, 35c. per quart, as has been the case in Boston for years.

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS,—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR. Zl

Set 4 feet apart in rich ground; cultivate well or mulch heavily; prune out old wood, so that
each remaining shoot may have room to grow.

If the currant worm appears, watch the bushes very carefully and dust with white Hellebore,
or dissolve 1 lb. in a barrel of water and apply with a syringe. Copperas water is effectual.

Manure freely every autumn; have no weeds or grass about the bushes.

| Black Naples. Very large, black; rich, tender and
excellent tor jellies and wine. Very productive.
$1.50 per doz.

Cherry. Very large, deep red, rather acid, bunches
short. Plants erect, stout, vigorous and productive.
$1.50 per doz.; 1 year plants, + to 8 inch growth, 75
cents per doz,

La Versnillaise. Very large, red, bunch long; of
‘great beauty and excellent quality. Oneof the finest
and best, and should be in every collection. Very
productive and profitable, often sells at 35 cents per
quart. $1.50 per doz.; 1 year plants, 4 to 5 inches
growth, 75 cts. per dozen. See cut.

|\Red Dutch. An old variety, excellent quality. $1.00
per dozen.

“White Grape. Very large, yellowish white, sweet or
avery mild acid; excellent quality and valuable for
the table, having a low, spreading habit and dark
green foliage. Very productive, $1.50 per dozen.

Currant.

RHUBARB.

This deserves to be ranked among the best
early fruits of the garden. It affords the earliest
material for pies and tarts, continues long in use,
and is valuable for canning. Make the border
very rich and deep. Pile on the manure every
autumn. ‘Transplant every four years. Large
stalks sell best.

Linnzus. Large, early, tender and fine. The very

best of all in quality, 25¢; clumps that will separate
into several roots, 50c.

ma Versaillaise

Giaut’s Victoria. The largest of all. Has grown to
over 2 pounds per stock. 25c per root; clumps that
will separate into several roots, 50c.

CGOOSEBERRIES.

This fruit requires the same cultivation as the Currant. The surest method to prevent mildew
is to plant thickly in the rows, and mulch deeply, six inches or more, with straw, tan bark, coal

22 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

ashes, &c.

There are plantations in Philadelphia thus treated, which have borne large crops for

twenty years. ‘The currant worm is an enemy to the Gooseberry. It is easily destroyed ; the first
show of the worm is seen and killed, the last of May or early in June they reappear.

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SMITH’S SEEDLING GOOSEBERRY.

English Gooseberries. The number of varieties of
English Gooseberries is almost innumerable. The
fruit is generally large and handsome, but the ten-
dency to mildew in our climate is discouraging to
most but watchful cultivators. The best sorts are
Crown Rob (Red) and White Smith (Green ),
which in favorable localities do extremely well. 35c
$3. per doz.

Houghton’s Seedlimge A vigorous American sort,
very productive, free from mildew. Fruit. medium,
roundish, smooth, of a pale red color. Tender, sweet
and of delicate flavor. $1.50 per dozen; 20c each,

We were early in the acquaintance of this Gooseberry
in 1849. We planted out the first lot of 100 plants ever
sent out by the originator, and made many hundred
layers the same season, in the Winnesimmet Nursery,
Chelsea, Mass.

Till within a few years the Houghton has been the
only variety adapted to general cultivation. Recently

several new seedlings have been raised from it which are
of great promise. We name the most promising of
them, all of which are very free from mildew.

Downing’s Seediing. Origin, Newburg,N. Y. Fruit
larger than Houghton, roundish light green, with ~
distinct veins; skin smooth, flesh rather soft, juicy
and very good. Vigorous and productive. $2. per
dozen; 25c¢ each.

Smith’s Seedling. From Windsor, Vt., by Dr. Smith.
Large, oval, light green, with bloom. Flesh mord-
erately firm, sweet and good. Vigorous grower,
very fruitful, excellent. A seedling from Houghton.
C. H. Chase, of Lebanon, N. H., obtained the stock
of Dr. Smith. We bought our stock of Chase in 1861,
and named it Smith’s Seedling. Illustrated it in
catalogue and disseminated it. It is now esteemed
one of the most desirable. Bearing plants, 25c each;
$2. per dozen. See cut, above.

BLACKBERRIES.

Blackberries have borne one hundred bushels per acre, in some localities, with special treatment,

and sold from 25 to 40 cents per quart.

Plant on good land richly manured. A thick mulching

with hay or leaves keeps down weeds, and retains moisture, preveting the effect of dry weather in
part. Rows 6 feet apart, 3 feet apart in the rows, and prune as with Raspberries. Form a hedge

or tie to wire.

strong canes are better than many weak ones.

Dorchester.

sweet and productive. $1.00 per dozen.

Lawtom.e (New Rochelle.) The well-known market
variety, $1.00 per doz.

Cultivate shallow, but keep all weeds and grass down.
canes for fruiting the following year, and pull up all other shoots as often as they appear.

An old excellent variety; large, very, |

Save a very few strong
A few

Kittatinny. Large, black, sweet; soft when black;
very hardy; ripens up gradually like the Lawton.
Very largely planted. $1.00 per doz,

'Sable Queen. Origin, Andover, Mass. At North

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J, W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR. 23

Wilson’s Early. Large, sweet, fair flavored; very 1863. Had it illustrated and sent out plants. We
productive; ripens up the fruit together, and is still find it remarkably fruitful, andas hardy as any
earlier than any other variety. One of the most de- wild blackberry. $1.C0 per dozen.

sirable. We find it quite as hardy as most black-
berries. Plants often not so strong as other varieties | Wachusett. This we had years ago, it has but few
when young. $1.00 per doz. thorns. It is doubtless wonderful for fruitfulness if

skillfully managed. $2.00 per doz.

Reading ( Mass. ), it exceeded all others in fruitful- | Agawamae Remarkable for number of berries on a
ness and number of berries in a cluster. We learned cluster; its color and sizecommend it. Not much
of its fruitfulmess, and resolved to introduce it in disseminated. $3.00 per doz,

RASPBERRIES.

This fruit comes just after Strawberries, and when properly cultivated is quite profitable. Plant
on strong soil, manure freely, cultivate well, or mulch heavy. As a protection against dry
weather that so often shortens the crop, pull up all suckers but the few canes intended for fruiting.
For field, rows 6 feet apart, 4 feet in the row. Pinch off canes left for bearing the next year,
when three feet high, and prune off laterals the following spring within 12 or 18 inches of the
eane. In garden culture tie upto single stake. | Cut out old wood each year, just after fruiting,

for all such die and would be in the way. Cover tender varieties in winter by bending down and

throwing on earth.
Raspberries are classed in colors, the Red, Yellow and the Black Caps.

MAMMOTH-CLUSTER BL. A4CK-CAP “RB. 1SPBERRY.

Red. ;

oduc ) -

Clarke. A highly valuable sort which has proved pr nature: bia ti a AL fae iat ub a
Pcl hale with ae Rew a BeRcneerower ents a fine appearance, even after it has been trans-

zh (ot larcanizect API ICHE Bearlet. a; f Wiha ported a long distance to market. Smooth, dark-red

ruit of large size, beautiful light scarlet, and o ie canes. Thix does not succor freely and is scarce.

most delicious flavor. Commences to ripen with the
earliest, and keeps in bearing till late in the summer.
20c each; $1.00 per doz. Hornet. This is an abundant bearer, of very large red

Philadelphia. This has been the most profitable red fruit, of firm excellent quality, and then in Oct. and
raspberry for marketing now under cultivation. It Nov. bears a crop on the new wood. 20c each; $1.50

is a stout, healthy grower, very hardy and immensely per dozen.

20c each; $1.00 per doz.

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Brandywine. (Susqueco.) A
This raspberry is On conceded by fruitgrowers. piack aed
especially about Philadelphia, where it has been well Mammoth Cluster. Of all the Black Cap family
tested, to be the best Red Raspberry. Being prolific this has proved the most wonderful in productive.
hardy, large and firm berry of a bright red color, it hess, size and uniformity of fruit, and stockiness and
stands without an equal as a market variety. The hardiness of plant, of any sort we have ever grown,
shipping qualities of this raspberry can scarcely be The bush, a very rank upright grower, with but few
over-estimated. It is seen in New York market three thorns; foliage a rich dark green; fruit extremely
days after being picked in Delaware, trom whence it large, and holds out large to the very last picking.
was brought partly by rail and partly by boat, yet in Black. with a rich purple tinge or bloom, very juicy,
perfect condition. Its bright color makes it also a high flavored and delicious, and perfectly hardy; the
great favorite of the fruit dealers in New York city. surface sufficiently firm to bear transporting to the
20¢ each; $2.00 per dozen. most distant market. $1.00 per doz. See cut next

Herstime. This noted, large, red-fruited variety does page.
well with us. 20c each; $2 00 per dozen. Other Black Caps there are, but the above is superior to
We name a limited list; some other sorts doubtless all. And we do not extend the list.

are as good. The old Franconia raspberry is equal in

many respects to the new varieties. $1.00 per doz.

STRAWBERRIES.

First of the small fruits in the month of June, comes the beautiful, wholesome and appetiz-
ing Strawberry. The profits which result from its cultivation, when properly conducted, are
enough to satisfy reasonable expectations. On well drained soil, with very rich culture and
favoring rains, enormous crops are the rule.

Plant early in May, if possible, in New England ; or in Sept. or October is often successful.
The best of roots for fall planting are not obtained until well into autumn.

For manure, muck, rotted turf, wood soil, ashes, &e., are best. Bone dust is excellent. Set
in 3 feet rows 15 inches apart in row, for field culture ; and 15 inches each way for hill culture,
leaving a pathway at the third row. Keep in hills with runners cut. Cultivate clean, mulch late
in fall, uncover plants early in spring, remove mulch after fruiting, and spade in a good dressing of
manure, if you continue the old bed. But we think a new bed set every spring is the most satis -
factory.

Price per 1000, on consultation.

Wilson. Large, conical, dark red, firm, hardy ; prolific,
rather acid, but this is corrected by sugar and cream.
Succeeds everywhere, and more. planted than all
other kinds put together. $1.00 per hund.

Downer’s Prolifie. Medium, round, scarlet; sweet,

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abundant bearer. A well tested variety. $1.00 per j AR
hund. PN SN

Ny

Cutter’s Seedling. This strawberry we introduced in
1850. Showed the fruit five Saturdays in succession.
Fruited at the rate of 7000 quarts to the acre in our
grounds. Is one of the very best for home use.
Begins to ripen very early. Has 2 most refreshing
wild strawberry flavor. Light red, parts readily from
hull. $1.00 per hund. See cut.

We are able to furnish several other varieties of
strawberry plants: Charles Downing, Kentucky, Green
Prolific, Duncan, The Great West, and others.

ii
Cutter’s Seedling. it

After all the varieties introduced since we commenced to grow strawberries in 1858, we fee]
confident these five sorts are as good as any we have found for light soils, for we have tested
Scores of varieties ; and find nice ripe strawberries are what. the people want, not names. It
is imperative to have good quality and fruitfulness, but after that culture has more than any thine
else to do—we question if any improvement had been made in any of the new varites sont out the
last 15 years. We some years ago gave much attention to the strawberry, but at the low rates

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR, 25

plants are advertised, we cannot compete and do not court the trade.

We ceased to be successful on light soil unless we fertilized with wood ashes, or its equivalent

in potash.
soil or crop.
to us, and we dare not risk results with them.

One hundred bushels of ashes to the acre in not too much.
Every special of commercial fertilizer we have used has been a snare and a delusion

Ashes are adapted to any

Stable manure is our chief resource, with ten

pounds of potash per cord of manure dissolved in 100 gallons of water, sprinkled in at overhauling.

ASPARACUS.

This earliest and finest of spring vegetables should be more cultivated. Io prepare.a bed, dig
the ground deep, incorporating large quantities of well decomposed ‘manure. Plant the roots

about 3 inches deep, in rows 18 inches apart and one foot apart in the rows.
shoots depends on the culture, as much as name and variety.

Grison’s Giant. A well known popular variety. | Conover’s Colossal.

$1.50 per huna.

The size of the

u

; Anewsort of very large size
and of excellent quality. $2.00 per huud.

GRAPES.

We have tested more than 100 sorts of Grapes, and name some of the surest varieties to ripen
about Boston in the order of ripening and the certainty of a crop. The grape crop is not one of

absolute certainty.

But all want grape vines, so get some varieties that have proved the best in

your section, and then experiment with others and prove their value.

The vine comes quickly into bearing, yielding fruit usually the second year after planting,
requires but little space, and is indispensable to the yard, garden or farm.

It is stated by some most eminent physiologists, that among all the fruits conducive to regularity,
health and vigor in the human system, the Grape ranks first.

The soil for the grape should be dry; when not naturally so, should be thoroughly drained.
It should be deeply worked and well manured, always bearing in mind that it is an essential point

to secure a warm sunny exposure.

Cultivate as for corn.

Extra strong vines for immediate

bearing, after two or three times transplanted, give fruit often the first year. Price on selection:
Price of well grown vines, many of them ready to fruit, 50cts., except where noted.

Concord. Our acquaintance with the Concord com-
menced in the spring of 1849, 4 years before it had a
name or Was disseminated. We transplanted a layer
from the original seedling. It gave an impetus to
grape culture, because of its almost universal success.
A popular variety where the choicer kinds sometimes
mildew. Universally healthy, vigorous and produc-
tive; flesh somewhat scat moderately juicy and
sweet. Bunch large, nearly black, with bloom. Last
of Sept. and Oct. 1 year, 25c; 2 to 3 year, 50c. Extra
twice transplanted, in bearing, $1.

Hartford Prolific. Bunches rather large: berries
quite large, globular; color almost black, covered
with a beautiful bloom; flesh sweet and juicy ; ripens
much before the Concord; valuable for its hardiness,
avundant bearing and early maturity. 0c.

Dracut Amber. Origin, Dracut, Mass. (See Taylor’s
account ou page ¥.) Dark Amber color, somewhat
transparent, veiny, large, slightly oval berry, large to
compact medium cluster, holds well to stem until
shrivelled; eaten fresh from the yine; no grape
grown near it is so palatable in its early stage of
ripening, Sept. 1 to 10. It is a practicable grape
(where the Concord fails), for eighteen years it has
not failed a crop. [see cut on special circular. ]
Price, No. 1, 50c; extra, in bearing, $1.

Ives’ Seedling. Quite as productive as the Clinton.
Valuable for wine. As a sure bearer, it is a great ad-
dition to a collection. Ripe with the Concord; holds
well to cluster, which is of compact, good form As
an eating grape it is quite as good as the Concord,
and keep longer.

Clinton. ‘This grape colors very early, but requires to
remain longer than many grapes to ripen, when it is
a very spicy and excellent eating grape. It ripened
perfectly with us in 1873, ’74, 775 and ’76. Compact
medium-size cluster, berries round, black, with blue
bloom, great bearer, perfectly hardy. One of the
best wine grapes, for which it is extensively planted.
50c. Very low by the dozen. No grape is so well
adapted to cover an arbor or form a shade. We
cook them by the bushel. Strain out the pulp from
the skins and seeds, add sugar, and sell in cans, and
find no better sauce.

Janesville. This grape we saw first in Wisconsin in
1871. It is perfectly hardy with us, is black, a com-
pact cluster, doubles; gives a very sure crop. Price,
2 years old, 75c.

Champion. Most excellent quality, noble cluster, com-
pact form, berry large, color black. A grape that has
made its way into favor because of its uniform per-
fection in our bad seasons. Keeps well, bears traus-
portation. 75¢. (Continued on page 27.)

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ROGERS’S HYBRID GRAPE, No. 15.

The demand for these Hybrids is greater than our supply; they were hailed as a new era in
grape culture when introduced some 15 years ago.

Price 50cts. for first-class ones—we have extra large vines that will bear at once for 75cts.

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ROCERS’S HYBRIDS.

No. 4. (Wilder.) Large and black; bunches generally
shouldered; berry round and large; flesh buttery,
with a somewhat fibrous centre; sweet, rather
sprightly; ten days earlier than Isabella. Svc.

No. 15. (Agawam.) Red, large, round, early, and of
great vigor of growth. Rich, high, peculiar aromatic
flavor. Cousidered by Mr. Rogers as the best of his
strictly red hybrids. Ripe with Coucord. 50c. See
cut.

No. 19. (Merrimack.) Very large and earlier than the
Diana; stronely resembles No. +. Bunches and ber-
ries large and compact. A very strong grower. 50c.

Salem. (No 53.) This is regarded as the best of Mr.
Rogers’s Hybrids. Bunch large and compact, berry
large, of a light chestnut or Catawba color, thin
skinned, perfectly free from hard pulp, very sweet
an¢ sprightly, with a most exquisite aromatic flavor.

ic.

Delaware. Still holds its own as one of the finest of
grapes. Bunches small, compact, shouldered; berries
rather small, round; skin thin, light red; flesh very
juicy, without any hard pulp, with an exceedingly
sweet, spicy and delicious flavor, Vines moderately
Vigorous, very hardy and productive. Ripens two
weeks before the Isabella. 40c.

Landy. ‘A new, early, white grape.”
Ohio. We we this grape in 1875. A seedling of the
Concord. Holds on the cluster perfectly; has a
sprightly vinous flavor; color u light greenish yellow,
covered with white bloom; tender pulp. ‘The origin-
ator says: “I offeritas the very best native white
grape under cuitivation.” Price, 3 years, $1.40.

Martha. (Seedling of Concord.) White, medium
berry and cluster, melting, sweet, nearly all juice,
skin tasteless and thin, hardy as Concord ; very thick,
dark foliage. 0c,

From Northern

Diana.

Long acknowledged as the standard of excel
lence.

Amber color. 0c.

Israeclla. Large, compact cluster, black, of good qua-
lity; ripens with Hartford Prolific. 50c.

Isabella. In favorable aspects it is desirable.

Keeps
well into winter, Ripens in favored places,

50c.

Crevelling. Recently disseminated; ripe just after
Hartford Prolitic; Llack berry, cluster loose, quality
better than Isabella; holds on perfectly. Price, 50c.

Ionn. Large, dark, transparent amber color; beautiful
in quality; ripens near the season of the Concord.
50; extra for early fruiting, 50c.

Catawba. Of the highest excellence.
England. Kipens in sheltered places.

Late for New
50c.

Eumelan. New, black, of superior quality; ripens
very early, near the season of the Hartford Prolific.
it has fruited near our grounds for 6 years. We have
euten the fruit and commend its quality. Price, 60c.

Allen’s Hybrid. Light greenish amber color. Few
foreign grapes are of better quality; requires a good
dry soil, and favored locality. 50c.

Creton. It has not

A light greenish-yellow grape.
yet fruited with us.

7ac.

The Brighton Grape. This has been several years
before the public. We have not printed it yet. Its
merits are: Ist, Excellence of quality ; 2d, Vigor
and hardiness of vine; 3d, Early ripening; 4th,
Beauty and size of fruit; 5th, Beauty of vine and
foliage. Vrice, $1.00.

It will be seen we name nearly 2 varieties of Grapes
that have gained a reputation. Our seasons prove that
some varieties do not ripen as well as others. When the
selection of 6 to 12 sorts for a collection is left to us, we
will choose such as give us the surest crop,

Evergreens, Windbreaks and Hedges.

—_—

Protection from storms, winds and the cold, is an absolute necessity in this climate for

man and his animals.

We have advocated this for years ; also the planting of trees to sup-

ply the growing scarcity for fuel, and timber for buiiding,

The watchword has gone forth from high authority, stimulated by a Premium of $1,000
offered by the State Board of Agriculture, for the most worthy results after ten years’

growth of trees.

We hope to see thousands start out for the premium. We intend to plant

50,000 trees, and hope to sell many more than that number to those who do not follow the

occupation of growing trees for sale.

The Scotch Pine for which a premium is offered is a European tree ; the facts quoted of
its value as timber are mostly foreign, but the tree will live easy and grow well as we do

know and can show the fact in growing trees.

This tree is offered in large quantities and

at low rates by the 1000—2 years old from seedbeds 5 to 9 inches high.

The Scotch Larch is so long and well known that no doubt can exist of its practicability.
We offer 1500 trees, 3 to 7 feet, all transplanted in 1876. Of these we have an excess, cheap
by the hundred. And trees from secdbeds 1 to 2 years old at very low rates by the quantity.

28 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

We propose to plant from the seedbeds may thousand of the Larch of the size‘of straws,
and grow them for future sale. We have trees of it planted 18 years ago that warrant us
to believe that more than 50 cords of wood can be grown in 25 Vone Gitta land at a small
outlay for suitable trees to plant—say 1 to 2 feet high, or more than once transplanted.

The planting of the Scotch Larch trees from the seed bed, in forest plantations, without
a previous transplanting in good rich land, does not impress us as a good way for all to
adopt. We would get transplanted trees and plant them as early in April as possible, or late
in autumn, forif the attempt is made to move the Larch at a time usually thought proper to
plant Evergreens in the Spring, it will be a general or complete failure. We believe our
native White Pine (Pinus Strobus) is the best tree for a Farm Windbreak. We are not able
to supply from the Nursery rows over 1000 trees 2 to 4 feet high, but our ability to supply small
seedlings is equal to any call we anticipate. Of all the 100 varieties of Evergreen trees we
have in the Nursery, our experience of 30 years tells us plainly that the White Pine is one
of the most desirable trees to plant along the borders of farms or fields. Small fields and
gardens will not admit of so large growing trees as the Pines, Larches, Spruces, &c. The
American Arbor Vite is adapted in such a case ; by pruning they are kept within bounds
and are decidedly ornamental. All Evergreens to remain healthy require to make a growth
from top to bottom, and will not long bear so close pruning as will keep them from expan-
sion. Hedges are often planted for effect as a screen to cut off unsightly views, or for a neat
attractive ornament. It is practical to use a dozen varieties of Evergreens for Hedges.

To return to the merits of the White Pine. It is an easy matter to decide its merits by
numerous natural localities, as well as artificial examples. Rows of White Pines at the
Hunnewell Estate in Wellesley, Mass., are what about 20 years’ growth has produced,
expanding 30 feet and 40 feet high. Early in August, 1875, we were at Frederickton, the
Capitol of the Province of New Brunswick. There along the north of the Governor’s
Mansion stands the White Pine, limbed to the ground, 3 to 4 feet diameter and 75 or more
feet in height. The effect in all cold sunny days must be like a sudden transportation of 500
miles South. The fruit and vegetables in the well kept garden were as far advanced as
in the early situations about Arlington, Mass., if not over as early as open culture in New
Jersey.

The Austrian Pine is seen 20 feet high and nearly as much breadth of branches, on
Nahant, at the left of the road to Hood’s Cottage; itis a fact that on that treeless ocean-bound
tongue of land,5 miles out to sea, one hardy tree being established, others less hardy have
grow by its protection, until planters do not hesitate to plant nearly everything that will
grow inland, by the aid of the shelter of the most hardy.

We again call attention to the important fact of buyers visiting in person our Nursery,
where all the stock we advocate is to be seen growing.

We exhibited 52 varieties of Evergreens at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s An-
nual Show of Fruits, Plants and Flowers, and were awarded one of the Hunnewell prizes,
and in addition a Jiberal gratuity. Also, we displayed fine Pruned Evergreens and other
specimens at Concord, before the Middlesex Agricultural Society (the oldest Society of its
kind in the State) ; then again at Lowell, before the North Middlesex Agricultural Society,
and were awarded Premiums and Gratuities. We have kept up these displays for many
years.

But after all, the most convincing display is in our grounds where the trees are growing,
and look just as they will on being transplanted into the buyer’s grounds—one can here
olease the fancy and be able to judge by comparison.

We do not hesitate to call trees hardy that succeed under our treatment; and buyers are

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presumed to give them as good or a better chance than we have. Atleast they can have the
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benefit of our experience worked out and in print, and our word and example, for we have

no secrets to compel success.

Arbor Vite Trees as gathered from the pastures and
forests of Maine, at less than half the above rates.

As late as June 25, 1875, we set a hedge 600 feet long, of
6 to 8 feet trees in our grounds: not a dozen trees died.

Close Conically Pruned, 2 to 4 feet.

Price of conica'ly pruned, 2 to 4 feet, according to com-
pactness and beauty, 75¢ to $2.

Compacta, Parsons. Very dwarf and compact, with
a globular head ofa light green color; perfectly hardy ;
2 feet high and 18 inchcs diameter, 75c.

Globosean. Globular habit and very distinetly marked;
never grows over 4 feet. Serves to make a contrast.
1 to 2 feet, 26 to 75e.

Pyramidal Pruned Aibor Vite, 6 feet.
We prune many Arbor Vites in pyramidal and close
conical shapes. They are prized by some planters. See
cuts.

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Price of pyramidal pruned,4to 6 feet, according to ~ ares
compactness and beauty, 75¢ to $2 each. Woodward Arbor Vita, 2 feet.

Woodward. See cut. Grows some 3 to 4 feet, and
nearly as broad. We were awarded a Silver Medal
by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in 1871,
for its introduction See facsimile Silver Medal on
page 8. A fine tree for the lawn. 1 ft., 50c; 18
inches, 75c; 2 feet, $1.

We believe it will make the most perfect hedge with-
out a particle of pruning. $20 per 100 will buy 9 to 12
inch plants.

Natural formed Arbor Vite, 4 feet.

Arbor Vitzw (Vhuja). (Occidentalis.) For hedges.

See cut of Natural-formed Arbor Vite.
American or Canadensis. This plant is, all things con-
sidered, the finest Evergreen for screens, or hedges.
It is very hardy and easily transplanted — few plunts
ever failing if properly treated specimens are ob-
tained. It grows rapidly; it soon forms a most beau-
tiful hedge, perfectly impervious to the sight. Good
to divide the lawn from other parts of the grounds,

or to cover unsightly objects. Siberian Arbor Vite, 3 to 4 feet.
For hedges, by the hundred. Price, 10 to 15 in., $5; 2 Siberian (Siberica). The best of the genus of this

to 21 ft., $10; 3to4ft., 15; 4to ft., $20 per h. country; exceediugly hardy, keeping color well in

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winter; growth compact and pyramidal. Makes an
elegant lawn tree, and may grow to 10o0r 15 feet. See
cut. 1 foot 20c; 2 feet, 50c; 3 feet, $1.00; 4 feet, price
on selection. 10 to 15 inch plants, $12 per 100 ft,

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Balsam Fir, + to 5 feet.
T ER Picea).

Balsam, or American Silver (Balsamea). A. very reg-
ular symmetrical tree, assuming the conical form
even when young. On rich soil we have seen it 40 ft.
high, with broad healthy brarches green to the
ground. Leaves dark green above, silvery beneath,
retaining their color during the severest winter;
grows rapidly and is very hardy. See cut. Price, 2
to 3 feet, 25c: 3 to 4 feet, 50c; + to 5 feet, 75c; 5 to 6
feet, $15 7 to 9 feet, price on selection.

Fazier Fir. A tree from our Northwest Coast. Of
more slender and delicate habit than Balsam Fir of
New England. Grows finely with us the past six
years. 3 feet, 50c; 5 feet, $1. :

European Silver (/ectinata). Quite noted for broad-
spreading horizontal branches and long, flat, silver
leaves. We offer only small trees. 24 ft. 50c.

Nordman’s Silver (Nordmanana). Fir evergreens look
so majestic and symmetrical, when in perfection.
Like all firs, it retains its color perfect at all sea-
sons. Some noble specimens existin the vicinity of

Boston, but it is best to be sheltered from the bleak-

est northerly winds.

buc; 2 feet, $1.
(Pinus).

The most ornamental of all our na-

We offer small trees. 1 foot,

Austrian Pine, 3 feet.

Austrian or Black (Austriaca). A remarkably robust,
hardy, spreading tree; leaves long, stiff and dark-
green; growth rapid; valuable for any soil. Good
to cover barren spots or steep banks. See cut,a3 ft.
tree that was remarkable for long leaves. On trees of
different vigor they vary from 2 to 6 inches. ‘There
is to be a mania for planting Evergreens; this is one
of the good varieties to plant. Price, 1 ft. 10c; 2 feet,
25; 3 feet, 50c; 4 feet, 75c.

Table Mountain (Pinus Pungens). Fromtable Moun*
tain, N. Carolina. Grows well with us; leaves very
broad, bright green; attains large proportions; vig-
orous stocky grower; distinct and desirable, termin-
al buds, 7 in number, red and bluntly pointed. 38 feet,
50c; 4 to 5 feet, 75c.

Dwarf or Mountain (Pumilio). A low-spreading, curi-
ous species, attaining only the size of a bush, 4 to 8
feet; grows in a cluster rather than by an upright
trunk; foliage darker green than the Scotch; is well
adapted to exposed, bleak localities. Price, 14 ft. 50c}
3 ft., 75¢c. :

Scotch (Pinus Sylvestris). A native of Scotland, as
well as middle and northern Europe. It ranks in
England among Evyergreens, as the Oak among de-
ciduous trees, transplants qnite successfully. Grows
into round-headed trees. Color of leaves varies
from greyish to bluish green. set in two’s two to
three inches long, We have sold trees of this Pine
6 to 10 ft. high, limbed to the ground, bodies 3 to 4
inches dismeter. We learn of their complete suc-
cess. <A fine, robust, rapid growing tree, with stout
erect shoots. A rcliable hardy tree in exposed as-
pects. 5 to 9in., 8c; 9 to 12in., 10c; 2 feet, 25c; 3 ft.,
60c; 5 to 7 feet, root pruned, $1.00.

Red (Pineus Resinosa). [Generally known among
lumbermen as Norway Pine.] Grows in the forest
remarkably straight, with few loose branches, mostly
near the top; often attains 80 feet; reddish bark;
found on dry or gravelly soil. When grown in open
ground with plenty of room, it is common to expand
16 to 20feet, with but little more in height. Leaves
two in a sheath, 5 to 6 inches long, half round. Price
on selection. Seldom found in nurseries. Does not
live well transplanted from pastures. 1 foot, 10c; 2
to 3 ft. 50c.

Pinus Ponderosa, or Heavy Wooded Pine. Resembles
Austrian Pine in habit; leaves 9 to 12 inches long, dark
green color; buds prominent, long, coming to an obtuse
point, reddish, often glaucous color; cones 3 inches long.
Attain very large proportions on the Pacific coast, often
100 feet high. A fine tree now grows in the Cambridge
Botanic Garden. My trees are all very small. A very
scarce variety.

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TUOUNIP=S (Juniperus),
Virginia ( Virginica.) Conical. A well-known Amer-
ican tree, with deep green foliage. Remarkable
for the fragrance peculiar to most Junipers. Makes a
fine ornamental tree. 3 feet, 60c; 4 feet, 75c.

Juniperus Glauca. A noted type of a glaucus or silvery
color of folinge; so white is the foliage as to be dis-
tinctly noticeable at quite a distance; it has an
agreeable fragrance; loose, spreading branches.
Very desirable, rare. 3 ft., 75c; 4 ft., $1.60.

Trish Juniper.

Irish (Hibernica). Very erect and tapering in its
growth, forming a column of ceeP ia kCce foliage; a
pretty pyramidal tree or shrub, and for its beauty

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and silvery-green color is a general favorite. See
cut. Price, 2 feet, 50c; 24 feet, 75c; 3 feet, $1; very
stocky, 3 to 4 feet, $2.00.
Lawson’s Cypress. A native of the Pacific coast. It
is truly beautiful. Only a few perfect specimens exist
about Boston. We do not find it entirely hardy.

Retinasporas. From Japan. ‘There are several val-
uable, distinct varieties of the Japan Cypress. Per-
fectly hardy, and yet have so delicate a look that
they may be said to be living and growing plumes.

R. Plumosa Aurea. Ofall the Retinasporas, this we
esteem the most useful and beautiful. It resembles
a golden plume, and has stood a Massachusetts cli-
mate several years in our grounds. No large trees
are offered. Price, 1 foot, 50c; 2 ft., $1.00.

R. Plumosa. Plume like Retinaspora. A very compact
growing variety, with small, bright-green leaves and
slender branches. It is entirely hardy here, and ex-
ceedingly pretty; 1 foot, 50c; 2 ft., $1.00.

R. Obtusa. Obtuse-leaved Retinaspora. A beautiful
and distinct species of undoubted hardiness. It grows
with graceful, drooping branches. Leaves blunt,
dark glossy green above, with silvery white bands
beneath. Price, 1 foot, 50c; 2 ft., $1.

R. Picifera, also from Japan, and hardy; light or yel-
lowish green, slender, waving branches; so distinct
as to be indispensable in a collection, and grow to a
noble tree. 2 feet, 75c.

R. Squarrosa. Compact, stocky habit, distinctly silve-
ry in color, graceful at all seasons, 14 feet, 75c.

SPRUCE FAMILY.

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wa tS
3 feet tree.
| Spruce (Abies).

Norway Spruce (Fxcelsia). A lofty tree, a native of
northern Europe, with pyramidal habit,remarkably ele-
gantand rich, andas it gets age has fine, graceful, pen-
dulous branches, from which hang cones 4to 8 inches
long; is exceedingly pieturesque and beautiful. Very
popular and deservedly so, and should be largely
planted. One of the best evergreens for hedges or
standards.
habit. Our stock is large of 1 to 6 fect trees. Our
Spruce trees are in good soil, and not crowded; have
a dark-green luxuriant color; most of them are
recently transplanted and quite compact and stocky.
Price, 1 foot, 10c; 18 inches, 15c; 2 feet, 25c;
2h feet feet, 35c; 3 tod feet, 50c; 4 to 5 ft., 75c; 5 to6
feet, $1.00. At these rates very select trees will be
given.

[Trees 1 to 4 ft. high, by the 100 or 1000, or by the row,

of our selection, very cheap. $5.00 to $30. per hundred;
$410. to $250. per 1000.

Norway Spruce.
to 6 inches high.
ordered early,

It must be remembered the cost of freight from
very distant Nurseries will add much to the cost of
some low quotations when the orders reach far up
among the thousands, as a condition of those low
prices.

From seed-beds two

ears old, 4
Can .be had at very

ow rates if

See cut of White Spruce, for general |

Abies Excelsia. (Conica.)
A peculiar, compact cone-formed tree of the Norway
Spruce class. Set closer, will retain its compact
habit without pruning. 2 to 4 feet, 75c to $1.50.

White Spruce.

Habit variable.

White American (Alba). Seecut. <A tree with com-
yact rigid habit and light green foliage. Many spee-
imens have a silvery hue. Prioe, 2 feet, 35¢; 23 to 3
fect, 50c; 4 feet, 75c; 5 to 6 feet, $1.00.

Engelmanni. Engelmann’s Spruce. From the cold
sub-alpine districts of the Rocky Mcuntains. It
makes a stately tree 60 to 100 feet high, forming a
narrow, sharply tapering spire of a rather darkish
hue, with the under surface of leaves showing a sil-
very color, varying from green to a fresh silver color.
The trees of this variety are yet of small size.]
Price on selection. Kare; perfectly hardy.

Oriental Spruce.

From the Kast, near the shores of
the Black Sea.

Price, 2 to 3 feet, 75c to $1.00.

(Blue Spruce of White Spruce class).

Blue Spruce. A type of the white, ofa blueish green
foliage and fine habic of growth, making a most beau-
tiful tree alone, or ina collection. See cut above.
Price, 3 to 5 feet, 50c to $1.00.

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Pruned Hemlock.

Price of pruned trees, 2 to 4 feet, 75c to $2 each.
We have 4 to 5 feet specimens, price on selection.

aae Our stock of artificially pruned Hemlock and Ar-
bor Vitae is the best we know of. 2 to 6ft. high.

DWARF EVERGREENS.

Dwarf White Spruce.

Alba Glauca, or Dwarf White Spruce; see cut. This
is so distinctly silvery in foliage that it cannot be
passed without attracting attention; as distinct as
the famous Engelmanni Spruce. Habit; thick, up-
right, compact. 3 feet, $1.00.

Dwarf Hemlock. Among our rows of Hemlock are
trees of very decided dwarf habit. of a rather stiff
outcurve of branches, and quite thick, short branch-
es; very dark green. Wevalue them as a novelty.
Some are 4 feet high and as much in diameter.

Pygmza. A dwarf variety of the Norway; very com-
pact.- Our trees are less than one foot and globular.

Dwarf White Pine grows to 3 or 4feet high, and often

broader. Price on selection.
Ericoides. A pretty little evergreen shrub with heath-
like leaves. Also one called Tom Thumb. | 50c

to $1.00. A long list of rare Evergreens will be added
to our present stock; some of them may appear in
special list.

WEEPING EVERGREENS.

Natural.formed Hemlock. Color variable.

Hemlock or Weeping Spruce (Canadensis). An elegant
pyramidal tree, with drooping branches, and delicate
dark foliage, like that of the Yew. Distinct from all
other trees. It is a beautiful lawn tree, and makes
a highly ornamental hedge; is more succcesful if
sheltered from northerly winds. Prunes into any
form. A graceful large tree if left to nature. See
cut of a pruned tree, also acut of natural tree of loose
habit. At these prices very compact natural habits
will be selected. 1 to 1} ft., 10c; 2} ft., 25c; 3 to 4 ft.,
50c; 5 to 6 ft., $1.

Abies Excelsia.

Of peculiar drooping branches.
upwards each.

Abies Canadensis. (Pendula.) Weeping Hemlock.

Light-green leaves and weeping habit. Origin, Hish-
kill, N. Y. Have specimen trees; will take orders ;
2 feet, $2.

Ground or Creeping Hemlock. This is common in
many old forests, on damp locations. Dark green, flat
leaves, three fourths of an inch long on opposite side
of branch; grows freely with us; a scarlet fruit, hol-
low, one-third of an inch long, rather pleasant to the
taste. Is an interesting feature. 50¢c and upwards.

Jumiper. Savin (Sabina). A low, spreading shrub,
often grows to cover arod square, 50c.

Varieties of Hemlock.

Three to 5 feet, not of adwarf tendency, with graceful,
pendnlous branches, but strikingly distinct from each
other; they look finely set in ample space separately. $1
each; $9 per dozen.

Many of these natural or unpruned trees, 3 to 4 feet
high; are very stocky, often 3 to 4 feet in diameter.

To insure success in transplanting our best Hem-
lock or Weeping Spruce, we have root-pruned thou-
sands of them by digging completely around and
under them, thus a new set of fibrous growth, forming
retaining earth. We thus get a mass of rcots that look
like suecess. We also haye used casks sawed in
halves. cut about the evergreens of any variety, and
lift. a ball of earth with the roots of the tree, just
filling the tub. Success then is doubly sure. Or each
tree is often packed in a separate mat. <A cliarge to
pay such cost is added to the price of trees, as it is
all done for the benfit of purchaser.

(Pendula.) Weeping Norway.
2 to 33 feet, $1.50 and

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We have noticed various kinds of evergreens, in
fact all the coniferous trees, vary much in tint or
color of foliage, and form of tree as to actually con-
fuse an old muster to readily demonstrate to what class
they belong. Luxuriant specimens of any tree are more
easily identified than inferior stunted growth.

The White Pine, American Larch, al-o the European
Larch, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Balsam Fir, Hem-
lock, Austrian Pine, Scotch Pine, White Cedar and Red
Cedar of our Massachusetts swamps and dry pastures, as
wellas the cedars known as Arbor Vite, so common
across the continent, Black Spruce, Engelmann’s Spruce,
and other evergreens, all vary so much as to bear with
some show of merit a distinct name, as we have given
the Blue Spruce a separate name, belonging as it does
to the White Spruce class. ‘These contrasts, as may
be seen in our grounds, are worth attention.

European Larch.

Larch (Larix). See cut of a 5-feet tree above.
European (Huropea). An excellent rapid-growing,
pyramidal tree; also valuable for timber, posts, and
Kk. R. ties. Small branches, drooping; a fine shade
tree. Grows very rapidly even on dry, poor soil. We
have trees 15 to 17 years planted, 30 to 40 feet high,
and over 4 feet in circumference, spreading over 20
feet. Nothing will pay better to grow as a forest
tree on waste land. The cost in quantities is not
great. Very sure to live if transplanted very early
in the spring or late in the autumn. 1 to 2 ft., 10c;
2to 3ft., 15c; 3 to + feet, 25c; + to 5ft., 50c; 5 to 6 ft.
stocky, 75c; 6 to 7 ft., $1.
We have an excess of 3 to 6 ft. Larch, and will sell
very low by the hundred.

The State Premium offered for the best European
or Scotch Larch Forests, to be plunted this year and
examined by committees in 1888, after 11 years growth
will induce numbers to plant this tree. It is safe to
expect a hight of trees at that time of 20 to 30 feet;
so the growth will be of ample consideration to all
who fail to get the prize.

PRICE of small trees 6 to 10 inches from seedbeds,
50c per doz. or $2 per hundred.

OR OLDER TREKS, TRANSPLA TED, 8 to 15 inches,
$1 per doz. or $5 per hundred.

American Larch. Hackmiutack. Nearly as valuable
a tree for all purposes as the European Larch ; leaves
a darker green color. The new formed cones in May
are little purple gems. 5 to 6 feet, 50c; 7 to 10 feet,
75c.

Evergreens and Hedges.
49> For descriptions, see under appropriate headings.
Arbor Vitz, Hemlock, Norway Spruce, White Spruce,
Black Spruce, Ked Spruce, Fir Balsam, Red Cedar; Box-

| Edging for walks. Assorted sizes. Price much according
to size and proportion of plants.

J

It is often asked what is the best evergreen for a hedge.
Tt depends much upon who manages a hedge. ‘The soil,
culture, pruning; even the aspect, or lay of the land,
shelter, &c. have to do with the perfection of the hedge
and its coutinuous beauty, let the tiee be of what it may ;
for all hedges ave made of separate trees of a greater or
less native tendency to grow into noble trees. Thus
pruning should begin so that the lower branches muy be
Sustained in vigor, from the top of the hedge tothe base.

The Arbor Vitz is the lowest priced evergreen of all.

WEEPING DECIDUOUS TREES.

Willow (Salix).
Weeping ( Babylonica).

i Our common and well known
weeping willow.

6 feet, 50c.

American Weeping (Americana Pendula). An Ameri-«
~ can dwarf, slender-branched species. Grafted 5 or 6
feet high, it makes one of the most ornamental of
smiull weeping trees; more hardy than the Babylo-
nica. See cut. 6 feet, $1.50. Some of extra growth,

Pentiolaris. (Rosmarinifolia.) Rosemary-leaved Wil-
low. A shrub, native of this country, with lanceo-
late, silky leaves, with white under surface, in length
3 inches, width one-third to one-half inch, and a
neat, roundish head. When grafied standard high,
it forms a beautiful specimen. We have pruned sam.-
ples with globular tops, 2 to 4 feet diameter, on 2
straight trunk 3 to 6 feet high. Price, $1 to $8 each.

Young trees, one year from bush, 4 to 5 ft., 75c.

Kilmarnock Weeping.
4 to 6 ft.

American Weeping.
5 to 7 feet.

Kilmarnock Weeping (Caprea Pendula). An exceed-
ingly graceful tree, with large glossy leaves. One of
the finest of this class of trees; very hardy. See cut.
4 to 5 feet, one year’s growth, $1.50; 3 years, $1.50;
Salomon’s weeping, 75c.

Ash (Fraxinus).
European Weeping (Ezcelsior Pendula). The com-
mon well-known sort; one of the finest lawn and
arbor trees; covering a great space and growing
rapidly. Price, $1.50.

Weeping Poplar. This isa graceful weeping tree,
affording alight shade. [tis budded ona tall stalk
and droops and waves beautifully in the wind. Price,
$1.50

Birch (Betula).

Cut-Leaved Weeping (ZLascinitta Pendula). An ele-
gant, erect tree, with slender, drooping branches and
fine cut leaves. White bark, very striking. A mag-
nificent variety and worthy of a place on every lawn.
Price, 3 to 5 feet, 75; 6 to7 feet, $1.50,

European Weeping (Pendula). A charming, drooping
tree, when six or ten years old; bark pure white.
Erect when young. 4 to 6 feet, 50c; 8 to 10 feet, $1.

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CHESTNUT BLOSSOM AND LEAVES.

(Castanea Americanus. )

‘* This our common native chestnut is one of the glories of the rocky hillsides and pastures of New
England, and well known throughout the Northern States. It is a tree of great size, grand character
and rapid growth ; in form, when mature, it resembles the White Oak, but assumes its grand air
much younger.”’ It is possible for it to grow to a height of 50 feet in 20 years, when grown in com-
pany with other trees so its side branches do not gain much vigor.

Few trees take on such noble proportions from youth to old age, when growing in ample space on
its peculiar soil. It delights ina dry, gravelly and rocky, granite soil or rocky loam. In trans-

_ planting the chestnut it is not best to do it till near the time the buds swell,—this is true of all the
nut-bearing trees. In the case of smaller trees we have been quite fortunate, not losing 10 per cent.
See last page of cover for leaf and fruit.

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.,—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

35

Elm (Ulmus).
Scotch Weeping (Montana Pendula). A _ vigorous
rowing tree, with graceful drooping branches reach-
ing to the ground; very distinct; large, heart- formed
leaves. 6 feet, $1.50. Some extra fine, price on
selection.

Mountain Ash (Sorbus).

Weeping (Aucuparia Pendula). A beautiful tree, with
straggling or weeping branches; makes a fine tree
for the lawn, and suitable for covering arbors; white
blossom, yellow clusters of berries. 6 feet, $1.50.

NUT BEARING TREES.

Chestnuts. Common American sweet. Bears green
prickly burs, and sweet, catable nuts. See cuts of
leaf burr and nuts on last page of cover: also see cut
of Chestnut blossom on page 34.

A new impetus has recently been given to the planting
of this desirable tree. A rapid grower. Affords

splendid shade and bears nuts when 10 to 15 feet
high. Grows to gigantic size. We offer 2 to 6 feet
trees in quantities, to set singly or as orchards. (We
have chopped down this tree in N. H. 6 feet in di-
ameter.) 2 feet, 15c; 3 feet, 25c; 4 tod feet, 50c; 6 feet,
75c; 7 to 8 feet, $1.

Walnuts. American black. Grows rapidly.
of a large cultivation as a timber tree. Bears nuts
when only 6 inches diameter. Hardy, very fruitful.
There are bearing trees at Derry, N. H., 40 feet high.
A tree grows in Readiny 3 feet in diameter ; 20 years
ago a tree stood in West Medford 5 feet diameter and
grand proportion of top. Price, 3 feet, 26c; 4 fect,
50c; 6 feet, $1.

English Walnut, or Madeirn Nut, is a good
thing. Leaf fragrant. Scarce. $1.50.

Worthy

Oilnut, or Butternut. (Am. White.) This is adapt-
ed toall soils. A rapid grower, and makes a broad,
spreading tree. Hardy everywhere, aud well known
to all observers. Bears at an early age, oblong nuts
containing rch oily meat. Price, 5 teet, 60c; 6 to 7
feet, 75c.

DECIDUOUS TREES.

Abele (Populus).

Silver Leaved or White Poplar (Alba). A rapid grow-
ing and useful tree for exposed situations near the
seashore. Grows vigorous in any soil. Price, 6 to
8 feet, 50c; 9 to 12 feet, 75c.

Cotton Wood, or the Carolina Poplar, so abund-
ant along our western Rivers, attaining an im-
mense size. It is a well tested tree and a most
rapid grower. We have known it grow 8 feet in one
season. It grows so as to shelter dwellings and
stockyurds on the western prairies sooner than any
other tree, udding immensely to the comfort and
beauty of western homesteads. Grows successfully
in New England and does not throw up suckers.
Grows 60 to 80 feet and of diameter of hogsheads. A
good street tree on any soil. We have a tree 18 years
from a cutting. 50 feet high, containing half a cord of
wood. 8 feet, 50c; 10 feet, 75c; 12 feet, or more, $1.

Lombardy Poplar. Remarkable for pyramidal, up-
right habit. Distinct from most trees; attaining 60
feet in height aud not spreading 10 feet in diameter
of top. The trunk grows to 3 feet diameter. The
effect is striking, viewed in any aspect. 10 years’
growth from a cutting often affords a height of 40 feet
or more, Price, 8 feet, 50c; 10 feet, 75c.

Poplar (Populus).
Carolina Poplar. Apparently identical with the Cot-

tonwood; grows § feetin a season. 50c. to $1.
Balsam (dvalsamea)’. Grows frecly, makes a large tree,
leaves large heart-shape. Medicinal buds. 6 to 9 ft.,
50 to 75c.
Common Aspen (tremula). Leaves never still. 75c.

Green Barked Poplar, very compact top, clear green,
small leaf, desirable. 10 feet, 75c.

Alder (Alnus).

European (Glutinosa). A tree of rapid growth, suita-
ble for damp soils, but thriving well anywhere. The
yellow pollen from its tassels isvery profuse. Price,
8 feet, 75c; 12 feet, $1.

Imperial Cut-Leaved (Lasciniata Imperialis). A very
striking and beautiful tree, with delicate and beauti-
fully cut leaves; hardy growth; one of the finest cut-
leaved trees incultivation. Suitedtothe lawn. New.
Price, 3 to t1t., 75c; 5 to 6 ft., $1.00 and upwards.

Ash White (Fraxinus).
American ( £xcelsior). A strong, vigorous, upright,
et globular formed top; very valuableastimber; It
is used in Carriage Making, in Church, Office and
House Furnishing, as wellas for Furniture. One

of the surest of success in transplanting, is being ap-
preciated as a street tree, and can be safely recom-
menaced to plant or iutermix in Forest planting. 7
feet, 50c; 9 to 12 feet, $1.

Flowering (Onws, Europowus). A very ornamental dwf.
tree; flowers fringe-like, greenish white, produced’
early in June, in l:rge clusters on the end of the
branches. New. 4 feet, 75c.

Willow Leaved (Salicifolia). A rapid, stout growing
tree, with narrow, wavy leaves; very ornamental. 6
feet, 75c.

Ash |F. quadrangulata.| Blue; this tree has a singular
prominence on the branches so as to give a square
uppearance; vigorous grower; the wood is. stiff;
ee a large regular headed tree. Price, 6 to § feet,

de.

American Black (americanus). (F. sambucifolia.) Con-
spicuous odd flowers, and very large seeds. Bark
light gray, not much furrowed and of corky texture.

Mountain Ash (Pyrus Sorbus).

European (Aucuparia). A fine hardy tree; head
dense and regular, clusters of showy white flowers
in June; covered from July till winter with large
clusters of bright scarlet berries. Price, 7 feet, 50c ;
10 feet, $1. We have ulso the Oak Leaved ( Quercife-
lia). Hoary lobed leaves.

Dwarf Profuse: Flowering (Nara Florabunda).
murkable dwarf variety. Makes a small tree or low
shrub. ‘The prominent red buds are seen all winter,
as though just ready to burst into leaf. 3 feet, 75c.

Beech, White. A native tree; free grower, clear
plosey green, compact, round head. Our trees are
ow formed, very thick tops; good for lawns. 5 to 6
feet; Price on selection.

A re.

Beech (Fagus).

Purple-Leaved (Purpurea). A remarkable variety
with deep purple foliage, changing to greenish pur-
plein Autumn. A very striking contrast with other
ornamental trees. Commands a high rate. It pro-
pagates by inarching, the only way to get it true to
the orginal type. Price, 2 feet, $1; 3 feet, $1.50; 4
feet, $2; 5 feet, $3. 2 to3 yrs. plantedin our grounds,

Oak, Red or Scarlet (Quercus Rubra Coccinea).

A rapid grower ; its scarlet leaf in autumn has distin-
guished this as a desirable tree in a collection. 6 ft.,
75c; 6 to 8 feet, $1.

Chestnut Oak (Q. Castena). 3 to 5 feet, 75c.
White Oak (Quercus Alba). 2 to 4 feet, 75c.
Swamp White Oak or Tomentosa, 2 to 3 feet, 75c.

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English Oak. Dark green, irregularly lobed leaf; long
acorns hanging by a slender pendulous stem. Price,
6 feet, 75c.

Mossy Cup (macrocarpa). Burr Oak.

Pyramidal ( fastigiata). A very erect and ornamental
tree. $1.50.

Elm (Ulmus).

American White (Americana Alba). The noble spread-
ing, drooping tree of our fields; one of the
grandest of park or street trees; the boast of Ameri-
cans. 7 feet, 50¢; 8 to 9 feet, 75; 10 to 12 feet, $1; 12
and 15 feet, price on selection.

English (Campestris). An erect lofty, robust tree, with
rather small leaves. 8 feet, $1.

Dampiere’s Pyramidal (pyramidalis.) Very upright
and compact grower. $1.50.

Crisp Leaved (crispa). Curious and ornamental.

Huntingdon (glabra). Rapid growing; shining leaf.

Purple Leaved (purpurea). Very distinct, with pur-
plish foliage and erect habit. 75c. to $2.

Siberian (siberica.) Erect habit; large, round buds.

1.

Monumentalis, the most curious of our collection; has
countless buds and leaves, and very compact top. $2.

Scotch Elm. A few of the true Scotch are to be seen
about Boston; there are 9 noble tall trees on the
walk across Boston Common, from the West street
Gate, 60 to 75 feet high. If we are right as to its
name, this tree is quite rare, but is a noble Park
Tree. Its fastigiata habit, vigorous growth and fur-
rowed trunk speak well for it. Price, 5 to 7 feet, 75c.

At least a dozen additional varieties of Elms are in
our collection, many very rare and desirable.

Birch (Betula).
American Cherry or Mahogany (Lenéa).
ble variety, with large foliage, dark bark.
Black Birch; sweet, spicy bark:

A remarka-
Called
Price, 8 teet, 75c.

Yellow Birch. (Betula Lenta). It is found through-
out al northern New England, andthe British Prov-
inces, on cool soils; it grows to 3 feet diameter and
60 feet high in some grand old forests. (A tree stands
in open ground near our nursery, 3 feet diameter,
with a globular top) ; when young it is quite upright
and regular; a clean wholesome tree. ‘The tassels in
bloom in May, are 3 inches long and shed an
abundance of yellow pollen. The bark is yellow and
peels off around the trunk in thin light strips. The
young twigs and inside bark is sweet and spicy to
the taste; it is known as Sweet Birch. 650c. to $1.

White. Paper of Canoe. Grows to 60 feet high. <A
beautiful native tree, with pure white bark. Grows
in good proportion, Called the Lady of the Woods.
The bark is white as snow after it becomes 3 or 4
inches diameter. Price, 6 feet, 50c; 9 to 10 fect, $1.

American Wild Cherry. (Cerasus Sylvestris).
This is a rapid growing tree of dark bark, rough when
old, growing often more than x feet diameter and 40
to 60 feet high; bearing strings of black Cherries of
an eatable, astringent but wholesome and medicinal
character. The timber is prized as nearly equal to
Mahogany, Price, 50c. to $1.

Celtis, or Nettle Tree. A worthy shade tree; grows
to 40 feet; resembles the elm in leaf, except each leaf
is of oblique form; red berries, which hold on all
winter; hardy; not known to many New England
people. 6 feet, 50c; 8 feet, $1.

Linden (Tilia).

European (Zuropea).
with large leaves and fragrant flowers.
larger trees, price on selection.

American or Basswood (Americana). A rapid-grow-
ing beautiful native tree, with very Jarge leaves and
fragrant flowers. Very desirable; blooms in July,
when its sweet, yellow flowers attract swarms of
bees. 6 feet, 50c; 9 to 10 feet, $1; scarce in Nurseries.

A very fine pyramidal tree
8 feet, $1;

Lime, or Linden (Tilia).
Fern Leaved (lasciniata).
Downy Leaved (pubescens).

$1.
$1.

Acacia (Robinia).
Gum, or Rose: Flowered (viscos1). With white and
pink flowers. Good in barren, waste corners; makes
a small tree. 50c. Price low by the dozen or hundred.

Honey Locust.

Three-Thorned Acacia (Gleditschia Triacanthos). A
rapid growing tree for street or lawn, with delicate
foliage of a beautiful fresh, lively green; seed pods
a foot long; strong thorns; a noble shadetree. 6 feet,
50c: 8 feet, 75ce. Makes a handsome and valuable
hedge. Plants, 5 to 10 cents each; lower by the 100
or 1000.

Black Locust. Desirable for foliage and for rapid
growth; white fragrant flowers in June. 50c to $1.

Horse Chestnut (Aisculus).

Common or White-Flowering (Hippocastanum). A
very beautiful, well known tree, with round dense
head, dark green foliage and an abundance of showy
flowers in early Spring. 5 feet, 50c; 6 to 7 feet, $1.

Horse Chestnut, Smooth=F ruited (Pavia).
Red-Flowering (2ubra). A small-sized tree, with
dark-red flowers. Somewhat crooked and irregular
grower. 4 feet, $1.

Catalpa.e. Common (syringefolia). Large, showy
pink and white flowers on a spike a foot long, grows
to a large size. 3 to 4 feet, 50c.

Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus).
Kentucky Coffee Tree (canadensis).

A coarse, hardy
ornamental tree.

Immense seed pods.

Hop Hornbeam (Ostraya).
Common (virginiana). Very showy when full of
flowers; grows to a good shade tree. 50c.

Tupelo Tree (Nyssa biflora).

Common, or Swamp Hornbeam (aquatica). One of
the most ornamental of American trees, with
brilliant crimson foliage in the autumn. Grows in
low soil from 50 to 70 feet; on dry soil often has a
wide horizuntal spread of branch in layers. 75c.

Sassafras (Laurus).
Common (sassafras). Green bark on new wood, very
fragrant. 75c.
Kolreuteria (paniculata).
A fine tree, with panicles of showy yellow flowers in
clusters often 18 inches long; hardy and very orna-
mental. 4 feet, 50c; 8 to 10 feet, $1.50.

Osage Orange (Maclura).
Common (aurantinca). A handsome glossy leaved
tree, producing large fruit. 50c.

Plane Tree (Platanus).

American (occidentalis). Buttonwood. 75c.

Cypress, Deciduous. Beautiful, delicate, feathery
foliage; distinct, hardy, desirable. 75c.
Willow (Salix).

Gold Barked (aurea). With bright yellow shoots;

grows large; highly ornamental in winter. 75c.
Ring Leaved (involuta). Curious foliage. 75c.

Maple (Acer).

Scarlet (Rubrum). A rapid-growing tree with red
flowers very early in Spring. Scarlet Autumn leaves,
that alone will always make this a noted tree. At-
tains a large size. 6 feet, 50c: 7 feet, 75¢c: 9 feet, $1.

Silver-Leaved (Dasycarpum). Of exceedingly rapid
growth, and desirable tor immediate effect. Slender,
drooping branches. All winter the large red buds
look as though just bursting into leaf. Price, § feet,
50; 10 to 12 feet, $1.

Stiiped (Acer striata). A native; variegated bark.
striped up and down with white, and dark cloudy
grecn; large leaf; seeds prominent, 5 feet, 50c; 6 to
7 feet, $1.

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Cluster, Often grows in clumps to a height of 10 ft.;
new growth red; a very crumpled leaf; long racemes
of red seeds; dwarf nabit. 3 to 4 ft., 50c. to $1.

English (compestris). A small growing and pretty
tree; cork bark; bears pruning well. 50c.

Cut Leaved (lascinati). Curious foliage growing to a
large shade tree. $l. and upwards.

Tinted Leaved (colchicum rubrum).
with rosy tinted foliage. From Japan.

Very unique,
50c.

Sugar or Rock (Saccharinum). Avery popular Amer-
ican tree, and for its stately form and fine foliage,
of orange and vermillion, often on a single leaf, with
such a blending of colors as to be just splendid;
justly ranked among the very best, both for the lawn
and theavenue. Called for more than any other shade
tree.

Price, 7 to 8 feet, 50c; 9 to 10 feet, 75c; 10 to 13 feet,
$1 00; very strong trees, 12 to 15 ft., $1.50 to $2. each.
‘Trees 3 inches through at base, price on selection.

There is an influx of Rock Maple trees, sent down
from the country wood lots, and some from open
pastures. The argument used is often this; ‘‘ They
ure natural trees, not forced in nurseries.””? Now all
experienced planters know that wild trees are not
preferable t> nursery grown trees. We will supply
those Country Maple frees, of the hights we name
our trees in Catalogue, at half price of Nursery Trees
on condition the order comes in season, and the party
ordering assumes risk and expenses from the ship-
ping point.

In October we took care tomark alarge number of
the Maples that showed the most strikingly brilliant
colors of leaves.

Norway (Platanoides). One of the most valuable or-
namentul trees for the lawn; broad, rich, dark-green
foliage, and of acompact, globular top; well adapt-
ed to the street; makes a dense shade; it does well
neur the sea shore. Price, 7 feet, 50; 10 feet, $1. A
few 12 feet, $1.50.

Neguntro. Ash Leaved (/fracinifolium). A beauti-
fultree. A singular bloom on the new green wood.
Boxelder. Known also as Green-Barked Maple. 75c.

Virgilea Luten. A very fine native tree, though lit-
tle known; flowers white, in clusters often 2 feet
long and branched, and in form like the Laburnum.
Sometimes called Kentucky Yellow Wood. Price,
4 feet, 75c. Several in blooming state, § feet, $3.

Talip Tree. Distinct, glaucous, three-lobed leaf with
end nearly square; the blossom is yellow and green;
very beautiful in June. A noble tree. 6 feet, 50c;
8 feet, §I.

Amelanchier. Snowy-flowered (botryapium). In
April,—the first tree to blooin; grows 10 to 20 feet. 50c.

Judas Tree (Circis).

American (Canadensis). A small growing tree. cov-
ered with large, clean foliage, and delicate purple
flowers before the leaves appear. 5 feet, $1.

Laburnum (Cytisus),

Scotch (Laburnum). Bears long pendent racemes of
yellow flowers in June, 6 inches long; showy and
beautiful; makes a small tree. 4 feet, 75c; 6 feet,
$1.

All the Magnolias require skill in trans-
planting. Should be moved just as the buds swell.

Cucumber Tree (Acuminata). A noble, beautiful tree,
with quite large leaves and yellowish flowers, tinted
with bluish purple. Blooms at 8 to 12 feet. Price,
4 feet, $1. Extra strong, $1.50.

Umbrella Tree (7vipetala). A small-sized tree with
immense leaves and large white flowers four to six
inches in diameter. Grows quite upright. VPrice,
$1.50.

Soulange’s (Soulangeana). Resembles the foregoing,
except the flowers are white, tinted with purple, and
blooins rather later. A most desirable tree for all
planters. Makes a beautiful compact tree. Price, 3
feet, $1.50; 4 feet, very stocky, $2.50.

' Magnolia.

Glauca. A weak grower and early bloomer}; very fra-
grant. Grows nutural in Essex Co., Mass. $1.

Salisburia, or Ginkzo.
Maiden Hair Tree (Adiuntifolia). A rare, beautiful
tree, with remarkable fan-like foliage. 6 feet, $1.50.

Thorn (Crategus).
Double White (Uxryacantha Plena).
ble white pinkish flowers.
Double Red.
foliage
eral other Thorns of great merit.
upwards. 2 to 4 ft. trees, 40c to $1.

Apple (Malus).
Chinese Double Flowering (Spectabalis). Very showy
and ornamental, beautiful double rose-colored tlow-
ers. 6 feet, 75c.

Has small, dou-
Price, $1.50 and upwards.
Flowers deep pink, very double; rich
Price, $1 each and upwards, We have sev-
Price, $1.50 and

Cherry (Cerasus).
Large Double-Flowering (Mag. Flora Plena). A va-
riety of the Heart Cherry, with pretty, double white
flowers. 6 feet, 75c.

Peach, Purple or Blood=Leraved.

Kesembling in growth the common Peach, but very
distinct in foliage, which is a bright crimson red,
glossy, like burnished copper, and producing fruit of
2 good quality. Very beautiful and desirable as an
ornament. New. 4 to d feet, 35c; 6 to 7 ft., 50c.

Peach (Amygdalus).
Double White (Alba Plena). Very ornamental; flow-
2rs pure white and double; hardy. 4 feet, 75e.
Also a red flowering vuriety, 75c.

Plam (Prunus).
Three-Lobed (Trilobata). A small tree with rose-col-
ored blossoms, nearly double. Perfectly hardy and
well tested. Price, 3 feet, 50c.

ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS.

At these prices well developed plants are given, <A great reduction is made in this catalogue on
price of shrubs, 25 to 50 per cent. (Small sized plants at 15 to 25 ets, each.)

Althea. Rose of Sharon. (Hybiscus Syriacus).
Tne Althess are very fine free-growing, flowering
shrubs, of the easiest cultivation. Very desirable on
account of blooming in the autumn mosths, when so
few other trees or shrubs are in bloom. Assorted
varieties—white, purple, pink, and variegate1 double
flowers. 2 to 3 feet, 35e; extra large, 50 to 73.

Variegata. A moststrikingly ptominent Variety. Each

leaf continues all the season distinctly marked
with green tind white; flowers double purple, that

| do nottully €xpand, «A new thing, udt a stong grow-
er. 40

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J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR,

Almond (Amygdalus).

Dwarf Double Rose Flowering (Pumila Rosea). A
beautiful shrub, with small, double rosy blossoms
in May; grows to perfection, 14 to 2 feet, 36c.

Dwarf Double White Flowering (Puméla Alba). 2 ft. 36c.

Acacia Rose. Moss Locust. A very beautiful shrub;
flowering from June to October in clusters 3 to 6
inches long, of pink color, 35c.

Ash, Prickl*. A shrnb with thorns; bark medicinal;
yellow bloom in June; rare in cultivation, 26 to 60c,
ani some at $1.

Berberry (Berberis).

Common Kuropean ( Vulgaris). The yellow blossoms
in May hang in racemes, making it Very ornamental.
Ked truited. Ripe in Oct. Makes a good hedge. 25c.
Extra large 50c.

Purple Leaved (Purpurea): An interesting and beau-
tiful variety with violet purple leaves from June to
November, yellow bloom and red fruit. 35. Extra
large, 75c.

Calycanthus—Sweet-Scented Shrub, or Al'spice.
Smooth Leaved (Levigata). A favorite sirub, with
fragrant wood, and flowers of a chocolate red color,
1, in. diam. ; rich foliage, blossoming in June, and
atintervals through the season. 35c; extra large, 7dc.

Corchorus (Kerria).
Japan Globe Flower (Japonica). A slender green-
branched shrub, covered with a profusion of globu-
lar yellow flowers from July to October. 35c.

We have a Corchorus with vaiiegaied leaf—quite a
distinct feature. 386c.

Cornus or Dogwood.

Red-Branched (Sanguinea). Very conspicous and
ornamental in winter on account of its blood-red
bark. Has a smooth, large leaf; grows to a large

lobular bush, quite indispensable shrub. White
owers in June. 35c¢; extra large, $1.

Cornus or Dogwood (Cornu:)
Alternate Leaved (alternifolia). 5c.
Panicled (paniculata). 50c.

Red Fruited (masculs). Strong grower. 75c.
Currant (Ribes). Bloom in May; large, clean foli-
age. Ought to be in all collections,

Crimson-Flowering (Sanguineum). 75e.

R. Aureum. Missouri Currant. A native shrub with
yellow flowers; black fruit, having a delightful, spicy
fragrance, blooming very early in May. 36.

Daphne.
- Mezercum Pink ( Mezereum Rubrum). Flowers appear
very ewly, before the leaves; often blooms as early as
April 10in., “Fragrant, beautiful. 35¢,

Deutzia.
Rough-Leaved (Scabra). One of the most beautiful
profuse flowering shrubs; white blooms, in clusters.
3 ft. 35¢; extra large, 5 feet stocky, 75c.

Var. fl. pl. Double-flowering Deutzia. The double
white flowers ure delicately margined with pink. One
of the most desirable hardy shrubs, (seurce), $1.

D. Gracilis. Slender growing Weutzia. Of small
size, ligut-green foliage, and delicate graceful white
flowers. Much used for forcing in pots. 1} ft. 35c.

Euonymous, Burning Bush, Strawberry Tree.
A very ornamental and showy shrub, whose chief
beauty consists in its brilliant berries, which hang
in clusters from the branches until midwinter, of a
brigit rose-color. Planted with a background of
evergreen, the effect of contrast is very fine. Small,
35c; in blooming state, 7dc.

KH. Amer‘canus. Strawberry Tree. A native shrub

with brigat green leaves and crimson-colored four

lobed pods. Holds on all the fall. 35 to 7c.

Elder (Sambucus).

kted Berried (racemosa). Conspicuous, Extra, 75c.

| Exorchorda.

f Great Flowered (grandifiora.) <A fine
shrub, with racemes of large white flowers. 75ce.

Indigo Shrub (Amorpha.)
Tawny (crocewm). A very pretty shrub,
of purple and yellow flowers. 35c.
Leather Wood (Dirca.)
Common (palustris). “Yellow flowers before the

leaves ; appear about May 1st. Very rare in cultiva-
tion. Is not easy to transplant. :

with spikes

Rubrus Odoratus. Purple-flowering Raspberry. A
perennial branching shrub, with large leaves ‘often
8 inches diameter and purplish rose flowers and red
fruit. 35¢.

Sambucus Pubens. Red-Berried Elder. Especially
beautiful red flowers, betries in Jar. e clusters, being
brilliant red in color in July and August; our plants

are large. 76c.
Forsytnia.
Viridissimi. Leaves willow-formed. dark green; flow-

ers bright yellow very early in spring; smooth green
bark. A fine shrub introduced by Mr. Fortune from
China. 46c. extra large, for effect, ?5c.

Suspensna. Weeping Forsythia. Growth long,
slender and droopins. Flowers bright yellow and
abundant, blooming before the leaves appear. 35c.

F.

Sophora Japonicn. A small-sized tree, dark-green
bark to the new wood; delicate foliage of the accacia
character. Yellow blossoms late in the season, One
of the most desirable trees on deep, dry soil. Price 50c.
to $1.

Snowberry or Waxberry—(Symporicapus). White
berried. A very ornamenial shrub, with pink bell-
shaped flowers in May. Snow white fruit in autumn,
half to one inch diam., looking as pure as true white
canimply. Grows 3 to 4 feet. 5c. j

Waxberry Racemosus—(Called Woolfberry Sym:
poricapus). A medium sized native shrub: flowers
pink, small and numerous, berries abundant, grayish
white, clustering in great numbers along the stalks,
bending them with a weight of: fruit, which remains
on till cold weather. Very seldom seen in cultiva-
tion; especially adapted to fill up some dry or neg-
lected corner. 35c.

Red Fruited Waxberry—(Vulgaris Symporicapus).
Indian Currant. Beautiful from the profusion of its
bright red coral-like berries piled one upon another,

35c. v3

late in autumn.

Hypericum. Grows to2 or3 feet. A globular head;
long, narrow, green leaves; grows in any dry soil;
bright yellow blossoms in July aud Aug. 30c.

Honeysuckle Upright. (Lonicera).

Red VYartarean (Zarturica Rubra). A well known
shrub, flowers bright pink, which appear in May.
Berries red and showy in July and August. 35 to 50c;
extra in blooming state, 75c.

White Tartarian (Tartarica Alba). Like the preced-
ing, but has dull white flowers, and yellow berries in
July and August. Both of these make a good hedge,
or can be pruned in any formas a standard on the
lawn. Price, 35 to 50c; extra in blooming state, 76c.

We have close pruned specimens of the above that are
sought for ut high rates.

Lilac (Syringa).

Charles the Tenth. A strong, rapid grower, with large
shiny leaves and reddish purple flowers. Extra
large, 75c.

Chionanthus-Leaved. (Josilea). Have dark, shining
leaves like the White Fringe Tre», and purple flow-
ers, fine and distinct. Extra large, 75c.

Common White (Vulgaris Alba). Well known, a good
strong grower, white flowers. 36c; extra large, 50c.

Common Purple ( Vulgaris "Purpurea). Purple flow-
ers early in the8eason, Seen about all country home-
Steads. 35c; extra large, 5Uc. ;

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Persian. Very distinct, small foliage; rather slender
growth, branches pendent when in bloom; light pur-
ple flowers. One of the best Lilacs. 35c; extra large,
50c.

Lilac Grandifolia.
jor effect in bloom.

One of the most distinguished
Reddish Purple, 5c.

Smoke Tree or Purple Fringe (Rhus Cotinus).
A very much admired and conspicuous shrub or small
tree, with spreading habit, covered in midsummer
with a profusion of dusky fringe-like flowers. De-
sirable from its striking peculiarity of flowering;
often afootindiam. 85c; extra large, 75.

Samach (hus Typhina). A low-growing tree, not
over 20 feet of irregular branches, gray or spotted
bark and level form of top; leayes Allanthus like set
opposite on long stems that change to scarlet and
yellow early in fall. The deep purple cones standing
upright, + to 6 inches long, is one of its most striking
features. Price, 75c.

Glabra Laciniata, 12 to 24 inches; fine. This new shrub

ossesses great beauty aud delicacy of foliage. The
leavers deeply lobed. It isa variety of the Rhus or
Smoke Bush. 75c.

Quince, Japan (Pyrus Japonica).

Seurlet. An old and esteemed variety, having a pro-
fusion of bright scarlet flowers in early spring, and
one of the best hardy shrubs we have. Make a beau-
tiful and useful hedge. 25c; blooming plants 50c;
extra large, in profuse blooming state, $1.

Blush Japan (Alba). A beautiful variety of the preced-
ing with delicate white and blush flowers. Both the
above should be planted near each other as a con-
trast in the hedge, or as a standard shiub. Both are
never failing bloomersin May. 5c; blooming plants
50c; extra large 1$.

Hazel. Purple-Leaved (called Filbert). Very large
heart shaped leaves, often six inches broad; color a
dark purple. Very prominent in foliage during the
season of its growth, or from June to Sept. 50c.

Hazel. Witch Hazel (Hememalis). A hardy shrub
grows 8 to 12 feet. It has the accomplishment of
showing its yellow starry formed flowers late in
Autumn, even after the leaves have fallen. 75c.

Clethra Alnifolia. (See full page cut of the flower.)
This hardy flowering shrubis here well illustrated by
the cut on the following page, lately engraved from
nature, Its leaves are light green; flowers pure
white, in spikes 3to6inches long. As fragrant as
Mignonette, Heliotrope, or Lilium. Its odor is more
prominent than the rose and quite as refreshing.
A group of this Clethra in bloom will perfume the
air for 20 rods around; a handful will fill a room
with its delightful fragrance.

It blooms trom July Ist to Septembrr, at a season
when few so hardy shrubs arein bloom. Its cultiva-
tion is mostsimple, growing to perfection where the
common Lilac will succeed. Never fails to bloom
from the effects of hard winters.

Its effect is impressive grown in large masses, as
produced by a dozen or more plants set in a group.

Where ample grounds are afforded, all shrubs in
large masses of each sort produce as much greater
effect as luxuriant fields of grass or grain do in con-
trast with afew square feet. It has never been so
well shown to the public as in the Central Park, New
York.

Price of medium plants, 35c; strong, well-formed
blooming plants, 75ceach. Luyers 25c. each; $10 per
hundred.

Spirena.
The Spireas are all elegant shrubs, of the easiest
culture, and their blooming extends over a period of
three months. We have some large plants.

Double-Flowering. Plum-Leaved (Prunifolia Fl. Pl.)
Very beautiful; its flowers are like white daisies.
From Japan; blossoms in May. 5c; large, for
more effect, 75c.

Lanced-Leaved (ZLanceolata or Reevesii.) Narrow,
pointed-leaves and large, round clusters of white
flowers that cover the whole plant A charming
shrub, blooming in May. 35c; extra large, 75c.

Ballardi. Nearly red; bloom: nearly all summer and au-
tumn. In favorable locuiions it grows to 6 leet. 35¢;
extra large, 75.

Collosa Alba. A new, white-flowering variety, of dwarf
habit; very fine. 35c.

St. Peter’s Wreath. Long. slender branches, wholly
enveloped in small white flowers, like awreath. 35c.

Thunbergii. Thunberg’s Spirewa. A Japanese species
of small size, with narrow linear leaves of more at-
traction in autumn than the small white flowers are
in early spring. Unsurpassed for forcing in pots. 50c.

Ulmifolia. Klm-leaved Spirea. A compact bush, with

round corymbs of white flowers resembling down.
3dc.

Obovate-Lenved (Obovata). Small and glossy tooth
leaves and small spikes of white flowers. July and
August. 35¢. xtra large 75c.

Collosa (Fortunit).. Fortune’s Spirewa. A choice spe-
cies; flowers in flattish umbels, bright pink and very
showy. Grows to 6 feet. 35¢ ; extra siocky, 75c.

When 75c is charged for shrubs of any sort, they are
many times larger than first class, or 5c. plants.

Stuartia Pentagyna. Malachodendron.
shrub, with large cream colored flowers.
are bell shape. $1.

Syringa. (Philadelphius).
All the species and varieties of the Syringa have
white flowers, many of them quite fragrant. Assort-
ed varieties, quite distinct, six or more of them.

P. Sweet-Scented Syringa. Garland (Coronarius). A
well known shrub, with pure white, scented flowers
of the size of apple blossoms. 35c; extra stocky, 75.

P. Corona. Mock Orange, orSyringa. A rapid-growing
shrub, withlarge, white bloom in July. No fragrance.
Grows late. The long, slender branches cause it to
look somewhat weeping. Grows to a large shrub.
35c; extra large, 7dc.

P. Grandiflora. A large, bending-branched shrub, very

A hardy
Showy,

large, single, white flowers in June. dec.
Privet (Ligustrum).
California (privet). Distinct; long, glossy leaf;

great grower. Strong plants. 35c.
Common American (americana). A good hedge plant.
English (valgare).

Ptelea. Common, or Hop Tree (trifoliata).
conspicuous all winter. 35c.

Seeds

Southernwood (Artemisia).
Common, or Fragrant (abrotanum. Fine fringe leaf.
35c.
Tamarax,
African (Africana). This is a very beautiful shrub
with small leaves somewhat like the Juniper, and

very delicate flowers in form of willowtag. In July,
pink color. 60c.
Viburnum:
Snow Ball, Sterilis. Guolder Rose. (Opulus). <A well-

known favorite shrub, of large size, with globular
clusters of white flowers in June. 35c; extra large,
75e.

Lentago. Sweet Viburnum. Leaves ovate, bright
reen, growth erect and large. Flowers white, in
arge cymes. 75c.

Coluten. Tree, or Bladder Senna (arborescens).
Pretty with small delicate foliage and yellow pea
shaped flowers, 35c.

High Bush Cranberry. (Viburnum oxycoccus.)
White flowers; large clusters of red, sharp acid fruit,
remaining all the fall and winter. The berries halt
an inca long. Goodfor preserves. 35c; extra large,
75c.

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CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY. MASS.—J. W, MANNING, PROPRIETOR,

CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA.
(See description on page 39.)

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

BIGNONITIA, or TRUMPET FLOWER,

(See description on page 42 among the Trailing Vines.)

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W eigelia.

Rose-Colored (Rosea). An elegant shrub, with fine
rose-colored flowers, introduced from China by Mr.
Fortune, and considered one of the finest plants he
has discovered. Quite hardy, blossoms in May. 25
to 50c.

Amabilis or Splendens. Of much more robust habit,
larger foliage and flowers, and blooms freely in the
autumn. <A great acquisition. 35c¢; 75¢.

Alba. Flowers white, changing to light delicate blush;
foliage light green; very distinct unddesirable. 35c;
extra, 75c.

Variegated Leaved (fol. Variegata). Weaves bordered
with yellowish white, finely marked all the season,
Flowers light pink. New and worthy. 50c; extra
large, 3 feet, stocky plant, 75c. ~

We have other varieties of the Weigelia.

White Fringe.

Virginica, One of the best large shrubs or small trees,
with superb foliage, and delicate, fringe like green-
ish-white flowers, with large blue truit in clusters.
in demand beyond the supply. 18inches, 50c; extra,

de.

Hydrangea. (Panicu. Grandifl.— Deutziafolia.) Large
-anacled Hydrangea. Newly introduced, and espe-
cially beautiful. Flowers in very large panicles of-
ten a foot long, pure white, changing to a purple;
and the plant is entirely hardy. 50c; extra large, 75
cents.

Hydrangea. Oak Leaved (quercifolia). A very
beautiful shrub, with large, handsome foliage. 35c.

Hydrangea Hortemsia blooms in large masses of
Pink and White; the plants offered are in strong
clumps. Price, $1. each.

Deciduous Shrubs for Hedges.

Berberry, $3 to $10 per 100; Privet, $3 to $6 per 100;
Pyrus Japonica, 2 to 6 years old, $8 to $20 per 100;
2 var. red and white flowering, Honey Locust, Buck-
thorn, $3 to $5 per 100.

TRAILING VINES.

Quinata. A fine, rapid growing climber, with dark-
gicen leaves and purple blossoms in early summer,
Jolor of barkdark green. FromJapan. 6c; extra,
75¢.

Bignonia. or Trumpet Flower.

Scarlet [Radicans]. A rampant climber; ample, dark
green, compound leaves; flowers 3 to 4 inches long,
brilliant red, mottled with yellow; in clusters of 6 to
10 on the end of long branches of the present year,
that incline to strike out horizontally. July to Sept.
Does best on well-drained soil, and allowed to cling
tosome wall, rock, bark of tree or stump; or may be
trained to a column or gutter, or to a pole standing
by itself. The flowers are succeeded by clusters of
dark-green seed pods 5 to 6inches in length. Price
of strongest plants, 25c. See cut, on page 41,

Aristolochin. (Sipho.) Dutchman’s Pipe.

A hardy, rampant trailing vine, of dark green bark,
very Jarge, heart-shaped leaves, often eight inches di-
ameter. Flowers mottled, or varied bell shaped,
with a curving stem. May be trained to any height.
$1. Very hard to propagate.

Howeysuckle. | Lonicera.]

Monthly fragrant or Dutch [Belgica]. Blooms all
summer; very sweet-scented. 2c.
Common Scarlet [Rubrwm]. A strong, rapid grower,

flower very showy, red outside, buff within. June
and July. 25c.

Chinese Twining [Japonica]. Wolds its foliage nearly
all winter; blooms in. July and Sept. and is very
sweet scented. 5c.

Uy

Yellow Trumpet [Awrea]. A well known variety with
yellow trumpet flowers. 5c.

Halliana. Halls New Japan Honeysuckle. A new kind,
with pure white, running to yellow; exceedingly
fragrant flowers. Itis a great acquisition. 26 cts.

Minucsota Honeysuckle. This strongly resembles
Rotundafolia, but with us grows more freely. Per-
fectly hardy. Enclosed or setting on the round coro-
nal leaf, in early June, stands a prominent greenish-
yellow mass of flowers. Its chief attraction is its
large, bright, glossy fruit, composed of 20 or 30 ber-
ries in a ball, often 2 inches in diameter, remaining
a prominent dark red color from early Sept. to Dec.
Nothing more worthy as a climber in our collection.
With care it will climb 20 feet in a season. We were
impressed with its mcrit while in Minnesota in 1866,
and procured native plants and named it as we have.
It is offered with a drawing of the leaf and fruit (see
next page) as it appeared Aug. 15. Supply short.

Price of blooming plants, 75.

Ivy. [Hedera]. English Ivies, dark. thick, evergreen
leat. The kvergreen Ivies often suffer in winter, if
exposed as far north as New England, but can be
kept safe in celler over winter. Much sought for.
Grows in pots and tubs; is easily preserved in winter
in cellars. 25c; extra large 75c.

Woodbine [Ampelopsis Vitchei]. Of hardy growth;
clings well to any wall, and is a new and good acqui-
sition. New plants feeble at first. 50c.

American Ivy[Ampelopsis Quinquefolia]. A native vine
of rapid growth, with large luxuriant foliage, which
in the autumn assumes the most gorgeous and mag-
nificent coloring. The blossoms, which are incon-
spicuous, are succeeded by handsome dark-blue ber-
rics. The vine is best calculated to take the place in
this country of the celebrated knglish Ivy, and is
really in summer not inferior to it. Clings firmly to
stone and brick walls. Known as Virginia Creeper.
25¢.

Variegated-Leaved. [Ampelopsis]. Isa desirable acqui-
sition; white and green leaf, a free climber. Rare,
50c.

Jasminum Fruticans.e Shrubby Jessamine. Not
properly a vine, but a shrub with long, slender
branches, which with supports can be trained ten
feet or more. Produces early in the season small
purple flowers; oblong red fruit. 35c.

Wistarin. [Glycine].

Chinese [Sinensis]. A most beautiful climber of
rapid growth, and producing long, pendulous clust-
ters of pale blue flowers, often Sto 12 inches Jong.
When well established makes an enormous growth.
One of the most superb vines ever introduced. In
New England Jatitudes should have an eastern or
southern exposure, and be sheltered from northern
winds in winter. 50c. Extra strong, 3 to 8 fect
cane. 75c.

American [/rutescens]. A native variety, of vigorous
habit, very rich foliage, and small clusters of light
blue, fragrant flowers. 35c.

Magnifica. Flowersin dense drooping racemes of lilac
flowers, size of Chinese, with the graceful foliage of
the American; vigorous, hardy; often grow 15 or 20
feet in a season. 50c. Extra large, 4 to 8 ft. cane,
75¢c.

Roxbury Waxwork. (Celestras Scandens).

A strong climber, flowers inconspicuous, berries abun-
dant in clusters 2 to 3inches long, and yellow, that
remain on all winter; large shining leaves. A yery
tenacious, strong climber. Will endure any expo-
sure. Price of good 2 to 3 feet plants 35c; extra
large 75c.

Hep Vimes. A well-known plant of wonderful endu-
rance, sending up many vigorous vines to great
height. Grows fieely up a pole or cord, covering a
large space ona trellis or fence. Yellow flowers,
fruit 1 to 2inches long, greenish yellow, aromatic;
leaf Jarge, rough, deeply lobed. The roots never will
die if let alone. Price 25c.

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MINNESOTA HONEYSUCKLE.

(See description on page 42 among Trailing Vines.)

44 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY,

MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

Clematis, or Virgin’s Bower. The Clematis are
elegant, slender-branched trailers of rapid growth;
pretty flowers of various colors, white, blue, purple,
and two colored, and some of them are quite fra-
grant, especially the Flammula and its varieties.

American white [Virginica]. A remarkably rapid
climbing plant, growing to the height of 20 feet, pro-
ducing an immense profusion of flowers in August,
with white cotton-like seed-balls remaining all the
fall. 25 to 50c.

European Sweet [Flammula]. Flowers white and very
fragrant. 75c.

New CLEMATIS.

Within the past few years great attention has been
given to this valuable plant, and a large number of ele-
gant varieties have been obtained, bearing numerous,
magnificent showy flowers of large size and superb col-
oring. For covering verandas, light trellisses, arbors or

lawn pillars, they are unsurpassed. We name a few of
these most desirable sorts:

Seedling Clematis are offered at 50c each that often are
of merit,—equal to these named varieties.

Jackmani. One of the finest, with large splendid flow-
ers of rich, velvety, violet purple, five inches diame-
ter, distinctly veined; very vigorous, hardy and free-
flowering; blooms till hard frost. $1.00.

Sophia. Large and very showy flowers of a pale blue,
with a broad, green band down the back of each
sepal.

Flowers abuudantly. $1.00.

Star of India. Blue, with red band across each sepal.
$1.50. Viticella. Blue, 75c.

Verticella Purpurea. Brilliant dark violet, with red
band in centre of each petal. $1.

Standishii. Beautiful violet blue. 75c. Seboldi. 50c.

Evergreen Shrubs and Azaleas..

Riiodedendrons and Azaleas.

The Rhododendron, Laurel and Azaleas are not so generally known as Roses and Peonies,
but as easily cared for and soon destined to be seen in every neighborhood. If the selection
of varieties is left with us, we will see that ample distinction of color and foliage are sent

out.
stable dung.

We succeed with these shrubs on a soil that was manured the previous season with
While fresh manure applied direct to the plants is destructive on young

plants,—but old manure applied to the surface will not injure.
We have distinct named varieties of Rhododendrons, and many named sorts of Azaleas,

besides a large number of unnamed Seedlings that may out-rival even the named varieties.

Riiododendrens,

[See cut of bloom from a single bud, and plant two feet high in bud, neat page. |

To impress on lovers of flowers and plants, we here present our patrons with a truthful
view of the glorious Rhododendron bloom. Many are the varieties of this species of plant
in habit of foliage, and especially in flowers—purple, red, yellow, white, pink, and all shades
between, many being mottled with spots. Few possess any noted fragrance, but all are
glorious. The foliage is always green. Their cultivation is not a mystery. No garden
need be without this plant. Visit some successful grower and success will follow the imi-
tation of their culture. Ten square feet of land, can grow one to three plants of this shrub.
They generally do best with some shade of trees. A winter covering of green boughs, is
sufficient protection from the effect of the changable hot and cold of our winters and early
spring.

CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

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RHODODENDRON PLANT AND BLOOM.

(See varieties and description on page 44; also of Laurel and Andromeda; then sce Azaleas on page 46.)

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It can be removed more safely than any other plant at any period of the year when the
ground is not frozen, even in full bloom. ;

To get the named varieties, they are grafted or layered. Such are the most desirable,
giving distinct and definite colors. The following list of Rhododendrons is fully tested, and
they are hardy, or at most requiring very slight protection, according as they may grow in
more or less exposed situations.

In Eastern Massachusetts the soll is of Granite formation. The Rhododendron, Kalmia,
and Azalea do not refuse to grow in any well drained soil. They may succeed on quite dry
gravel soil, but they grow with more luxuriance on any soil if deeply worked and liberally
filled with some vegetable matter, and a very thick mulching of leaves on the surface of the

ground.

(These plants are said not to succeed on lime-stone soil.)

We will show all who call and purchase of us what we do to grow and protect ours in

winter.

Prices of named varieties according to size
on the roots.
mass of earth, $3.00.

Album elegans, a large white flower; the plant ad-
mirable for standards.

Album grandiflorum, white mellowing to blush
with yellow edge.

Atrosanguineum, deep cherry red, fine foliage.
Candidissimum, the best pure white.

Everestianum, rosy lilac with petals and yellow eye;
very fine habit, tree bloomer.

Gloriosum (Parsons), large blush, very showy.

Grandiflorum, a deep rose, inclining to crimson ; is
an abundant bloomer, and one of the most valuab‘e.

Lee’s dark purple, the very best of its color.

Purpureum elegans, purple, fine and showy.
O grandiflorum, a fine purple.
Roseum clegrms. rosy tinted; a fine sort.
ob superbum, a good late sort; rose -olored.

white, with faint yellow eye, very showy, much

it
rane (There are hundreds of named kinds.)

admired.

ious. American Rhododendron, perfectly hardy

aac flowers; often grows 8 to 10 feet. less compact
in habit than Laurel, near which it is often found.

UNNAMED Seedling Rhododendrons of the Catawbiense
family, we find to be very generally acceptable to buy-
ers on account of the great reduction of price compared
with the named varicties. The bloom is often equal to
uamed sorts. It was from Seedlings that the named va-
rieties were selected. It is probable in planting a dozen
you may obtain something very distinct. Our seedlings

certainly present all desirable shades of color, costing

Ghent

and variety as they appear, with balls of earth

12 inches, $1.00; 15 inches, $1.50; 18 inches, $2.00; 24 inches: with heavy

not more than half as much as named varieties, we urge
them as desirable and satisfactory to all but move ex-
perienced cultivators. Price of plants less than 12 inches,
60c. 12 tol5in..75c; 15 tolsin, $1. $4 to $10 per doz.

Mountain Laurel, or Kalmia Latifolia. Grows 3
to 6 feet in open ground. Blooms freely in June and
July ; white and red in umbels. Exch bloom is
in form of an inverted umbrella. In color the leaves
are shining darkevergreen. Perfectly hardy, bloom-
ing in clusters with the Rhododendron. Requires
the same triatment. Its evergreen leaf makes a
ecunterpart of the Azalea — blooming nearly the
same season, June and July, yetso very distinet—
large globular stools are seen in rocky granite pas-
tures in Bedford, N. H., our native town, 6 to 10 feet
high and as much in diameter, where we haye seen
distinct masses of it in bloom more than a mile
distant. It is nearly impossible to transplant it
successfully direct from a wild state. Moves safe
from Nursery. 1 ft. 75c.; 14 foot, $1.60.

Andromeda Floribumda. Hardy, leaves of size
of Privet, green at all seasons. Flowers white, bell-
shaped, in spikes, 3 to 5 inches long; compact,
spreading to 3 feet; grows some 2 feet high; especi-
ally desirable; hard to propagate; commands liberal
price; blooming plants, 75c and upwards.

Andromeda (catsbeii.) Shining leaved which turn
into reddish purple in Autumn, and remain thus all
winter; on the approach of Spring the foliage turns
green and glossy, in April appear spikes of bell-
shaped white flowers two to three inches long, each
fiower of the size and perfection of the Lily of the
Valley. Perfectly lovely: grows along low grounds,
but transplants safely and does wellin good garden
soil. Vrice 0c.

Azaleas,

(Not evergreen.)

‘his most beautiful tribe of plants is perfectly hardy and will thrive in any good garden

soil.

We have some of the best sorts grown, either here or in Europe, in blooming state.
For superb effect upon the lawn, no deciduous plant can equal them. They embrace

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flowers of every shade of white, pink, orange, yellow, crimson, &c.

and especially desirable for groups and masses.
Price, $1.50 and upwards.

son of Rhododendrons and Laurels.

Ardens, bright Orange sca) let.
Atrorubens nava, dark erimson.
Bicolor, orange, yellow and white; superb.
Calendulacea, scarlet.

Elegantissima, pink; late.

Napoleon LiL., fine orange and scarlet.

Ne plus ultra, extra orange.

American

They are all hardy,
They mostly bloom late in June, at the sea-

Plumosa, light orange.
Pontico grandiflora, rose and orange; fine.

Rosea rotundiflora, rose and orange; fine.
Splendens, light rose and yellow.
English Seedling Azaleas, with no names, hardy, pro-

fuse bioomers, of great variety of color, making a show
display. $1 each. , g§ ashowy

Varieties.

[Not all Evergreen.]

Azalea Amana.
round, remain green all
bright crimson flowers in June.

A. Obtusa. With bright flame-colored flowers. $1.
A.

A profuse flowering variety, leaves
winter in open culture;
75c to $1.50 each.

Viscosa. White Swamp Honeysuckle. Leaves
smooth, flowers clammy, like Moss Rose Buds, pure
white and fragrant beyond most perfumed flowers.
Grows 4 to 6 feet high; blooms June to July 15. 0c.

A. Nudiflora. White Honeysuckle. A native shrub,
with beautiful pink and flesh-colored flowers, blooms
in May. 50c.

Canada Rhodora. (Rhodora Canadensis.) A little
hardy shrub, growing in damp soil, noted for the ex-
treme earliness and profusion of pale purple flowers
in April and May, coming out in clusters from ter-
minal buds before the leaves appear; grows 2 to 3
feet high. a fitting companion of the Pyrus Japonica
Double Flowering Almond, Daphne Mezereum, and
Daphne Cneorum. This flower has such a resemb-
lance to an Azalea we place it near them. Price 35c.

Dwarf Evergreen Sfirubs.

Ashbury. (Mahonia).
Holly-leaved (Aquifolia). A most beautiful shrub,
with glossy, holly-like leaves, which change to brown-
ish green in winter, with clusters of bright yellow
flowers in May. Very hardy and makes a good low
hedge. 35c; extra large, for separate effect, $1.

Daphne.
Trailing (Cneorum). A very low evergeen shrub,
blooming at intervals from May to November; flow-
ers rose color; very fragrant. Not very generally
known; most desirable. 50c.

gp~ We think our stock of rare evergreens is worth a long journey to behold.
No more should the evergreens or other ornamentals, so often

a house without seeing it ?

Box. (Boxus).
Dwarf (Swfruticosa). <A well-known variety of ever-
greens used for edging. Divided and transplanted
50c per yard, or less if small, 10 to 15 plants for a yard.

Tree box several sorts. Grows globular and compact.
A clear green, evergreen shrub, 12 to 18 inches high.
| 50c to $1 each, often seen 4 to 6 feet.

Who buys

desirable about that house, be bought blindly.

ROSES.

Hybrid, Perpetual or Remontant Roses; these are hardy, free bloomers as often as new
growth is formed by cutting back just after blooming ; 2 or 4 crops of roses is a common result in

a season.
way worthy of general cultivation.

They are of all shades of colors, from very dark to perfectly white, and are in every

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To obtain the most satisfactory results, they should be planted in rich, deep, well-drained soil,

and be severely pruned in early spring, before the buds start.

There are two methods in com-

mon use of growing Roses—by budding on the Manetta stock, by layers, and from cuttings grow-

ing on their own roots.

By the former we get a stronger growth and more profuse bloom, but
care must be taken to remove all suckers and branches below the bud.

By the latter methods,

although we do not get so strong a plant in one season’s growth as budded roses this objection of

suckers is obviated.

We offer none in small pots, they being of too frail a nature for most of our

customers ; these are often sold cheap, but too soon become invisible with the average cultivation.

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES.

PRICE, No. 1 well ripened wood, grownin open ground,
50 cts.; our choice, $3 per dozen; or stronger and older
plants, often stools, at 75c. each. $6.L0 per dozen
Barone Prevost. Deep rose; very large and full;

a vigorous grower and abundant bloomer; one of the
oldest and finest of this cluss. Medium plants, 50c.

Caroline de Sansal. Clear, delicate flesh color, be-
coming blush; a magnificent variety; the best rose of
its color; growth vigorous and foliage luxuriant. 50c.

Brilliant rosy crimson large
5uc

General Washington.
and double; fine, but a week grower.

General Jaqueminot. Brilliant crimson scarlet
very showy and effective; a great favorite. 50c.

Johu Hopper. Rose, with rosy crimson centre; splen-
did form. Medium plants, 50c.

La Reime. Bright rosy pink; very large, double and
sweet; one of the best. 50c.

Portland Blanche. Pure white, flowers like Blanche
Vibert; said to bloom more freely in the fall. 50c.

Pius the Ninth. Bright purplish red, changing to
violet; very large and full; robust and profuse bloom-
er; one of the best. 50c.

Sydonia. Blush, large and fine, distinct; a vigorous
grower. 50c.

Victoria. Pale blush, nearly white, very large full and
double; strong grower and abundant bloomer. 50c.

Ba=> We call attention to the fact that a constant flow of
new roses are offered claiming very superior merits.
Our list is of the older varieties, bnt we have various new
and rare sorts in our collection. (The style of cultiva-
tion has much to do with the perfection of blossom.)
Many of the old varieties known 20 years are as good as
most of the new ones.

MOSS ROSES.

The Moss Rose is expressive of the tenderest emotions.
e

Glory of Mosses.
beautiful. 75c.

White Moss. Often called Perpetual White. It isa
long season in bloom, large clusters and a profusion
of moss and fragrance. Not a strong and permanent
grower, but in demand beyond the supply. $1.

Pale rose; very large, full and

Luxemburgh. Large, cupped, fine purple crimson;
a luxuriant grower and free bloomer. 50c.

Primeess Adelaide. Blush, becoming quite pale;
very double and well formed; the most vigorous
grower of all the Mosses. 50c.

Crimson.

Semi-double, but showy, very hardy, double
light red.

35c. See cut on this page.
PRICE of Perpetual and Moss Roses, our selection of
plants and varieties. $3 to $5 per dozen.

Standard Reses

are budded on sweet-brier stocks from 3 to 4 feet high.
Any variety may thus be grown as a standard or Tree
Form, but the hardy Hybrid Perpetuals or any of those
that bloom frequently in the season are most desirable.
Different colors of these may be budded on one stock.
We take ours up and heel in the cellar late in autumn;
plant out in Spring, prune close, and get repeated blooms
every season. Price, $1.50 each.

Climbing Roses.

PRICE, 50c for strong plants usual size; our choice,
$2.50 per dozen; grown 1to2yrs. in oursoil; extra large,
2% to 4 yrs, 75c.

Eva Corinne. A desirable Prairie Rose, vigorous

climber, 6 to 10 feet; large clusters of pink color; gen-
eral habit like the Baltimore Belle. 35c.

Baltimore Belle. A Prairie Rose, almost white;
blooms in clusters. This much called for; we have
plants wellestablished in open ground 2 years. 50c.

Queen of the Prairie. One of the strongest grow-
ers; flowers in clusters; red, very double profuse

bloomer. One of the most desirable of all climbing
roses. Some large and strong blooming plants, 2
years. 50c. 1 year, 35c.

Gem of the Prairie. Light crimson blushed with
white; full bloomer and very double; the only fragrant
climbing rose. Price, good plants, 50c.

Bouszault.
any collection; one of the hardiest.
to wood. 35c.

A semi-double rose; the first to bloom in
Dark red bark

Greville, or Seven Sisters. Large clusters of bloom
shaded to light red; strong grower. 50c.

A hardy, strong climber,
2 to 3 years, 50c.

George Washington.
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Summer Roses.

Price, 50c, except where noted.

Old Cottage. White; an old variety and very scarce;
this old white rose is seen about some farm houses 6
to 8 feet high, and loaded with roses. This is very
hard to propagate. $1.

Damask Rose.

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Single, brilliant colors. 35c.
Double, pale red, very full. 35c.
Scotch Pink. Delicate pink, cupped, early, single. 25c.

Blush Rose. Very double; the most fragrant of all;
light pink; an old favorite. 35c.

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Dark purple, light stripe
35.

York and Lancaster.
often through the bloom.

One of the finest pure white ro-
50c; small plants 25c.

Madam Plantier.
ses, blooming in clusters.

Bright yellow: very showy and
50¢.

Harrison’s Yellow.
fine. All extra large, 3 to 4 feet.

Persian Yellow. Deep golden yellow; double and
very fine. 50c.
Russell’s Cottage. Brilliant red; blooming in large

clusters. 50c.
Tuscany. Darkest purple of all roses; very double. 50c.

A collection of Climbing and Summer Roses, our choice,
$2 to $+ per dozen.

Perennial Roots.

We offer an assortment of these useful plants, which are exceedingly valuable on account of

their hardiness, easy culture and showy appearance.
We name leading sorts.

ground and bloom freely every year.
in varieties, different color and season.

Astilbe Japonica. (A Perennial Spirea.)
White blossom, free bloomer. 25c.

Baptisia [False Indigo].
Handsome spikes of biue, Lupin shaped flowers, in
June and July. dc.

Bell=Flower [Campanula].
Large, showy, bell-siaped towers of clear white, blue
und purple, June and August. 25c.

Columbine [ Aquilegia].
Well known flowers, hanging from rather tall stems,
about two feet high; various colors. 9c.

Daisy [Bellis].
Red, white aud pink, double and quilled, 25e,

Dicenta Spectabilis, or Dielytra [Bleeding Heart].
A beautitul, hardy border plant, with brilliant rosy,
heart-shaped flowers, hanging in great profusion
from a gracefully curved stem. May and June. 36c.

Feverfew [Pyrethrum].

Fine, double Aster-like flowers in profusion. Very
desirable; white, blush, rose, scarlet and crimson.
25¢.

Forget-me-not [ Myosotis].

Beautiful and popular smail plants; white, blue and

yellow. May to August. 25c.

Fraxinella [Dictamnus}.
A strongly perfumed plaut, with pretty spikes of white
and reddish-purple flowers in June. ‘Iwo varieties,
white and pink. 35c.

Fox Glove [Digitalis]. :
Long bell-suaped flowers on stems 3 or 4 feet high;
white und red, very showy. July to Sept. 36c.

Hollyhock [ Althea Rosea].
A tine collection of all colors, most double and perfect
in form; hard winters often injure the roots. 3c.

The last two plants to often become injured by winter.
In spring of 1876 -hey generally died.
Larkspur [Delphinium].

Flowers in terminal spikes of brilliant blue, purple,
white orred. June to August. 20c.
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‘

They will mostly live all winter in the open
Most of this class of plants are

Deep, azure blue, with a white centre;
Grows 3 feet. 35.

Formosum.
one of the best of the class.

Vinea.

¢ [Periwinkle.] Blue flower, trailing, evergreen
leat; very promineut when once planted.

25¢.

Myrtle. Yellow flower, pale green, round leaf, trailing.
25c.

Lily of the Valley. (Convallaria.)
Currant. Dark-green foliage, pure white, bell-shap-
ed flowers, perfumed; is not easily killed if once es-
tablished. 6 to 8 inches high, 35c.

Milfoil [Achillea]. :
Low growing plants, with abundant showy flowers;
white and red. June to Aug. 25Ce.

Pink [Dianthus]. ;
Wel) known free flowering plants, showy and desira-
ble. Various colors. 25c. to 50c.

Phlox.

The Phlox is one of the most interesting of all our herb-
aceous perennial plants, and commends itself to every
one by—Ist, its variety and beauty; 2d, its hardiness
and ease of culture. Rare varieties, embracing all
the colors. 25 to 50c; $4 per doz. Common yarieties,
$2 per dozen.

Spirzn [Meadow Sweet].
Flowers white and red, in graceful spikes, one to two
feet. 25c. $2 per dozen.

Sweet William [Dianthus Barbatus]. A fine assort-
ment. 25c. $2 per dozen,

Valerian.
Tall growing plants with trusses of delicate white and
red flowers in June and July. 25c.

(Day Lily.) Pure white
50c each.

Funkia Japonica Alba.
lily-like fragrant flowers.

Funkia Japonica Cerulea. Blue flowers. 50ceach.

A collection of these Perennial flowering plants with
other desirable ones, our choice of varieties, $3 per doz.

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ADAM’S NEEDLE.

Adz2am/’s Needle (the common name of the Yucca fila-

menos) ie as well illustrated by the above cut as it Pzeon 1€S.
can be by black printers’-ink. ‘The leaves stand out . . ‘hi inehiniall
at all angles in half globe form, often 2 feet long, of A splendid class of shrubs from China, flowering in a

sword shape, with hard, sharp points. Color dark | shades, from red and lilac to white, with blooms from 4

green the whole year through, requiring no protec- | to 8 inches in diameter. Many of them are very double,
tion at any season. Planted in deep well-drained | gnq have a delicate and refreshing fragrance. They are
soil and well cultivated, the flower stems growfrom |, % pares er aaa oe i

4 to 6 feet high, bearing 50 to 200 blooms each nearly | easily cultivated, and require but little protection. The
the size of a white pond-lily; light-greenish white, | roots never die out.

with no special perfume, but very showy. It is wor-
thy of any garden. We had 600 plants in bloom last
June and July. Price of strongest blooming plants, HERBACEOUS VARIETIES.
$1. Good plants, some may bloom at transplant- : Pauley i
ing, 50c. each, $4 per doz. Small plants, 25c. $2 per | Rubra. [Txonia Officinalis], or the old double flaming.
Qoz. Red, of monstrous size, 6 to 8inches diameter: blooms

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early. The foliage is deeply lobed, and the roots have | Bicolor. Deep rose-yellow in centre marked with red.
more ofa tuberous look than the Chinese class of ‘
Peonies. Price, 50c. A collection of the above and others of our choice, $4

_ The 5 following are Chinese varieties selected as among per dozen.
the best and adapted to all gardens. Price, 50c.

Humei. [Chinese]. Purplish; Rose very full and
double rose scented ; large showy in clusters ; very late

Price for a clump that will divide into several good
roots, and quite sure to bloom at once, $1 each; $8

to bioom, some three weeks later than the earliest per doz.
sorts.
Pottsi. [Chinese]. Dark purplish crimson; distinct TREE PXZONIES ARBOUREA.

epee color: Banksii. Rosy blush, wite purplish centre; double and

fine. Does not die down; grows 2 to 3 feet.
Price, $1.50.

Sulphurea Alba. [Chinese]. Outside petals pale
rose, centre ones sulphur-yellow, very full and fine.

Whittleji. [Chinese]. White centre, slightly yellow-
ish, yery large, swect scented, large clusters. 4a- Several other varieties of Tree Ponies,

BULBOUS ROOTS.

The ease with which bulbous-rooted plants are cultivated is no small thing in their favor. A
bulb only requires to be put in rich well drained ground in the proper time and place, and it will
afterwards take care of itself, abundantly rewarding the grower for affording it an opportunity
to become a thing of beauty.

Early in the spring, usually by April 1st, we see the Snow-drop and the Crocus forcing them-
selves through the still frozen ground. These are followed in quick succession by Crown Impe-
rials, Hyacinths and Tulips, all of which will be in and out of flower before roses bloom.

The principal months for planting the eight first-named classes of bulbs are October and
November, in rich garden soil.

SNOWDROPS.

The pretty Snowdrop, ‘‘in habit white and plain,’’ is the first of all flowers to herald the
approach of spring. Long before any other flower, it shoots up its tender stem, and displays its
white drooping corols, while the spotless snow still covers the shady recesses of the garden. They
flourish well in any soil, and bloom best if not transplanted oftener than every three years.
Being dwarf, they should be set near the edge of walks, where they show to advantage. They
also flourish well in sand or moss, or in pots or baskets. 50c¢ per dozen.

CROCUS.

Is one of the earliest ornaments of the flower garden, blooming immediately after the frost is
out of the ground, grows only 6 inches high. It is a universal favorite, being compact, and
varied in all the essential shades of color for producing harmony of effect. Price, 50 cents
per dozen.

HYACINTHS.
Among the hardy bulbs the Hyaciuth stands (deservedly so) foremost in the list: it is not only
a general favorite for the garden, but has become exceedingly popular as a winter flower, from

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the facility with which it may be forced into bloom, either in pots or glasses filled with water.
Nothing can be more delightful, either for beauty or fragrance, than a stand of these lovely
flowers in the parlor or drawing-room during the summer months. The colors are red, white,
also blue, with every shade blended among the numerous varieties. There are named double and
single varieties : these command a much higher price than unnamed mixed varieties.

Price, single and double, mixed, 15c each, $1.50 per dozen; named sorts, 25¢ each, $2.00 per
dozen; named new, varieties selected, finest colors known, 40c each.

TULIPS.

The Tulip is in great variety of colors, very showy spring flowers; and not simply for effect
alone, as many of the choice kinds have a delicacy of pencilling and richness of tinting which
excel all other plants. They are of easy culture, either in the conservatory, the parlor, or the
open garden. They will thrive in almost any soil. A sandy soil, enriched with rotted cow-ma-
nure, is however preferable; and being perfectly hardy, they can well claim a prominent rank
among hardy bulbs.

The varieties are mostly single. Price, mixed unnamed, 10e each, $1 per dozen; single,
named sorts, 15¢ each, $1.50 per dozen ; named double sorts, with the parrot or fringed edge,
20c each.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

One of the most charming of our spring flowering plants, whose slender stems set with their
tiny bells, diffusing a delicious odor, have rendered it a universal favorite. It is not a bulb or
tuber, but a net-work of roots. ‘Tufts of these are sent out for transplanting, containing many
blooming buds. When once established in the soil, they remain permanent as Lavender or Peony
roots. Price, 35c each ; $3 per dozen.

NARCISSUS or JONQUIL.

All the varieties are extremely hardy and popular as a border flower. The single Narcissus is
quite an attractive flower, the central cup being of a very different color from the six petals.
Single and double, 15¢ each ; $1.50 per dozen.

CROWN IMPERIAL.

A very showy plant ; is quite hardy, and when the bulb is once planted in any common garden
soil, it needs no other culture. Autumn is the season for planting. Plant one foot apart, cover-
ing the five inches. There are single and double sorts. 50¢ each.

LILIUM.

The lily has always been a favorite flower. Some of the varieties are truly magnificent. We
have many varieties of lilies of rare merit, not included in this list. The size of bulbs has much
to do with the value. Strong bulbs command higher rates than small ones.

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LILIUM AURATUM.

Auratum. (Golden Banded Lily.) The Lilium Aura,
tum is the great lily from Japan. ‘This is the king of
lilies. The flower is white, from eight to twelve
inches across, composed of six delicate white ivory
petals, each being thickly studded with rich chocolate
crimson spots, and having a bright golden band
through the centre of each petal, with an exquisite
yanilla-like perfume. It blooms during the months
of July and August. 50c each, $5 per dozen for se-
lected bulbs. See cut, above.

Candidum Simplex. The well-known white garden
lily ; snow-wWhite, fragrant. 25c each, $2.50 per dozen,

Lancifolimm Album. (Japan Lily.) Splendid white.
Séarce. 3c.

Lancifoliuns Roseum. (Japan Lily.) White, spot-

ted with rose, 25¢.

Rubram. (Japan Lily.) White,

25¢e each, $2 per dozen.

Lancifolium
spotted with crimson.

Tigrum. (Tiger Lily.) Orange-salmon, spotted black.
15¢ each, $1.50 per dozen,

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GLADIOLUS.

They are the most stately and effective of the whole genus—being of a robust, erect growth,
with the green sword-shaped leaves and magnificent flower scapes, rising from 3 to 5 feet in
height. The colors comprise the most brilliant of orange, scarlet and vermillion tints upon yellow
and orange grounds, including a graduated scale of intermediate shades, from white, with rosy-
blush and salmon rose tints. A succession of bloom may be had from July to September by
planting at intervals from April to Juue. Their culture is very simple, but succeed best in good
earth, manured with well-rotted manure, and in a sunny situation. The bulbs are taken up in
the fall and placed in a dry cellar, protected from frost. 25c¢ each, $2 per dozen for selected
named sorts.

Price, mixed bulbs, 10c each, $1 per dozen.

DOUBLE TUBEROSE.

One of the most delightfully fragrant and beautiful of the summer-flowering bulbs, throwing
up tall spikes of double, white flowers three to four feet high, which remain in bloom a long
period. For flowering in the open borders they can be planted about the first of May. They
will then bloom in September. Price, 20c each, $1.50 per dozen.

TRITOMA,—Uvaria Crandiflora—or Red-Hot Poker.

The finest variety. There are other varieties, but all resemble.

A splendid half-hardy summer and autumn flowering plant with stately flower scapes and mag-
nificent, terminal dense spikes of rich orange-red flower tubes growing 2 to 3 feet high, with tall
drooping leaves. 35¢ each.

The last three varieties of bulbs must not be left in the open ground after November, but taken
up and stored where potatoes will keep, where it is dry ; for dampness is injurious.
Plant them out from May Ist to June.

This is the WILDER MEDAL of the American Pomological Society; the reverse side
bears a copy of the bust of the Society’s President, Hon, MArsuaLt P, WitLDER of Boston.

A PARTIAL LIST OF OUR PATRONS.

MOST OF THEM PURCHASERS DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.

Jacob U. Parker, Middleton, Mass.

Dr. C. E. Ware, 41 Brimmer St., Boston.
J. 8. Barstow, Newport, R. I.

Major Thomas Pierce, Woburn.

H. K. Martin, Bradford, N. H.

Louis Goddiz, Winchester.

D. N. Skillings, ut

Mary J. Blake, Claremont, N. H.

Il. H. Robbins, Abington.

H. C. Bailey, Concord, N. H.

T. P. Gentle, Manchester.

P. P. Tapley, Lynn.

J. H. Eastabrook, Hingham.

G. A. Kittridge, Tewksbury.

George Tapley, Danvers.

Geo. F. Walker, Oxford, Me., a dealer in trees.
John Cronan, Gloucester, salesman.

Dr. John W. Sawyer, Superintendent of But- |

ler Hospital, Providence, R. 1., bought
liberally of rare Evergreens, Rhododen-
drons, &ce.

J. H. Goodwin, Bedford, Mass., for cemetery.

J. R. Taylor, Woburn.

ad. P. Crane, ue

Stephen Dow, ‘‘

Tion. John Cummings, Woburn.

Ephraim P. Spaulding, Tewksbury.

Charles Twombley, Saco, Me.

Willis Rice, Marlboro’.

Geo. N. Hoitt, Dover, N. H. (gardener. )

Luther E. Page, Gilmanton Iron Works.

B. F. Haley, Newmarket.

Dr. J. C. Bartlett, Chelmsford.

Edwin H. Warren, os

Eben S. Poor, Peabody.

A. L. Burditt, Leominster.

James B. Campbell, North Reading, for

cemetery.
W. P. Worthly, Manchester, N. H.
R. M. Rollins, Bedford, ue
Solomon Manning, ‘co

J. Newman, Winchester.
Isaac Stebbins, Chelsea.

J. C. McNeil, Chelsea.

Caleb Pratt, CG

H. E. Hoseley, South Boston.

Lemuel Clapp, Dorchester.

F. E. Dyer, Everett.

Charles H. Blanchard, East Lexington.

Geo. Sparhawk, Lexington.

Edmond Dwight, Winchester.

C. D. V. Noyes, Andover.

William Parsons, No. 40 State St., Boston.

Sherman Paris, Charlestown, N. H.

Hollyhood Cemetery, Brookline.

H. H. Hunnewell, Wellesley.

Arthur Hunnewell, Gt

R. Fellows, Centre Harbor, N. H.

C. S. Goddard, Lynn.

Gardner E. Morse, Marlboro’.

Benjamin G. Smith, Cambridge.

H. L. Davis, Taunton.

M. C. Andrews, Andover.

Mrs. J. H. Stinson, ‘

J. 'T. Gammer, Woburn.

William L. Talbot, Pawtucket, Lowell.

J. W. Moen, Worcester.

Col. Frank Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

E. B. Brown, 114 Pearl St , Boston.

A. Sonrel, Winchester.

James H. Howe, Webster.

Alfred Hale, Newburyport.

Mrs. S. E. Goodwin, South Berwick, Me.

G. W. Taylor, Lexington.

William G. Clark, Chelsea.

James C. Stodder, Bangor, Me.

Albert Noyes, Bie uC

J. S. Kaimer, Shaker Village, N. H.

J. M. Stone, North Andover.

Wingate P. Sargent, Melrose.

Rey. Thomas Maginnis, Jamaica Plain, for
school grounds.

John Todd, Hingham.

E. W. Burr, ue

Richard Cutter, Newburyport.

56 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. w. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

B. A. Kimball, Concord, N. H.

Mrs. Charles Flint, Wakefield.

Cyrus Wakefield, Wakefield.

J. W. Kittridge, Reed’s Ferry, N. H.
Charles Stearns, Brookline.

Capt. Thomas J. Marsh, Tewksbury, for State
Alms House Farm.

Charles D. Thayer, Worcester.

William Clement, Reading.

J. W. Dinsmore, Windham, N. H.

Memorial Hall, Andover,

John Dove, 66

J. P. Saunders, Fisherville, N. H.

S. M. Giles, Ossipee.

Orren Heath, Fryburg, Me.

J. G. Spiller, Concord, N. H.

Bryant & Elder, Derby Centre, Vt.

Rev. Father Flatherly, Wakefield, for Par-
sonage.

Rev. Father Gleason,
grounds.

Amos Webster, Hyde Park.

Charles H. Blake, Nashua, N. H., Florist.

A. W. Greeley, 6 SG

H. M. Goodrich, 6 6

D. J. Goodwin, Mason Centre, N. H.

Amos Stevens, Alstead.

Timothy B. Hussey, North Berwick, Me.

Daniel Cumming, Andover.

City of Fitchburg, for school grounds.

City of Boston, by selection of city forester,
several hundred Rock Maple, Elms, Kil-
marnock Willows, &c.

John Galvin, 3000 Rock Maple for nursery.

City of Cambridge, Maples for cemetery.

Town of Randolph, ‘* ‘¢ streets and
cemetery.

‘Town of Woburn, 66
cemetery.

Town of Quincy, GG “¢ streets.

Charles Francis Adams, Quincy, White Pine.

Lewis Bass, Quincy, Norway Maples.

Eaneas Smyth, Brookline, for cemetery.

J. G. Barker, Lynn, for Pine Grove cemetery.

S. P. Hammett, 152 Tremont St., Boston.

James Cruickshank, Chelsea (landscape gar-
dener).

Robert Murry, Waltham (landscape gardener),

A. Dickinson & Co., Cambridge.

D. F. Hayes, Exeter, N. H.

T. K. Frothingham, Dorchester.

Malden, for church

‘¢ streets and

Dr. G. F. Waters, Newton.

William F. Martin, Manchester, N. H.

Peter M. Pickart, Boston.

Andrew McDermott, Boston Highlands, 8,000
Arbor Vite for hedges.

R. N. Rice, Concord.

Hon. E. R. Hoar, Concord.

W. Johnson, Winchester.

Samuel Sewall, Burlington.

N. B. Skilton, South Boston.

T. M. Vinson, 40 South Market St., Boston.

George Emerson, Melrose.

Joseph Manning, Esq., Lake City, Minn.

Rey. William Barrows, Readine.

Rev. W. H. Wilcox, 66

George L. Hanson, Lynn (gardener).

Mr. Compton, Worcester.

O. B. Hadwin, G¢ Rock Maple.

D. 4H. Fanning, 66 46 B0

E. D. Bangs, Winchester.

John C. Mason, ‘+

L. H. Felton, West Newton.

A.W. Felton, ‘* ‘« — Jarge collection of
ornamental trees.

Cary Improvement Co., Chelsea, several hun-
dred shade trees and evergreens.

Boston Land Company, for Orient Heights.
Dr. G. Wilson Atwood, Melrose.

William Canney, Melvin Village, N. H.
David Currier, Derry Depot, N. H.

Elisha H. Hall, East Marshfield.

B. B. Covell, New Bedford.

Sidney Fairbanks, Winchendon.

A. W. Dudley, Brentwood, N. H.

William Pierce, New Bedford (florist).

H. Sleeper, Salem (gardener).

E. Q. Batchellor, Lynn.

G. F. Chandler, South Lancaster.

Calder & Wiswell, Boston (florists).

W. B. Ford, Newton Upper Falls.

John L. Gardner. by C. M. Atkinson, Brookline.

John Robinson, Salem, Professor of Botany for
Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

Galvin Brothers, 61 Tremont Street (florists).
Rev. Michael Dolan, Needham.

A. F. Rice, South Weymouth.

Marshall P. Wilder, Dorchester.

L. W. Gleason, Needham.

W.S. Fretch, Winchester.

J. W. Hammond, Woburn.

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SS
Charles Thompson, Concord.

George H. Pierce, —‘*

A. S. Fletcher, South Acton.

i. S. Hosmer, — ‘‘ “

John Fletcher, Acton.

J. N. Lombard, 22 School Street, Boston.
Edwin Foster, Billerica.

Alexander Lines, Highlandville.

Otis Pettee, Newton Upper Falls.

D. T. Curtis & Co., 161 Tremont St., Boston.
Michael Gallagher, Marlboro’.

C. C. Sanderson, Dedham.

J. W. Mandell, Somerville, for Somerville Park.
Henry S. Damon, Concord.

B. G. Boardman, 183 Congress St., Boston.
C. H. Dalton, Beverley Farms.

E. W. Hudson, Woburn.

E. W. Pierce, Lawrence.

Orrin Smith, “

J. B. Lewis, 2nd, Reading.

B. B. Farnsworth, 119 Middle Street, Port-

land, Me.

Isaac R. Stearns, Needham.

S. Crosby, Wakefield.

Gus Evers, 13 Eliot Street, Boston.

A. W. Armington, Newton Centre.

John Hanscom, Biddeford, Me.

C. G. Sargent, Graniteville.

Mrs. Mary Hollis, North Chelmsford.
Pickham & Waterman, Bozrahville, Ct.

CG. A. Adrich, Boston Highlands.

J. F. Lindsey, Fall River.

A. P. Olzendam, Manchester, N. H.

Miss N. F. Butman, Beverly.

Parker Converse, Woburn,

J. H. Hopkinson, So. Limerick, Me.

Otis G. Robinson, Lawrence, for Bellevue

Cemetery.

A. D. Morse, Medford.

William L. Plumer, Epping, N. H.

S. P. Dow, vf os

Areade Holden, Reading.

Mrs. Francis Johnson, Andover.

Joseph Heller Foster, Portsmouth, N. H.
Charles A. Smith, Woburn.

Sidney D. Edwards, Oxford, Me.

J. C. Stanwood, Topsfield.

Mr. Pingree, ge

J. P. Johnson, Franklin, N. H.

John Jenkins, Essex.

8

John C. Bartlett, Chelmsford.

H. P. Lynn, Lawrence.

O. W. Pillsbury, Kingston, N. H.
A. E. Cox, Malden.

Dr. C. E. Ware, Apple Trees for farm in West
Rindge, N. H.

Asa McFarland, Coneord, N. H.

C. H. Hill & Son, Haverhill (florists).
J. M. Bailey, Arlington Heights.

T. J. McClary, North Andover.

Mrs. S. M. Mason, Andover.

Robert Callahan, oe

E. P. Bullard, New York, orchard for farm at
Acton.

W. W. Ruggles, Reading.

J. F. Wardwell, Maplewood.

C. F. Putnam, Fitchburg.

Charles S. Crocker, ‘

Frank W. Miller, Portsmouth, N. H.

D. D. Fisk, Salem, N. H.

John A. Spaulding, Nashua, N. H.

Hon. D. W. Gouch, Melrose.

Joel H. Tarbell & Son, So. Lyndeboro’, N. H.

Mrs. Abbott Lawrence, 5 Commonwealth
Avenue, Boston.

James M. Teel, Lynn (city forester).

A. A. Lawrence, Brookline.

George W. Spear, Winchester.

Rey. Malcom Douglass, Andover.

J. H. Richards, Marlboro’.

D. L. Lothrop, West Medford.

C. D. Thomas, Reading.

J. W. Wetheren, ‘

Louis N. Lowe, Foxboro’.

H. D. Austin, Montrose, Wakefield.

Mrs. David Nevins, Brighton.

Charles M. Parker, Reed’s Ferry, N. H.

R. R. Hunderhill, Billerica.

William H. Munroe, Beverly (salesman).

E. D. Hinckley, 11 Chauncy Street, Boston.

H. C. Lodge, Nahant, by Cyrus Locke (gar-
dener).

Nathan Gage, Lawrence.

H. A. Gane & Son, 50 Cornhill, Boston.

J. A. Butler, Springvale, Me.

Charles Burley, Exeter, N. H., for the Robin-

son Academy grounds.
H. P. Marston, South Berwick, Me.
Aaron Smith, Pottersville, N. H.
Charles Otis, South Lynnfield.

58 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY, MASS.—J. W: MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

D. W. Pickman, Sears Building, Boston.
Peleg W. Chandler, Esq., Boston.
Humphrey & Dodge, Concord, N. H.
Daniel F. Secomb, Ob oi

J. M. Sortelle, Fitchburg.

Henry G. Tyer, Andover.

S. F. Brooks, Cambridgeport.

Gilman Blake, East Pepperell.

KE. P. Preble, Wilmington.

John Barry, Pittsfield, N. H.

Francis Coggswell, Andover.

B. W. Hale, Hanover, N. H.

W. A. Kimball, Lawrence.

William H. Derby, Revere.

J. T. Carpenter, Foxboro’.

William H. Wood, East Attleboro’.
John S. Stackpole, Dover, N. H.

A. W. Whitney, West Newton.

S. L. Lowe, Chandlerville, N. H.

J. White Belcher, Randolph.

J. J. Abbott, North Berwick, Me.
Walker & Co., Boston Highlands.
George Cruickshank, Whitinsville.
Horace Cummings, Reading.

Stephen Harris, 84 Kingston Street, Boston.
Andrew Thompson, Andover.

Hartley Lord, 111 Commercial Street, Boston.
J. W. Adams, Springfield.

F. A. Carlton, 79 Court Street, Boston.
D. McIntire, Dover, N. H.

John R. Poor, 20 India Wharf, Boston (for
trees to go to Starr Island).

Thomas Goodale, Sanford Corner, Me.
John M. Fuller, Norwich, Vt.

J. F. C. Hyde, Newton.

Henry L. Shattuck, Concord.

Samuel Hartwell, Lincoln.

G. W. Bemis, Lincoln, for cemetery.

G. W. W. Dove, Andover.

William Hutchinson & Sons, Keene, N. H.
Elder & Tinkham, Beebe Plain, Vt.

Dr. E. M. Tubbs, Manchester, N. H.

A. HL. Lissberger, Nahant.

A. T. Trout, Trinity Building, New York.
Nathaniel Meader, Waterville, Me.

C. A. Matthews, OC be

George W. Gage, Methuen.

H. Halfrech, Dedham.

T. C. Therlew, Newburyport.

W. J. Farnsworth, Melrose.

Charles Ober, 2nd, Beverly Farms.

J. H. French, 40 Water Street, Boston.

A. G. Clark, Factory Point, Vt. |
William P. Holt, Wilton, N. IL. |
Isaac P. Yeaton, South Berwick, Me.

Henry T. Dunham, Nahant (gardener).

F. Lowe, Highlandville.

G. R. Waterman, Andover.

John Gately, Melrose (gardener).

Bosson & Glover, Salem.

J. H. Cartland, Wakefield.

Nathan B. Fletcher, Lynn.

C. L. Person, 44 Kilby Street, Boston.

W. G. Saltonstall, 40 Water Street, Boston.
Harrison Parker, Winchester.

Dr. Abbott, Wakefield.

Dr. Azel Ames, ‘‘ for Rock Maple and
American Elms to send to England.

Harrison Bancroft, Reading.

A. R. Burt, Nahant (gardener).

C. H. Moulton, Reading.

Warren Emes, Wilmington.

Capt. J. W. Coburn, Reading.

Prof. pas of Dartmouth College, Hanover,

Dr. James R. Nichols, Haverhill.

Dr. A. S. Gardner, Essex, Conn.

A. Hance & Son, Red Bank, N. J.

D. E. Hurd, Topsfield.

E. W. Codman, Sears Building, Boston. |

E. Farnham, Providence, BR. I.

Lewis Hawks, Saugus.

W. T. Durgin, Reading.

Rufus Conant, Melrose.

Henry T. Warren, Waltham.

Augustus Flage, Waltham, firm of Little, Brown
& Co., Booksellers; the stock supplied was
largely of Evergreens, some of them un-
usually large, 8 to 10 feet, under the care
of Mr. Marshall, his gardener. We are in-
formed that scarcely a tree failed except
aus Scotch Larch, they being removed too
ate.

Rev. G. W. Perry, Lawrence.

George E. Seagrave, Woonsocket, R. I.

Hon. William E. Livingston, Lowell.

M. S. Pratt, bt

William H. Kendall, Salem.

C. W. Tidd, Stoneham.

John Hill, Jr. 66

E. H. Valpey, Andover.

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59

Easterbrook & Flage,
Oliver Everett, Wrentham.

C. E. Morrell, East Kingston, N. H,
W. B. Weston, Milton.

J. W. Page, Nahant.

G. Merrell, Atkinson, N. H.

N. Howard, Randolph.

Tsaac H. Marshall, Still River.
Joseph E. Foster, Beverly.

John Clapp, Binghampton, N. Y.
Matthew Howland, New Bedford.
P. S. Leach, Brockton.

T. H. Lawrence, Falmouth.

E. B. Haskell, Auburndale (of the Boston Daily
Herald).

E. Delebare, Blackstone.

Isaac Brooks, Dover, N. H.

J. B. Ackerman, Windham Junction, N. H.
George C. Waltham, Nahant (gardener).
W. Minot, 39 Court Street, Boston.

J. T. Judkins, Wakefield.

KE. W. Lawton, Newport, R. I.

J. A. Haynes, Manchester, N. H.

W. F. Draper, Andover.

George H. Witherte, Castine, Me.

D. E. Murphy, Stoneham, 300 Balsam Fir for
hedge:

Rey. John Woods, Wellesley.

Mrs. Otis Drury, West Bridgewater.
T. N. Fleming, Boston.

C. E. Conant, 73 Union Street, Boston.
Elisha Myric, « 2 J
R. P. Parry, 32 India Street, Boston.
Henry Nichols, Burlington.

D. Morton, Natick.

Benjamin Chipman, Taunton.

Otis Bullock, Warren, R. I.

George Q. Gill, Quincy.

C. F. Fulsom, Exeter, N. H.
Charles Storrow, Beverly.

Stephen C. Strong, Natick.

F. D. Williams, Foxboro’.

E. V. S. Kenney, Billerica.

M. A. George, Stoneham.

Arad Gary, uC

A. F. Belcher, Foxboro’.

James McGwyer, Woburn.

J. R. Perkherst, Chelmsford.

Oliver Ames, North Easton.

E. S. Converse, Malden, Rock Maples, selected
by Davidson his gardener for school house
yard and streets.

eels

J. Goodrich, Haverhill.

John Rollins, Lawrence.

Rev. M. E. Fairchild, Stoneham.

W. Simonds, Winchester, Rock Maples.
Sidney Jukes, Newcastle, Me.

Charles W. Copeland, 122 Summer St., Boston.
Oliver Pillsbury, Concord, N. H.

James T. Furber, Sup’t Boston & Maine R. R.
Wm. H. Holt, Jr., 399 Weston Avenue, Lynn.
Miss A. B. Wales, Randolph.

John C. Whitten, Whittensville.

Charles B. Dana, 40 Central Street, Boston.
William H. Anderson, Waltham.

Mrs. Perry Jones, Greenland, N. H.

Leighton & Moore, Portland, Me.

T. F. Faxon, Quincy.

Benjamin Chase, Derry, N. H.

HH. Saltonstall, 15 Chauncy Street, Boston.

M. R. Haley, Portsmouth, N. H.

J. Q. A. Field, Quincey.

John Learoyd, Danvers.

James L. Little & Co., 24 Franklin St., Boston.
E. T. Baldwin, Manchester, N. H.

Mrs. H. S. Russell, Milton.

George W. Colberth, Dover, N. H.

James E. Chipman, Halifax, N. S.

P. S. Cheney, 15 Union Street, Boston.
George W. Wiggin, Exeter, N. H.

Ivory Bean, 676 Tremont Street, Boston.
Hon. L. D. Stevens, Concord, N. H.

Mrs. Abiel Chandler, Concord, N. FH.

Henry C. Lodge, 11 Tremont Street, Boston.
Luther Tasker, East Northwood, N. H.

Dr. George Coggswell, for the Bradford Female
Seminary grounds. The skill of the gar-
dener who selected, planted and cared for
these trees and shrubs resulted in very
perfect success.

J. Lasell, Whittenville.
N. A. Briggs, Canterbury, N. H.
Stoneham High School Boys, centennial trees.

James Fletcher, evergreen trees for Billerica
Cemetery.

Hiram Hodgdon, Ashland, N. H.
Phineas Whitcomb, Richmond, N. H.
A. W. Nimes, Bellows Falls, Vt.
Edward Haskell, New Bedford.

James Davis, 47 Kilby Street, 20 Woodward
Arbor Vit to plant at Canton.

William Stevens, Dover, N. H., Director of
Boston and Maine R. R.

Professor Austin Phelps, Andover.

60 CATALOGUE OF READING NURSERY,

MASS.—J. W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR.

H. C. Greeley, for Lancaster Reform School for
Girls—small fruits.

William Q. Biddle, 33 Wall St., New York.
A. S. Lewis, Framingham.

T. E. Simonton, Rockland, Me.

Sawyer Woollen Co., Dover, N. H.

Rev. John Richmond, ‘ OG

J. M. Brown, Belmont, firm of Little & Brown.
F. O. Dewey, Reading.

K. W. Jacobs, Peabody.

J. R. Leeson, Newton Centre.

Eli V. Brewster, Dover, N. H.

Anthony McLaren, Forest Hills.

Augustus L. Hayes, South Berwick, Me.
Major R. Lowndes, Stattsburg, N. Y.

H. Mawhinney, Stoneham.

N. M. Jewell, Exeter, N. H.

Stephen Foster, Reading.

Major N. D. Stoodley, Reading.

Dr. McArthur, Lynn.

Jos. Breck & Son, Boston.

Hovey & Co., be

William M. Howard, New Bedford (florist).
Charles Garfield, Medford.

Dr. William Stevens, Stoneham.

Benjamin P. Ware, Marblehead.

M. A. Tewksbury, Randolph, Vt.

J. G. Elder, Derby Centre, Vt.

Mrs. Oscar Foote, Reading.

C. R. Prescott, Malden.

Charles Brigham, Hudson.

Edward V. Gage, Bradford.

Millett & Jellerson, Lewiston, Me.

George Q. Dow, Epping, N. H.

C. W. Carter, Quincy. ;

Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y.

Dr. Sarah A. Colby, Reading.

Richardson & Russell (Engravers), Boston.
Mr. Mossman, North Reading.

Lucius Turner, Reading.

James U. Prince, Amherst, N. H.
Schlegell & Everett, Boston.

Geo. V. Fletcher, Belmont (Maples and Spruce):
Enoch Foster, Tewksbury.

C. C. Barney, Everett.

D. Kaine, Fitchburg (gardener).

George Hewins, Dedham.

Nathan Blanchard, East Stoughton.

F. O. Winslow, Norwood.

M. L. Allen, Reading.

Mr. Pulsifer, Gloucester (florist).

R. T. Woodward (landscape gardener), No. 9
Upton Street, Boston.

B. M. Fernald, Esq., Melrose.

CHARLES DOWNING, of Newsrure, N.Y.,
is and will long remain immortalized as the
last appealing authority in nomenclature of
fruit in this country. Author of the most
authentic book on the Fruits of America ;
is our frequent correspondent, from whom
we have standing orders to forward all new
and worthy samples of fruits for his inspec-
tion. We have often received encourage-
ment from him.

DARTMOUT

H CRAB.

One of the late fall and early winter varieties.
(See description on page 19.)

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RIVER BIRCH. (Betula.)

This is the common name of a graceful, often drooping branched tree, naturally found only
along streams, 40 to 60 feet high. On large trees the bark is dark and very rough; higher up
come black and reddish curls or flakes, then come thinner curls of reddish and white bark, flut-
tering in the breezes. Among these thin curls and farther up the trunk, is a pure white bark
that is very conspicuous, either standing alone or in a collection of trees, while the grizzly
roughness of the trunk below is very odd. Price, 5 to8 ft., 50 to 7oc.

THE PEARSONS ELM, growing on land of Benjamin Pearsons, in Byfield Parish, New-
bury, Mass., is a specimen that we may all take courage by. January 26th, 1877, we measured
it at 3 feet from the ground, pressing the tape into the deep depressions (some of them 3 feet
deep), and found it 42 feet in circumference; allowing the tape to rest on the ridge at same point,
it was 27 feet around. At 6 feet from the ground, the smallest place, it was 18 feet. At the
expansion of the immense limbs at 12 feet it was estimated 30 feet in circumference. The
height must be near 100 feet, the spread of branches was 118 feet. The age is not over 100
years. It contains at least 12 cords of wood.

We know of various American White Elms that are nearly as large as the above.

Joshua Gowing, of Wilmington, Mass., has an Elm over 16 feet in circumference at 2 feet from
ground, 108 feet spread of top, 80 feet high and must. contain 9 cords or more of wood. It is
Jess than 100 years old and growing rapidly.

Samuel Gowing, of Wilmington, Mass., has an Elm of about equal size of the latter.

There are two English Elms standing in Essex Street, Boston, 18 feet in circumference.

(Let planters of trees have faith ; the future is big by the aid of their work).

—

ES> We call especial attention to our stock of ROCK MAPLE, not less than 10,000
trees, now more called for than any other shade tree ; the RED MAPLE, noted for its bril-
liant leaves in autumn ; the WHITE or SILVER-LEAVED MAPLE is the most rapid
grower of all the Maples ; NORWAY MAPLE is increasing in demand, and is especially
adapted for the sea shore. Of this variety we have 1500 6 to 10 feet trees. Our Shrubs
and Evergreen Trees are well nigh countless. 1500 Scotch Larch Trees, 8 to 6 feet high,
all moved within two years, are offered quite low.

o5 ——— a

RHODODENDRON PLANT, ADAW’S NEEDLE,
in leaf and bud showing a full developed 2foot plant. —_as it appears all the year when not in bloom. See

(See description on page 45.) blooming plant and description on page 45.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Apple culture and varieties Ty 12, 18
Apple, Double-Flowering 0 : 37
Abele, Poplar : : : . 30
Alder. : : . c : 30
Ash - : . : : : 35
Acacias : : ; : ‘ 36

Announcement, Conditions &c. 3, 4
Apricots 19, 20
Asparagus. : : : : 25
Azalea, Ghent 5 , A : 46
Azalea, Amoena : ¢ . 3 47
Adam’s Needle ; F 50
Arbor Vita for Hedges or Sender 29
Andromeda. : F : 46
Birch. 5 5 3 5 F 36
Box Edgings : A : : 47
Black Cap Raspberry. : : 24
Blackberry culture 0 , : 599)

a varieties j 22

i remarks 3} page of cover
Fir, Picea, varieties 5 ; iy 30
Balsam Fir and varieties : A 30
Bulbous Roots 51, 52, 53, 54

Crown Imperial. : ; é 52
Cotton Wood . : : : 385
Celtis. 6 ; : 36
Cherry, Double- Flowering : F 37
Clematis, Trailing Vine, kinds : 44

Clethra Alnifolia . 5 . j 39
Cypress : : : 36
Cherry Culture wid varieties . 18
Crab Apple varieties : ; : 15
Currant culture and varieties 20, 21
Chestnut blossoms and leaf 34, 35
Colors of Coniferous Trees. 6 33
Dwarf Apple Culture. : ¢ 15
Distance for planting 0 2 0 10

Deciduous Trees for shade and ornament
35, 36, 37

Dwarf Evergreens 5 6 6 32
Elm : E : 36
Evergreens, “indicate ne Hedges 27, 28
Evergreens adapted for Hedges : 33
Freezing, Staking, Mulching, After-culture 6
Grapes, Rogers’s Hybrid » 26,21
Grapes ; 4 * 5 2a6 2620
Gooseberries, culture and varieties 21, 22
Gladiolus : : ; L Y 54
Hedges 6 4 27-33
Honey Locust . 0 : : 36
Horse Chestnut : a 6 , 36
Hydrangea, Panaculata, Grandiflora 42
Judas Tree. , ; 3 ; 37

Junipers : . b : 30
Laburnum : : 9 j * 37
Lily of the Valley . 1 AQF On
Lindens ‘ : % : : 36

Laurel . 2 3 a ene 46
Locust . i : 2 5 4 36

Lily class of Bulbs 52, 53
Magnolias 0 ‘ i 5 z 37
Mountain Ash F é 5 5 35
Maples, 10 varieties 36, 37
Mulberries . : ‘5 20
Nut Tkeoe = Chee one Walnuts 35
New Brunswick varieties : : 15
Number of trees per acre : : 10
Notice, Injury from pretended Agents 9)
Nectarines ; F d 3 : 20
Nut-bearing Trees . 5 5 ; 35
Narcissus or Jonquil é a 5 52

Oaks é 35, 36
Our Hedges . . ‘ : 0 7
Ornamental Shrubs 87, 38, 39, 40

Perennial Roots 3 5 ‘ 49
Plum, Double- lowering: F ‘ Bi
Peach . 2 é 3 J 37

Purple-Leaved Beech : c : 35

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MASS,—J.

W. MANNING, PROPRIETOR,

Peach Culture and varieties . ‘ 19
Plum Culture and varieties 18
Pear Culture and varieties es, Wy We

Partial List of our Patrons . 55-60

Packing of trees for shipment : 6

Planting ; ; : - ; 3)

Pines and varieties ; 2 30

Perennial Roots 49

P.eonies a , : é ‘ 50

£ Tree 7 5 : : 51

Quinces, Japan : 39

Quince Culture and varieties 17

Rhododendrons 45

Roses, Hybrid Per eG 48

“ Moss and Standard | : 48
“ Climbing and Summer 48, 49
Russian Apple varieties 14

Reading Highlands and mountains in sight 5

Raspberry culture - 23
Red Raspberry : < 23, 24
Retinasporas : ; ; é dl
Rhubarb : : : - 21
Salisburia, or Ginkgo ; 37

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Chestnut Fruit
Centennial Medal
Granite Beauty Apple

last page of Cover
Ist page of Cover
2d page of Cover

Map of Nursery. . . ° 1
Portrait of Author : , : 2
Rock-Maple Tree . , ‘ : 4
Rostiezer Pear : 4
Mass. Horticultrial Society’ 8 Medal Z 8
Woodward Arbor Vite . , ‘ 8
Tetofsky Apple 13
Dartmouth Crab Apple 14
Clapp’s Favorite Pear 16
La Versaillaise Currant 21
Smith’s Seedling Gooseberry : 22
Mammoth Black-Cap Raspberry. 23
Cutter’s Seedling Strawberry ‘ 24
Rogers’s Hybrid Grape, No. 15 26
Pyramidal-Pruned Arbor Vite ‘ 29

Close Conically-Pruned do... : 29
Natural-formed, Woodward, Siberian do.

Spireeas in variety 39
Small Fruit remarks : . ; 20
Special Notice 10
Selecting Trees 5)
Strawberries and F Dancers ae same 24, 25
Scotch or European Larch 33
Spruce and varieties : 3 Sl, B2
“Weeping Hemlocks, Junipers 32
Summer Roses 49
Thorn, Double- Ploweriha OF
Tulip Tree 37
Testimonials : 48:9
Trailing Vines ; ¥ 42
Tribute to Charles Downing 60
Tulips. < : i 52
Tuberose 54
Tritoma 3 54
Varieties of enioce 3 : 32
Weeping Willows 30
“ Elm and Mountain Ne 395

“ Evergreens ‘ 2 32

“ Deciduous Trees 33, 384
Wistaria, Chinese &e. 42
Am. Weeping and Kilmarnock Willows 33
Balsam Fir, Aust. Pine, frish Juniper — 30
Norway Spruce, White and Blue 31
Pruned Hemlock é By
Natural-formed Hemlock 32
Dwarf White Spruce : 32
Suropean Larch . : - 33
Chestnut Blossom and Leaves 3 34.
Clethra Alnifolia 40
Bignonia or Trumpet Flower 41
Minnesota Honeysuckle ; 43
Rhododendron Plant, and Bloom 2 ft. 45
Moss Rose 48
Adam’s Needle, and ldedeription in bidoin 50
Lilium Auratum 53
Wilder Medal 54
Adam’s Needle, Plant 61
Rhododendron Plant Pe E 61
Dartmouth Crab. ; ; ; 60

JANUARY.

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13/14
20/21

SEPTEMBER.

BLACKBERRY.

Blackberry culture is as simple as that of Beans or Corn ; the above sized fruit
can be grown from several well known varieties. It is not uncommon to see the
wild plants produce as large and even larger berries. See mode of culture on
page 22.

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AMERICAN SWEET CHESTNUT.— Leaf, Burr and Nuts.

[Description on page 35.]