Gift of
J. Horace McFarland Co.
Harrisburg, Penna.
May 1957
One Mile North of the ‘Railroad Depot.
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Double-track railroads Jead to all the aboye cities, and other
single-track roads and branches, like the spokes of a wheel, extend
‘to: numerous smalier towns, giving us great advantages, in ‘making *
prompt shipments and quick delivery ‘of our goods. eat :
Springfield Is the terminus of the New York and New Haven
Railvoud,,of the New York and New. England, of the Connecticut
River, of the Athol branch, and of the Boston and Maine. By this
road we éan now. ship trees and ‘plants to all the states north of us —
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont — without change or delay.
The American Express and the Adams Express deliver all
orders at our office twice daily. They also forward our trees and
plants directly from the Nursery at) special reduced rates. |
Other Expresses run. to Holyoke, Chicopee Falls, Westfield,
Ludlow and Thompsonville. We prefer to ship packages of medium
size by express. Large trees can only be shipped by freight trains,
for which the rates have been reduced, and are now reasonable.
Trees delivered at any place In Springfield without expense.
Early orders by mali are requested. ‘
City purchasers can pay the driver when he delivers their orders.
Packing, in bales or boxés, is done by skilled workmen, so that
trees may trayel hundreds of miles in safety. We charge only the
cost. :
Cartage free to any depot, or express office, or city residence.
Trees and plants will be added to pay OxDIGsS or freight to out-of-
* town purchasers. *
Purchasers, should plainly state by what route their goods are
to’bé conveyed. Otherwise we will forward them by the best in our ws
opinion; but wé will mot be responsible in any way for pulpy: or fog
damage in transit, or loss in after-cultiyation. ‘ ar
Any errors committed by us will be cheerfully rectified, if =
notice is given immediately. fox
Terms, cash with order, or satisfactory security pefore” shipment. aT ee
Money by mail may be sent as follows at our risk; By bank check,” x
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payable to our order; by post office money order; by express money ae
order; by registered letter, Two dollars or less in b nk bills. oe AD
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Long Distance Telephone 445-3 Springfield, Massachusetts
50 Wears tn Worticulture
KH BEGIN THIS YEAR tHE sEconD HALF CENTURY oF
OUR NURSERY BUSINESS.
Conducted thus far through the kindness of our custo-
mers—all of whom we hope to retain —on the “pay as we
go” principle, we may ascribe fo our efforts reasonable
success. The senior partner has never regretted his choice of
oceupation. Other pursuits offered greater inducements for harvest-
ing dollars, but no line of work allowed so many of the delights of
home or made possible so many contributions toward making enjoy-
able other lives in both city and country.
LOOKING BACKWARD. — We have been fortunate in our list
of patrons.
We have escaped all suits at law.
We have been educated by early struggles, by mistakes and eli-
matic losses, by pressing continually for more light on horticulture,
and in efforts to give customers the value of their expenditure.
We have increased our grounds, and now own about eight acres near
the heart of the city of Springfield, closely planted and in the highest
state of cultivation. We have now six greenhouses, built and warmed
by the most approved methods, and run to their fullest capacity.
Every year we add to our collection of hardy plants whatever is
new and valuable from Japan, China, France, Holland and the great
West.
We acknowledge with gratitude the kind Providence which, during
this long period, has smiled upon our efforts; parental hands which
guarded us in our youth, and the generous patronage of an intelligent
public.
Co Mur Patrons
OUR STOCK OF TREES AND PLANTS—We claim that
it is superior in quality. Our trees have better roots and are much
more vigorous and of larger sizes, and are handled with greater care
than those grown in less favorable locations.
Our trees and plants are warranted true to name and of the
_ grades stated in our Catalogues. Should any stock not prove as
represented, we will either refund the purchase money, or replace
the stock with the same variety, true to name, free. While we
exercise great care to prevent mistakes, we are not liable for further
damages, as all goods are sold under the above conditions.
Our facilities for growing fine stock are in many respects
unequaled. We have a fertile soil, without high
manuring, not affected by drought or flood, thor-
oughly cultivated; also the best climate, and ship-
ping point in New England, easy of access at all
Seasons. We solicit the trade of people who desire
to set out trees and plants of superior quality.
J. W. ADAMS & Co.
Springfield, Massachusetts
..Fruit Department..
APPLES.
Straight and Handsome Trees, with Fine Roots.
Each Per doz. 100
5 to 7 feet high ........-...s.0seeee $2 50 $20 00
6 to 7 cs Se : 3 00 25 00
7to8 OT A BASEAG RD COMO OCR ORD 5 00
We can furnish trees (not grown by us) at less prices, if ordered
early. Write, stating number, size and varieties wanted, and prices
as low as the lowest will be given. :
Summer Apples.
Early Harvest, Sweet Bough, Williams,
Astrachan, Golden Sweet, Transparent.
Autumn Apples.
Porter, Chenango, Fall Pippin,
~ Gravenstein, Oldenburg, Congress.
Garden Royal, Fameuse,
Winter Apples.
Baldwin, Haas, R. I. Greening,
Ben Davis, Mann, Sutton Beauty,
Bellflower, Nodhead, Roxbury Russet,
Bismarck, King, Golden Russet,
Hubbardston, Northern Spy, Talman Sweet.
NEW APPLES.
WALTER PEASE. This large and beautiful deep red Apple is
very showy, even more so than the Baldwin. The fruit attracts the
attention of buyers by its size and color. Its flavor is mild, rich and
aromatic, and, though ripe in September, it may be kept until mid-
winter. We regard it as a much better Apple in quality than the
Gravenstein, and more productive. A large grower of fruits, in an
address to the Hampden Harvest Club, said, “it is the best Apple
in the world.” Trees 5 to 7 feet high, 50 cts. each, $2.50 for 6.
Extra size, $1.
“We do not know of any other Apple of its season that equals WALTER
PEASE in quality..—The Rural New-Yorker.
ODD-YEAR BALDWIN. Very large, round, deep red; flesh
yellow, crisp, juicy, sprightly and rich. The original tree in Hamp-
shire county, from which we obtained our cions, was known to bear
large crops in odd years, while Baldwin trees bear in even years. In
other respects it is no wise different from the most perfect strain
of Baldwin, which is the best Apple we have in Massachusetts.
We sold Odd-year Baldwins (crop of 1897) for $5 a barrel,
30 to 50 cts. each. Extra size, $1.
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 3
Walter Pease Apple.
CRAB APPLES.
Cherry. The fruit is of the size and color of cranberries, and
hangs in clusters of 10 to 20 or more. It would be difficult to find a
more pleasing, small-sized lawn tree, when in flower or fruit. 50 cts.
Montreal. Fruit large for a Crab. The best one of more than
20 varieties which we have tried. 50 cts.
OLD DL Ll Dl lle,
THIS CATALOGUE
Undertakes to give, in few words, truthful descriptions and advice, such as
will enable our customers to select and order trees and plants suited to their
locality and purposes. Toward the close of the season, our trees and vines of
some varieties are certain to be sold out. Our customers, therefore, when
ordering Fruits or Roses, are requested to state if we are at liberty to re-
place such varieties as we may no longer have of the proper size with others
of equal merit.
4 North Main Street Nursery.
Standard Varieties of PEARS.
Among the choice fruits of temperate climates, Pears are quite
reliable for productiveness. The soil must be made rich and kept
well tilled, when they rarely fail to produce good crops annually.
We have a Bartlett tree standing near our office which has borne 28
times in 30 years. A Buffum Pear tree in Rhode Island produced
fruit enough annually to pay the taxes on a village lot. Pear trees
are not troubled with borers, and have leSs obstacles to overcome
than other fruit trees; but good culture will greatly improve the fruit.
Our directions, on another page, for close pruning when trans-
planted, should not be overlooked, ov omitted. Summer and Autumn
Pears should be gathered 10 days before they are ripe. Winter Pears
can remain on the trees until the leaves begin to fall, and then be
kept cold until nearly ready for use, and finally placed in a warm
room for a few days, to ripen.
Our prices of Pear trees have been greatly reduced. We give large
buyers very low wholesale rates.
Former price. Now.
First-class, 5 to 7 feet high............c0eteees $0 75 $0 40
Extra selected, 6 to 7 feet high...............- 1 00 60
Good trees, 5 to 6 feet high........ 4 trees, $1.. 30
Small, 1 or 2-year buds, with and without branches, 20 cts. each.
10 trees for $1.
Summer Doyenne, Clapp’s Favorite, Sheldon, Lawrence,
Wilder, Bartlett, Anjou, Lincoln,
Vermont Beauty, Buffum, Doctor Reeder, Wieffer.
Bose, top-grafted, 75 cts. to $1 each.
PLUM TREES.
This fruit is easily grown in all the New England states, and always
finds a ready market. Two hundred bushels per acre, and $3 to $5
per bushel, is reported as a fair yield and price. If so, what business
promises better ?
Plum trees can be grown at much less cost by budding them upon
peach roots, as is practiced to a great extent, both in the west and
south. Our trees are all grown upon the best Plum stocks, which we
annually import from France when they are only one year old. These
we plant out in the nursery vows in the spring and bud them the fol-
lowing August. In two years they are ready for orchard setting.
Sizes and Prices of Plum Trees.
Each Doz.
5 to 7 feet high, first selection..............--.- $0 50 $5 00
4to6 fs second selection..... 3for$1l.. 35
4 to6 Re thrifty, third selection........ 25 3 00
Extra-large trees, choice selection....75 ets. to 1 0 10 00
The following varieties bear early and ripen nearly in order named.
The first five are Japan plums; they bear profusely while young.
Red June. Large; deep red; hardy and very early.
Abundance. Large; amber, becoming cherry red; juicy and sweet.
Burbank. Large; cherry red; rich and sugary. Last of August.
Wickson. Large; carmine; fine-grained, delicious; stone small.
Hale. Large; orange, mottled with red; peach flavor. 50c. to $1.
Bradshaw. Very large; violet; juicy and pleasant; productive.
Lombard. Medium; violet-red; tree very productive.
Monarch. Very large; purplish blue; excellent; productive. 75e.
Niagara, Reine Claude, German Prune, Shipper’s Pride. And
others.
October Purple. 75 cts.
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 5
PEACHETREES:
Peaches do well on land which is moderately rich and not wet. An
annual dressing in the fall of wood ashes, slaked lime or muriate of
potash adds to the health, hardiness and productiveness of the trees.
Those of our customers who buy and plant Peach trees every year
consider it one of the best investments which they can make, a single
good crop paying all expenses and a large profit besides. The cost of
the trees is but a trifle, and the setting out is quickly done. They
come early into bearing, and the market for home-grown Peaches, at
almost fabulous prices. is never one-half supplied.
Peach culture in Connecticut.—By the State Pomologist: 130 growers
report 81,200 half-bushel baskets, the product of about 450 acres. Newly
planted orchards estimated to be as many acres more. The report recom-
ends setting orchards on outlying slopes, and for fertilizers apply concen-
rated manures, which are not only less bulky and expensive, but are better
adapted to the wants of this tree and fruit.
Peach Trees, when transplanted, should have all the branches cut back
to within an inch of the body; ent off then one foot of the top. On large
orders, given early, we do this trimming, when requested, at an additional
cost of one dollar per hundred trees. In an orchard of more than 1,500 trees
of the best grade, which we pruned before shipment, only 3 trees failed to
make a good growth. It is regarded as the premium orchard of the state.
Small orders are pruned without expense if requested.
Sizes and Prices of Peach Trees.
Per doz. 100
Mnees ito Dsfoet Niet. m,n teres cemne es 2 00 $15 00
Se eto rs. pw uRARHO RE i conc Lome aR omat m0: 10 00
re 2tOrs LSet eR ra nocd nome 1 00 7 00
Trees of smaller size by mail, postpaid ...... 1 00
Extra size, selected trees for gardens, 50 ets each.
The following excellent varieties ripen in nearly the order named,
from the middle of July to the middle of October:
Alexander. Medium size; white, nearly covered with red; flesh
melting and very good in quality.
Amsden, Beatrice, Early Canada, Early Rivers, Schumaker
and Waterloo so nearly resemble the Alexander as to need no other
description. These are the best extra-early Peaches.
Sneed and Triumph are new and very early.
Bokhara. New, from Russia. Of the largest size; extra hardy. 25c.
Stewart. Extremely large, new, and promising well, 25 ets.
Champion. Large; creamy white, with red cheek. 25 cts.
Mountain Rose. Large; white, covered with rich red.
Foster. Similar to Crawford’s Barly.
Crawford’s Early. Large; yellow, with red cheek.
Large Early York. Same as Honest John, Geo. IV.
Oldmixon. White, with red cheek; old and reliable.
Elberta. Large; yellow; new and promising.
Stump. Large; white, with bright red cheek.
Crosby. Medium; orange-white, splashed with red; most hardy.
Crawford’s Late. Large; yellow, cheek dark red; productive.
Wheatland. Reeves’ Favorite. Wager. Wonderful.
Globe. Hill’s Chili. Stevens.
APRICOTS.
The Apricot resembles the plum, but is downy like the peach, and
one of the most beautiful and delicious of fruits.
Harris and Royal. These are our standard varieties, ripening in
July and August. 50 ets.
6 North Main Street Nursery.
CHERRY: TREES.
The Cherry, being a very hardy tree, will thrive in nearly all good
soils. A sandy or gravelly loam is best.
Prices for Straight and Handsome Trees.
Standard trees, 5 to 6 feet high.............-. 50 ets. each, 7 for $3 00
as « ~ extra size, 6 to 7 feet high....75 ce 3 for 2 00
Pyramidal shape, 4 to 5 feet high ......... oe 0) a 6 for 2 50
Gov. Wood. Large; light
red; tender and delicious. End
of June.
Coe’s Transparent. Medi-
um; pale amber; sweet and
fine.
Tartarian. Large; black;
productive. A standard variety.
May Duke. Medium; dark
red; fruitful; well known.
Middle of June.
Bay State. Large; deep red;
juicy, sweet; excellent. 75 cts.
Honey Heart. Large; yel-
low, covered red; juicy, sweet
and proiifie.
Oxheart. Large; light,tinged
red; solid, meaty, fine quality.
Mercer. Large; dark red;
excellent flavor. Of this new
Cherry the introducer says:
“496 quarts were picked from
the original tree, and sold for
12% cents per quart.” 75 cts.
Windsor. A new sweet
Cherry from Canada. Very
large, almost black, and of the finest quality. Late Cherries, coming
in after the crop is gone, are always in demand, and Windsor, from
its size and beauty, will command a high price. The tree is a free,
upright grower, very vigorous and productive; fruit firm and excel-
lent. 50 cts. each. Extra choice, 75 cts. each.
QUINCES.
Grown in Tree Form, and with Good Roots.
_ Bourgeat. This splendid new Quince we imported from France,
and the original tree has borne four seasons in our nursery without a
failure. Fruit extra-large, round, smooth and golden; very tender
when cooked. Keeps sound until February. Trees in the nursery
rows, as we write, are well laden with fruit. Jts large size, round
and smooth surface, golden color, tenderness, when cooked, early
ripening and good keeping qualities, its thrifty growth the entire
season, and early bearing entitle it to a place in every garden.
50 cts. each. $2 for 6 trees.
Champion. Late and less valuable than the following. 20 to 50e.
Orange. Fruit large, golden, early and productive. 2 to 3 feet,
35 ets.; 3 to 4 feet, 50 cts.
Rea’s Mammoth. The largest of the Orange Quinces. 50 cts.
We furnish 6 Quince trees of one variety for the price of 5.
2g
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GRAPES.
Any fairly good soil, not wet, will grow the Grapes we name in the
following list. Varieties which are tender, weakly, inclined to mildew.
or too late, are omitted. Grape vines are
particularly adapted to city and village
lots. They occupy very little space, can
be trained over doorways, fences, or ar-
bors; but no finer fruit can be produced
than by the simple method of tying the
vine to a single stake. A trellis can be
built later, if desired. Some of our eus-
tomers who raise large and beautiful
bunches train their vines to a very high’
arbor. A good root,with tops cut back to &
3 or 4 eyes, is all that is required to begin.
Campbell’s Early Grape. Points of
special merit are: A vigorous, hardy vine,
with thick foliage and free from mildew;
large, compact clusters and large berries
of black Grapes with few seeds, which
separate readily from the pulp. Flesh is
sweet, rich, slightly vinous and free from
foxiness. It bore fruit in our nursery two seasons, ripening early.
Our vines have strong, fibrous roots and are certain to please pur-
chasers. 1l-year-old, 50 ets. each. 2-year-old, $1.50 each.
The tops are cut back to three buds, the right method for planting.
Green Mountain. A new white Grape, very early, hardy and of
good flavor. Strong vines, 50 cts. each.
Moore’s Early. It is larger and ripens about 10 days before the
Concord. 25 cts. each.
Worden. A large, black Grape of rich flavor, about a week earlier
than the Concord. Hardy, productive, and always gives satisfaction.
Extra strong vines, 50 cts. each. a
Brighton. This excellent variety deserves a place in every garden.
The bunches are large; flesh tender, sweet as soon as colored; dark
red; early. 25 cts. each. Extra size, 50 cts. each.
Diamond. Bunches large and long: berries large, white, with firm,
thick skin. Flesh tender, juicy, with but little pulp. 25 cts. to 50 cts.
each.
Delaware. Bunch and berry small. Color light red; very sweet,
juicy and high flavored. 2-year-old plants, 50 cts. each.
Niagara. This large white Grape is a strong grower and very pro-
lifie. Bunches large, compact and showy. 25 cts. to 50 ets. each.
Eaton. This is the largest black Grape grown. In foliage, fruit,
productiveness and season, it ranks high. 50 ets. each.
Concord. Black; the most popular and reliable variety in eultiva-
tion. 25 ects. each. Extra strong vines, 50 cts. each.
Norr.—We have growing in our Nursery many other Grapes, both new and
old, and ean furnish any variety advertised at the lowest price.
4Q-Write for any you may desire to plant.
For Cash Orders, by Mail. We will send any of the above Grape vines by
mail or express, prepaid, at the prices annexed.
For cash orders by mail, we will send prepaid, either by mail or ex-
press, one dozen I-year vines of good varieties, our choice, for $1.
THE QUALITY of our plants is aa to be compared with the cheap trash
advertised in magazines, much of which no skillful gar-
dener would accept as a gift.
8 North Main Street Nursery.
CURRANTS.
Currants are quite hardy, and can be planted in the fall or spring.
To destroy the currant-worm, sprinkle the plants with white helle-
bore in water. Tobacco dust or dry ashes will be effective if dusted
over them when wet, beginning as soon as the buds swell in spring.
The Currant, from its free growth, hardiness, easy culture, great
productiveness, pleasant flavor and early ripening, is one of the most
valuable of our summer fruits. By its multiplied uses for the table,
both in the green and ripe state, for jelly, wine and canning, it be-
comes a source of health, economy and domestic comfort all year.
Cherry. The iargest of all red Currants; bunches short. Good
soil and high culture produce berries %ineh in diameter. Many
Cherry Currants are mixed with other sorts. We now grow them
from our own bearing bushes. First selection, 1 year, 75c. per doz.
Strong plants, 2 years, $1 per doz. Extra strong plants, $2 per doz.
Fay’s Prolific. Quite similar to Cherry, with sometimes longer
clusters and not quite as acid, nor as strong a grower. 1-year plafits,
75 ets. per doz. 2 years, $1 per doz,
North Star. A newred Currant of good flavor, and a prolific bearer.
Bunches long. Recommended by leading nurserymen as being extra
hardy and a vigorous grower. 1-year plants, $1 per doz. 2 years,
$1.50 per doz.
Wilder. The prize Currant at New York State Fair. Fruit large,
red, productive in quality, pronounced the best. A vigorous grower,
and makes a strong, fine bush. 1-year plants, $2 per doz.; by
mail, $2 for 10. 2 years, $3 per doz.
White Grape. Largest of the white Currants. Mild acid; the
best table variety. 2-year plants, $1 per doz.
Lee’s Prolific Black. The best of the black Currants, 2-year
plants, $1.50 per doz.
We will mail, postpaid, 20 Currants, our choice, for $1"
GOOSEBERRIES.
We deliver Gooseberry plants by mail or express, prepaid, at the
prices annexed.
The Downing Gooseberry continues to hold the front rank of the
pale green varieties. It bears large crops, and does not mildew.
Strong plants, $2 perdoz. Medium, $1.50 per doz. 1 year, $1 per doz.
Keepsake. Fruit very large, straw-colored, of excellent flavor.
Bloom is well protected by foliage, making it one of the most certainly
fruitful. On our grounds bushes planted the year before were loaded
with specimen berries like good-sized plums. $3 per doz.
Houghton. Medium size, roundish; pale red, sweet, tender and
very good. A vigorous grower, with rather slender branches; exceed-
ingly prolific; not subject to mildew. 1-year plants, $1 per doz,
2 years, $1.50 per doz.
We advise our customers not to plant the Cluster Gooseberry, which seems
too often to be sold for the true Houghton.
Red Jacket. Very large, smooth; heavy foliage. Claimed to be
fre from mildew of either leaf or fruit. Strong grower; very pro-
lifi:; new and promising. 25 ets. each. $2.50 per doz.
Columbus and Triumph. Seedlings of the English varieties.
Large, productive and easily grown. 30 cts.
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RASPBERRIES.
Cuthbert. Quite large; crimson, very handsome, firm, sweet.
Vigorous, productive and excellent in every way. 60 cts. per doz.
$3 per 100.
Loudon. large size, bright red color, firmness, vigor and pro-
ductiveness are claimed for this new Raspberry. $1 per doz.
$5 per 100. 3
Golden Queen. ‘This so nearly resembles the Cuthbert in all but
its beautiful color as to need no other description. $1 per doz.
$2 for 30.
Joseph Albiston writes; “The Golden Queen I had of you last year is just
splendid; the best yellow Raspberry I ever saw.”
Kansas. Larger than Gregg; black, firm and delicious. 60 ects.
per doz.
Tyler, or Souhegan. Second early, medium, very black, firm and
sweet. Plant vigorous, hardy, prolific, ripening its entire crop in a
short period. 60 cts. per doz. $3 per 100,
A gardener writes: “I never saw a Tyler with tips winter-killed, or one
that failed to be loaded down with a show of fruit.”
Munger. A large, black, late variety. New. $1 per doz.
(—="This select list comprises the best of the Raspberry family for
this section.
‘We deliver Raspberry plants at your post-office at the dozen prices.
10 North Main Street Nursery.
BLACKBERRIES.
Next to the strawberry in value comes the Blackberry, ripening
from July 20 until September. The culture of this most healthful
and delicious fruit has been hampered by its tenderness and liability
to be winter-killed, which destroys the next season’s crop. Happily
now we have two or three most excellent varieties, which are hardy
and wonderfully prolific. They do not require rich soil or any expen-
sive preparations.
The following varieties have been tried, and can be recommended
as the best in cultivation:
Ohmer. “As large as the largest, very productive, sweet and ex-
cellent,” says the introducer of Gregg raspberry. $1 per doz. $3 for 50.
Snyder. Medium to large size, very early, exceedingly productive,
entirely hardy, and fruit is of good quality, without any hard core.
75 ets. per doz. $2 for 50.
Minnewaski. Very large, glossy black, tender, juicy, sweet, aro-
matie and delicious. $1 per doz.
Rathbun. This new variety is said to be very productive; fruit
large, juicy, sweet and delicious. Seeds so small as to be searcely
noticeable. $1.50 per doz. $3 for 30. 45 berries filled a quart basket.
£2> Our Rathbuns cost 25 cents each, and are true to name.
Mersereau. A larger and improved Snyder. $2 per doz.
Nore.—Agawam, Erie, Barly Harvest, Wachuset, Wilson, Cluster, and
many other sorts are too tender or unproductive to be grown in New England.
Blackberry plants sent by mail at the dozen price.
STRAWBERRIES.
Soil and Situation. land which will produce paying crops of corn ean be
relied upon to give good returns if planted to Strawberries.
Preparation. Deep and thorough cultivation nowhere rewards the fruit
grower so bountifully and immediately as with this most delicious fruit. It
should be our ambition to grow the greatest possible quantities, as well as the
largest and finest berries. Very large Strawberries sellin market much
more readily, and for a much higher price, than berries of ordinary size.
Land in sod should be cultivated one year or more with corn or garden
vegetables, to destroy the grubs which often in great numbers subsist upon
the roots of grass, but do not remain in land which is kept clean of weeds.
Hoeing and weeding is, after all, the great secret to success, or the reason
why one prospers while half a dozen neighbors equally well situated fail.
Hoeing should be done early and often.
Season for planting. If the plants are not grown on the premises, but are
brought from a distance, as early in the spring as the ground can be made
ready is the most favorable time; but Strawberry plants can be safely trans-
planted at any season when there is no frost in the ground. We are accus-
tomed to this way of renewing our beds, with very fortunate results.
Early autumn planting. If carefully set out at that season, they will
produce a good crop in less than 10 months’ time.
Setting plants in August, even in dry and sandy soil, can be successfully
done. Dig holes the size of a tumbler, and then fill them with water. Set
the plants and cover each with a large leaf, which may remain for a week,
when it must be removed.
Potted plants. These we furnish in August and September, but only to
customers who order 10 days or more before they desire to receive them. Such
plants, set out at that season, give paying crops the next summer, and there
is no risk; but potted plants are never sent out in the spring.
Our Strawberry Catalogue, printed soon after mid-summer, gives the re-
sults of the latest trials and the comparative merit of the different varieties,
with such information as will aid our customers in this department. We mail
it free to all who write for it.
Distances to plant in gardens: 15 inches square, if kept in hills; set in
that manner 4 or 5 rows, then leave a path 2 feet wide.
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 11
STRAWBERRIES, continued.
Field culture. The rows may be 3% feet apart and the plants in the row
1% feet, if the plants are set in spring.
Draw a line, and have the rows perfectly straight. Whoever can grow
Strawberries in hills will find that the fruit is larger and the cultivation much
less. Another element of benefit to the grower who would have big berries
is to plant new beds every year, and have but one harvest. To weed and re-
new an old bed is many times more work than to plant annually.
Strawberry plants, at the North Main Street Nursery, are grown in large
quantities, not for fruit, but to secure superior plants to supply our trade.
The ground being thoroughly prepared at much labor and expense, it is
not wise to plant any but the best varieties, and only strong and healthy
plants. It is better to send to a trustworthy grower and pay him a fair price
than to accept ordinary plants as a gift. Many times have we seen plants
quoted at less than it would cost to dig and pack them properly. Such plants,
being the refuse of old beds, would, if replanted, usually become little less
than total loss, and no clear-headed man would waste time, money and land by
such an investment. The difference between plants grown only for the
runners and those which, like weeds, exhaust the crowded beds, must be ap-
parent to every intelligent cultivator,
New varieties we purchase from the originators, when possible, to insure
correctness, oceasionally paying more than a dollar apiece for them, and in a
few months selling young plants of the same at a less price per dozen. We
continue our practice, begun in 1880, of planting in our trial beds new Straw-
berries as they appear, and rejecting such as are in no respect superior. The
fruit product this season has been abundant, and the demand equally large.
In our trial beds have been planted fifty named varieties, and many more
without names.
Sample. A new variety from Boston; uniformly large, and very
productive and promising in our grounds. Per-
haps the price we paid for plants, 25 ects. each,
enlisted special care. We shall give them to our
customers, while they last, for 50 ets. per doz.*@
No discount to dealers
Nick Ohmer. Th
new Strawberry is ree-
ommended by Beaver
and Crawford, of Ohio,
and Davis, of North-
ampton, leading Straw-
berry growers, as the
best variety now in
sight. The fruit is of
the largest size,
dark, glossy red
and of excellent
flavor.
Brandywine.
Large, late and
productive, su-
perseding the
Gandy.
Hunn. From
the N. Y. Experi-
ment Station. A
OO EE ete CENT Nick Ohmer.
late berry, ripen-
ing from June 24 to July 21. A merchant in New York City wrote
that the Hunn was superior in color, flavor and shipping qualities to
any other berry he had ever seen. At a horticultural exhibition
baskets of the Hunn surpassed in every way all others on the tables.
Late and very prolific.
12 North Main Street Nursery.
' Prices of Strawberry Plants.
Varieties marked (Imp.) have imperfect blossoms. At least one-
fourth of those set out should be perfect-flowering.
Avery, Greenville (Imp.), Pet,
Barton’s (Imp.), Haverland (Imp.), Plow City,
Brandywine, Hunn, Ridgway,
Bubach (Imp.), Jerry Rusk, Sharpless,
Benoy, Jesse, Wm. Belt,
Crescent (Imp.), Marshall,
Clyde, Manwell, Mixed Varieties, not
Goy. Hoard, McKinley, labelled, 50c. per 100.
Price of the above, 25 cts. per doz. 60 cts. for 50. $I per 100.
NEW VARIETIES.
Sarrie (Imp.), Glen Mary (Imp.), Nick Ohmer,
Margaret, Parker Earle, Sample (Imp.).
50 cts. per doz. $2 for 50.
Strawberry Plants, when desired, will be sent postpaid by mail at the dozen
rate. For 100 plants by mail, add 10 cents.
Our new system of packing is so perfect that plants can be sent in this way
with the greatest security. Larger quantities had better go by express. No
charge for packing Strawberries.
AWARDS —First premium for 4 best varieties. Kor the best field ex-
hibit, $10. For the best 5 plates, $10.
There is neither pleasure nor profit in raising inferior fruit. To be
salable, Strawberries must be of good size and attractive in form and color.
To be profitable, they must be vigorous and prolific. For the private garden,
they should possess high flavor. We have this season rejected a large number
of old varieties for better sorts. Werecommend the kinds which do the best
in our trial beds, where all have the same soil and treatment. These we plant
most largely for market and for sale.—Address to Hampden Harvest Club.
ASPARAGUS.
Make the soil deep andrich. Open drills from 14 to 20 inches apart
and 4 to 6 inches deep. Place the roots 1
foot apart and cover 4 inches deep. Cover
the bed in the fall with coarse manure. 100
plants will occupy about one-half of a square
rod.
Conover’s Colossal. Recommended for
its size, tenderness and high flavor. It is of
vigorous growth, sending up from 15 to 20
hy | sprouts each year of the largest size. Color
\ deep green, and crown very close.
i ae 1-year plants, 75 cts. per 100. By mail, $1.
if | i 2-year plants, $1 per 100. By mail, $1.25.
Ae Barr’s Mammoth. A variety of the lar-
— - - ‘gest size. $2 per 100.
Palmetto. Gardeners near Boston think this is not so hardy or
reliable as Conoyver’s. Same price.
Marker GARDENERS who intend to plant large beds of Asparagus should
write to us early for prices. Our roots have not been injured by insects, as in
states south of us.
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 13
RHUBARB.
Kinds which do not require Peeling.
Linnzeus. Medium size, tender, mild and early. 25 ets. each.
$2 per doz.
London Market. Large, long stalks. Very tender and mild.
25 ets. each.
Monarch.
quality, having a fine apple flavor.
One each of the above for 50 cts.
Extra large new English sort.
25 ets. each.
TOMATOES.
Superior in size and
We use only Choice Selected Seeds.
All speak in the very highest praise of the plants we sent out last
spring.
Livingston’s Stone. Large, red, smooth, solid; never cracks or
rots; handsome.
Dwarf Champion.
None better.
Can be planted 2 to 3 feet apart.
ductive; smooth, purplish red.
Livingston’s Early Perfection.
more solid and fewer seeds.
Very pro-
Improved Acme, with red skin;
All for market price.
The Number of Trees or Plants to set an Acre.
Distance. No. Distance. No.
2inches X 12inches......... 261,360 Di LOOL OK Olt OO Urstaier ctecvelv iain crarare 1,742
eee SORT RE? ae : . 174,240 Gp Be ab) -1,210
Be I PBs FE - 174,240 le re Bales Gd (ae . 888
Bb ent RB AE .116,160 Bp Ser Bi it! 680
Le Tet -180,680 | 10 “ X10 ‘ 435
Gare can SOND LE SOs bia ||S1s oy Tay 302
OH le a ae” Ht TUB 7120) |Slee Sab 242
Figete Sie Ol) eee A TEES Wis = Sea 194
Boke ex [oS > 65;840'")) 18 xg 134
it) Pla Serb 8 Dero os a0 ete eee ee 108
12 Xie 7 46 DG0m 20) ee oOL 72
2feet % 1 foot SOL TROD | alee ne all aae 100
2" xX 2 feet . 10,890 | 24 ** x24 * 75
ae Bie 7,260 | 95 ‘* x25 ** 7
Be uo: oe 4,840 | 30 ‘* X30 “ 48
Sire ar aa B\680) 800" X38) + 33
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EXPENSIVE CATALOGUES
extravagant advertisements and costly travel-
9 ing agents are a tax upon the buyer, resulting
either in higher cost or inferior stock. Business men usually prefer facts, if
given with clearness and breyity, to expensive magazines and costly engravings.
OUR GUARANTEE Intending buyers are invited to visit the Nursery and
. make their own selection. At the same time, We
guarantee to orders by mail as perfect plants and at as low prices as can
be obtained by a personal visit. One of the owners or the Superintendent is
always in attendance to give information and show customers our goods.
Landscape Gardening
A good lawn with beautiful shrubbery, tastefully arranged, enhances
values in the entire neighborhood. ‘Trees and shrubs undesirable, or
ill-fitted to the soil and location, a competent horticulturist would re-
ject, and give the reason why, saving many costly mistakes and dis-
couraging delays.
Drawing plans for new estates or for older grounds is a department
in our business which is every year increasing.
A rough draft, with estimate, can usually be furnished without ex-
pense. We furnish skilled workmen to do the planting} and, when de-
sired, also personally lay out the walks and roads, and build the same
of any material required to make a complete and satisfactory finish.
Ornamental Department
SELECT LAWN TREES.
The price depends upon size and form.
Acacia semperflorens. Fragrant pea blossoms; flowers nearly
all summer. Well suited to sandy soil, and ornamental. 75 cts.
Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven). Suited to dusty streets or the sea
shore. $1.
Ash, American. Rapid-growing lawn trees, with dark purple
leaves inautumn. 6 to 8ft., 75 cts.; 10 to 12 ft., $1.
Beech, Dark Purple-leaved. There are many varieties. The
best one has large, glossy, deep purple leaves in the spring, chang-
ing to crimson, and in the fall to a dull purplish green. A favorite
lawn tree. 3ft., $1; 4 ft., $1.50; 6 ft., $3.
Beech, Purple-leaved Seedlings. 3 ft., 75 cts.; 4 ft., $1;
6 ft., $2.
Beech, Weeping. A tree with erect stem and spreading branches,
drooping to the ground. 4 to 6 ft., $2; extra size, $3.
Birch, Columnar. A new and elegant variety of pyramidal habit.
Bark silvery white; very distinct and ornamental tree. $1 and $1.50;
extra size, $3.
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 15
SELECT LAWN TREES, continued.
Birch, Cut-leaved. Remarkable for its erect, slender, yet vigor-
ous growth, graceful, drooping habit, silvery white bark and delicately
eut foliage. lt thrives in sandy or moist soils, and is, beyond ques-
tion, one of the most pleasing and desirable for lawns, parks, ceme-
teries and all ornamental purposes. We have now a fine stoek of the
larger sizes. Our Birches are carefully grown, and transplant safely.
3 to4ft., 50 cts.; 6ft., $1; 8ft., $1.50; 10 ft., $2.
Birch, European White. A graceful tree, with silvery bark and
slender, upright branches. A fine landseape tree. 50 to 75 cts.
Catalpa speciosa. This variety has leaves a foot in length and
white-purple, fragrant flowers at midsummer. 50 cts. to $1.
Cercidiphyllum. A new Japanese tree of rapid growth. The
leaves are heart-shaped, green on the upper side aid silvery green
underneath; valuable. $1.50; extra size, $5.
Dogwood, Red-flowering (Cornus florida). Woliage grayish
green, glossy, and in autumn it turns to deep red; showy, beautiful.
50 ets. to $1.
Elim, American. The grand representative of New England for-
ests. 75 ets. to $1.50.
Elm, Camperdown. The most picturesque of drooping trees.
$1 to $2.
Elim, Dovei. A handsome new variety from France. 6 to 8 ft., $1;
10 ft., $1.50; 12 ft., $2.50.
Hawthorn, Double White and Double Scarlet. Elegant flow-
ering trees in May. 4 ft., $1; 6 ft., $1.50.
Hawthorn, Carrierii. Foliage deep glossy green till December.
Flowers white, changing to rose. It has small scarlet fruit, making
it a very remarkable tree. $1.
Horse Chestnut, White-flowering. 7 to 9 ft., $1.50; 10 ft., $2.
Horse Chestnut, Red-flowering. 6 ft., 75 cts.; 7 ft., $1.50;
8 ft., $2.
Keelreuteria. A small tree from China, bearing large panicles of
yellow flowers in July. #1.
Linden, American. Large and beautiful street tree. 8 ft., $1.25;
10 ft., $1.50.
Magnolia acuminata. A pyramidal-shaped tree, with yellowish
white blossoms, forming a fruit like a small cucumber, which turns
scarlet in the fall. 75 cts. to $1.50.
Magnolia macrophylla. A medium-sized tree. The leaves often
measure 10 inches in diameter. $1 to $2.
Magnolia tripetala (Umbrella Tree). A medium-sized tree, with
leaves a foot in length, and cup-shaped white flowers 4 to 6 inches in
diameter, appearing in June. 50 ets. to $1.50.
(c= For Magnolias of other varieties, see Plowering Shrubs,
pages 19 to 25.
Maple, Norway. Handsome street or lawn trees. Adapted to all
localities. The Norway is by many preferred to the Sugar Maple,
being easier to transplant. 9 to 10 ft., $1; 10 to 12 ft., $1.50.
Japan Maples (Acer polymorphum). These are very dwarf in
habit, rarely over 5 to 10 feet high, and are entirely hardy. We culti-
vate a dozen varieties, some with highly colored dark purple leaves,
which are constant throughout the season. Several have green
leaves tipped with crimson; one has purple, and one green foliage
eut like lace. $1, $1.50 and $2.
Maple, Japan, var. purpurea. Small, shrubby trees, with small,
deeply lobed, bright green foliage, changing to a purple hue in ay-
tumn. 2 to 4 ft., $1,
16 North Main Street Nursery.
SELECT LAWN TREES, continued.
Maple, Japan, var. atropurpureum. Blood-leaved Japan Maple,
The leaves of this variety are dark red, and hold their color the en-
tire season. The new growth is of brilliant crimson. As a lawn tree
it is indispensable. 1% to 2 ft., $1.50 to $3.
Maple, Japan, yar. dissectum. Finely dissected, fern-like foli-
age of deep green. Very graceful and beautiful. $2 to $3.
Maple, Japan, var. dissectum atropurpureum. Resembles the
above in shape of foliage, with blood-red color; very fine and rare.
$2 to $3.
Maple, Schwedlerii. A beautiful Norway Maple, with bright
scarlet leaves in May. 5 to 6 ft., $1.50; 7 to 9 ft., $2.
This and the preceding Maples are splendid new additions to the orna-
mental trees, and will certainly reward all who plant them.
Maple, Silver. A tree of very quick growth, large size, very hardy
and easily transplanted. On broad streets or for new buildings,
where immediate shade is desired, this is one of the most useful and
satisfactory. The foliage is bright green above and silvery white be-
neath. 8 to 10 ft., 75 cts.; 10 to 12 ft., $1; 12 to 16 ft., $1.50.
Prices of larger trees on application.
Maple, Sugar or Rock. This is one of those popular trees for
streets, being straight and stately in form. THasy to transplant when
grown in the nursery, as it always should be. 8 to 10 ft., 75 ets.;
10 ft., $1; 12 ft., $1.50; 14 ft., $2. Prices of larger trees on appli-
cation.
Maple, Cut-leaved. A tree of rapid growth, with slender, droop-
ing branches, giving it a graceful appearance. The foliage is abun-
dant, silvery white underneath, and on the young wood it is deeply
and delicately cleft. The leaf-stalks are long and tinted red on the
upper surface. This is one of the most useful and attractive trees
for lawns, or for bordering carriage drives, parks or cemeteries. On
small city lots its branches may be shortened and its beauty not im-
paired, for it will bear cutting as well as the willow. 6 to 8 ft., 75c.;
8 to 10 ft., $1.50; 10tol2ft.,$2. Prices of larger trees on application.
Mountain Ash. In the fall it is covered with rich red berries.
4to 6 ft., 75 cts.; 8 ft., $1.
Oak, Golden. This superb variety, with rich golden foliage, a
color which it retains until mid-autumn, is the one most desirable of
all brilliant-leaved trees. It is most effective when planted in a group
of other trees. When grafted on a vigorous root, this variety is
easily transplanted, and its growth is rapid. $1.50, $2.50 and $5 for
trees 3, 5 and 8 ft. high.
Platanus orientalis. <A fast-growing tree of large size, thought
to be well suited for street trees in large cities, being entirely free
from insects. 6 to 7 ft., 75 ets.; 7 to9 ft., $1 to $2.
Poplar, Golden, Carolina and Volga. All are beautiful trees of
quick growth; of great value on new places. 50 ets. to $1.50.
Prunus Pissardii. The leaves, at first bright purple, change to
red-purple, and finally in autumn to a rich shade of black-purple. It
is a small-sized tree; very desirable. 50 cts. to $1.
Tulip Tree. A native tree of largest size, allied to the magnolia
family, and, like them, difficult to transplant, unless of small size.
The trees are remarkable for their symmetry. Their large, tulip-like
flowers, of a yellowish white color, are very handsome. 5 to 8 ft.,
$1 to $1.50.
A Tulip tree, opposite the entrance to the City Hospital, which we planted
in our nursery in 1868, is now 6 feet in circumference and 75 feet high. Its
branches are so regular and its form so stately that it has been called the
grand specimen tree of the city.
»
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 17
SELECT SHADE TREES, continued.
Virgilia lutea. Elegant lawn trees, with pea-shaped flowers,
white and fragrant, 50 cts. to $1.
White Fringe. A small, round-top tree, with numerous pure white
flowers, long, lace-like or fringe-like, blooming late in June. Bark
smooth and clean; leaves shining; a choice lawn tree. 6 ft., 75 ets.;
8 ft., $1.50.
Willow, Kilmarnock (Umbrella Tree). Grafted on a stock 6 or 7
feet high, it forms a graceful, drooping tree and flourishes in any
soil. $1 and $1.50.
Willow, Laurel-leaved. This tree is one of the most desirable,
especially for new places, where shade is needed quickly. A fine
hardy tree for the sea side. $1 and $1.50 each.
Willow, Wisconsin Weeping. This is not a drooping tree, but
has graceful, pendulous branches like the elm. 4 ft., 50 cts.;
6ft., 75 cts.; 8 ft., $1.
Willow, Thurlow. A graceful, picturesque tree of drooping habit
and of strikingly vigorous growth. 4 ft., 50 cts.; 6 ft., 75 cts.
EVERGREEN TREES.
In ornamental planting. Evergreen trees excel all others for beautifying
new grounds, because the effect is immediate and continuous throughout the
year. For hedges and sereens, and protection from harsh winds, there are
none to question their value. Judiciously planted, singly and sparingly, and
using those of the lighter shades in the foreground, with groups and masses
of dark-foliaged varieties in the background, a cheerful, life-like home in
winter can be produced from what may have been a bleak and dreary waste.
Evergreens, if properly grown for the purpose, may be transplanted in the
spring and in August without difficulty; and at other seasons by skillful gar-
deners. They will grow in a great variety of soils, and require less care and
culture than deciduous trees.
Arborvitze, American. Growth erect, columnar, occupying little
space. For single trees, cones, hedges or screens, it is very well
suited, as it is easily transplanted, and ean be pruned as desired,
Selected trees, 2 ft., 25 cts.; 3to4ft., 50 cts.; 4 to 6 ft., 75 ets.
(= For other sizes, see Hedge Plants.
Arborvitze, Globe. This tree forms a dense round ball of a pleas-
ing shade of green. Its dwarf habit will be understood from the fact
that we have trees 20 years old which are not 3 feet high. It is hardy
everywhere. 2 ft., 75 cts.; 3 ft., $1.
Arborvitze, Geo. Peabody. Dwarf; foliage of a deep and lasting
golden color. A very choice variety. 12 to 15 in., 50 ets. each,
$d per doz.; 3 ft., $1.50.
Cypress, Southern. A vigorous, pyramidal tree, with a pleasing
yellowish green foliage, which it drops in the fall, 50 ets. to $1.
Juniper, Virginian. 2 to 4 ft., 40 cts. to 75 ets.
Juniper, Golden Prostrate. An evergreen of great value for
lawns, as it does not obstruct the view, and is exceedingly ornamen-
tal. Itis a trailing shrub, not rising above afew feet, and spread-
ing over alarge space. Foliage of the MOST BRILLIANT GOLDEN COLOR
in summer; coppery golden in winter. Hardy: best in full sunlight.
Very rare. 50 cts. to $1.50.
Juniper, Swedish. A dense-growing columnar tree, with sharp,
glaucous foliage. 50 ets.
Pine, White. Ournative timbertree. Foliage light silvery green;
retains its bright color throughout the year; one of the choicest ever-
greens we have. 25 cts. to 75 cts.
18 ‘North Main Street Nursery.
EVERGREEN TREES, continued.
Pine, Austrian and Scotch. Rapid-growing trees, with long foli-
age; vigorous and hardy even on thin soil. 50 ets.
Pine, Mugho. Dwarf, from the Alps, of broad-spreading habit,
seldom exceeding 2 feet high. $1.
Retinospora, Dawson’s Cypress. This new variety has long,
plume-like branches of the brightest lemon-yellow color, which are
constant and striking in contrast. 50 ets. to $1.
Retinospora filifera (Thread-branched Cypress). Leader up-
right; branches slender, pendulous and graceful. The foliage is of a
pleasing shade of green. 50 cts. to $1.
Retinospora obtusa nana. A very attractive and singular va-
riety, forming a dwarf cushion-shaped little bush, seldom more than
1 or 2 feet high, with fan-like branches. 50 ects.
Retinospora plumosa. Of very distinct foliage, and with irahoner
like long plumes. One of the best. 25 ets. to $1.
Retinospora plumosa aurea (Japan Golden Plume-like). Beau-
tiful and valuable; shoots golden tinted all the year. One of the
showiest, easiest cultivated lawn trees; unsurpassed for massing or
for hedges. 35 cts. to $1.
Retinospora squarrosa. Steel color; round-headed, bushy, coy-
ered with numerous small leaves of a whitish green tint, densely
branched, curved and gracefully spread; the leaves are arranged in
spirals, and are very pleasing to handle. 40 cts.
Retinospora squarrosa Sieboldii. Of dwarf habit; foliage blu-
ish green in summer, changing to violet-purple in autumn. 50 cts.
Sciadopitys (Umbrella Pine). A very hardy Japanese evergreen,
with beautiful, dark green foliage, in whorls of umbrella-like tufts.
Rare and fine. $2 to $5.
Spruce, Concolor (White Silver Fir). This new and elegant
Colorado tree has long, glaucous*colored leaves and branches, ar-
ranged in whorls of a picturesque character, being one of the bright-
est of lawn trees. 50 ets. to $1.
Spruce, Douglas’. From the Rocky Mountains. 50 cts. to $1.
Spruce, Hemlock. A graceful tree, with drooping branches and
delicate dark foliage, distinct from other trees. Early in the summer
its terminal twigs are tipped with silvery whiteness. A handsome
lawn tree. For prices, see Norway Spruce.
Spruce, Norway. Lofty, elegant, fast-growing trees of pyramidal
form; very hardy, and when properly grown in the nursery they are
very easily transplanted. Like the American Arborvite, they may be
styled the “servants of all work,” being useful and ornamental for
shelter, screens, masses, groups, hedges or single trees. 2 to 3 ft.,
25 ets.; 3 to 4 -ft., 50 ets.; 4 to 6 ft,, 75 cts. For prices of other
sizes, see Hedge Plants.
Spruce, Colorado Blue. A symmetrical pyramidal tree of great
beauty from the Rocky Mountains. Its foliage varies in color from
deep green to silvery gray. This is one of the choicest of the new
evergreens; but the different shades of blue to green make the price
variable. Blue, $1; green, 50 cts.
Spruce, White. A dense tree, with silvery green foliage; more
compact than the Norway. 50 ets.
We can furnish many other Eyergreens on application.
OUR TREES are well-rooted and delivered in good condition.
A Wale Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 19
HEDGE PLANTS.
Height of plants. Distance apart Price
to set plants. per 100
Arborvitz, American....... 6 to 10 in....... 12) to: TB iain asi
a2 ey, AGIOS RES ae T2sEOVUR SS a
18 to 24 * acBeto 2k kn s
2.to, 3.feet ....,.108 to 24 * 2...
Spruce, Norway ............ 6 to 12 in...
12 to v4 «*
2to 3dfeet .... 3 feet ....25 00
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BAe Bi EF Tn pe Oe ee .-40 00
UO ies Cie hee ees ass hareterataye aie maialene 45 00
[EMI moose dowAan eaa eee OO lto 2 ‘* (Same as Arboryite.) 10 00
Privet, California ........... toc tf &h Ke 7 00
Zito. 73) wes st ft 10 00
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Pyrus Japonica............. 2tOwose {i ut 10 00
Spirzea Van Houttei.... nites SP LL ae AE 20 00
Cts Thunbergia ........ lto 2 * ne Ke 15 00
UTNE ae aiae een neromondor Lites aie (OG ck EE 15 00
Ks Golden.. Tetons fe Fe 20 00
FLOWERING SHRUBS.
The prices are for strong plants. Smaller sizes at two-thirds
the quoted prices.
Almond, Double-flowering. This beautiful shrub is covered in
May with double pink-colored blossoms like small roses. 50 ets.
Althzeas (Rose of Sharon). Erect, free-growing shrubs, which
flower the first seasgn in
August and September.
They are of the easiest
culture. and are especially
desirable, because they
bloom when there are so
few other flowers. Our
collection contains a dozen
of the most beautiful va-
rieties. 35ets. each, $1.50
for5; extrastrong plants,
50 ets. each; 6 small
plants by mail,postpaid.$1.
Althza, Jeanne d’Arc.
The only pure white dou-
ble variety; very rare. 50c.
Aralia spinosa (Her-
ecules’ Club). <A tropical-
looking plant, with stout,
spiny stems and palmate
leaves 3 feet long; very
desirable, 50 to 75 ets,
Azaleas. The beauty of the hardy Azaleas
in May and June can scarcely be overstated;
brilliant and profuse of blossoms, and often 5
dispensing a delicate and delicious fragrance. Althwa.
We grow both the Ghent and Mollis species
in numerous varieties, including almost every shade of pink, white,
yellow, orange and searlet. 25 ets., 50 ets. and $1.
20 North Main Street Nursery.
FLOWERING SHRUBS, continued.
Barberry, Purple-leaved. A small and very effective shrub 3 to
5 feet high, with violet-colored foliage and fruit. 20c¢. ea., $10 per 100.
Barberry, Thunbergii. A low shrub with small, green foliage in
summer, changing to crimson in autumn and early winter. The flow-
ers come in May, and are followed by bright red berries which adhere
to the branches until spring. Fine for hedges and groups, or as
single specimens. 25 cts.; strong plants, 50 cts.
Barberry, Japonicum. Similar to the preceding, but of more
erect and stronger growth; new. 50 ets.
Calycanthus. ‘The wood is sweet-scented. 25 cts.
Clethra alnifolia. Erect spikes of white flowers in August. 50c.
Corchorus, Japan. A slender, green-branched shrub, with small,
double yellow flowers from July to October. 25 ets.
Cornus Spethii. Valued in winter for its bright red bark and in
summer for its foliage, which is completely bordered with yellow. A
very showy and desirable shrub, especially when planted with a back-
t ground of green. 50 to 75 cts.
Cornus, Siberian. This variety has
bright red bark in winter, when it is a
very conspicuous object on the lawn or
wherever grown. 25 ets.
Cornus Sibirica variegata. Beauti-
ful foliage, deeply bordered with white,
while some leaves are pure white. Small
plants, 50 ets.
Cornus mas. A small, tree-like shrub,
producing red flowers early in spring, fol-
lowed by clusters of bright red fruit in
August. 50 ets.
{= For other Cornus, see Dogwood, in
| Ornamental Trees, page 15.
i Deutzia gracilis. Low shrubs, pro-
nt fusely covered in June with clusters of
single white flowers. It is one of the
prettiest shrubs for all situations. Small
plants, 25 ets.; extra, 50 ets.
Deutzia, Rochester. Flowers double
white, tinged with pink, in racemes 4 or
5 inches long. One of the most desirable
p shrubs. 50 cts.
Cornus variegata. Deutzia Watereri. A hybrid of D.
gracilis.
Deutzia Lemoinei. A new variety said to surpass them all. 50c.
Deutzia parviflora. Professor Sargent describes this new variety
as “the prettiest of all the Deutzias.” 50 cts. each, $2 for 6.
Deutzia scabra. Flowers white, single, and borne in great abun-
dance; a handsome shrub. 50 ets.
Elzagnus longipes. A Japanese shrub or tree, covered with
large, bright red berries in July. The fruit is said to be of good
flavor. Small plants, 50 ets.
Euonymus (Strawberry Tree). 50 cts.
Exochorda grandiflora. A new shrub from North China, 50 cts.
Forsythias (Golden Bells). Upright shrubs, which bloom before
the leaves appear in April. The blossoms are bell- shaped, of a rich
golden color, which brightens the landseape so early as to be indis-
pensable. They are as easily grown as the hydrangea, having no in-
sect enemies. ‘The variety “Viridissima,” however, is tender, and of
no value compared with Fortunei, Suspensa and Intermedia. 50 ets.
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FLOWERING SHRUBS, continued.
Halesia (Silver Bell). White, bell-shaped flowers in May. 50 ets.
Honeysuckles, Upright. Varieties of erect, shrubby habit; early-
flowering shrubs, cultivated both for ornament and their fragrance.
We grow several varieties. 50 cts. each.
Honeysuckle, Tartarian. Rose-colored flowers.
Honeysuckle, Tartarian. White-flowering.
Honeysuckle, grandiflora. Pink and white.
Hydrangea paniculata. Large panicles, semi-double flowers.
Later than grandiflora. 50 ets.
Hydrangea Otaksa. Beautiful deep green foliage, with immense
rose-colored flowers in June; a fine house plant. 50 cts.
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. This is not new, but is the
gre most easily grown in every kind of soil and exposure, being per-
ectly hardy everywhere. It produces such great masses of bloom
late in summer, lasting until November, that no shrub is so popular,
Our plants are well-rooted, and will blossom the first season. Every
branch terminates in a cluster of flowers. 25, 50 and 75 cts.; extra
strong plants, $1.
This Hydrangea is now much used in Newport for planting in groups or
masses of 25 to 100 plants. The grand effect of such a quantity of bloom is
spoken of by visitors. An exhibition that can be repeated whenever this
shrub is properly brought into use.
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AN ACRE OF HYDRANGEAS IN BLOOM.
One of the sights of the city these days is the magnificent display of Hydran-
geas at the J. W. Adams & Co.’s Nursery, on North Main street. Here, cover-
ing a full acre of ground, are over 20,000 fine plants in full bloom. The great,
fluffy blossoms are just in their prime now, and the beds look like a billowy
ocean of creamy white blooms. One large bed is set out with yearling plants,
and the rest are fine, large, mature shrubs. During the coming week the blos-
soms will take on that soft, delicate pink which comes with the first suggestion
of autumn, and a sight of them is worth going miles to see.—The Homestead.
22 North Main Street Nursery.
FLOWERING SHRUBS, continued.
Hypericum aureum. A low shrub, covered with small yellow
flowers from early July to October.
Hypericum Moserianum. A new shrub of dwarf habit, produc-
ing large, golden yellow flowers during the summer. 35 cts.
Judas Tree (Japan Red Bud). Its showy flowers appear before
the leaves. It delights in sandy soils. 50 cts.
LILACS (Syringa). This class of shrubs is indispensable in every collec-
tion. We have taken great pains to secure the best collection, and have in our
trial grounds more than 30 distinct varieties. They come into bloom in May
and June, and continue a long time.
Lilac, Persian. Foliage small. Flowers bright purple. 50 cts.
Lilac, alba. Common white. 50 cts. P
Lilac, vulgaris. Common Lilac. 25 cts.
NEWER VARIETIES OF LILACS.
Lilac, Emile Lemoine. Very large, rosy lilac flowers, well formed
and beautiful. Small plants, $1.50.
Lilac, Japonica. White; foliage large and glossy; entirely dis-
tinct from other sorts. $1 to $2.
Lilac, Josikza. Blooms later than the rest of the Lilacs. Flow-
ers purple. Plant very erect and tree-like. 50 cts.
Lilac, rubra insignis. Dark red in bud, lilae when open. Fine.
75 cts. and $1.
Lilac, Villosa. A
e Japanese Lilac, with
1% foliage like the White
j iM Fringe. Flowers rosy
pink. $1.50.
A&- All the new Lilaes
are free-flowering shrubs
of the easiest culture.
MAGNOLIAS.
A magnificent genus
of ornamental trees and
shrubs, which are covered
with flowers remarkable
for their fragrance, size
and beauty. We have in
our nursery a tree of
Magnolia acuminata that
we planted in 1868, which
is 40 feet high. In conse~
quence of their stateliness
and symmetry of form,
the richness of their
foliage and their profu-
sion of fragrant flowers,
Magnolias stand unri-
valed among trees and
shrubs. It is hardly pos-
sible to say enough in
their favor. Our collec-
tion comprises the best
varieties to be obtained,
eitherin America, Hurope
or Japan, and the trees
which we offer have been
grown with great cire,
and will give entire sat-
Magnolia Soulangeana. fatacroney
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FLOWERING SHRUBS, continued.
Magnolia conspicua. The flowers are white. $2,
Magnolia Soulangeana. A flowering tree much admired when,
in early spring, it is covered with the largest size blooms of white and
purple. They appear in such quantities as to almost clothe the tree,
and are equally abundant each successive season, The foliage, which
follows the blossoms, is large and glossy. 50 ets., $1, $1.50 to $2.50;
afew extra choice specimens, $5.
Magnolia speciosa. Resembles Soulangeana in shape and foliage,
but has flowers a trifle smaller and a week later. A choice variety.
Same price as Soulangeana.
Magnolia Lennei. Flowers large, dark
purple. $2 to $3.
Magnolia stellata. From Japan. This
little gem produces semi-double flowers in
April. $2 and $3.
Myrica. <A native shrub, bearing seeds
covered with wax-like substance.
50 cts.
Privet, California. <A vigorous,
upright plant, largely used for
hedges. Foliage glossy green, hold-
ing on nearly all winter. <A fine
variety. 25 to 50 cts.
Privet, Ibota. A valuable new
shrub.
Pyrus Japonica (Fire Bush). Has
bright scarlet flowers in great pro-
fusion in May. Very showy and
desirable. It makes a fine hedge.
Pyrus Japonica Maulei. A very
dwarf variety, brilliant with bright
orange-scarlet flowers, early in
spring. Small yellow fruit. New
and desirable. Small plants, 50 ets.
Ptelea aurea (Golden Hop-tree).
The leaves of this new variety hold
their rich golden color during the
season. 50 cts.
Rhodotypus. All-summer bloom-
ing shrubs, with flowers like small
white roses. Choice. 50 cts. Pyrus Japonica.
Rhus cotinus, Purple Fringe
(Smoke Tree). A round-headed, low tree. In July and August
covered with reddish seed-vessels like a purple mist. Very attrac-
tive. 50 cts.; tree form, $1.
Rhus glabra laciniata (Cut-leaved Sumach). Leaves are finely
cut, resembling ferns; green in summer, but changing to searlet in
fall. Low and beautiful foliaged plants, much admired. 50c. and 75c.
Sambucus aurea. A handsome shrub, with foliage bright golden
yellow, which does not burn. Fine for massing. Very showy. 50c.
Spirzeza Anthony Waterer. A low shrub, 15 inches high, covered
all summer with umbels of crimson flowers, 25 ets. and 50 ets.
Spirzea arguta. This new, early flowering white variety Mr.
Thurlow considers the best in his large collection, it being entirely
hardy, and, in consequence, superior to Spirwa Thunbergii. 25 ets.
and 50 ets.
Spireea Bumalda. A dwarf Spirea from Japan; flowers pink, ap-
pearing in abundance in July and August. <A desirable variety. 25¢e,
6
24. North Main Street Nursery.
FLOWERING SHRUBS, continued.
Spirza creetegifolia (Hawthorn-leaved); (St. Peter’s Wreath).
See Spirea Van Houttet.
Spirzea opulifolia aurea. A large, golden-leaved shrub, suitable
i for background or shrub-
bery, or for single speci-
mens. Flowers double
white, in June, 50 cts.
Spirzwa prunifolia
(Bridal Wreath). Small,
double, daisy-like, pure
white flowers, blooming
very early and profusely
inMayandJune. 25 cts.
and 50 ets.
Spirz2a Thunbergii-.
Its drooping flowers in
April and May com-
pletely cover its graceful
branches with fleecy
white. Its delicate green
foliage changes in au-
tumn torich purple. 50c.
Spirzea Van Houttei.
A beautiful shrub of
easiest culture. At the
beginning of summer its
long pendent branches
(fountain-shaped) are
covered with masses of
snowy white flowers;
striking, graceful and
pleasing. 25 cts.to 50 cts.
Extra size, 75 cts.
Other Spireas are
Douglasii, Callosa,
Reevesii, Sorbifolia,
ete.
Viburnum plicatum., Stephanandra flex-
uosa. An elegant new
shrub from Japan, Foliage is handsomely and deeply cut; green,
margined with a slight shade of pink. Flowers pure white, in spikes
along the branches. Rare. 50 cts.
Symphoricarpos (Indian Currant). Foliage, flowers and fruit
small, but very numerous. The red berries, which hang all winter
on the drooping or trailing branches, are very showy. We have also
another with white fruit. 50 cts.
Syringa aurea (Golden-leaved Syringa). A very showy plant of
medium size, with golden yellow foliage. It keeps its color the en-
tire season, and will be found valuable for creating pleasing and
striking contrasts with purple-leaved shrubs. 25 cts. and 50 ets.
Large plants, 75 cts.
Syringa coronarius. Pure white, highly scented flowers; one of
the first to bloom, 50 cts.
Syringa grandiflora. Has large, white, slightly fragrant flowers
late in June. A tall and showy shrub. 50 ets,
Tamarix, Japan. A very beautiful shrub, with foliage similar to
the Juniper. Fine for planting by the seaside.
Viburnum or Snowball. A well known,fayorite shrub, having large,
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FLOWERING SHRUBS, continued.
globular, white clusters of flowers, late in May. 50 cts. Small
plants, 35 ets.
Viburnum opulus (High Bush Cranberry). Ornamental and use-
ful. Its red berries resemble cranberries, which remain in large clus-
ters on the branches until winter. 50 ets.
Viburnum opulus nanus. Very dwarf, round and compact. 25c.
Viburnum plicatum. This new Snowball from Japan forms an
erect shrub 6 feet high. It is in full bloom on Decoration Day, when
its large balls of pure white flowers are in great demand. A branch
a foot and a half in length, having a dozen or twenty flowers, inter-
spersed with plaited olive-green leaves, is in itself a beautiful bou-
quet. It is, perhaps, the most pleasing of all shrubs, and the true
variety is yet very scarce. 50 ets. A few extra strong plants, $2.50
to $5.
Viburnum tomentosum. A single form of the Japan Snowball.
Flowers pure white, borne along the branches in flat cymes, in great
abundance. Very desirable. Small plants, 50 cts.; larger, $1.
WEICELAS produce in June and July superb, trumpet-shaped flowers of
all shades and colors, from pure white to red, and are most desirable shrubs
for all places.
Weigela candida. Pure white flowers, which are produced in
great profusion in June. 50 ets.
Weigela rosea. An elegant shrub with rose-colored flowers in
June. Growth upright. Every way desirable.
Weigela, Variegated-leaved. The leaves are bordered with yel-
low the entire season. The flowers are pink and white. 50 ets.
Xanthoceras sorbifolia. A new shrub from China. Its white
flowers, tinted with red, are produced in profusion on quite small
plants. Its foliage is also beautiful. $1.
We will select 12 very best shrubs for $5, or 6 for $3.00.
46 “12 “> fine ““* smaller size, ** $3.00.
“é “é 6 “cc “é sé “6 “cs “ $1.50.
One dozen small-sized shrubs, of good sorts, well-rooted and safely packed,
will be mailed for $1. They will surely reach your post office in good con-
dition.
EVERGREEN SHRUBS.”
Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel). This we consider the best
of our native evergreen shrubs. Its large white or rose-colored flow-
ers in close corymbs are exceedingly showy, and few plants give such
long-continued satisfaction. Its perpetually green leaves commend
it to our attention and set forth additional claims, so often maintained,
that it should be recognized as our “National Flower.” Though so
difficult to transplant from the woods, yet when properly grown in the
nursery no failures occur. Small, 25 cts.; medium, 75 cts.; larger
plants, $1; extra plants, $2.
Laurel, Schipkzensis. This is a new evergreen shrub, with large,
broad, shining, deep green leaves, resembling the Bay Tree. Said to
be very hardy. Small plants, $2.
Mahonia aquifolia. Handsome, broad, spiny-foliaged plants,
resembling holly; green in summer, but tinted with erimson in
autumn. Flowers in dense clusters, followed by bunches of purple
berries. A very attractive shrub, adapted to shady places. 25c. to 50c.
Rhododendron Catawbiense. A popular hardy native Rhododen-
dron. Its glossy, dark green foliage and masses of lilac-purple flow-
ers in great clusters cause it to be admired. in any situation, whether
planted singly or massed. The blossoms appear in May or early June
in the greatest profusion. Fine plants, $1 and $1.50.
26 North Main Street Nursery.
EVERGREEN SHRUBS, continued.
Rhododendron maximum is a strong-growing, hardy Rhododen-
dron, flowering in July, long after the other varieties are out of
bloom. The flowers are pure
white or pink, of great size,
and borne in immense clus-
ters, each en-
circled by from
6 to 8 large
leaves, which
resemble very
closely the foli-
age of the cele-
brated India
Rubber plant.
It is easy of cul-
ture, perfectly
hardy, ever-
green and a pro-
fuse and certain
bloomer. Bushy
plants, 75c. ea.,
$7 per doz.
Rhododendrons, Grafted
Varieties. Adapted to this cli-
mate. Fine assortment of colors.
Plants with flower buds 15 to
24 inches high, of the following varie-
ties;
Rhododendron Album elegans, Bertie Parsons,
Bicolor, Grandiflorum, Purpureum,
Roseum elegans. $1 to $2 each.
HARDY CLIMBING VINES.
Actinidia arguta. A strong growing Japanese vine, with rather
large dark green leaves. A clean and desirable climber, bearing
white and purple flowers. 50 cts.
Akebia quinata. A charming Japanese climber, with shining
sub-evergreen foliage and chocolate-colored clusters of fragrant
flowers in June, and ornamental fruit. 35 ets. each, $2.50 per doz.
Ampelopsis Veitchii (Boston Ivy, Japan Ivy). We grow a large
stock of this beautiful climber, so highly valued because it attaches
itself to brick or stone, as well as wood. Its foliage is rich and pleas-
ing, the leaves overlapping each other like well laid shingles, keeping
dry everything to which it may be attuched. 25 cts. each, $2.50 for
12 vines; extra strong, 50 cts. each, $5 for 12 vines.
Ampelopsis quinquefolia (American Ivy, or Virginia Creeper).
A very rapid grower. One of the finest vines for covering walls,
verandas or trunks of trees. Leaves erimson in autumn. 25 cts.;
extra strong, 50 ets.
maximum.
This vine has made more unsightly places beautiful than any other
known plant.
Aristolochia (Dutchman’s Pipe). A rapid growing vine, with broad,
heart-shaped foliage. One of the best vines for arbors. 50 ets.
Celastrus scandens (Roxbury Wax Work; Bitter Sweet). 25 cts.
Celastrus articulata. New. <A very rapid-growing vine. 50 cts.
Cinnamon Vine. A climber, with heart-shaped leaves and fra-
grant flowers.
>
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HARDY CLIMBING VINES, continued.
CLEMATIS. The Clematis, from its rapid growth
and profusion of showy flowers, has become, within a few years, the favorite
climber of the world. Many varieties, however, lack vigor; some are grafted,
and a false variety often sprouts up from the root. These are unsatis-
factory. The following select list comprises the best for this locality. In
the fall give the plants a good top-dressing of well-rotted manure. The
following spring spade it in carefully, mixing it well with the soil, and it
will prove very beneficial to the plants.
Clematis Henryi. Creamy white, very large and fine. $1.
Clematis Jackmanni. Flowers large, intense violet-purple, and
produced in the greatest profusion, This is one of the most beautiful
hardy climbers in cultivation. Strong plants, $1; small, 50 ets.
Clematis Ed. Andre. A new variety, with red flowers. $1.
Clematis paniculata. This new variety is the most rapid grower
of all the Clematis family; too vigorous to be grafted on wild, native
vines, which grow upon our walls and fences. Hence its great value
as a decorative plant. It is in bloom from the middle of August until
midautumn, and its numerous star-like white flowers and great fra-
grance cause it to be a favorite everywhere. 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.
Clematis crispa. Bell-shaped lavender flowers, borne on long,
single stems, delightfully fragrant. Blooms until frost. 26 cts.;
extra strong, 50 cts.
Clematis coccinea. Most brilliant scarlet. The flowers are quite
distinct from others in our list. They look more like buds than blos-
soms, the contrast being very marked. 25 to 50 cts.
Clematis viticella. Small, blue flowers in continuous succession.
25 cts.
Dolichos Japonicus. An extremely fast-growing vine, with large
leaves. 25 cts. and 50 cts.
Honeysuckle, Hall’s Japan. White, changing to yellow, delight-
fully fragrant. Blooms in summer and fall. 50 cts. 5 for $1.
Honeysuckle, Monthly Fragrant. Red and yellow; blooms all
summer,
Honeysuckle, Scarlet Trumpet. Scarlet and inodorous; blooms
all summer; very handsome.
Honeysuckle, Yellow Trumpet. Orange and bright yellow.
Hop, Golden Cluster. For lawns, door-screens or the garden, it
is a quick-growing, ornamental vine. 25 cts.
Trumpet Flower. large trumpet-shaped flowers of gorgeous
crimson and yellow in August and September. 25 ets.
Wistaria, Chinese. A rapid climber, with long, pendulons clus-
ters of pale blue flowers in June and September. Small plants,
25 ets.; medium, 50 cts.; large, 75 cts.; extra, $1.
Wistaria, White. Grafted, free-blooming, but not so vigorous as
Chinese. $1.
WE GROW STANDARD GOODS in large quantities.
28 North Main Street Nursery.
PERENNIAL PLANTS AND BULBS.
» Anemone Japonica. A beautiful species, with trifoliate leaves.
Flowers 2% inches in diameter, purplish rose, with yellow centers,
produced in such numbers in September and October as to make it
indispensable. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz.
Anemone Honorine Jobert. A distinct and beautiful variety.
Flowers 2 to 3 inches in diameter, pure white, center golden yellow,
borne in great profusion from September to November.’
Astilbe grandiflora (Spirwa Japonica). A handsome, hurdy
plant, with fern-like foliage and small, pure white flowers in large
branching panicles in June. A gem; indispensable in bouquets.
Extensively used by florists for winter forcing. 25 cts.; extra size,
50 ets.
Coreopsis lanceolata. A profuse bloomer at midsummer of
golden yellow flowers in continuous succession. 25 cts.
DELPHINIUMS. (Larkspur.) Stately and valuable plants, easily culti-
vated; foliage clean and pretty; habit strong; flowering branches often four
feet in length. The roots may be divided every two years, and if the stems
are cut back to the ground after flowering they will come up and blossom
again in August.
Dielytra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart). A hardy garden plant of
great beauty, having the foliage of the Pwony and long, drooping
racemes of pink and white heart-shaped flowers; delicate, curious
and graceful. 25 cts.
Golden Glow (Rudbeckia). This new plant, which grows to the
height of 6 feet or more, begins to bloom the last of July, and con-
tinues for many weeks. The flowers, which completely cover the
bush, are golden yellow, 2 inches in diameter, and double. It is the
finest hardy plant of recent introduction. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz.
Gladiolus, California (Burbank’s). A strain with delicate and
beautiful colors and thick petals, Selected from many thousands.
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. >
Gladiolus, Lemoine’s and Gandavensis. Mixed colors. 50 cts
to $1 per doz,
(k= We have printed a special circular of this popular bulb, giving
description of varieties, prices, mode of cultivation, ete., which we
will mail free on application.
Helenium autumnale superbum. A desirable hardy plant, which
blooms the entire fall and presents masses of golden yellow, making
it very conspicuous for grand effect. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz.
Helianthus multiflorus. This beautiful variety grows to the
height of four feet, and flowers in August and September. They are
very desirable and lasting as eut-flowers, having long stems, and of
a bright golden yellow color, double and of the size of the Dablia.
A gem in any collection. 25 cts. each, $1 for 5.
THE IRIS. Having all the tints of the rainbow; they are quite hardy, of
distinct and very showy colors, and flower for a period of six or seven weeks.
Some of them rival orchids in their markings and beauty.
Iris, German. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.
Iris Kempferi. This new species from Japan possesses a grace
of outline and a delicacy of coloring not to be found in other combi-
nations except the finest of tropical flowers. The cost of arranging
and planting is very little in comparison with the pleasure of seeing
their beauty to the best advantage. $3 per doz. Selected seedlings,
$1.50 per doz.
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PERENNIAL PLANTS AND BULBS, continued.
LILIES. No class of hardy plants possesses so many charms. They are
rich and varied in color, stately and handsome in habit, profuse in variety,
and of delicious fragrance.
They thrive best in a dry,
rich soil, where water will
not stand in winter. After
planting they require very
little care, and should not
be disturbed for several
years, as established plants
bloom more freely than if
taken up annually. Cover
the plants in November
with 6 inches of litter,leaves
or manure, After long ex-
perience, we offer the fol-
lowing list as the best col-
lection for this latitude;
and we doubt not that our
eustomers will be pleased
with the bulbs we shall
send them,
Lilium auratum. Gold
banded. This superb
variety from Japan has
flowers 8 to 12 inches in
diameter. Its six white
petals are thickly stud-
ded with rich, chocolate-
crimson spots, and have
a bright golden band
through the center of
each petal; exquisite va-
nilla-like perfume. 15e.
each, $1.50 per doz. ae
Lilium candidum Tris Kempferi. (See page 28.
(Annunciation Lily). A Pf ( Bee
most beautiful and well-known fragrant Lily. Clear white in color,
early and quite hardy. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz.
Lilium lancifolium rubrum. White, shaded with rose and spotted
with red. Very showy and fragrant. $1.50 per doz.
Lilium speciosum album przcox. Pure white, with a slight
tinge of rose on end of petals; one of the best. 35 ets.
Lilium tigrinum splendens. Bright orange-scarlet, with dark
spots.
Montbretia_crocosmiflora. Bulbous-rooted plants from the
Cape of Good Hope, growing about 2 feet high, producing an abun-
dance of bright green leaves, which resemble those of the Gladiolus.
The flowers are 3 inches in diameter, and are borne on branching
stems, each bearing about three dozen flowers closely arranged —
bright orange-red, with spots of adarker hue. The bulbs ean be treated
as the Gladiolus, or left in the ground with protection. 50 cts. per
doz., by mail; $3 per 100.
PAEONIES, Herbaceous. Pwonies, beyond question, by their grand and
gorgeous flowers, are among the most showy and useful of decorative plants.
Not only are they large and splendid in color, but most of the varieties are as
Sweet-scented as the rose. They are quite hardy, and are of the easiest cul-
ture. We have, at great expense, brought together one of the largest collec-
tions in this country. Strong roots, all different named sorts, $4 per doz.
Strong roots, without names, $3 per doz.
Pzonia fragrans. Rose color, shaded purple; large, full and
sweet-scented.
30 North Main Street Nursery.
PERENNIAL PLANTS AND BULBS, continued.
Pzonia Humei. Immense double pink flowers; late blooming.
25e. each, $2.50 perdoz. Extra strong clumps, 50c. each, $5 per doz.
Pzonia officinalis. Old-fash-
ioned double dark red of the gardens.
Pzeonia Pottsii plena. Glowing
carmine-crimson.
Pzonia rosea plena. Superb
bright rose, center of flower shell
pink.
Pzonia Whitleyi. Pure white;
double. One of the best.
In addition to the above-named Pixo-
nies, we have a large number of new va-
rieties, of all shades of color, from pure
white, pink, rose, red and crimson, to
purple, some of which will be sent in our
collection of 12 plants for #4.
Pzonias, Double Mixed Varie-
ties. This collection includes sev-
eral older varieties; pink, white and
erimson. 25 ets. each, $2.50 per doz.
Peeonia tenuifolia fl. pl. The foliage is finely
divided into fern-like leaves; flowers very large,
double, brilliant dark red. Quite hardy; easily
grown, but very rare. $1. :
Pzeonies, Tree. These magnificent plants are rarely seen, though
they are hardy, and grow readily. They are difficult to propagate,
and therefore the price is considerable, and they will never be com-
mon. The flowers of some varieties are 6 to 8 inches across. Named
varieties, $1.50, $2 and $3.
Pzonia, Banksii. Chinese double, blush. Very large, fragrant,
rosy blush, with purple center. Very fine. $1; extra strong, $2.
Pzonia, Elizabeth, and other varieties. Price on application.
PHLOXES. The flowers are produced in an ample pyramidal panicle, often
6 inches across, and continue in bloom for two or three months. In some of
the varieties two or more colors are combined in the same flower. The earlier
sorts flower late in June or early in July, others in August and September.
The plants increase in size very rapidly, and in two years form large clumps,
which can easily be divided. We cultivate only the dwarf, free-bloom-
ing varieties. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. :
Phiox, Boule de Feu (Ball of Fire). Bright, fiery scarlet; large,
compact truss. New and distinct.
Phiox, Claude Gellee. White, suffused with purple.
Phlox, Croesus. Large panicles of flowers, bright cherry.
Phlox, Eclaireur. Flowers saimon-rose, borne in large panicles.
Phiox, AEtna. Panicles large and full; flowers of brightest
vermilion.
Phiox, Gen. Frolow. Very large, bright rose flowers.
Phiox, Isabay. Deep salmon-red, with dark crimson eye.
Phiox, Jeanne d’Arc. Purest white, of good form and substance.
Very dwarf habit. A companion of Boule de Feu.
Phiox, Josephine. Pure white, with very bright crimson eye.
Phiox, Laure. White; very dwarf and compact. 25 ets.
Phlox, Le Soliel. Rosy pink, prettily shaded.
Yucca filamentosa. Evergreen herbaceous plants, with creamy
white, bell-shaped flowers on stems 3 feet high, forming a perfect
pyramid. They flower in July, and are erect, noble-looking plants,
with long, narrow, strong, sharp-pointed leaves, with a peculiar tropi-
cal appearance, and this variety is quite hardy. 25 to 50 cts.
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 31
ROSES AND THEIR CULTURE.
A deep, rich, loamy soil is best suited to produce fine blooms for exhibi-
tion; but Roses may be grown successfully even in the poorest sandy or gray-
elly land, if they be well supplied with fertilizing materials. Very stiff and
wet soils should be underdrained, and made lighter by applying leaf mold,
sand and decayed vegetable rubbish. Light and dry soils may be improved by
intermixing clay or heavy loam.
Enriching. The best and safest manure comes from the stable. This may
be improved by being composted with good loam or garden soil several weeks
before being applied. This should be thoroughly mixed through the soil.
When diluted with water, it is a powerful fertilizer, and may be used in wet
weather in strong solution, but in dry weather it should be very much diluted.
When stable manure can not be had, waste-house water or superphosphate
can be used with good results.
Buying. Send your orders early; several months before planting time, if
possible. Payment will not be required until the time of shipment. If you
are not acquainted with varieties, buy of a nursery that you ean trust, and
leave the selection to the proprietors. Rose growers, who haye devoted many
years to their culture, are the best judges of what you need, and it is for their
interest, as well as yours, to supply you with such varieties as will meet your
expectations. The finest Roses are always grown in the largest quantities,
and are well worthy of the trifling extra care which they require to give them
a start in life. Our Nursery is always open to visitors, and selections can be
made at any time.
Stocks. Many choice Roses, while young, grow better if budded on some
vigorous-growing kind than when on their own roots. All varieties, however,
which have native vigor are raised on their own roots. Dwarf Roses should
be worked as ours are, at the
level of the ground, and on the
Manetti, which is a very strong-
growing stock.
Planting. Roses which are
on their own roots are planted
the same depth as before re-
moyal. Budded Roses have
much stronger roots, and show
by an abrupt offset where the
bud was inserted and the stock
eut off. When transplanted,
this junction must be set 3 or 4
inches below the surface of
the ground. This fayors the
formation of new roots from
the budded or top portion and
greatly lessens the tendency of
the roots to send up suckers,
which must never be permitted
to grow. The roots must not
be exposed to frost nor allowed
to become dry. The soilshould
be firmly compressed about the
roots, and most of the top
should be cut away before plant-
ing. If the soil and weather be
dry, a good soaking of water
may be applied, and then shade
the ground and plants with
mulching. If shaded by paper
or other devices from drying
winds until they commence
growing, their success will be
assured The season for transplanting hardy Roses is April, May, October
and Noyember.
Pruning. This should be regulated by the habit of growth, the weak
shoots cut in closely, the strong left longer. Moss Roses need the least prun-
ing. Hybrid Perpetuals, grown to produce flowers for exhibition, require
close pruning before the middle of April, the weak shoots being eut close
back, and the strong ones to 5 or 6 eyes. If less is cut away, the number of
32 North Main Street Nursery.
ROSES, continued.
blooms will be larger, but the size of the flowers will be smaller. Climbing
Roses should have their old shoots and such as are weak entirely cut away,
while several vigorous branches may be lefc their entire length.
Watering. In dry weather water is of much benefit, if properly applied.
Frequent surface waterings are worse than none, for they seldom fail to pro-
duce bad health and disease. When water is given, it should be in sufficient
quantity to reach the lower roots, and to prevent its quickly drying out a mulch
on the surface is very useful.
Roses do not need to be coddled. They resist cold with a slight covering
of leaves at the beginning of winter. They are among the first plants to put on
foliage in the spring, growing even with light snow about them. When trans-
planted in April, it is only a few weeks before they greet us with flowers of the
greatest beauty and the most exquisite fragrance. Like the strawberry among
fruits, they yield the quickest, most beautiful and bountiful returns for the
trifle of labor and care we give them. Both are our hearty entertainers. How
much they help to make the famous month of June the loveliest of the year!
And yet we have Roses which in some gardens bloom all summer, and why ?
A rich soil, a sunny location, and plenty of water; but extreme damage comes
by_too frequent or injudicious watering.
Roses for general cultivation should hold high rank in their respective
classes in color, form, fragrance, freedom of bloom, vigor of growth and health
of foliage. Many fine Roses, which fail in some important point, are dropped
from our list or cultivated in smaller quantities. Where two or more varieties
are very similar, the superior sort is retained.
Our select list of Roses is the result of long-continued study and trial.
It comprises the very best varieties which have been collected by direct impor-
tations from Holland, France and England, added to those of our own growing.
These are hardy, strong plants, grown outdoors, and have bloomed in the nur-
sery rows. They are, therefore, not to be compared with the cheap imported
Roses, or those which are so freely advertised and sent out by mail, which,
being grown in the greenhouse, seldom stand the shock of remoyal or give the
purchaser much pleasure.
Per Contra. Notwithstanding our Roses are packed and delivered with
so much care, and excel in beauty, size and freshness, we shall doubtless con-
tinue to hear of extravagant, or more correctly, of exorbitant prices paid for
inferior plants to agents and speculators, who perambulate the country with
gorgeous colored pictures and yet more blazing and ridiculous promises.
For winter protection, draw the soil 1 foot high about the plants, or even
more, if convenient. Manure can be put on for additional protection. It need
not berotted; green will answer just as well, and be covered under in the spring.
New Roses.
Crimson Rambler. This new variety produces great clusters of
little double crimson Roses with greatest profusion, which remain in
flower a long time. It does well as a house Rose, and plants brought
into flower at Easter bring almost fabulous prices. As an outdoor
hardy Rose it has grown in favor constantly. Its robust habit adds to
its beauty and its easy and successful cultivation. We offer it of
our own growing in all sizes and prices. Plants in small pots, 15 cts,
l-year, 20 cts.; extra, 35 cts. 2-year, 50 cts.; extra, 75 cts.
Specimen plants in pots, $1 to $2.
Pink Rambler, White Rambler, Yellow Rambler. Similar to
Crimson Rambler, which see. .
Santa Rosa. A new variety which we obtained from Burbank, of
California; claimed by him to be the most profuse bloomer of the
entire Rose family. It is similar in shape, size and pink color to
Hermosa, of which it is a seedling. 25 cts., 50 cts, and $1.
Lord Penzance. Sweetbrier Roses. Several new and striking
colors. Exceedingly fragrant. 50 cts.
Clio. Light pink. 50 ects.
Helen Keller. Rosy cerise. 50 cts.
Marchioness of Londonderry. White. 50 cts.
Mrs. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy pink. 50 cts.
« Tom Wood. Cherry red. 50 cts.
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J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 33
Select List of Hardy Roses.
Varieties not priced, 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz.
Our choice, I2 best varieties, I of each, $3 per doz.
One-year, 12 best varieties, I of each, $2.50 per doz.
White or Flesh-colored Roses.
Augustine Guinoiseau. Flowers creamy white, in the way of
La France; free bloomer, fragrant.
Capt. Christy. Extra large, very double and full; pale peach
color, deepening at the center to rosy crimson.
Caroline Marniesse. Very small, double white, finely scented.
Clothilde Soupert. A profuse bloomer.
Coquette des Alps. White, large, full and a free bloomer.
Mabel Morrison. Flesh white, changing to pure white; double,
cup-shaped flowers. Most beautiful white.
Madame Plantier. Pure white; blooms in June in the greatest
abundance. The most universally popular white Rose grown.
Margaret Dickson. Very large white. A strong grower.
Merveille de Lyon. White, shading to silvery pink; very large,
double, and of a beautiful cup shape; growth vigorous,
Yellow and Lemon-colored Roses.
Gloire Lyonnaise. Yellow, shading to white; flowers large and full
and of good shape.
Harrison Yellow. (Golden yellow; semi-double.
Persian Yellow. The brightest golden yellow. Full.
Yellow Rambler. 50 cts.
Pink Roses.
Anna de Diesbach. Brilliant rosy pink; large; one of the best.
Appoline. Bright pink; a very profuse bloomer the entire season.
Baroness Rothschild. Beautiful light pink, shaded with white.
An exceedingly handsome Rose.
La France. Bright lilac-rose, silvery white center; large, full and
of perfect form. Hybrid Tea.
Mme. Gabriel Luizet. Beautiful satiny pink. One of the hand-
somest Roses. A vigorous and healthy grower. Extra.
Mrs. John Laing. Light pink, of superb form, very fragrant; of
vigorous habit. Regarded by many as the very finest Rose of
its class.
Marguerite de St. Amand. Light pink; full and of fine shape.
Rose or Deep Pink.
American Beauty. Large, deep pink; fine form. 50 cts.
Antoine Mouton. Pink, very large; much like Paul Neyron.
Baron Prevost. Very large, flat form ; free bloomer; fragrant.
Francois Levet. Deep rose, reverse of petals silvery; medium
size ; a free bloomer and robust grower. One of the best Roses.
John Hopper. Rose, with crimson center; flowers cupped and
well formed.
La Reine. Rose, tinted with lilac; large and full.
Magna Charta. Pink, shaded to carmine; flowers large. A strong
grower and very hardy. Fine.
Paul Neyron. Deep rose color; produces the largest blossoms of
any Rose known, and has many other points to recommend it.
OUR ASSORTMENT is complete.
34 North Main Street Nursery.
Light Crimson Roses.
Alfred Colomb. Brilliant carmine-crimson; very large, full, and
of fine globular form; extremely fragrant. A superb sort.
Gloire de Margottin. Rich, dazzling crimson, with beautiful
long, pointed buds; flowers large and of good shape; vigorous and a
free bloomer.
Jules Margottin. Bright cherry red, large, well formed, very
double and free.
Lady Helen Stewart. Very bright crimson; a good grower and
abundant bloomer; sweet-scented. 50 cts.
Marshall P. Wilder. Cherry red, similar to Alfred Golomb. 50c.
and 75 cts.
Dark Crimson Roses.
Duke of Edinburgh. Searlet-crimson, very free bloomer; one of
the best.
Earl of Dufferin. Velvet crimson; large, full and fragrant,
5 Fisher Holmes. Rich, velvety crimson; large, double and of fine
‘orm.
Gen. Jacqueminot. Brilliant searlet-ecrimson, a most showy and
glowing color. 35 ets. to 50 ets. each, $3 to $5 per doz.
Ulrich Brunner. Cherry crimson, large size, fine form; effective
in the garden or for exhibition. A good forcing Rose; semi-double.
It flowers early and continuously.
Maroon and Purple Roses.
Baron Bonstetten. Rich, velvety maroon. Oneof the very best.
Duke of Teck.
Mons. Boncenne.
Pierre Notting. Dark red, tinged with violet; large and full.
Prince Camille de Rohan. Deep velvety crimson, almost black.
MOSS ROSES.
50 cts.
Blanche Moreau. Pure white, of perfect form; well mossed.
Crested. Rose, beautifully mossed.
Salet. Bright rose, large and full. Pretty in bud.
CLIMBING ROSES.
Baltimore Belle. White, fragrant, double. Very free bloomer
in clusters of 12 to 20 flowers. The buds are slightly tinged with
pink. 25 cts. to 50 cts. each, $2 to $4 per doz.
Empress of China. The only strictly perpetual blooming climber
now known. It is extremely hardy, commences blooming early in the
spring, and continues until the ground is frozen. Color deep red
in the bud, changing to pink and red, like an apple bloom. Extra
strong, 50 ets.
La Griffin (Multiflora), Bright carmine, changing to blush; flat.
Large clusters and showy. 25 cts. to 50 ets.
Queen of Prairie. Doublered, cupped, changing torose. A rapid,
strong grower, often attaining a height of 20 feet in a season. 25
ets. to 50 cts. each, $2 to $4 per doz.
Crimson Rambler, Yellow Rambler, White Rambler, Pink
Rambler. For description and prices, see page 32.
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 35
RUGOSA ROSES.
A distinct class of Roses of recent introduction from Japan. The plants
are highly ornamentalon account of their glossy crimped foliage. One of the
finest shrubs for borders. i
Madame Georges Bruant. This new everblooming Rose inherits
the beautiful foliage and hardiness of the ‘‘Rugosa,’’ with the flower-
ing qualities of the Tea class. Color pure white, very fragrant; buds
long and pointed. It is hardy everywhere, and is now very popular.
Rugosa rubra. Flowers single, rosy crimson, succeeded by large
red berries, which cling to the bush till midwinter, giving it a strik-
ing appearance. 25 cts. to 50 ets.
; Tea Roses, Tender.
Varieties and prices in pots on application.
LARGE-FLOWERING FRENCH
DWARF CANNAS.
This class of plants is beeoming more popular each season. Nothing pro-
duces so quick an effect as the grouping of them on lawns or for large beds in
parks. The new Dwarf Cannas grow from 2 to 5 feet high, and commence
blooming soon after they are set out, and continue so throughout the season.
The color and size of the blossoms are truly gorgeous. Our stock of these is
large, and includes the newest and the best of the older and tested kinds.
Alphonse Bouvier. Crimson, almost scarlet when it first opens,
changing to deep crimson as it develops. 6 ft.
Admiral Avellan. The best of the purple-leaved varieties. Flow-
ers rich orange-scarlet. 5 ft.
Charles Henderson. Very dwarf; color brightestcrimson. 3% ft.
Comte de Bouchard. (Golden yellow, spotted red. 4% ft.
Egandale. Leaves of bronze color. Blossoms of a fine, currant
red color, thrown well above the foliage. 4 ft.
Florence Vaughan. Bright golden yellow, spotted with brilliant
red, and borne in large heads in great abundance. 3 ft.
F. Neuvesel. Carmine flowers and darkest green foliage. 4% ft.
Madame Crozy. Crimson-scarlet,bordered with golden yellow. 4 ft.
Paul Marquant. Bright salmon-scarlet, passing to a rosy car-
mine, with a peculiar silvery luster. 3 to 3% ft.
Queen Charlotte. Large flowers of scarlet-crimson, deeply banded
with bright yellow. 3 ft.
Rose Unique. A distinct variety of a lovely rose color. 3% ft.
Souv. d’Antoine Crozy. This ‘is a perfect gem and, in the estima-
tion of many, the finest of all the gilt-edged varieties. Color intense
scarlet-crimson, bordered with a rich, golden yellow band that does
not fade or burnin the hot sun. 3 ft. 25 cts.
The above sorts, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.
The new ORCHID-FLOWERING varieties, AUSTRIA, ITALIA
and BURBANK, of which we have a large stock, we offer for 25 cts.
each, the three varieties for 50 ets.
“The Adams Company is branching out on broader
From the Homestead. lines each year, and now, instead of confining their
attention solely to nursery stock, they are cultivating the choicest and newest
varieties of a vast number of flowering and foliage plants. They have one of
the finest displays of Cannas in this section. It comprises the latest and hand-
somest varieties of this superb plant, which has been developed so rapidly of
late, and some of the varieties shown are exquisite studies of color and shading.”
36 North Main Street Nursery.
TWELVE CHOICE NEW DAHLIAS.
Rey. C. W. Bolton (Show). Salmon-buff, spotted deep buff.
A. D. Livoni (Show). Very large, clear pink,
Frank Smith (Show). Dark purple-maroon, tinged white.
Pluton. Finest of all the yellow Show Dahlias.
Little Prince (Pompon). Red, tinged with pinkish white.
Sappho (Pompon). Very dark velvety maroon.
Catherine (Pompon). Yellow.
Virginale (Pompon). Small, ball-shaped flowers; white.
Black Prince (Cactus). Velvety maroon, almost black.
Henry Patrick (Cactus). Pure white.
Nymphza (Cactus). Light shrimp pink, shaded.
King of Cactus. Deep magenta.
The above, I5 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.
50 Named Sorts, not in above Collection, $5.
From our standard collection of 50 other beautiful Dablias we will
furnish 12 plants, our choice, all different, for $1, or 15 ets. each.
PANSIES.
The plants we offer are grown from seed obtained from the world’s
greatest Pansy specialist, and for size, richness of coloring and
texture, cannot be approached by any other strain. 5 cts. each,
35 ets. per doz., $2 per 100.
BEDDING PLANTS.
Our stock, so complete in quality and variety, includes all of the
desirable summer blooming and decorative plants.
Asters are the most popular and useful
of our annuals; the world-wide demand
for them shows their adaptability for all
Situations. Coming into bloom in late
summer, when most other flowers are
fading, greatly enhances their value.
Our collection embraces Dwarf Triumph,
Comet, Semple’s Late Branching and
many others, including white, rose, erim-
sou, crimson and white, light blue, dark
scarlet, purple and violet, and mixed
colors of. brilliant effect, which are pro-
duced in profusion,
Begonia Vernon. Fine for borders of
beds.
Alternantheras. Three varieties. $4
per 100.
Centaurea gymnocarpa. A valuable
border plant, with dusty white foliage,
50 ets. per doz.
Coleus. Popular ornamental foliage plants, having leaves of
bright colors, from goiden yellow to the darkest maroon, nearly black.
Some are spotted with white, green, rose and crimson. They are
always showy, from the time the first leaves are formed until they
are cut down by frost. 50 cts. perdoz., $4 per 100.
Cockscomb. (Queen of dwarfs. Has dark colored combs of great
breadth; very showy annuals. 10 cts. each, $1 per 100,
Echeveria. Succulent plants, sometimes called “Hen and
Chickens.” They are very dwarf in habit, suitable for rockeries,
edging, or masses. 10 cts. each, 60 ets. per doz., $4 per 100.
Asters.
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass. 37
Geraniums. Our list has been reduced until it contains the best
varieties only. These we offer in stocky, healthy plants (not forced,
as some grow) at 15 cts. each, $1 for 8. Ist size, $10 per 100.
2d size, $8 per 100.
Ceraniums, Silver-leaved. For borders. $1 per doz.
Petunia, Single and Double-fringed. No pictures can repro-
duce the intricate fringing and lacing and delicate coloring of the new
varieties which we offer. Double-fringed, $1.50 per doz. Single,
50 cts. per doz., $1 for 30.
Salvia splendens. Brilliant scarlet flowers borne on long spikes
in profusion from July until frost. Two sizes, $1 and $1.50 per doz.
Salvia, Bonfire. A new variety which grows in a compact bush
about 2 feet high and of the same breadth. $1 for 6.
Verbenas. Our collection comprises flowers of the largest size,
including all the different shades of searlet, blue, purple, pink, erim-
son and white. 50 cts. per doz., $4 per 100.
GREENHOUSE PLANTS.
In this department we offer the following:
Rubber Plants, Geraniums, Cyclamen,
Orange Trees, Araucaria, Asparagus Spren-
Azaleas, Vincas, geri, -
Palms, Umbrella Palms, Heliotrope,
Begonia Rex, . Draceena, Hydrangeas,
Cineraria, Rhododendrons, Ivies,
Fuchsia, Ferns, Roses.
Other plants and prices on application.
POTTING SOIL, prepared, 50 cts. per bus., $1 per bbl.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
Our Pruning Shears are all so well made that we have never known a
spring to be broken. They cut easily any green limb not more
than an inch in diameter. Of great value to every one who
grows Roses, Vines, T'rees or Shrubs. 50 cts. By mail, post-
paid, 70 cts. _
Wire Netting. One-half inch meshes, for protecting street
trees, we have made for us in rolls 12 inches wide, which we
eut to any length desired. Four feet long is sufficient, but
some prefer 5 or 6 feet. This is the neatest and cheapest
protection that can be provided, and no street tree should be
set out without it. 4 ects. per foot in length.
Wooden Tree Labels. 2% in. long, 10 cts. per 100; 3% in.
long, 12 ets. per 100; 344 in. long, painted, 15 ets. per 100. The
Same, copper-wired, add 5 ets. per 100. Labels sent by mail,
if 5 ets. per 100 is added.
The American Fruit Culturist. By Joun J. Tuomas.
It contains nearly 800 pages, profusely illustrated with over 500
wood engravings. It tells how to plant, bud, graft, prune, Pruning
train, and how to store fruit, ete. By mail, postpaid, $2.50. Shears.
Syringes. We have had made for us a brass syringe, with
an elbow joint to throw water under the leaves. It fills quickly and discharges
perfectly. Barrel 16 inches long, 1% inches in diameter, $4.25. The same,
No, 2, 18 inches long, without the elbow joint and one stream nozzle, $2.50.
Bordeaux Mixture is prepared by dissolving 4 pounds of copper sulphate
(blue vitriol) in water; slake 4 pounds lime in water; mix the two, and add
water to make 20 or 25 gallons. For many trees, 2 pounds of copper sulphate
and no lime will answer the purpose.
Kerosene Emulsion. One-half pound of whale-oil soap dissolved in hot
water. When cooled somewhat, add 1 gallon of kerosene. It should then be
agitated with a syringe until a soap is formed, Add water to make 20 gallons.
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of the good taste of the
owner.
In addition to careful, in-
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plant-food is necessary in
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results.
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