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SHRUBS,
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CONTENTS.
Collections of Ferns,
Hardy Perennials,
Bog and Aquatics, -
Orchids, -
Hardy Ferns.
Bulbs,
Roses,
Hardy Vines and Creepers,
Shrubs and Trees, -
Seed,
Bedding Plants,
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INTRODUCTION.
C O those who have received my catalogue heretofore, I am sure no intro¬
duction is necessary, but to those who will see it this season for the first
time I wish to tell you that I started in a small way nearly 20 years ago
to send out our wild flowers and ferns for cultivation, and it is very gratifying
to me in looking, over the list to see the names of those who have been my
patrons from the first, i hope this year may find your name added to the list r
and you be so well satisfied with the* trial order that 1 may expect to hear from you
at least once a year. Some kinds, not particular^ desirable, have been taken from
the list, and others not easily procured, but of which I have been able to get a stock
by propagating in the nursery, I have added.
Many of the cultivated species have been added from time to time so that I can
supply many of the most desirable kinds.
Ferns have been a prominent feature from the first, and I can supply many fine
nursery grown specimens. These are perfectly hardy in New England.
I otter this season a few desirable bedding plants, and if you are in need of any of
these, give me a trial order.
IN ORDERING this class of Plants 1 would advise having them sent by express
(where the distance is not too great), because more care can be taken in packing,
and I often add extras that would not be sent by mail. Small orders can be sent
safely by mail, and with my mode of packing are almost sure to reach their destina¬
tion, even to Europe, in good condition.
The prices here named are for free delivery to any part of the United States or
Canada on Plants suitable for mailing. There are but very few Shrubs in my list
suitable for mailing.
T am situated on the line of the New Haven & Northampton division of the N. Y.,
N. II. & H. R. R., 5 miles south of Westfield, Mass., junction of the Boston & Albany
R. R.; 100 miles west of Boston, and 100 miles north of New York.
Parties desiring plants in larger quantities than here quoted will please write for
quotations.
Do not ask me to send goods C. O. 1)., unless one-third of the amount, to cover
expenses, is sent with the order. Send all remittances by draft on New York, Bos¬
ton, or by Registered Letter, or by Post-Office Honey Order on Southwick, Mass.
Address all communications to
EDWAIU) GILLETT,
Hampden Co., Southwick, Mass
Ferns for Every Home.
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THE following collections are made up to help in selecting for special wants, and
should go by express or freight.
RO. 1.— ($5.00.) For Open Sun Culture.
This collection is desirable for the open border, and all being rather tall can be
grown as single specimens or for massing with or without flowers.
6 Onoclea struthiopteris, 24 Dicksonia punctilobula,
6 Osmtinda Claytoniana, 6 Lygodium palmatum.
RO. 2. —($5.00.) For Dry Shady Places.
These ferns will grow in a dry shady place. Plant them where flowers as a rule
do not thrive.
12 Aspidium acrostichoides, 12 Dicksonia punctilobula,
12 Aspidium marginale, 12 Osmunda Claytoniana.
RO. —($5.00.) For Moist Shady Places.
This collection is very fine and easily handled in moist shady places, also for large
rockery.
G Adiantum pedatum, G Asplenium thelypteroides,
G Aspidium cristatum, G Asplenium Filix-foemina,
G Aspidium acrostichoides, G Phegopteris hexagonoptera,
G Aspidium spinulosum, 6 Woodwardia angustifolia.
G Aspidium marginale,
RO. 4.—($5.00.) For Wet Open Ground.
These ferns are very useful for border of a lake or low, wet ground.
12 Aspidium Noveborascense, 12 Osmunda regal is,
12 Onoclea sensibilis, 12 Woodwardia Virginica.
R$. 5 . —($5.00.) Low Evergreen Ferns for Rockery in Shade.
TliisTs a beautiful collection of low-growing ferns and easily managed.
12 Asplenium ebeneum, 12 Polypodium vulgare,
12 Asplenium Trichomanes, G Woodsia obtusa.
12 Comptosorus rhizophyllus,
no. 6.—($5.00.) Low Evergreen Ferns for Dry Rocky Ledge.
12 Asplenium Trichomanes, 12 Poly podium vulgare,
12 Cheilantlies vestata, 12 Woodsia liven sis.
ONE=HALF ANY ONE OF THE ABOVE COLLECTIONS FOR $3.00.
You will notice That some kinds are named in more than one collection. Such
seem to thrive equally as well in the localities named. See my general list of
Ferns.
Royal Blues.
jfcjt LARKSPURS —A beautiful collection of Perennial Larkspurs from the
'////////////////////s Imperial Gardens of St. Petersburg, tall growing species, six
feet or more, with great spikes of flowers in a variety of shading of color from
almost pure white to dark blue or purple. The low growing species have finely
cut leaves, and the large and graceful flowers, in an almost endless variety of blue
from almost pure white to finest tints of light to dark blue all summer.
There is a growing demand for these hardy, easily grown plants, and my stock of
them this season is larger and finer than ever before. 10 cents each, $1.00 per
dozen, $5.00 per hundred. Tall growing, 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
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Herbaceous Perennials.
HARDY FLOWERS THAT LIVE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
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The prices quoted on the Herbaceous Perennials are for free delivery in
the United States or Canada. (This does not apply to Shrubs.) t Where
it is possible I would advise having the plants sent by EXPRESS, as
I can send in many cases plants that are too large for the mails, and I add
plants to cover express charges.
ACHILLEA millefolium roseum (Rose Colored Yarrow)—This is a fine,
hardy plant, with rose colored flowers. 10 cents each; $1 per dozen.
ACHILLEA (The Pearl)—Very double pure white flowers in dense, broad
heads, all summer. Very choice for cutting. 10cents each; SI per dozen.
ACTAEA alba (White Baneberry)—In racemes
of white flowers, followed by the white fruit.
Fine for rock work or the shady corner. 15
cents each.
rubra (Red Baneberry)—Rather taller than the
last, very ornamental in fruit, which is bright
red. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
AJIGA replans (Common Bugle)—Foliage
dark. Used for ribbon borders. 15 cents each.
ANEMONE nemorosa (Wind Flower (-Grows
2 to 4 inches high. Flowers white, tinged with
purple; very pretty. 10 cents each, §1 per
dozen.
AQUILEGIA Canadensis — One of our pretti¬
est wild flowers; 8 to 20 inches high, with yel¬
low and red flowers one inch in length. Very
desirable for rockeries. 10 cents each, $1 per
dozen.
(Golden-Spurred Columbine)—Flowers
large, golden yellow with long spurs. A fine stock.
20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen,
glandulosa cerula—A most beautiful hybrid, with
large, light blue flowers and white centers. Easily
cultivated. 15 cents each, $1.25 per hundred.
INCHES A Barrelieri— Hardy plants with double
blue flowers. 10 cents each.
ARABIS albida (Alpine Rock Cress)—A low
plant, about 6 inches high, with intensely fragrant,
pure white flowers; very choice for cutting. 15 cents
each, $1 per dozen.
ARENARIA grcenlaildica (Mountain Sandwort)—A slender little plant
arrowing in tufts 2 to 4 inches high, with large, white flowers. A fine plant for
the rock garden. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
ARIS/EMA tripIiyHlini (Indian or Wild Turnip)—A peculiar shaped
flower, greenish or often variegated, found in moist, rich woodlands. 15 cents
each. $1.10 per dozen.
ARISTOLOCHIA serpeillaria o irginia Snakeroot)—Flowers low,
greenish purple, root fibrous; well known in medicine. 20 cents each, $1.10
per dozen.
ANKMOXK X KMOUOSA.
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EDWARD GILLETT’S CATALOGUE.
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ASARl M Canadensis (Wild Ginger)— A low perennial, with kidney¬
shaped leaves 3 to 5 inches wide, and a single purplish flower close to the
ground. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
caudatum (Tailed Snakeroot)—From the Western coast; leaves similar to the
last; flowers small, purplish. 15 cents each. $1.25 per dozen,
arimfolium —From the Southern states. Leaves with the lower lobes pointed,
flowers longer-necked than in the above. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
Virginicum (Heart Snakeroot)—About the same height as the former, only
smaller; leaves shiny and beautifully mottled. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
ASCLEPIAS incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)— 2 to 3 feet high, with showy
rose-purple flowers. Grows in wet places and along the banks of streams and
ponds. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
tuberosa (Butterfly Weed or Pleurisy Boot)—One of the most beautiful and
easily grown of our wild flowers. It grows from 1 to 2 feet, and has numerous
umbels of bright orange colored flowers; hardy. 1 have a tine stock of nursery-
grown plants at 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen, $6 per hundred,
virticiliata (Whorled Milkweed)—Flower small, greenish white. 15 cents each.
$1.25 per dozen.
ASTER— The wild Asters are among our prettiest native flowers. They
come late in the season, when most other plants are past their bloom, and last
until killed by frosts. They are easily grown, and deserve more attention from
lovers of wild flowers. Those named are among the most showy of the genus,
ericoides— Extra fine in cultivation. The graceful, wand-like spreading branches
are literally covered with fine green or purple leaves, and dotted here and there
with large white flowers. Plant in dry sandy soil. 15 cents each, $1.00 per doz.
1 tv vis — A beautiful species with sky-blue flowers. Grows
in dry woodlands. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen,
multiflorus — 1 to 2 feet high, branches covered with
small white flowers. Fine for dry open places. 10
cents each, SI.25 per dozen.
Novma Angliae— Stout. 3 to 8 feet high. Flowers
violet and purple. Moist ground. 20 cents each, $1.25
per dozen. Extra fine plants,
patens —Grows 1 to 3 feet high with wide spreading
branches. Flowers deep purple. Grows on dry ground
15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
Tradescanti— Similar to A. multiflorus. 15 cents each.
$1.25 per dozen.
aster xov.ica AXGi.i/R. BAPTISIA tillCtOI’Ul (Wild Indigo) — A bushy plant
with yellow flowers. Found in sandy soils. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen
BELLIS perennis (English Daisy) — Charming little border plants, m
shades of color from white to rose.
B. Snowball — Double white. 10
cents each, $1.00 per dozen.
Longfellow — Double rose. 10
cents each. $1.00 per dozen.
CA1LIRRH0E imoliicrata
(Crimson Oallirrhoe) — A very
beautiful prostrate spreading
perennial from Texas, with
large, showy crimson flowers
all summer. Fine for the open
border or tor planting in a dry
barren soil. 20 c. each, $1.50 doz.
CAMPANULA Carpatliiea —a
foot high, with bright blue flow¬
ers; indispensable. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen.
Carpathica alba — Pure white, very choice. 10 cents each.
glomeratum var. Dahurica — 2 feet, with dense heads of purple flowers. 15
cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
medium (Canterbury Bell) — Large flowered. 10 cents each.
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EDWARD GILLETT’S CATALOGI'E.
C A SSI A M A RIU A N DICA.
rotundifolia (Hare Bell) — A slender and graceful little plant, 5 to 15 inches high,
with small bright blue flowers. Valuable for rockeries. 15 cents each, $1.00
per dozen.
persicatfolia var. alba — Pure white, very fine. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
CAMASSIA CSCllleilfa — This plant grows a foot high or more, has beauti¬
ful dark blue flowers, and is of easy culture. It should be in every collection.
10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen.
Fraseri (Wild Hyacinth) — Similar to the above, with light blue flowers, leaves
grass-like. 10 cents each, $1.10 per dozen.
CASSIA Marilandica (American Senna) — A thrifty plant 2 to 5 feet high,
forming large and showy clumps. Flowers
yellow with a dark center. Fine for moist,
open places. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
^0 CARNATION (Pink) — A fine hardy sort with
beautiful, fragrant pink flowers. 15 cents
each.
Carnation — White, fine double fragrant flower.
15 cents each.
CHELONE Lyoni— A hardy plant from moun¬
tains of North Carolina, with beautiful purple
flowers. Desirable for a moist open place.
15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
CIMICIFl’GA raceniosa (Black Snakeroot)
— Tall, 4 to (> feet, with white flowers in elon¬
gated racemes. Desirable for a moist, shady
corner. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
CLAYT0NIA parvlflora— A line little plant
from Oregon, with a tuft of bright green leaves
at the base. Flowers pink on slender stems. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen.
Virginica (Spring Beauty) — With large rose-colored flowers. 10 cents each,
$1.00 per dozen.
CONVALLARIA IliajalLs (Lily of the’Valley)—A most beautiful plant, well
known in cultivation. Flowers small, white, bell-shaped, very fragrant. 20
cents in clumps, $1.25 per dozen, $5 per hundred.
COOPER IA Dl'UlHlllOIHl! — Flower white, fragrant,
borne on a stalk 4 to 8 inches high. Plant in a warm,
well-drained soil in open sun. 10 cents each, $1.00 per
dozen.
C0PTIS trifolia (Goldthread) — A little low ever¬
green with bright shiny leaves and white flowers. Plant
in a shady place. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen.
COREOPSIS lanceolala— Grows 1 to 2 feet high,
with large showy yellow flowers. Rich, damp soil. 10
cents each, $1.00 per dozen.
C0RNUS Canadensis (Dwai *f Cornell) — Plant 6 inches
high, with four broad leaves at the top. Flowers green¬
ish, surrounded by a showy white involucre,followed by
bright red berries; Desirable for a shady corner. Fine convallakiamajai.is.
for massing. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
CYNTHIA Yirginlca— A foot high, with heads of showy yellow flowers.
Moist soil. 10 cents each. $1.00 per dozen.
HAII LIAS —Double, red, white and yellow. 25 cents each.
RALIBARDA repens —A low creeping plant, with round heart-shaped
leaves, densely tufted root-stalks and white flowers. 15 cents each, $1.25 per
dozen.
DENTARIA dipliylla (Tooth-wort or Pepper-root)—6 to 15 inches high
with a single corymb of pretty white flowers. May. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz.
Eist of Eovely Hardy Ferns.
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maxima —Smaller. 6 to 10 inches. Flowers light blue. May. 15 cents each,
$1 per dozen.
laciniata —lias laciniated leaves; light blue flowers, much resembling maxima,
15 cents each, $1 perdozen.
DIANTHUS (Pi nk) —Easily grown in rich garden soil, and a few should
be in every collection.
burbatus (Sweet William)—In mixed colors. 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen,
double white (Pink)—One foot. 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen, $8 per 100.
double red (Pink)—One foot. 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen, §8 per 100.
DIGITALIS (1 bxglove)—In mixed colors. 10 cents each, 75 cents per
dozen.
DICEXTRA CUClllaria —(Dutchman’s Breeches)— A very early spring
flower, with delicate, divided leaves. Grows about 8 inches high. Greenish
white flowers tinged with rose. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Canadensis (Squirrel Corn)—About the same size and much resembles the for¬
mer. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
exima — A most beautiful hardy perennial, forming fine clumps of beautiful
finely-cut leaves, and graceful dark purple flowers all summer. 25 cents each.
formosa — A late blooming species from Oregon. Flowers pink. 20 cents each,
$1.50 per dozen.
DIELYTKA S])(‘Clal)iliS (Bleeding Heart)—Very ornamental. Drooping
racemes of pink and white flowers. 20 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
DODECATIIEON Media (Shooting Star)—A very pretty smooth peren¬
nial, with rose colored or sometimes white flowers. Grows in rich woods. 15
cents each, $1.25 per dozen, $G per hundred.
Meadia var. —Much smaller than the above. Leaves lighter colored and broader.
Flowers pink. From western states. Stock limited. 25 cents each, $1.50 per
dozen.
EPIG/EA repeiis (Trailing Arbutus) — A pretty little trailing evergreen,
with very fragrant white or rose colored flowers in early spring. Dry, shady
places. 25 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
ERYNGIUM yiiccifolium (Button S nakeroot) — A tall plant with flowers
borne in ahead, desirable for a dry place. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
ERYNGIUM amethyst inum- A beau¬
tiful plant with shining leaves and
blue flowers. 15 cents each, $1.25 per
dozen.
ERYTIIRONIUM A in eric a n u in
(Dog’s Tooth Violet) — This plant is
often called Adder’s Tongue. It grows
about 10 Inches high, bearing in early
spring bright yellow, lily-like flowers
about an inch broad. The bulb should
be placed 0 inches below the surface.
A beautiful plant. 15 cents each, $1
per dozen.
albidum — A smaller western species
with bluish white flowers. Grows in
krytmronium AMERICANum. low thickets. 15cts.each, $1 per doz.
albidum var. coloratum— This new-comer from Texas has large pink or white
flowers, is perfectly hardy, and a great bloomer. Try it. 20 cents each, $1.25
perdozen.
grandiflorum —A species from the Pacific coast, about G inches high, with yellow
flowers. Plant in well-drained soil. 20 cents each, $1.25 perdozen.
ECHINACEA purpurea (i hirplc Cone Flower)—Desirable for a dry, ex¬
posed position. Flowers large, purple, on stalks 2 to 3 feet high. 15 cents each,
$1.25 per dozen.
ERIGER0N bellidifolia— About 18 inches high, with light
plish flowers. 10 cents each, $1.05 per dozen.
EULALIA Japonica var. variegata— A beautiful
variegated
blue or pur-
leaved
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EDWARD GILLETT’S CATALOGUE.
grass, growing 4 to 6 feet high, forming large clumps. 25 cents each, $2 per
dozen.
Japonica var. Zebrina (Zebra Grass)—The markings run crosswise of the leaf,
giving a very strange appearance. 25 cents each, $2 per dozen.
EUPATORIUM ageratoides (White Snakeroot)— 2 to 3 feet high, with a
profusion of small white flowers, in heads, in late summer. Very desirable for
cutting. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
Fraseri —White. Fine for cutting. 15 cents each.
EUPHORBIA coroll at a ( Flowering Spurge) — A hardy, branching peren¬
nial, 2 to 3 feet high, with pure white petal-like bracts around the true flower.
Fine for cutting. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
FUNKIA grandiflora (Day Lily) — Showy light green foliage, and clusters
of pure white fragrant flowers. One of the very choicest plants. 25 cents
each.
aurea variegata — Leaves beautifully striped. 25 cents each.
GALEGA offlcinalis — Blue. Thrifty perennials with pea shaped flowers.
10 cents each.
officinale alba — White. 10 cents each.
GALAX apliylla — A pretty little evergreen with shining red or green
leaves. From mountains of North Carolina. Stalk a foot high, bearing many
small, white flowers. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
GAULTHERIA prociimbens ( Aromatic Wintergreen)—A low evergreen
with bright green leaves. Flowers white, followed by the bright red berries,
which remain until the next season. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
GENTIAN A Amlrcwsii (Closed Gentian)—A pretty and strong-growing
northern species, with clusters of blue flowers an inch or more in length. Plant
in rich, moist soil. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
GERANIUM Roberliamilll (Crane’s Bill)—This little biennial is pretty
for rockeries. It begins blooming in June and continues until October. Leaves
strong scented. Flowers small, red-purple. Moist soil. 10 cents each, $1 per
dozen.
maculatum (Wild Crane’s Bill) — 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
GYPS0PHILLA paniculala (in fant’s Breath) — -3 feet. Flowers very
small, in open panicles with stiff wiry stems, beautiful and much used in all
flower work where white flowers are needed. 15 cents each.
Stevenii — 2 feet. Somewhat larger flowers than paniculala. A fine plant. 20
cents each.
elegans — Plant smaller with white flowers. 15 cents each.
HELIANTHUS gigantcus — T all, 10 to 12 feet, with pale showy flowers.
Dry places. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
HKPATICA TRILOBA.
HE LI AN THUS (1 ecapel al ns —A fine species
. with bright yellow flowers in broad heads.
3 to 5 feet. 20 cents each.
IIEUCHERA Americana — Alow plant with
beautiful mottled leaves. Desirable for plant¬
ing in masses. Flowers small, white. 20 cents
each, $1 per dozen, $5 per 100.
sanguinea — A fine plant, with mottled leaves and
bright red flowers, on long stems. Perfectly
hardy. 25 cents each, $1.75 per dozen.
HEPATICA triloba (Round Lobed Hepatica)
— One of the earliest of our wild wood flowers.
Leaves three-lobed. Flowers varying from
pure white to all shades of pink and dark pur¬
ple. Fine for massing in the shady corner or
open woods. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen, $5 per
100 .
HIBISCUS Moscbeutos rosa (Swamp Rose Mallow)—A tall thrifty
plant, desirable for a moist, sunny place. Flowers large, rose-colored, and
very showy. 15 cents each, $1.00 per dozen.
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crimson eye — Flowers large, pure white, and deep crimson eye. Very choice and
new. Perfectly hardy either in common garden soil or very wet places. 20
cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
HOI STOMA Cferulea (Bluets)—A little low biennial, 2 to 4 inches high,
sparingly branched from the base. Flowers small, delicate light blue; some¬
times pale lilac or white, with a yellowish eye. Grows in tufts in open moist
or grassy places. May. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen,
purpurea — 2 to 6 inches high, with waxy-white flowers all summer. At home in
the rock garden. 15 cents each, SI per dozen.
HYDRASTIS Canadensis (Orange Root)—4 to to inches high, sending up
in early spring a stem, two-leaved at the top, terminated by a greenish-white
flower, followed by red berries. Moist shades. Rare. 15 cents each, §1 per
dozen.
HYPOXIS erecta (Star Grass)—A little wood plant, with grass-like
leaves, and rather large yellow flowers. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
IBERIS corraefolia (Candytuft)—1 foot. Flowers in flat heads of pure
white flowers, tinged with purple. 15 cents each,
sempervirens (Evergreen C.) — From Canada. Quantities of pure white flowers.
One of the choicest for cutting. 15 cents each.
IRIS versicolor— About 20 inches high, with pretty blue and white flowers.
Grows in wet places and along brooksides. 20 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Virginica—A species from near the coast. Flowers blue and white. More slen¬
der than the former. 20 cents each, §1 per dozen.
IRIS piunillac l )warf Iris)—Deep purple flowers. Very hardy. 15 cents
each. $1 per dozen.
pseud=acorus (Water Flag) — Flowers yellow, in clusters, and showy scarlet
berries. Wet grounds. 15 cents each, §1 per dozen.
— This beautiful and varied Iris will thrive
in almost any situation, yet it
delights in a moist soil. .Just
above the water in a lake it
sets off other plants to advan¬
tage. Colors ranging from
yellow, white, red, blue, pur¬
ple, etc.
Yellow — 25 cents each, §1.25
per dozen.
White —25 cents each, §1.25
per dozen.
Purple— 25 cents each, §1.25
per dozen.
Blue —25 cents each, §1.25 per
dozen.
mixed colors —§1 per dozen,
biglumis —From St. Peters¬
burg. 25 cents each,
cristata —From mountains of
North Carolina. Light blue
flowers. Fine for the Rock
Carden. 15 cts. each, §1 doz.
verna — A small, crested yellow
species from the mountains
of North Carolina. 15 cents
each, §1 per dozen,
tenax — (Tough Leaved Iris) —
Flowers purple with white
blotches. Leaves narrow.
15 cents each.
Siberica —A tall species, with
small blue or white flowers.
Fine. 15 cents each, §1 per
dozen.
IRIS GERMANICA (German Iris)
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EDWARD GIL LETTS CATALOGUE.
KAEHPFERI -Japan Iris — This large and beautiful
J A PA X IKIS—K A EM I ’ F I*: III.
J. C. Vaughan — White.
Romeo —Deep maroon. Fine,
do Id Bound — Fare white.
Iris is perfectly hardy,
a great bloomer, and
is becoming very
popular for planting
in moist situations,
yet it will flower in
almost any place.
The flowers are from
G to8 inches across,
and nearly all the
rainbow colors are
here represented in
gorgeous color i n g
and soft-tinted shad¬
ing, coming to per¬
fection in June and
July. Pure white
shading to pink, pur¬
ple and blue, deep
indigo and yellow,
with markings and
splashes indescrib¬
able. Below are
given some fine
named sorts in nice
chimps.
KAEHPFERI, vars.—
Arthur Silbard —Sin¬
gle, white vein e d
lilac. Late.
Gloriosa — Double,
deep blue.
To k i o — Semi-double,
blue, veined with
white.
Robert Craig — Very large, white veined velvet, deep velvet center.
Dictator — Single, deep purple. 25
cents each, 82 per dozen.
LEW INI A red i viva (Spatium)—
One of Oregon’s choicest plants,
growing no higher than 5 or 4
inches. The flowers are very
large and showy, deep pink in
color, very rarely white. Choice
for the rock garden, where it
can have perfect drainage. 15
cents each, $1 per dozen.
LIATRIS (Blazing Star)—Very
pretty border plants, thriving in
light, w r ell-drained soil, with long
grass-like foliage, and showy
purple flowers in heads or spikes,
sometimes 8 feet long,
graminifolia —A very beautiful
plant, about 1 foot high, with a
delicate spike of small purple
flowers. 15 cents each, §1.25
per dozen. lewisia kediviva.
pycnostachya (Kansas Gay Feather)—A beautiful species from the western
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prairies. Spike of flowers often 3 feet long. Desirable for the open border.
15 cents each, 81 per dozen.
scariosa (Button Snake-root)—2 to 5 feet
high, with large heads of rose purple
flowers in late summer. Rich soil. 15
cents each, $1 per dozen,
spicata (Spiked Blazing Star)— Flowers
rose purple in a long spike. Flowers
with the last. 15 cents each, $1 per
dozen.
LOBELIA cardinal is (Cardinal Flower)
—One of the showiest of our wild flow¬
ers, 2 to 4 feet high, with large deep red
blossoms along the upper part of the
stalk; will thrive in any garden soil or
along the border of lily pond in water 2
or 3 inches deep. 10 cents each, 81 per
dozen, $5 per hundred,
syphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia) — Similar
in growth to the last, but the flowers are
blue, streaked with white. Plant in a
moist place. Desirable for border of
brook or lake. 10 cents each, SI per doz.
LINAR IA Cjlllbalaria (Kenilworth Ivy) — A pretty little trailer, largely
used for hanging baskets. 10 cents each.
LINUM Lewis!! — Lilac and white flowers, neat for the border. 10 cents each.
LUPINUS pereimis (Wild Lupine) — Flowers showy, in a long raceme,
blue to white. Dry exposed places. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
LYCHNIS alpina (Alpine Lamp Flower) — 6 inches. Tufted dark green
foliage, and showy heads of bright rose pink star-like flowers. 15 cents each,
viscaria var. fl. pi. (Ragged Robin) — A fine plant, 1 foot high, with double
crimson fragrant flowers in dense spikes. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen,
vespertina var. fl. pi. (Double White Campion) — 2 feet. A strong bushy plant
from Siberia, with pure white fragrant double flowers, in clusters. One of the
best for cutting. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.
MYOSOTiS palustris (Forget-me-not)—
Lovely light blue flowers with yellow centers.
Its home is in wet, springy places, yet it does
fairly well in the moist border. 10 cents each.
$1 per dozen.
MERTENSIA Yirginica (Virginia Cowslip)
— This plant grows from 1 to 2 feet high,
bearing a panicle of rich purple or sometimes
white flowers. 15 cents each, $1.25 per doz.
MITCHELL ! it pens (Partridge Berry) —
A little trailing evergreen. It forms fine
mats under evergreens, and when once estab¬
lished, is sure to please. 25 cents each, $1.50
per dozen.
MITELLA (liphylla (Bishop’s Cap)—Grows
1 to 2 feet high, producing in early spring ra¬
cemes G to 8 inches long, of delicate white flowers,
cents each, $1 per dozen.
MYOSO'
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M0NARDA did yin a (Oswego Tea)—2 to 3 feet high with bright red flow¬
ers forming clumps. Very fine. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
0XALIS acetosella (Wood Sorrel)—A beautiful oxalis found growing in
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EDWARD GILLETT’S CATALOGUE.
moss in shady moist places. Flowers large, white with purple veins. 10 cents
each, $1 per dozen.
violacea— (Violet Wood Oxalis)—2 to G inches high, from a scaly bulb. Flowers
pink, and fine dark foliage. 15 cents each.
PARNASSIA Caroliniana (G rass of Parnassus) — 6 to 15 inches high.
Flowers white. 15 cents each, 81 per dozen.
PERENNIAL Larkspur (Low Growing)—2 feet. Leaves finely cut, and
the large graceful flowers in an endless variety of shades from dark blue to al¬
most pure white are a constant beauty through the season. 10 cents each, §1
per dozen, $5 per hundred.
PERENNIAL Larkspur (Tall Growing)—A grand variety, and when
planted in moist, rich soil, grows 8 feet high or more. Flowers purple, blue
and white. 25 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
PHLOX divaricala— About 15 inches high. Flowers pale lilac or bluish.
Grows in rocky woods. 10 cents each, §1.10 per dozen,
maculata (Wild Sweet William) — 1 to 3 feet high, with white or purple flowers.
10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
pilosa— Slender, 12 to 18 inches high. Flowers pink, purple or rose red. Found
in borders of thickets and prairies. May or June. 15 cents each,
subulata (Ground or Moss Fink) — A creeping or tufted species, growing in
broad mats on dry, rocky hills or sand banks. Flowers pink, purple or rose
color with a dark center. 10 cents each, §1.10 per dozen,
subulata var. alba — A variety of the above, with pure white flowers. It is very
desirable for covering a rocky or sandy place. 15 cents each, §1.25 per dozen,
reptans — A low plant, with large rose purple flowers. 15 cents each, §1.10 per
dozen.
P ANSI—I Sxtra tine strain. 10 cents each; 50 cents per dozen.
HYBRID PHLOX.
The old lilac and purple colored varieties have given way to these beautiful hy¬
brid sorts of distinct and brilliant shades of pink, red, salmon, rose, either in dis¬
tinct colors, or in combination with some other. There seems to be no class of hardy
plants where the imagination of the hybridizer has been outdone in nature more
thoroughly than in these Hybrid Hardy Phlox of recent introduction. They form
large clumps and should be in every collection. I offer them in the following named
varieties: —
MiSS Lillgard — An early sort, with pure white flowers with distinct laven¬
der eye; tall, cylindrical spikes. A constant bloomer. 25 cents each.
LATE BLOOMERS.
Lothair — Brilliant salmon, cardinal eye. Fine. 25 cents each.
La Pole Nord — Pure white, with very distinct crimson eye. Tall, and one of the
choicest late bloomers. 25 cents each.
Concours — Rosy carmine. Fire colored center. 25 cents each.
Independence —Pure white, large, and extra fine plant. 25 cents each.
Erckman=Chatrian — Deep amaranth-purple, with white eye. Dwarf. 25 cents
each.
Saison Lierval — Large, white, with distinct crimson eye. 25 cents each.
Florence — Large, of purest white throughout. 25 cents each.
PLATIC0D0N Mariesi— 1 foot. Beautiful species of dark green foliage,
and large, deep violet blue flowers. 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Very choice.
Large clumps. 25 cents each.
PODOPHYLLUM peltatum (M ay Apple or Mandrake) — A perennial herb,
with creeping root stalks and fibrous roots. Grows a foot or more high, with
large, round, 7 to 0 lobed leaves, peltate in the middle. Flowers nodding,white,
1 to 2 inches broad. 15 cents each, §1.25 per dozen.
POLEMONIUM replans (Greek Valerian) — Finely cut foliage, and clear,
blue flowers in clusters. Fine. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
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POLYGALA paucifolia (F ringed Polygala) —A low growing and interest¬
ing plant. Leaves of a delicate purple tint, large and handsome rose purple
flowers, beautifully fringed. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen,
senega (Seneca Snake-root) — This plant has two or more stems from a thick
root stalk. Grows 6 to 12 inches high, bearing a raceme or spike of small
white flowers. 15 cents each, $1.10 per dozen.
P0 TE N TILL A atr osa n gui n e a—P urple. Most desirable for the border.
10 cents each.
laciniata — Yellow. 10 cents each.
PRIME'LA viris — 10 cents each.
PYRETHRUM Hybriduill (Feverfew) — Popular flowers, deserving a place
in every garden. The plant forms broad clumps, with handsome fern like
foliage. 25 cents each.
uliginosum (Great Ox-eye or Giant Daisy) — 4 to 5 feet. Russia. One of the
choicest. Forming a stout, upright bush, with light green foliage. In Autumn
bearing a profusion of the choicest pure white flowers, with bright yellow cen¬
ters. 2 to 3 inches across. 25 cents each,
atrosanguineum —Scarlet. 25 cents each.
Tchikatchiwii —White. 25 cents each,
roseum — Double flowers; mixed. 25 cents each.
PRIMULA Mislassinica (S mall White Primrose) — A little low plant 2 to
G inches high, with large flesh colored flowers. Very desirable for the rock
garden. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
RHEXIA Virginica ( Meadow Beauty)—A low perennial, less than a foot
high, with numerous bright purple flowers and yellow stamens. Plant in the
open border. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
SABBATIA Clllorohles (American Centaury) — A foot high, with a beau¬
tiful large rose colored flower at the top. Delights in a wet, mucky soil. 25
cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
SANGUINARIA Canadensis (Blood Root)—A low perennial, about 6
inches high, with pure white flowers, an inch in diameter, in early spring, riant in
the border or rock garden. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen, $5 per hundred.
SAXIFRAGA Yirgilliensis — A low perennial 4to 9 inches high, with a clus-
tered cyme of pretty white flowers, appearing in early spring. Pretty for
rockeries. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
SALVIA argentea — 1 foot, with large, broad, silvery leaves. Very orna
mental in the border. 25 cents each.
SEBUM acre— a little low tufted perennial, spreading on the ground.
Flowers yellow, very pretty for rock work. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
Nevii (Kevin’s Sednm) — A pretty little plant from the southern states, with a
rosette of small greenish leaves tipped with red, flowers small, white. Desira¬
ble for edging, or the rock garden. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen,
pulchelium (Beautiful Sedum) — A low plant, with beautiful purple flowers, easily
grown in the rock garden or open border. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
SH0RTIA galacifolla— A rare and beautiful species but recently intro¬
duced from mountains of North Carolina. The leaves are evergreen, the petals,
5 in number, are pure white, and scalloped or notched on the edges; flower
about 1 inch across. Hardy. 25 cents each, $2 per dozen.
SILENE Pennsylvailiea (Wild Pink)—Low, 5 to 8 inches high. Flowers
clustered, short stalked, pink in color. 15 cents each, $1.10 per dozen.
Virginica (Fire Pink) — It delights in a well drained soil, and when well grown
is about a foot high, well branched, and bearing large crimson flowers. Try it.
15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
SILPHIUM tcrebintlifiiaceum (P rairie Dock) — A very showy plant grow¬
ing on the western prairies, with large, very rough leaves at the base, and small
pretty yellow flowers (resembling sunflowers) borne on slender stalks 1 to 8 feet
high. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
laciniatum (Compass Plant) — Similar to the above with deeply cut leaves. 25
cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
SOLIDAGO (Golden Rod) — This is an attractive genus of plants, with a
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large number of variable species, some of which are very beautiful. They
come into flower a little before and with the Asters, and with them add much
to the bloom of autumn.
cassia — A slender species 2 to 3 feet high, with quite thin leaves, and small yellow
flowers in little heads along the stalk and branches. Shady places. 15 cents
each, $1.25 per dozen.
lanceolata —Leaves narrow, 2 to 4 inches long. Flowers in a flat cluster at the
top. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
nemoralis (Short Golden Rod)—This is one of the smallest Golden Rods of New
England, being no more than 4 inches high in many specimens, with a cluster
of bright yellow flowers at the top. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
odora (Sweet Golden Hod)—This species grows about 2 feet high. Leaves bright
green, having a sweet aromatic taste, and odor like anise. Flowers of a darker
yellow than in most species. I)rv shady places. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
SNAPDRAGON — Mixed. 10 cent$ each, 75 cents per dozen.
SPIGEEIA Marilandiea (Pink Root) — 1 foot. Flowers 1£ inches long,
scarlet yellow within. Thrives in rich soil where it can have shade. 15 cents
each, $1.50 pel* dozen.
SPIR/EA ( VslillH ) — f aponica. 2 feet. Handsome dark green foliage,
and loose feathery spikes of white flowers. It forms a most beautiful, hardy
border plant. Large clumps. 25 cents each.
STREPTOPCS roseus (T wisted Stalk) — 6 to 20 inches high. Flowers
small, rose purple. Grows in cool damp woods. 20 cents each, $1.20 per dozen.
STYLO PH 0RUM (liphyllllin (Celandine Poppy) — This is especially desir¬
able for the open border, growing about a foot high in large clumps. The
leaves are dark green and deeply lobed. Flowers large, yellow. 25 cents each,
$1 .50 per dozen.
SWEET ROCKET — Red. Most beautiful and fragrant. 10 cents each,
$1.00 per dozen.
SWEET ROCKET— White. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
T1IALICTRCM (Meadow Rue).
anemonoides (Hue Anemone) — This plant grows about 9 inches from a cluster
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blue. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
TIARELLA cordilolia (False Miterwort) —
of thickened tuberous roots.
Flowers in umbels, white. 15
cents each, $1 per dozen,
dioicum— 1 to 2 feet, with pur¬
ple or greenish flowers. 15
cents each, $1.10 per dozen,
cornuti — (Tall Meadow Rue) —
4 to 8 feet high, bearing a
compound panicle of white
flowers. Wet meadows. 15
cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
THERM0PSIS Caroliniana
— A fine border plant. 1 to 2
feet high, with bright yellow
flowers borne along the upper
part of the stalk. From moun¬
tains of North Carolina. Re¬
sembling a Lupine. My stock
is nursery grown. 25 cents
each, $1.50 per dozen.
THYMES citroidens var.
ail re a (Golden Thyme) —
A beautiful variegated leaved
form, very aromatic. 15 cents
each, $1.50 per dozen,
vulgare (Garden Thyme)—
Leaves fragrant. Flowers
About 10 inches high, bearing
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a short raceme of pretty white flowers. 10 cents each. *1 per dozen.
TRADESCANTIA \ iruillit d (Spiderwort)—An old garden plant, well
known for its long grass-like leaves, and blue or violet flowers. 15 cents each.
§1.25 per dozen.
TRILLIUM ( Three Leaved Nightshade)— A class of low perennials having
a stout and simple stem from a tuber-like root, naked and bearing at the top
three ample leaves in a whorl and a terminal flower. They belong to the lily
family, bloom in early spring, and are easily grown. They like a moist, shady
situation.
cernuum — Is. about 1 foot high, with nodding white flowers tinted with purple.
10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
grandiflorum —Probably the prettiest of tlie genus, and more generally culti¬
vated. It grows 8 to 15 inches high, bearing a large white flower, often 2 to
2 jo inches in length, and 2 inches wide, turning to lilac color with age. 10 cents
each, 81 per dozen, §4 per hundred.
erectum —Has broader, rhomboid leaves, with a dark purple flower. 10 cents
each, $1 per dozen.
erectum var. album — A variety with white or greenish white flowers. 25 cents
each, 81*25 per dozen.
nivale (Dwarf White Trillium)— Small. 2 to 4 inches high. Petals white. Very
early. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
recurvatum — Leaves green with white patches, flowers brown purple. A most
beautiful and easily grown Trillium. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen, $(> per
hundred.
sessile — 1 to 12 inches high. Flowers dark purple. 25 cents each, $1.50 per
dozen.
sessile var. Californicum —From the Pacific coast. 25 cents each, $2 per dozen.
Large roots.
stylosum — Pare. A fine species from the South, with white or pinkish flowers.
15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
TRIT0MA Uvaria (Red-hot Poker or Torcli Lily)
small tubular flowers, deep scarlet in the bud,
opening clear orange-yellow. Very ornamental.
25 cents each.
TR0LLIUS Ia\US (Globe Flower) — Flower sim¬
ilar in appearance to a buttercup, but larger.
Plant in a moist, shady place. 15 cents each,
$1.25 per dozen.
E VELA REV grandiflora (Large Belhvort)—
Generally about 15 inches high, forking above,
bearing numerous membranaceous leaves, and
yellowish drooping flowers. Frequently more
than one stalk from the same root. Blooms in
early spring. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen,
perfoliata — Smaller than the last and leaves more
clasping on the stalk. 10 cents each, $1 per
dozen.
sessilifolia — Similar to the above, only the leaves
are .sessile instead of clasping. All these Uvul-
arias are easily cultivated, and are quite pretty.
— 3 feet. Tall spikes of
TRITOMA UVARIA.
10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
VAN00EVER [ A hexaii(I ra— A fine leafy plant from Oregon, with rather
large wheel-shaped white flowers. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
VERN'ONIA Novcboraceiisls (Iron Weed) — Vigorous growing perennials,
with very showy purple flowers in small heads in autumn. Very effective as
single specimens, or grown in clumps near water. 25 cents each.
VIOLA — The wild violets are for the most part among our first spring
flowers. They furnish an abundance of bloom and variety of color, and arc so
easily grown as to be worthy of a place in every wild garden.
Canadensis — Is ] to 2 feet high, with heart-shaped leaves, and whitish flowers
tinged with purple. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen,
cucullata (Common Blue Violet) — A strong growing plant from a thickened or
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EDWARD GILLETT’S CATALOGUE.
tuberous root; stcinless; each leaf and flower stalk on a long stem from the
root. Flowers deep or pale violet-blue or purple. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen,
pubescens — 6 to 12 inches high. Flowers yellow, veined with purple. 15 cents
each, $i per dozen.
rotundifolia — Low, 2 to 3 inches high, with yellow flowers in early spring. 10
cents each, .$1 per dozen.
sagittata — Flowers blue. Plant in dry, open places. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
blanda (Sweet White Violet) — Flowers slightly
fragrant. Plant in a moist, open place. 10 cents
each, $1 per dozen.
canina var. sylvestris (Dog Violet)—This is a
pretty, many-flowered violet, blue in color,
branching and forming little clumps. Moist,
shady places. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen,
pedata (Bird’s Foot Violet)—Leaves all divided.
Large, handsome, pale or deep purple or blue
flowers in summer. Delights in a dry sandy
soil in open sun. 10 cents each, 81 per dozen,
pedata var. bicolor— A beautiful variety of the
above, with two leaves of the flower violet
colored. Does nicely in a sandy loam soil in a
partial shade. 15 cents each, 81.25 per dozen.
VINCA minor (Common Periwinkle)—A most
VIOLA. CUCULLATA.
plant, with bine flowers.
beautiful ever¬
green trailing
Also known by the
10 cents each, $1 per
name of Blue Myrtle
dozen, $4 per 100.
minor alba — A very fine variety with pure white
flowers. As easily grown as the Common Peri¬
winkle. 15 cents each, §1.25 per dozen,
minor argentea varigata — A pretty var. with
variegated leaves. 15 ceiits each, §1.50 per
dozen.
YUCCA fllailieiltosa (Adam’s Needle)—The
dark green leaves, 1 to 2 feet long, clustered at
the base, about an inch wide in the center,
running to a sharp point, the edges splitting
off into little hairs 1 to 4 inches long. The
flowers are large, creamy white, borne along
the stalk, near the top, 3 to 6 feet high. Very
ornamental on the lawn. It is an evergreen
and looks well through the winter. My stock
is nursery grown;
mail.
dozen
Fine plants.
it is too heavy for
50 cents each. §2.50
YUCCA KILAMKNTOSA
Bog it cl Aquatic Plants.
Bogs and Lakes are very essential elements in landscape work. Tbe wet,
springy bank and muddy pool below can be made the choicest spots under the magic
touch oi the progressive gardener of to-day. These unsightly places are made to
produce great wealth of both flowers and foliage, the muddy pool is transformed
into the clear lake for aquatics, and the springy bank is set to Sarracenias, Diomeas,
etc., etc., and made into a botanist’s paradise, for here these Bog plants are at home.
AC0RUS Calamus (S weet Flag)—Grows in low wet places. Leaves light
green, 1 to 3 feet long. The root stalk has an aromatic flavor, well known to
people of New England. Desirable for shallow lakes or wet places. 10 cents
each, §1 per dozen.
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calamus variegatus (Variegated Sweet Flag) — Leaves beautifully striped with
white. Easily grown in any garden soil. 20 cents each.
ALISHA P]antago(W ater Plantain) — Flow¬
ers small, white or rose. Plant in shallow
water. 10 cents each. $1 per dozen.
BRASEMA peltata (Water Shield)—An
aquatic growing in 1 to G feet of water.
Leaves entire, floating, 1 to 3 inches broad,
greenish or purplish. Flowers small, dull
purple, appearing on the water’s surface.
10 cents each, $i per dozen.
CALLA paluslris (A\ r ater Arum or American
Calla) — A bog plant resembling the cultivated
calla in both leaf and flower, only smaller.
6 inches high. Plant near water, or mulch
with Sphagnum Moss, and keep wet. 10
cents each, $1 per dozen.
CALTIIA paluslris (Marsh Marigold) — 6 to
15 inches high. Flowers bright yellow. A
calla palustkis. very showy plant. Fine for forcing in pots,
or a wet place on banks of streams or lakes. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen,
leptosepala — About 8 inches high. Leaves from the root. Flowers white,
tinged with purple. 25 cents each. §2 per dozen.
DARLINGT0NIA Califorilica (California Pitcher Plant) — A fine bog plant,
found in cool springy places in Cali¬
fornia, with peculiar shaped pitchers
and nodding purple flowers. Mulch
with Sphagnum Moss through the
summer, and give a good covering of
leaves for winter protection. It can
also be grown in pots. I have a line
stock, and can supply at any time.
50 cents each.
PIOXiEA Iliuscipula (Venus’ Fly
Trap) — A most wonderful plant. The
flowers are small, white, and quite
pretty, but the wonder is centered
in the liairy-edged, roundish leaves,
which are so sensitive that they quick¬
ly close if touched on the inside. In¬
sects are quite often caught and closely
held until they die, when the leaf trap
again opens and is ready for more
game. It is easily grown in wet or
very damp sand, either in pots or in
the open ground, in damp moss or bog.
DR0SERA ffliformis (Thread-leaved Sundew) — A little bog plant with
long, thread-like leaves, covered with short red-colored hairs. Flowers rose-
purple, along the upper part of the stem. 4 to 8 inches high. Wet, sandy soils.
10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
rotundifolia (Round-leaved Sundew) — Found in wet sandy places near water, and
in Sphagnum Moss, and in a bog. Leaves roundish, covered with red hairs.
Flowers white. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen,
longifolia — Similar to the above, only the leaves are narrower. Bogs. 10 cents
each, SI per dozen.
EL0DES Virgintca ('Marsh St. John’s Wort) — A bog plant a foot high
with leaves clasping the stalk. Flowers flesh colored, in little clusters from
the axils of the leaves. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
1IEL0NIAS bullata (Stud Flower)—A rare perennial, found in wet places
southward, with a few large smooth leaves at the base. Flowe** stalk 1 to 2
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feet with a raceme of beautiful pink or purple flowers. Plant in a wet place or
bog. 25 cents each, $2 per dozen.
JI NCUS effllSUS (Bog Rush)—Stern round, dark green, 2 to 4 feet high,
bearing near the top a cluster of small, inconspicuous flowers. Desirable for
wet places or shallow water, also the bog. 10 cents each, 81 per dozen.*
LIMNANTHEMUN lUCUUOSilUl (Floating Heart) — A pretty little aquatic,
with small blotched leaves and pure white flowers. 10 cents each, 81 per dozen.
MENYANTHES trifolifltft (Buckbean)— A pretty little bog plant found
growing in moss, with large, pure white flowers, covered on the upper surface
with frost-like beards. Fine for the bog garden. 10 cents each, 81 per dozen.
NASTl RTIIJI o 111 (in ale (Water c« >ss)— A well-known hardy perennial
aquatic, easily grown in any stream. Flowers white. 8 cents each, 75 cents
per dozen.
NESAEA verlieillata— A pretty little water shrub, found along the margin
of lakes in shallow water or wet ground, with clusters of small rose purple
flowers, forming large clumps. 25 cents each, 81.50 per dozen.
Nl PHAR adveiia (Common Yellow Lily) — With large leaves and single
vellow flowers. 20 cents each, $2 per dozen.
NYMPH, EA (Water Lily).
odorata (Sweet-Scented Water Lily)—This plant is too generally known to need
description. Its large fragrant white flowers are well worth the trouble re¬
quired in growing them. Where no pond or slow-flowing stream is near at
hand, the plant may be grown in a large tub partly filled with rich mud or clay,
the roots planted in this and the tub filled with water. 20 cents each, $1.60 per
dozen.
0R0NTII M aquaticum (Seedlings) — All aquatic with large, beautiful
velvety leaves, green on the upper surface, and of a bright silvery white color
on the back; flower small, yellow. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
PELTANRERA Vfrginfra (Water Arum) — Leaves on long petioles, some¬
thing like a calla in outline, with greenish flowers, growing a foot or more out
of the water. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
P0NTEDEKIA COI’dala (Pickerel
Weed) — Flowers blue. 20 cents
each, by express, $1.50 per dozen.
P0NTEDERIA (The Water Ilya-
cinth) — Most beautiful and easily
grown. It floats on the water by
means of inflated leaves. It re¬
quires no soil. The flowers are
large, rosy, lilac in color, along
the stalk raised out of the water,
resembling a hyacinth in full
bloom. 15 cents each.
SARRACEN1A purpurea (Pitcher
Plant) — This plant usually sends
up a single flower stalk 6 to 18
inches high, bearing a single deep
sakkacknia pukpurka. purple flower an inch or more
broad. Leaves pitcher-shaped, curved, ascending, 2 to G inches in length.
The Sarracenias are all fine bog plants. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen,
flava (Trumpet Leaf) — Flowers and leaves yellow, the former 4 to 5 inches wide,
leaves 2 feet long. 15 cents each, 81.50 per dozen.
Drummondi — Leaves 2 feet long, beautifully variegated, flowers 3 inches wide.
20 cents each, 82 per dozen.
Psittacina (Parrot-beaked Pitcher Plant) — Quite small and rare. 20 cents each,
$2 per dozen.
rubra (Red Flowered Trumpet Leaf) — Pitchers red veined and reddish-purple
flowers. 15 cents each, $1.60 per dozen.
variolaris — A smaller species from Georgia, with taller and more slender leaves.
15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
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SCIRPUS atro VireilS (Marsh Sedge)—1 to 3 feet high.
Fine for moist
or wet places. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen, 3 .T .8
SIMPLOCARPUS fffitidns— This is one of the
earliest of the spring flowers. The covering for
the yellow flowers is dull purple, showing above
ground before the frost is gone, the large green
leaves appearing later and lasting through the sea¬
son. Desirable for wet places. 2u cents each, $1.50
per dozen.
TYPHA latifolia (Cat-tail)—A plant found in
wet places, growing 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves long,
grass-like. Flowers grow in a spike at the top.
Fine for the bog. 15 cents each, $1.50 per
dozen.
VERATRUM viride (White Hellebore)—4 feet.
Broad ribbed, dark green foliage, large heads of
greenish white flowers. A good plant for the bog.
25 cents each.
TYPHA LATIFOLIA.
Shrubs Desirable for a Wet Place.
Andromeda poli folia, 1 ft.
Azalea viscosa, 4-10 ft.
Cassandra calyculata, 1 ft.
Cephalanthus occidentalis, 4 ft.
Galyussacia resinosa, 2 ft.
Ilex verticillata, 5 ft.
Kalmia angustifolia, 1 ft.
Kalmia glauca, 2 ft.
Ledum latifolium, 1 ft.
Nemopanthes Canadensis, 4 ft.
Pyrus arbutifolius, 5 ft.
lihodora Canadensis, 2 ft.
Vaccinium stramineum, 3 ft.
Vaccinium corymbosum, 5-10 ft.
ORCHIDS.
Among the following will be found a few of our most hardy Orchids, such as
may be easily grown. These all like shade at least half or two-thirds of the day,
and b} r planting in a mixture of peat or leaf-mould, in loamy soil or a clay loam,
they are easily grown. The mixture of peat or leaf-mould tends to keep them
moist. After they are planted, an inch of pure leaf-mould placed over them as a
mulch will be very beneficial.
APLECTRUM hyemalc (Putty Root)—This plant sends up from a bulbous
root late in summer, a pointed green leaf, 2 to (> inches long, which lasts
through the winter, and in spring a stalk about a foot high, bearing a raceme
of rather large greenish brown flowers. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
CAL0P0C0N puleliellus —Although this plant is more generally found in
swamps and peat hogs, it also frequently grows in moist, sandy soil. It is a
small bulb about the size of a large bean, which sends up in spring a long,
grass-like leaf and a stalk about a foot high, bearing in June and July 2 to 6
showy pink-purple flowers about 1 inch broad. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
CALYPSO borealis —A pretty little early blooming Orchid, sending up
from a bulb-like root in autumn, a single green leaf about 1 inch long by % of
an inch in width. This remains green through the winter and early spring;
sends up a short stalk bearing a large, showy, purple-pink and yellow flower.
10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
CYPRIPEDIUM acaulef (Lady Slipper, Moccason Flower)—This is often
called the Red Lady Slipper, but the flower is rose purple in color. The plant
sends up two broadish green leaves from the base, and from between them
comes a stalk about a foot high bearing a single large, showy flower. Plant in
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a dry shady place ; it does nicely under pine trees. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
arietinum (Ham's Head
Lady Slipper) — Stem
leafy, 6 to 12 inches high,
bearing a small, dainty,
red, brown and white
flower. Plant in moist
shades. A most beauti¬
ful little gem. Hare. 20
cents each, $ 1.50 per doz.
parviflorum (Small Yel¬
low L.) 0 to 8 inches
high. Stem leafy, bear¬
ing one or more bright
yellow flowers. Easily
grown in the bog. 15
cents each, $1.25 per
dozen.
pubescens—Much resem¬
bling the parviflorum,
but with larger leaves
and flowers. Very easily
grown in moist shades.
A fine bloomer. 15 cents
each, $1.25 per dozen,
spectabile — This is the
largest species we have
of this genus, and is by
far the most beautiful of
them all. The plant is
about 2 feet high, leafy
CALYPSO BORKALIS.
throughout, bearing one to several large pink, purple and white flowers, 1 %
inches long. Its natural home is in rich leaf mould, and you will And it delights
in a very moist soil. Fine for the bog. 20 to 50 cents each.
G00DYERA pubescens (Rattiesn ake Plantain)— 8 to 15 inches high.
Leaves clustered at the bottom, white, reticulated. Stem leailcss, about a foot
high, bearing a short spike of white flowers. Plant in a shady place with leaf
mould. It does nicely in the rock garden. 10 cents each, 81 per dozen,
repens—Similar to the last, only smaller. Some specimens have the leaves
beautifully mottled. Rare. 15 cents each, 81.25 per dozen.
IIABENARIAblephariof?]ott!s(w hite Fringed Orchis)— A rare and beauti¬
ful species found growing in Sphagnum Moss. 1 to 2 feet high, bearing at the top a
. spike of pure white fringed flowers. Rare. At home in the bog. 25 cents each,
ciliaris (Yellow Fringed Orchis)—Growth similar to the last, blit the flowers are
yellow, and very line. This seems to take readily to cultivation and thrives
_ nicely in moist garden soil or bog. 20 cents each, 81.25 per dozen,
fiinbrata (Purple Fringed Orchis)—Found in wet places. 1 to 3 feet high, with
a spike of lilac-purple fringed flowers. 15 cents each,
psycodes— 1 The flowers are smaller and more crowded than in the last, and deeper
purple. 15 cents each, 81.50 per dozen.
Hookeri ( I wo Leaved Orchis) — 'I he plant lias two large leaves growing flat on
the ground, with a few small greenish flowers growing along the upper part
of the stalk. Found in well-drained leaf mould under evergreens. 15 cents
each. 81.50 per dozen.
LIPARIS lilifolia ( Pwayblade)— About 4 inches high, bearing a short
raceme of purplish flowers. Plant in well drained soil; a shady bank is pref¬
erable. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
Loeselii (Green Twayblade) — With greenish flowers. This plant delights in a
wet situation just at the edge of water. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
ORCHIS spectabilis (Showy Orchis)—T weaves oblong, shiny, 3 to 5
inches long near the ground. Stem 4 to 7 inches high, bearing a few pink,
purple and white flowers. 10 cents each, 81 per dozen.
P0G0NIA ophioglossoidcs— a little fibrous-rooted plant, found growing
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in Sphagnum Moss and wet places in leaf mould. Flowers rose colored or
white. Stalk 4 to 10 inches high. 10 cents each, SI per dozen.
SPIRANTHES cernua (Ladies’ Tresses)—Grows 6 to 20 inches high.
Leafy below, bearing at the summit a dense spike of white flowers. 10 cents
each, 81.10 per dozen,
gracilis—10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
TIPIILARIA discolor — From a solid bulb, which throws up in autumn a
single leaf, remaining on through the winter like Calpyso and Aplectrum, and
in summer throws up a flower stalk 6 to 12 inches, along which grow many
small greenish flowers. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
Our I I ardy Perns.
Our Hardy Ferns fill a place in our North American flora that is worthy of our
careful study. Nature is very generous in her planting, and we find every wooded
dell decked with these graceful, flowerless gems. They are so easily handled,
require so little care, and give such general satisfaction, that we cannot well do
without them. There is such a great variety from which to select that we are sure
to find some of the number just fitted for the flowerless nook or shaded bank, that
could not readily be brightened with other plants, or they can be made to add a
'charm to the bed or bank of flowers; and many dreary places shut out from the
sunlight can be made brighter by a clump of ferns. Most of the following are of
very easy culture and hardy in New England. As a rule they delight in a shady
situation, yet a few are adapted for open sunlight.
ADIANTIM pedal 11 Ill (Maiden Hair)—One of the prettiest. It grows
about a foot high, in rich
shades, bearing at the sum¬
mit a forked frond composed
of slender spreading divi¬
sions. Clumps 20 cents each,
$1.25 per dozen clumps.
ASPIDIUMacroslichoides—
Aii evergreen species, about a
foot high, with deep green
fronds, simply divided. Al¬
though it is one of our com¬
mon species, it is a pretty
one, and easily grown. Har¬
dy. 15 cents each, $1 per
dozen.
aculeatum var. Braunii—A
rarer, more local species,
growing along the margins
of mountain brooks. The
fronds are often 2 feet in
length by 0 inches in width,
chatty and hairy throughout.
20 cents each, 81.50 per dozen,
cristatum—This species grows
from 1 to 2 feet, in moist
shades, with fronds about 3
inches wide. 10 cents each,
$1 per dozen.
cristatum var. Clintonianum
— In every way larger than
the preceding, sometimes at¬
taining a height of four feet,
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EDWARD GILLETTS CATALOGUE
with fronds nearly a foot wide. This is a showy fern, and not difficult to
grow. 15 cents each, SI.25 per dozen.
Boottii — An intermediate fern between cristatum and spinulosum, found sparing¬
ly in swamps. 25 cents each, §2 per dozen.
Goldianum — This species often grows 4 feet high, with fronds a foot or more
wide. Broadly ovate in outline, deep green in color. One of the most interest¬
ing species. 25 cents each, §1.50 per dozen,
marginale — One of our prettiest evergreen species. Fronds 1 to 2 feet in length,
3 to 5 inches wide, thickish, and of a deep green color. Found in rocky places.
15 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Noveboracense—A slender species about a foot high, in moist open places, with
fronds 3 to 4 inches wide-
Pale green, delicate and
membranaceous. 15 cents
each, §1 per dozen,
spinulosum — A very pretty
evergreen species, about 15
inches high, with finely dis¬
sected fronds about 4 inches
wide. 10 cents each, §1 per
dozen.
spinulosum var. dilatatum
— Similar to the above but
with broader fronds. 2.5
cents each, §2 per dozen.
Thelypteris — A foot or more
high, with fronds about 2%
inches wide. 15 cents each*
§1 per dozen.
SPLENIUM Filix-foemiiia
— Grows from 1 to 3 feet.
Fronds ovate, oblong in out¬
line, the foliage fine and
delicate. Moist soil. 15
asfidium ACROSTicnoiDES. cents each, §1.25 per dozen,
angustifolium—Grows 1 to 3 feet high, with simply divided fronds; these divi¬
sions are 3 to 4 inches long,
dozen.
ebenium-Usuallv 0 to 15 inches
high, with fronds % to %
of an inch in width. Crev¬
ices of shaded cliffs. 10
cents each, §1 per dozen,
thelypteroides—Fronds 2 to 3
feet high by 6 inches wide.
In moist shades. 10 cents
each, §1 per dozen.
Trichomanes —A small, delicate
little fern, with narrow fronds
3 to 6 inches long. Usually
grows under moist, shaded
cliffs. Clumps. 15 cents each,
§1.20 per dozen,
viride — 2 to 4 inches high, in
shaded alpine cliffs. Fruit
more collected than in the
above, and fronds more up¬
right. Rather rare. 25 cents
each.
BOTRYCHIIIM Virsinicuin
(Moon-wort)—Tall and ample, divided into two segments above the middle, one
of which is erect, bearing the fruit; the other spreading, triangular, mem¬
branaceous and much divided. Shades. 15 cents each, §1.25 per dozen.
Rich, moist woods. 20 cents each, §1.25 per
ASPIDIUM MARGINALK.
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ternatum 6 to 12 inches high. Fronds evergreen. Somewhat resembling the
preceding, but smaller and
less divided. Open sun. 10
cents each, $1 per dozen.
CAMPT0S0RUS rliizophyl-
lus (Walking Leaf) — A
little low creeping fern, with
evergreen fronds, 4 to 9
inches long, growing in tufts.
The ends of these fronds
rest on the ground and take
root, forming new plants.
Found growing naturally on
shaded, calcareous rocks. 10
cents each, $1 per dozen.
CHEILANTHES vestata—A
beautiful little evergreen fern,
found in rocky places south¬
ward. 15 cents each, $1.25
per dozen.
CR1PT0GRAMME acrosti-
Clioides — A small fern
about 8 inches high. A native * , dicksonia punctilobula.
of the Pacific coast.
25 cents each.
CYSTOPTERIS bulbi-
fera (Bladder Fern)
— Fronds 1 to 2 feet
long, narrow and slen¬
der. 10 cents each, $1
per dozen.
fragilis — Smaller, 4 to
8 inches high. Two
or three times divided.
10 cents each, $1 per
dozen.
DICKSONIA pimctilo-
bula— Grows 2 to 3
feet high. Fronds pale
green, very thin, with
strong stalks from a
slender, creeping root-
stalk. Easily grown.
Open sun or shade. 10
cents each, $1 per
dozen.
LYCOPODIUM lucidu-
llllll (Shining Club
Moss) — A pretty little
evergreen, 3 to 8 in¬
ches high. Leaves %
inch long, growing
thickly along the stalk.
Moist soil. 20 cents
each, $ 1.25 per dozen.
LYGODHM palniatum
( Climbing Fern ) -
Grows 1 to 3 feet high.
Stalk slender and twin¬
ing, from a slender
lygodium palmatum. running root-stalk. I
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EDWARD GILLETTS CATALOGUE.
can supply extra line plants of this, nursery grown. 25 cents each, §2 per
dozen.
MARCHANTIA (I liverwort) — Fine for forming a green covering for rocks
or soil around plants. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
0N0CLEA scnsibilis (Sensitive Fern) — 1 to 2 feet. Wet places, open
sun or shade. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
Struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern) — Fertile fronds about a foot high; sterile fronds
much larger, 1 to 5 feet high, G to 10 inches wide, erect. A very handsome
species. Graceful as a palm on the lawn in open sun. 25 cents each, $1.50
per dozen.
0PHI0GL0SSUM .TUlgalllin (Adder’s Tongue Fern)—A single leaf from
yellow fibrous roots, bearing at the top a singular spike of fruit or spores.
Wet places. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
0SMUNDA regalis (Flowering Fern)—2 to 3 feet high. Pale green. One
of the prettiest ferns. Osmundas are adapted for open sun in moist places.
Large roots. 30 cents each, §2 per dozen.
Claytoniana— Is clothed with loose wool when unfolding its fronds in spring,
soon becoming perfectly smooth. A hardy fern, 2 to 3 feet in height, fronds
about 6 inches wide. 25 cents each, $2 per dozen.
Cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern) — Is usually larger than the preceding, often 5
feel high, and 8 inches wide. Clothed with rusty wool when young, but the
sterile fronds are smooth when full grown. Very beautiful. 25 cents each, $2
per dozen.
PELLEA alropiirpurea— This fern chooses for its native home a dry, cal¬
careous, rocky place, hidden from the sun, and seems to delight when trans¬
planted in crevices of a wall where there is good drainage. 25 cents each.
gracilis—A delicate little fern, 3 to 6 inches high. Desirable for the rock garden.
25 cents each, $1.75 per dozen.
PHEG0PTERIS (Beech Fern).
Dryopteris—Has triangular fronds 3 to 5 inches wide, once or twice divided. A
delicate and pretty fern. In shades. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
hexagonoptera — Is larger, 7 to 12 inches wide, broader than long. 10 cents each,
$1 per dozen.
polypodoides—Fronds smaller and darker green than in the last. Rock garden
or any garden soil in shade. Easily cultivated. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
P0LYP0D1UM vulgare —One of the best evergreen species for rock work.
Grows 4 to 10 inches high, forming dense mats. Generally found on half shaded
rocks. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
falcatum — A species from Oregon, about the same size as the last,' but more
graceful. Same situation. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
SC0L0PENDRIUM vulgare (Hart’s Tongue) — A very rare fern in the
United States, with simple fronds 6 to 12 inches high. Very easily cultivated.
Fine for rock work in moist leaf mould. 35 cents each.
SELAGINELLA rupestris — A little, low, moss-like plant, 1 to 3 inches high,
growing in little tufts, grayish green in color. Grows on exposed rocks. 15
cents each, $1.20 per dozen.
apus—A pretty little creeper, with fine scale-like leaves. Desirable for a moist
situation, and makes a line groundwork for small flowering plants. 10 cents
each, $1 per dozen.
W00DSIA Ilvensts —G rows in little tufts. Fronds 2 to 6 inches long by an
inch wide. Found on exposed rocks. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
obtusa — Grows from G to 12 inches high, with fronds 3 to 4 inches wide. Found
on rocky banks and cliffs. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
W00DWARDIA (Chain Fern).
angustifolia—12 to 18 inches high, by 3 to 4 inches wide. Grows in wet bogs.
20 cents each, $1.20 per dozen.
Virginica—Is larger, 2 to 3 feet high, by 3 to 5 inches broad. Wet swamps or
bogs. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
Ferns Are Fasily Grown.
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BULBS
Lilies, Glnclioliis, Xareissus, Tulips, cVo.
AMARYLLIS AtilUlttSCO (Atanaasco Lily) — A beautiful plant from the
South, with grass-like leaves, and large, upright pure white flowers. Delights
in a rich, warm soil. Requires protection in winter. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
AMARYLLIS Alailiasco rosa — A beautiful rose-tinted (lower, easy of
culture and a great bloomer. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen,
formomissima (Jacobean Lily) — A fine plant with large scarlet flowers. Desir¬
able for the open border. 15 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
CHI0N0D0XA Lucilhc (Glory of the Snow)—One of the most charming
of early spring flowers. Easy of culture and perfect in hardiness. Sky blue.
8 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
CROCl S — This is very easy of culture, coming out very early in spring,
flammoth Yellow — Golden yellow. 5 cents each, 25 cents per dozen.
Queen Victoria — Pure white*. 5 cents each, 25 cents per dozen.
David Rizzio — Deep purple. 25 cents per dozen. Mixed colors, §1 per hundred.
MILLA biflora— Flowers in pairs; of a pure waxy white, nearly 2£ inches
in diameter; petals thick and leathery, of great substance, and will keep for
days when cut and placed in water. 5 cents each, 50 cts. per doz., §3 per 100.
Narcissus.
NARCISSUS Alba Plena — 10 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
Figaro — 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen,
monophyllus — 15 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Morsfieldi — 25 cents each.
totus albus — 10 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
Poeticus—5 cents each, 35 cents per dozen,
von Sion—10 cents each, 00 cents per dozen.
SCILLA Siberica— s cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
Tulips
Although the following list of Tulips is not long, it includes the choicest kinds
of the different shades and varieties.
TULIPS, SINGLE EARLY.
Goldfinch—Golden yellow, sweet scented. Fine. 8 cents each.
La Reine — White with rose border. 8 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
Rose Gris-de-lin—White and dark rose. 8 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
Yellow prince — Yellow, scenting like tea roses. 8 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
Due van Throll var. — Mixed colors. 5 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz., §1.50 per 100.
TULIPS, DOUBLE EARLY.
LaCondeur—Pure white. Good. 5 cents each, 40 cents per dozen.
Tournesol — Bright red and yellow. 8 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
TULIPS, SINGLE LATE.
Bizarres — Crimson, violet-purple, etc., on yellow ground. 5 cents each.
Byblcemens — Purple, maroon, etc., on white ground. 5 cents each.
New Darwin Tulips — 5 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
Parrot Tulip — 5 cents each, 25 cents per dozen.
TULIPS, DOUBLE LATE.
Yellow Rose—Splendid golden yellow. 5 cents each, 25 cents per dozen.
BOTANICAL TULIPS.
Gesneriana — The showiest of all tulips. 5 cents each, 25 cents per dozen.
Golden crown — Yellow. 5cents each, 25 cents per dozen.
ZEPIIYRANTIIES Candida— Large white flowers. 5c. each, 50c. per doz.
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EDWARD GILLKTT’S CATALOGUE
DUTCH HYACINTHS— For Autumn Planting.
SINGLE VARIETIES.
RED ama — Large flowered, deep red. 12 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
WHITE Voltaire — Large spikes of rosy white flowers. 12c. each, $1.25 per doz.
BLUE Argus — With white eye. 12 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
YELLOW Fleur d’or — Fine spikes of yellow. 12 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
VIOLET Hayden — -Large truss. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
MIXED COLORS — 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
DOUBLE VARIETIES.
ROSE Grootvorst —Soft rose. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
WHITE Jenny Lind — White with dark eye. 12 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
BLUB Lord Wellington — Fine. 12 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
EARLY White Roman hyacinth — Very fragrant. 8 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz.
BLUE Grape hyacinth — Showy, beautiful, flowering spikes, of small blue
flowers. 5 cents each, 25 cents per dozen.
Gladiolus.
GLADIOLUS Brcnchleyensis —Bright Vermillion scarlet. 10 cents each,'
50 cents per dozen.
Ceres —Pure white, purplish rose blotch. 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen.
Gen. Phil Sheridan— Fire-red, white line running through each petal, and a
large pure white blotch on the lower division. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
Tlartha Washington — Light yellow, of large size, in a well arranged spike.
Lower petals tinged with rose. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
Lord Byron — Brilliant scarlet blotched, pure white. 15 cents each.
Gladiolus in mixture — 8 cents each, 40 cents per dozen.
varieties of red and scarlet —50 cents per dozen.
light colors — 50 cents per dozen.
pink striped and variegated — 50 cents per dozen.
yellow — In varieties. 50 cents per dozen.
Gandavensis hybrid —Choice mixed. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
The “Snow White” Gladiolus — This is the very best white Gladiolus. The
flowers have a paper whiteness, never seen in any other sort. Every flower on
the spike can be used individually for cut flower work. 25 cents each, $2 per
dozen.
Childsi —A new strain, very flue colors, mixed. 30 cents each, $3 per dozen.
IIEMEROCALLIS flaVft (Day Lily) — Foliage and flowers quite handsome,
bright yellow, of easy culture. Forming good clumps. 25 cents each, $2 per
dozen.
HYACINTIIUS candicans— 3 to 4 feet high, with a long spike or raceme
of pearly-white bell-shaped flowers to 2 inches long, which are pendant
from all around the spike. One of the prettiest of this class of plants, and is
hardy. Plant deep. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
Iyilies.
LILIUM AURATUM (Golden Rayed Lily of Japan)—A large and beautiful
species, with a white groundwork, and little points of crimson all over the inner
face, a narrow band of gold painted along the center of each petal. Very
fragrant and hardy. I can supply nice large bulbs at 15 cents each, $1.50 per
dozen.
Candiduni (Annunciation Lily) — A most beautiful and fragrant lily, well known
in cultivation. A thrifty grower, delights in a light, sandy soil, and is sure to
repay the care we devote to it. Hardy. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
elegans (Thunbergianum) — Extra line red. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
elegans semi fl. pi. — Red, with the inner petals white fringed. 25 cents each.
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Canadense (Wild Meadow Lily)—Grows 2 to 6 feet high, with one to many
yellow or yellowish-red flowers. Moist clay or sandy soil, well enriched. 10
cents each, $1 per dozen.
var. rubrum —Has red flowers. A fine lily. 15 cents each, 81*26 per dozen.
var# ^ av . um — yellow flowers. 15 cents each. SI. 25 per dozen,
tenaifolium (Coral Lily)—This is one of the most beautiful of lilies. Not a large
species, but the dazzling vermillion flowers, with their wax like reflexed petals
suspended fairy-like on graceful stems among the narrow foliage, are so bright
that they attract attention at a great distance, and bloom so early in spring as
to enliven the surroundings when other plants are scarce. From Siberia. 20
cents each, 82 per dozen.
tigrinum (Tiger Lily) — Orange-salmon, spotted black. 10 cents each, $1 perdoz.
tigrinum Flore Pleno (Double Tiger Lily)—10 cents each. Si per dozen,
tigrinum splendens (The Great Tiger Lily)—A noble species, 5 to 8 feet high,
with large, orange salmon flowers. Later than tigrinum. 15 cents each, $1.50
per dozen.
umbellatum — Scarlet and orange. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
Philadelphicum (Wild Orange-red Lily)—1 to 2 feet high, with upright 1 to 2
open bell-shaped flowers, reddish-orange spotted with purple. Plant in a well-
drained soil. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen,
superbum (The Superb Orange Lily) — A very fine native lily, from 4 to 8 feet
high, with flowers from 5 to 50 on a stalk. It is a great feeder and requires
lots of fine manure. In a soil 2 to 4 feet deep. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen,
superbum — Extra large bulbs. 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen.
ROSE
In the following list of Roses, only those are mentioned that are particularly
desirable on account of their hardiness, easy culture and beautiful flowers. I offer
large, flowering plants. (Too large for the mail.) Can supply smaller plants if
desired at 10 and 25 cents each.
Baroness Rothschild — Flowers large, light pink, deepening to rose,
borne on long stems, and surrounded by fine clusters of dark green leaves.
Very choice. 50 cents each.
Dinsmore— The flowers are large, double, and of a dazzling scarlet crimson
color, and with a rich, spicy fragrauce. A great bloomer, and stands our
Northern winters without protection. 50 cents each.
Fisher Holmes — Deep glowing crimson, large, full, and of fine form.
Very fragrant. 50 cents each.
General Jacqueminot — This is probably the best known of all Hybrid
Perpetuals, and is without a rival in fragrance and richness of color. Crimson.
50 cents each.
Gloirc Lyoilliaise — \ beautiful rose, with leather-like foliage. Flowers
creamy white, shading to lemon at the center. Very Double. 50 cents each.
La France — A very popular rose, large and beautiful, both in bud and
expanded flower. Silvery rose in color, and deliciously fragrant. A great
bloomer. 50 cents each.
La IteinC — a beautiful clear bright rose, large and full. Very hardy. A
standard sort. 50 cents each.
LoiliS Vail HOUtte — Rich crimson, heavily shaded with maroon. Medium
size, double and well formed. High perfume. 50 cents each.
Mine. Georges Bruailt — This new ever-blooming rose inherits the beauti¬
ful foliage and hardiness of the Rugosa. Color pure white, in clusters, double,
very fragrant, buds long and pointed. Hardy everywhere. Blooms at intervals
through the season. Forms a stout, handsome bush. 50 cents each.
Mine. Planticr — This grand variety stands at the head for general useful¬
ness on account of its perfect hardiness and fine bushy form. It is largely
planted in cemeteries and exposed positions. The flowers are pure white, and
borne in great abundance. 50 cents each.
Mrs. John Laing— Soft pink, large and full. Very fragrant. A great
bloomer, and of first quality. 50 cents each.
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Pillll Neyroil—This is a hardy Hybrid Perpetual, with very large deep
rose flowers. A strong grower, and with very few thorns. The buds are
especially desirable. 50 cents each.
Rubiginosa (English Sweet Brier)—A very hardy rose, 4 to G feet, with
shining leaves which have a refreshing fragrance, and many small, pink, single
very fragrant flowers. Fruit orange crimson, and quite showy. Fine for
hedges. Field grown. Strong. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
Persian Yellow—Perfectly hardy, with bright, golden yellow flowers.
40 cents each.
ROSA RUGOSA— ' Fhese Japan roses are very hardy, rapid growers, attain¬
ing a height of 5 or (j feet, rendering them available for impenetrable,
ornamental hedges, for which purpose they are unexcelled. The foliage is
rather thick in texture, and of the most glossy, luxuriant green. The flowers
are large, single, and most perfect in form, followed by the large, bright red
or golden apples, which are very showy.
RtlgOSU rilbra —Flowers very iarge, pink in color; the fruit is brilliant-
crimson. 50 cents each.
Rtlgosa alba —Lovely pearly-white flowers and bright golden fruit. 50c. each.
CRESTED MOSS —Deep pink colored buds, with mossy fringe and crested.
A beauty. Fine plants. 75 cents each.
Fairy or Miniature Roses —Beautiful miniature roses, seldom exceeding
1 1 4 inches in diameter. They are borne in dense clusters, often 30 flowers in a
cluster. They are quite hardy, and flower the whole season. I offer the fol¬
lowing beautiful variety.
Perlc (For —Color of the buds beautiful nankeen yellow with lighter center.
Very double. 25 cents each.
Climtiing Roses.
Baltimore Belle —White, very double, flowers in large clusters. The
buds are slightly tinged with pink. 50 cents each.
Crimson Rambler (The Hardy Japan Climbing Rose)—This rose was
introduced in 1803, and has proved a decided novelty. It is a vigorous grower,
making in some cases 15 feet in a season. The flowers are small, but grow in
large glowing crimson bunches, measuring from 6 to 9 inches from base to tip.
300 blooms have been counted on one shoot. The flowers remain along time in
flue condition. It seems to be well adapted to the entire country, and should be
in every collection. 50 cents each.
Multiflora — A very vigorous sort, making a heavy bush, with beautiful
pendulous branches, which are hidden in the masses of creamy-white flowers.
A rose of the very first merit, and worthy of general use as a ciimber or shrub-
50 cents each.
Russels Cottage—Dark crimson, very double and full. 50 cents each.
WiCllUrailia (New Japan Creeping Rose)—A low trailing species, its
stemscreeping on the earth as closely as an ivy and forming a dense mat of
very dark green lustrous foliage. It is a rapid grower. The flowers are rather
small, pure white with golden yellow stamens, and very fragrant. It is per¬
fectly hardy, and very desirable for creeping over walls or covering unsightly
places. It is also desirable as a climber. 25 cents each.
HARDY VINES AND CREEPERS.
AMPEL0PSIS qiiiiiflaefolta (Vir ginia Creeper) — A well-known climber,
very hardy, and greatly used for climbing on stone. Forms a beautiful green
covering, and in autumn is beautifully colored. It can also be used to cover
dry places on the soil, it forming there great mats. Fine roots. 20 cents each,
$1.50 per dozen.
Ampelopsis Yeitchii (Boston Ivy)— A beautiful hardy climber of Japan
origin, clinging firmly to a smooth surface, covering it with small overlapping
leaves, which form a beautiful sheet of living green, changing to brightest shade
of crimson and yellow in the autumn. Hardy and very popular. 25 cents each.
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APIOS tuberosa (Wild Bean)—A pretty tuberous rooted climber, with
clusters of rich purple flowers. 5 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
BEGONIA radicans (T rumpet Creeper)—Climbing high trees by rootlets.
A beautiful vine with tubular orange and scarlet showy dowers, 2 inches long.
Nursery grown. 20 cents each, SI 25 per dozen.
CELASTRLS scaiuleiis (Staff Tree, Bitter Sweet)—A twining shrub, its
principal attraction being in its twining habit and its orange colored fruit, which
is very ornamental in autumn. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
CLEMATIS COCCiliea (Scarlet Clematis)—A pretty southern species with
large scarlet flowers. Hardy. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen,
crispa—-A beautiful bluish-purple flowered species from North Carolina. 15 cents
each, $1.50 per dozen.
Heneryi—A strong vine with beautiful large creamy-white flowers. Very hardy,
and one of the very best white sorts. 50 cents each.
Jackmanni—Flowers very large, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, violet purple and dis¬
tinctly veined. A continual bloomer through the season. The standard sort.
50 cents each.
Jackmanni var. alba—Blush changing to white. A thrifty grower. 50 cents each,
ochroleuca—A rather rare species from the southern middle states. Flowers
greenish, tails of the fruit very feathery. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen,
paniculata—July to September. “ One of the finest of hardy climbers, with hand¬
some foliage, of very vigorous and rapid growth, producing in late summer dense
sheets of medium sized, pure white flowers of the mo-t pleasing fragrance.
This is a new Japanese plant, perfectly hardy, and finely adapted to use for any
covering purpose.”— J. W. Manning . 35 cents each.
Pitcheri—A rapid grower and very hardy vine, 15 to 20 feet, covered with small
dull-purple bell-shaped flowers. A very desirable vine for covering a small
space. Leaves dark green. 25 cents each,
viorna (Leather Flower)—This species has very thick and leathery purplish
flowers, and very feathery fruit. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
Virginiana (Virgin’s Bower)—Although quite common in many localities, it is
one of the prettiest, both on account of its clusters of numerous white flowers
and its feathery-tailed fruit in autumn. Banks of brooks and streams, climbing
over shrubs. Lovely in its native habit, and also where grown for its beauty.
15 cents each, $1 per dozen.
L0NICERA sempervirens (Trumpet Honeysuckle)—A hardy and pretty
species from Virginia, with long tubular red flowers and yellow within. 25
cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
Loilicera bradlipoda—A very hardy thrifty vine, with large green leaves
that stay on through the winter. Yellow flowers. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
MENISPERMUM Canadense (Canadian Moonseed)—A pretty vine with
peltate leaves and small white flowers. Fruit black, looking like frost grapes.
25 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
REBUS hispitlus (Running S wamp Blackberry)—15 cents each, Si perdoz.
YACCINIUM Oxycoccus (Small Cranberry)—Fine for the bog. 15 cents
each, $1 per dozen.
macrocarpon (Large or Am. Cranberry)—Try it in the bog. 15c. each, $1 per doz.
WISTARIA frutescens — Has long racemes of beautiful fragrant lilac
flowers. 25 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
Wistaria Clllnensfs (Chinese Wistaria)—A very rapid-growing hardy
vine, with large pale blue flowers in long pendulous panicles, in June and often
in September. Extra Hue plants. 50 cents each.
Wistaria Clliliensis alba (White Chinese Wistaria)—A variety of the
above, with pure white flowers. Very line and showy. 75 cents each.
SHRUBS AND TREES.
ABIES balsamifera (Balsam Fir)—A quick growing evergreen, with stiff
branches, dark green leaves. 25 cents each,
concolor (Silver Fir) — 25 cents.
Canadensis (Hemlock) — A beautiful hardy evergreen with graceful drooping
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branches. Desirable for open, exposed places, growing often 50 feet high. It
is also one of the very best for hedge planting, and stands almost any amount
of trimming. 25 and 50 cents each.
Englemanii—Fine blue color. 25 cents each.
excelsa (Norway Spruce)—A very rapid growing pyramidal tree, attaining great
size. Also one of the best for large hedge and screen plants. 25 cents each,
nigra (Black Spruce)—A dark evergreen tree, with short stiff* leaves. Can be
grown in very wet grounds. 25 cents each.
ACER PennsylvaniCIim (Striped Maple)—Beautifully striped bark and
deep green, broad foliage. 15 cents each, §1.50 per dozen,
spicatum (Mountain or White Barked Maple)— A fine thrifty plant, with deep
crimson twigs, leaves sharp pointed. Forms large, fine clumps. 25 cents each,
81.50 per dozen.
saccharinum (Sugar or Rock Maple)— 5 to 7 feet high. 50 cents each.
ALTILEA (Shrubby Hibiscus, or Rose of Sharon) — A class of shrubs
especially desirable on account of their blooming so late in the season when so
few other shrubs are in flower, August and September. The flowers are of
large size, and of many brilliant colors. It forms fine clumps. Is very hardy,
and well adapted to any good soil.
purpurea variegata —Purple flowered and variegated foliage. 25 cents each,
rubra plena — Double, clear red. 25 cents each,
totus albus — Single, pure white. 25 cents each,
speciosa — Double, pink. 25 cents each.
AMELANCHIER Canadensis (Shad Bush) — Often 30 feet high. One of
the‘first to flower. Flowers numerous, white, in pretty racemes. 25 cents each,
§1.50 per dozen.
AM0RPHA frilticosa (False Indigo) — Dark purple flowers in a spike. A
tall shrub, quite showy. 15 cents each.
ANDROMEDA polifolia — A beautiful little evergreen which takes readily
to cultivation, forming a compact mass of foliage two or more feet across, and
10 or 12 inches high, flowers bell or urn-shaped, pale pink or flesh color in May.
It also does nicely in the bog. 15 cents each, §1.25 per dozen.
AZALEA CillCIldlllilCCil (Flame Colored Azalea)—This shrub is a native
of the southern states, growing from 3 to 10 feet high, bearing a profusion of
beautiful orange-colored flowers, which turn to a flame color with age. Hardy.
25 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
nudiflora (Purple A.)—This is one of the finest of our native shrubs, growing
from 2 to 10 feet high in dry woodlands and swamps, forming clumps. The
tubular flowers are very showy, varying from almost white and flesh color to
pink or purple. 25 cents each, §1.50 per dozeu.
Vaseyi (Rhododendron)—A species but recently discovered in the mountains of
North Carolina. It grows quite tall and seems to respond to cultivation readily,
adapting itself to almost any situation, the flowers varying from light pink to
deep rose color, mottled at the base inside. Hardy in New England. The leaves
take on beautiful tints in autumn, which give a new charm to this class of
plants. 50 cents each, §4 per dozen.
viscosa (Sweet White Honeysuckle)—Grows 4 to 10 feet high, with white or
slightly rose tinged flowers, very fragrant . This shrub takes readily to cultiva¬
tion, forming line, large clumps. Nice plants with bloom buds, 20 cents each.
Fine clumps, 50 cents. §1.50 and §2.50 per dozen.
DERRERIS pur pin *Ca (Purple Barberry)—A very choice variety with deep
purple foliage through the season. One of the very best for hedge work. 15
cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
Thunbergii (Thunberg’s Japan Barberry) — 3 feet. A low bush with shining
foliage and showy flowers. Fruit deep crimson, persistent through the winter.
Fine as single plants or for a low hedge. 15 and 25 cents each, §1.50 per dozen,
vulgare (Common or European Barberry) — Handsome upright shrubs, forming
large clumps. Flowers handsome yellow, in drooping racemes. One of the
very best hedge plants. 10 and 25 cents each, 81.50 per dozen.
BETULA alba lacilliata (Cut-leaved Weeping Birch) — A most graceful
weeping tree, with finely dissected leaves and white bark. Universally liked.
G feet. §1 each.
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BETl LA papj racea (Paper or Canoe Birch)—A tall tree with white bark,
which easily separates into thin layers. 25 cents each, §1.25 per dozen.
CALYCANTHUS floridus (S weet Shrub)—Flowers purple, bark and foliage
aromatic. 25 cents each, §1.25 per dozen.
CASSANDRA calyculttta (Leather Leaf)—A low branching shrub, with
nearly evergreen leaves, bearing in early spring leafy racemes of small white
flowers. 15 cents each, §1 per dozen.
CEANOTIIUS A Ill eric a HUS (New Jersey Tea)— A low branching shrub 1
to 2 feet high, bearing in great profusion spreading panicles of white flowers.
25 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
CELTIS occidental^ (Ilackberry)— A medium sized tree, fantastic in
shape, bearing sweet and edible fruit of the size of small cherries. 25 cents
each, §1 50 per dozen.
CEPHALANTHl S occidental^ (Button Bush)— A fine shrub bearing
round heads of white flowers. Blooms in July. 25 cents each, §1.25 perdozen.
CERCIS Canadensis (American Judas Tree) — A small tree with heart
shaped leaves, bearing its pink flowers in great profusion in early spring. 25
and 50 cents each.
CHESTNUT (American Chestnut) — Nice plants. 1 foot high. 15 cents each.
CLETIIRA alnifolia (S weet Pepper Bush) — Flowers creamy white. Very
fragrant. Grows 3 to 5 feet high. 25 cents each.
COMPTON JA asplenifolia (S weet Fern) — A low shrub, with sweet-scented
foliage. 15 cents each, §1 per dozen.
CORNUS (Dogwood).
alternifolia (Green Osier) — A shrub-like tree, 8 to 20 feet high, with wide spread¬
ing branches and a flat top. Flowers pale yellow or white, fruit deep blue. 20
cents each, §1.25 per dozen.
circinata —5 to 8 feet high, with large white flowers, fruit light blue. One of the
prettiest in cultivation. Leaves larger than in any other species. 25 cents each,
§1 50 per dozen.
florida (Flowering Dogwood)— A
Flowers white. Very showy in
dozen. Fine plants,
paniculata — Grows 4 to 12 feet high.
sanguinea (Bed Osier) — A line thrifty shrub, 6 to 8 feet high, with
white flowers, and deep red bark. 20 cents each,
sericea (Silky Cornel) — Is a shrub 3 to 10 feet high, with purplish bark, white
flowers and pale blue fruit. One of the latest to flower. 25 cents each, §1.50
per dozen.
Siberica (Siberian Bed Osier) — Very deep red bark. Fine for massing. The
dark red twigs very showy in winter. 25 cents each, §1.50 per dozen,
stolonifera (Bed Osier)—Handsome in winter on account of its bright reddish
purple bark. 25 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
CORYLUS Americana (Wild Hazel-nut) — A shrub 3 to 6 feet. Flowers
in catkins in early spring. 20 cents each, §1.25 per dozen.
CRAT/EGUS oxj cantha (En glisli Hawthorn)—A thorny, close-growing tree,
with pure white flowers in May, followed by scarlet fruit. A valuable tree for
the lawn. 25 cents each.
coccinea (Scarlet-fruited Thorn) — A small tree, with large white flowers in May,
followed by large scarlet fruit. The branches are quite showy on account of
the highly polished bark. 50 cents each.
DIRCA palustris (Moosewood ; Leatherwood)—Shrub 2 to 5 feet high.
Flowers light yellow, preceding the leaves. 20 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
DIERVILLA trill (la (Bush Honeysuckle) — A little low shrub, with pale
yellow flowers, and ovate pointed leaves. 20 cents each, §1 per dozen.
EN0NYMUS Americans (Strawberry Bush)—A lmv native shrub, with
greenish-purple flowers, and rough, warty pods, which are crimson when ripe.
25 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
Americanus var. obovatus — A beautiful variety of the above, forming flue bushy
miniature clumps, flowering when 6 inches high, and the large crimson fruit in
large shrub or tree, often 30 feet high,
flower and in fruit. 25 cents each, §2 per
Bark gray.
25 cents each, §1.50per doz.
greenish
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autumn makes it very desirable where a low shrub is needed. 25 cents each,
$1.50 per dozen.
atropurpurens (Burning Bush) — A tall shrub with dark green leaves and green¬
ish flowers. Very showy in autumn by the crimson fruit on long stems. Fine
thrifty established plants. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
EUONYMUS radican,s var. vari< (Variegated Creeping Euonymus) —
J foot. An evergreen creeper with beautiful variegated white, pink and golden
striped leaves. Fine for edging. Very prominent in winter. 35 cents each,
$2.50 per dozen.
Europains (Common Spindle Tree) — 6 to 10 feet. A thrifty shrub with very
showy fruit in late autumn. 25 cents each.
FAGUS purpurea (Purple Beech) — Leaves of a very deep purple color.
One of the very best for a lawn tree. Fine specimens, 4 to 6 feet. $1 each.
F0RSYTHIA suspensa ( Weeping Golden Bell) — A beautiful shrub w r ith
drooping branches. Flowers yellow, quite showy. 25 cents each,
viridissima— Flowers light yellow, in great abundance along the branches. 25
cents each.
GAYLU8SAC1A resinosa (Black Huckleberry)—The common huckleberry
of our woods. Very sweet fruit. Grows about 2 feet high. 15 cents each,
$1.25 per dozen.
HAMAMELIS Virgillica (Witch-Hazel)—A tall shrub with oval or obovate
leaves. It flowers in autumn about the time leaves begin to fall, and matures
its fruit the next season. 20 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
HYDRANGEA arbor CSCCI1S (Wild Hydrangea)—The earliest of this genus
to flower. A vigorous shrub 4 feet high, with flat cymes of yellow-white
flowers. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
radiata —A thrifty shrub from the southern Alleghany mountains, with white
flowers similar to the above. The leaves are large, dark green on the upper
sur 1 ace, and woolly white on the lower side. The beauty is disclosed with
every breeze, by turning a ieaf here and there, and showing the woolly white
against the background of dark green. Hardy and forming good clumps. 25
cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
paniculata (Panicled Hydrangea)—A vigorous plant, thickly studded with long
terminal panicles of creamy white flowers in autumn. 25 and 50 cents each.
pamculata var. grandiflora —The showiest of autumn blooming shrubs. Great
heads of creamy-white flowers turning to shades of red. It blooms late in the
r season, when most other shrubs are past blooming. 25 and 50 cents each.
HYPERICUM paliiliini (Spr eading St. John’s Wort)—A little low shrub
no more than a foot high, forming neat little clumps, covered in midsummer
with large, bright yellow flowers. Very hardy. 25 cents each.
ILEX vcrticillaris (Black Alder or Winter Berry)—A native shrub, bear¬
ing in autumn beautiful scarlet berries, which stay on until well into the winter.
25 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
JUN1PERUS communis (Common or Prostrate Juniper)—A prostrate
evergreen shrub, appearing as if the center bud had been pinched out and the
growth had concentrated in the branches, and each one pushing outward and
up a foot or more, forming a miniature tree in itself, the whole plant forming a
beautiful low shrub. 25 cents each.
Virginiana (Red Cedar)—A beautiful shrub or tree with small pointed leaves. A
slow grower but very hardy, and adapts itself to almost any situation, from the
top of the rocky cliff to the sandy plain, or moist hillside. The variation in
coloring is very great; light to dark green and dull slate. 25 to 50 cents each.
KALMIA angnstifolia (Sheep Laurel)—A low evergreen shrub 1 to 2 feet
high, with light green leaves and quantities of little saucer-shaped crimson
flowers in May and June. Of easy culture, forming little clumps. 20 cents
each, $1.25 per dozen.
glauca (Pale Laurel)—About a foot high, with little narrow shining leaves, and
large showy white to lilac-purple flowers. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
latifolia (Calico Bush, Mountain Laurel)—An evergreen shrub, growing luxuri¬
antly along our mountain sides, forming large patches, or in single round-topped
specimens in moist, open fields, the dark shining leaves giving a brightness to
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the landscape. In May and June the gorgeous coloring of the large rose or
white flowers lends an enchantment to the picture that one will not soon forget.
It is of easy culture in almost any situation. I have a good stock to select from
in size, shape and color.
G to 0 inches, . . . . . . § .20 each
0 to 12 inches, * ..30
1 to ly* feet,. 50
1 to 2 feet, ...... i .00
2 to 3 feet,. 3,00
LAI RUS Benzoin (Spice Bush)—Grows fi to 15 feet high, with large
oblong ovate leaves. 15 cents each, 81 per dozen,
officinale (Sassafras) — Grows 15 to 30 feet high. Flowers greenish-yellow,
appearing with the leaves. Bark spicy and aromatic. 15 cents each, §1 per doz.
LEDUM latifolinm (r Labrador Tea)—A dwarf evergreen, 1 to 2 feet high,
with handsome heads of white flowers. Leaves with revolute margins, cov¬
ered underneath with yellow wool. 25 cents each, 81.50 per dozen.
LEI COTIKE Catesbaei—A line evergreen shrub 2 to 4 feet high, with deep
glossy green foliage, flowers white, in showy spikes. Easily handled in a moist,
shady place. 25 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
LIRI0DENDR0N Tlllipifera (Tulip Tree)—A tall native tree, pyramidal
in outline, with broad leaves and tulip-like flowers. Light yellow in color. 3
years. 25 cents each, §1.25 per dozen.
L0NICERA ciliata (F ly Honeysuckle)—Flowers greenish-yellow. Shrub,
3 to 5 feet. 20 cents each, §1 per dozen,
oblongifolia—Grows 2 to 5 feet high, with yellowish-white flowers, oblong leaves
and purple fruit. Does well in cultivation. 20 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
LYCIUM Vllltfare (Matrimony Vine)—A shrub with long recurved droop¬
ing branches. Flowers small, greenish-purple, followed by the orange-red
berries. Desirable for covering old walls, etc., growing quickly. 25 cents
each, §1.25 per dozen.
MAGNOLIA glauca (S weet Magnolia)—A large shrub or small tree, every¬
where esteemed for its delicious fragrant flow ers. 25 cents each, §2 per dozen,
tripetala (Umbrella Tree)—A line small tree, with large leaves, white flow'ers
and rose-colored fruit. 20 cents each, §1.25 per dozen.
MORIS albus peildula (Dwarf Weeping Mulberry)—Branches drooping
from the ground. 50 cents each.
MULBERRY (T ea’s Weeping Mulberry)—A very hardy and graceful weep¬
ing tree. It forms a perfect umbrella-shaped head, with long slender willow’y
branches drooping to the ground. It takes a foremost place among weeping
trees. It has beautiful foliage and is quite hardy. §1.25 each.
MYRICA cerifera (Bayberry or Wax Myrtle)—3 to 5 feet, forming good
clumps, with rather small deep green shining, leaves, having a rich fragrance.
It takes readily to cultivation, even wdien planted on the seashore. 25 cents
each, §1.50 per dozen.
gale (Sweet Gale)—1 feet. The flowers come out before the leaves. Foliage bright
green and fragrant. Does nicely near the water. 25 cents each, §1.50 per
dozen.
NEGUND0 aceroides (Box Elder)—A small tree. 25 cents each.
NEMOPANTIIES Canadensis (Mountain Holly)—A medium sized shrub,
with bright red berries in autumn. 25 cents each, §2 per dozen.
PHILADELPHUS coronarius (Syringa or Mock Orange)—A tall shrub,
with large pure white flowers in June. A rapid grower. 25 cents each.
Zeyheri—Flowers large. Showy. 25 cents each.
P0PI LUS treinuloides (American Aspen)—A small native tree, with
roundish heart-shaped leaves. The foliage is in constant motion with the
slightest breeze. 25 cents each, §1 per dozen.
POTENT ILIA fruticosa—A little low shrub, about 2 feet high, with finely
cut foliage. Flowers large, yellow, in great profusion through the season. A
flue plant for a low T border hedge. 25 cents each, §1.25 per dozen, §0 per 100.
PRUNUS Pissardi (Purple Leaved Plum)—A new and desirable tree,
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with large showy single white flowers, followed by quite desirable fruit. The
foliage is of the deepest blood-red color through the season. A clean thrifty
tree, and very showy on the lawn. 50 cents each.
triloba (Double Flowered Hum) — 5 feet. A vigorous grower. Flowers light
pink and very double, in great quantity, covering the branches. A native of
China, and one of the tinest hardy spring blooming shrubs in cultivation. 50
cents each.
PTELEA trifoliata (Hop -tree) — A small tree with curious winged seed-
vessels. Fine specimens, nursery grown. 50 cents each.
PYRUS arbutifoli us— a shrub with small shining leaves beautifully tinted
in autumn. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
QUERCUS lmmilis (Dwarf Chestnut Oak) — A low shrub 2 to 5 feet high,
forming pretty little clumps. One of the very best Oaks for autumn tinted
foliage, in shades of red and purple. Nursery grown. 25 cents each, $1.50
per dozen.
RETIN0SP0RA ericoides (Heath-leaved Japan Cypress) — A beautiful
dwarf evergreen shrub, forming a round head. Leaves small bluish green. I
offer fine thrifty plants about 1 foot high. 20 cents each.
plumosa—A most beautiful Japan cypress, with short, dark green leaves, thickly
studding the branches, forming very fine sprays. Nicely formed, nursery
grown plants. 4 years old. About 1 foot high. 20 cents each.
plumosa aurea — A variety of the above with the leaves golden tinted. Very
thrifty plants about 1 foot high. 20 cents each.
RHAMNUS alnifoliiis — About 1£ feet high, clothed with yellow-green
leaves. Takes readily to cultivation. It possesses much merit as an ornamental
plant on account of its compact habit and handsome foliage. Flowers and
fruit not conspicuous. 20 cents each, $1 per dozen.
catharticus — (Common Buckthorn)—Used largely for hedges. 15 cents each,
75 cents per dozen, $3 per 100.
RHODODENDRON puncfaliim— A hai xly species, flowering when but 3 or
4 feet high, bearing pretty rose colored flowers, spotted within. 35 cents each,
$2 per dozen.
maximum (Great Laurel)—An evergreen shrub 5 to 30 feet high, with dark green
leaves 4 to 10 inches long. Flowers white, pink, or purple, greenish in the
throat, and spotted with yellow or red. July. Takes readily to cultivation.
Nursery grown, with a good ball of earth attached.
9 to 12 inches,.30 each, $2.00 per dozen.
1 to 1 feet,.50 u 4.00 “
RH0D0RA Canadensis— A low shrub, with showy rose-purple flowers,
which precede the leaves in May. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
RHUS aromatica (Flagrant S.)—A straggling bush, seldom 3 feet high.
Flowers pale yellow; fruit red. 25 cents each, $1.75 per dozen.
copallina (Dwarf Sumac) — From 2 to 4 feet high, leaves very highly colored in
autumn. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
glabra (Smooth Sumac) — Branches smooth, leaves red in autumn. Forms a
bush 10 to 15 feet high. 20 cents each.
glabra laciniata —A variety of the above with finely" cut leaves, very ornamental.
25 cents each.
typhina (Common Stag Horn S.)—Mode of growth similar to glabra. The
branches are covered with fine hairs. Leaves fine in autumn. 20 cents each,
$ 1 per dozen .
cotinus (Mist Flower or Smoke Tree)—A small tree with very fine seed vessels of
a reddish color, giving it a fine appearance. 25 cents each.
R0BINA Pseud-acacia (Common Locust)—Flowers creamy white. Very
fragrant. 25 cents each.
RIBES Cynostati (Wild Gooseberry)—Flowers greenish. Berries quite
large. 25 cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
floridum (Wild Black Currant)—Flowers yellow. Currant black and edible. 25
cents each, $1.25 per dozen.
prostratum (Fetid Currant)—Leaves very showy in autumn. Desirable for
rocky places. 20 cents each.
VIBURNUM (Arrow.Wood).
acerifolium (Maple-Leaved A.) — Grows 3 feet high. Compact in habit, flowers
white.. Leaves highly colored in autumn. 25 cents each, .$1.25 per dozen,
cassinoides —One of our handsomest northern shrubs. Grows 6 to 10 feet high,
with broad flat cymes of yellowish flowers. Easily cultivated and blooming in
great profusion. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen,
iantanoides (Hobble Bush) — Grows 4 to 0 feet high. Leaves round, ovate, 4 to
5 inches wide, highly colored in autumn. Flowers in broad sessile cymes. Very
handsome. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
Lentago (Sheep Berry) — Flowers creamy white, in broad flat sessile cymes 4 or
large shrub or
tree, sometimes 30 feet high. 25 cents each,
5 inches broad.
$1 .50 per dozen.
nudum (Withe-Rod) — Shrub (5 to 10 feet high, with thickish oval leaves. 20 cents
each. $1.50 per dozen.
Opulus Cranberry I ree) — Grows 5 to 10 feet high, with showy white flowers.
Fruit bright red, remaining after the leaves are gone. 25 cents each, $1.50
per dozen.
pubescens (Downy Arrow Wood)—A compact shrub, 2 to 3 feet high. Has
rigid branches and ovate leaves, tapering to a point. Produces in great pro¬
fusion flat cymes of white flowers. Quite hardy, and is a beautiful plant in
cultivation. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
The following, 5 cents per package: Aquilegia Canadensis, Asclepias Tuber-
osa (Pleurisy Root, Butterfly Weed), Campanula Carpatica, CampanulaCarpatica
Alba, Cassia /Tariiandica (American Senna), Chelone Lionii, Hibiscus /Toscheu-
tos Rosa (Swamp Rose Mallow), Hyacinthus Candicans, Lathyrus Latifolius
(Perennial Pea, White), Lathyrus Latifolius (Perennial Pea, Red), Liatris Scari-
osa, Liatris Spicata, Platycodon, Mariesi, Striped Corn, Sweet Peas, The
Shirley Poppy.
The following, 8 cents per package : Aquilegia Glandulosa Cerula, Callirrhoe
Involucrata, Delphinium (Perennial Larkspur, Low growing), Delphinium (Peren¬
nial Larkspur, Tall growing).
The following, 10 cents per package: Hibiscus Crimson Eye, Lobelia Car-
dinalis, Lobelia Syphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia). Nelumbium Luteum (Sacred
Bean), Silene Virginica.
BEDDIIva PLANTS.
Ageratum — White and bine. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Altei nantheia Beautiful dwarf plants with yellow, crimson and purple leaves.
Fine for ribbon borders. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Begonias— Tuberous rooted. Single flowers, crimson, pink, white, yellow, mixed.
10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
Begonias—' Tuberous rooted. Double, scarlet, yellow, white. 25 cents each.
Begonias— Beautiful leaved, in many varieties. Should be grown in the conserva-
lory. 10 cents each.
Cannas— Dwarf French named varieties. 15 cents each, §1.50 per dozen.
Carnations— Very fragrant. White, pink, yellow. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Coleus (Foliage Plants)—In variety. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Fuchsias — Beautiful colors. 10vents each, §1 per dozen.
Geraniums — In many sorts. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Heliotrope — Very fragrant. 10 cents each.
Lantanas— Beautiful little bedding shrubs, witu red, white or golden flowers. 10
cents each, §1 per dozen.
Pansies — From finest strain of seed. 50 cents per dozen.
Petunias— Double fringed varieties. 15 cents each, §1.25 perdozen.
Verbenas— Mammoth strain. Many colors. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
Violets— California, single. Very large and fragrant 10 cents each.
Violets —Marie Louise. Double, rich purple. 10 cents each, §1 perdozen.
Violets— Sweet English violet. Hardy. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen.
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