Deciduous Trees 



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ISAAC HICKS & SON 



CHERRY. Trunus 



Double-flowering Japanese. P. Pseudo- Cerasus, var. 

 Sieboldi. The double flowers are pink and 

 white, with fimbriated edge?, and make a beauti- 

 ful display in spring. 



Japanese Weeping Rose-flowered. P. pendula. The 

 single pink flowers are in such profusion on the 

 graceful, pendent branches that they give the 

 appearance of a pink mist or veil thrown over 

 the tree in early spring. It is a decided acquisi- 

 tion to our flowering trees and produces a hand- 

 some effect on the lawn. 



Wild Black. P. serotina. In searching for a tree 

 which will grow upon the sand dunes and meadow 

 edges of the south side of Long Island, this tree 

 has been found of high value. It grows there 

 vigorously, forming a noble broad tree with foli- 

 age glossy and healthy, rivaling the privet. The 

 fruit is like a small bunch of grapes and is used 

 medicinally. In the interior of the island it 

 grows to a troublesome extent along the fences. 



CHESTNUT. Castanea 



American. C. Americana. In the open the Chest- 

 nut quickly develops the same appearance as the 

 noble and wide-spreading English or white oak. 

 It should be used not only on lawns, but for park 

 planting and in fields and pastures. In the forest 

 each Chestnut crown stands out distinctly in 

 July, covered with cream-colored tassels. For 

 the large fruiting varieties, see Nut Trees. 



Spanish. C. savita. The Spanish Chestnut, some 

 varieties of which are hardy, is a tree of similar 

 appearance to the American. The nuts, especially 

 of the improved varieties, are much larger. 



Attempts to cultivate it here illustrate the im- 

 portance of getting hardy varieties, for many either 

 die when young, or in old age look unhappy. 



CHLSTNUT, continued 



Japanese. C. crcnata. As a lawn ornament this 

 species takes high rank and may be considered 

 intermediate between a tree and a shrub, for while 

 young it branches close to the ground and forms, 

 a round-headed mass of handsome foliage. The 

 fruit is i to 2 inches in diameter and borne often 

 the first year after planting. Not so sweet in 

 flavor as the American Chestnut. 



CYPRESS. Taxodium 



Deciduous. 71 distichum. It is a pyramidal tree 

 of fleecy light green foliage. Its conical spiry 

 top and the contrast in foliage to all other decidu- 

 ous trees call for its occasional use. In appear- 

 ance it resembles the larch, another member of 

 the Pine family which drops its leaves. 



Chinese Weeping. T. distickum, var. Imbricarium ,- 

 syn., Glyptostrobus Sinensis. A narrow fastigiate 

 form, having a landscape value similar to the 

 Lombardy poplar. 



DOQWOOD. Cornus 



Flowering. C. florida. This is the most showy 

 native flowering tree. In the shadowy recesses 

 of the forest the flowers appear as if floating in 

 the air. As a lawn tree it rivals the Magnolias, 

 flowering, like them, before the leaves appear. 

 During the summer it maintains in all situations 

 healthful dense foliage. With the sumach and 

 woodbine it is the first to assume brilliant autumn 

 colors. The clusters of large coral red berries 

 attract the robins on their southward migration. 

 The Dogwood is a tree to be extensively planted 

 on the lawn in the rear of shrubbery, and in 

 groves of large trees. Its ultimate height is about 

 20 feet, with an equal spread. 



Dogwood at Hempstead, L. I., showing its value as a small street tree and for illuminating evergreen bacKgrounds. The 

 horizontal disposition of foliage is a distinct feature in the landscape. 



