228 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Fagus pendula is the name of the Weeping Beech. While not to 

 be considered in the same class with Norway Maples, Elms, or Ashes, 

 this Beech makes a beautiful, graceful specimen for the lawn. With 

 its wavy, large leaves and the branches of a weeping habit, it is 

 especially adapted for the smaller home ground. 



You may experience a little trouble in getting the tree under 

 way and a good way is to give it a severe pruning at the time of 

 planting. But, really, that holds good with all trees. 



BIRCH (BETULA) 



There are a number of fine Birches, but the most showy is the 

 white-barked Birch, which we find native in many sections of the 

 country. You don't want many of this sort on the home ground, 

 but when properly placed a clump or group of them combined with 

 other trees and with a group of evergreens or conifers in the fore- 

 ground or background, always gives a picturesque setting for a Winter 

 effect, which is what we in the Middle West need so badly. More 

 attention should be given to the Winter landscape when we have 

 so many beautiful evergreens and trees and shrubs with highly 

 colored bark to choose from. The weeping white Birch makes one 

 of the most beautiful and graceful of weeping lawn trees. It should 

 be planted alone and given plenty of space for development. 



CATALPA (Catalpa speciosa) 



The Catalpas are among the last trees to leaf out in Spring, and 

 the first to drop their foliage in Fall; in a dry season they are past 

 their best even before Fall sets in, yet they make fine trees, and are 

 often planted for the flowers that load them down in July. 

 As with some other trees, not as desirable as they might be, we often 

 use Catalpas just for variety's sake. Catalpa Bungei makes an 

 attractive lawn tree, especially when you have specimens with 8-ft. 

 stems or trunks and perfect tops. We see them used on terraces, 

 in formal gardens, and for lining driveways where, with just a little 

 pruning, their heads can be trained into perfect globes, similar to 

 those of Bay Trees. 



ELM (ULMUS) 



The Elm is, perhaps, the most stately of all our trees, and the 

 older it grows, the more beautiful and majestic it becomes. This is 

 not to say that even young trees 3- or 4-in. in diameter are any less 

 desirable, for they are fast growers if planted in fair soil, doing equally 

 well in low or high ground. But we notice that they suffer when 

 passing through a hot, dry Summer. The Elm is one of the trees 

 requiring careful pruning and thinning out when small, so as to lay 

 the foundation for its future development. Of the eight or ten vari- 

 eties none is more desirable than Ulmus americana, the American Elm. 



