Cedrela The Cedrela Tree 



A rapid-growing tree with handsome feathery 

 foliage, introduced in comparatively recent years 

 from China. Thrives best in rich loamy soil. 



Cedrela sinensis. CHINESE CEDRELA. A tree with 

 large compound leaves, similar to the Ailanthus, and 

 of equal hardiness. Leaves long- stalked, abruptly 

 pinnate, with 10 to 22 leaflets. Flowers white, in very 

 long pendulous racemes, without odor. An ornamental 

 tree with decidedly tropical aspect, frequently used as 

 a street tree in narrow or smoky thoroughfares. 



Celtis The Nettle Trees 



Hardy ornamental trees that thrive in a wide 

 range of soils, but reach their greatest development 

 in moist, loamy situations. In the Middle and 

 Southern States they are successfully used as shade 

 trees, the wide spreading crowns affording protec- 

 tion to considerable space. They are valuable as 

 specimen trees for the lawn on account of the 

 pleasing color tone of the foliage. 



Celtis crassifolia. HACKBERRY. A tree with a grace- 

 ful broad crown and pubescent 

 twigs, occurring naturally from 

 New York and Kansas to South 

 Carolina and Tennessee. Leaves 

 ovate, rough on the upper sur- 

 face, the edges serrate, light 

 green, turning yellow in 

 autumn. Fruit reddish 

 purple or nearly black at 

 maturity, resem- 

 bling a small black 

 cherry. 



C. mississippiensis. 

 SOUTHERN HACK- 

 BERRY. A graceful 

 tree with spreading, 

 sometimes pen- 

 dulous branches, 

 forming a broad, 

 round head. 

 Grows naturally 

 from Illinois to 

 Florida, and 

 westward to 

 Texas and Mis- 

 souri. Leaves 

 oblong- lanceo- 

 late, oblique and 

 long- pointed, 

 mostly entire, 

 dark green. Fruit 



resembling a diminutive cherry, bright orange -red, 

 with thin dry flesh. 



C. occidentalis. NETTLE TREE, OR SUGARBERRY. A 

 handsome tree with stout, spreading, sometimes pendu- 

 lous branches and glabrous twigs, forming a round- 

 topped crown. Distributed from Quebec and Mani- 

 toba, southward to North Carolina and westward to 

 Kansas. Leaves ovate, smooth or nearly so above, the 

 borders sharply serrate, light green and lustrous, 

 fading to tones of yellow in autumn. Fruit nearly black 

 at maturity, like a small cherry. 



Cerasus The Cherry 

 Trees 



The bright, cheerful aspect of the Flowering 

 Cherries, which are literally covered with blossoms 

 in early spring, is well known to those who have 

 planted them. No garden is quite complete with- 

 out these beautiful trees. Besides their ornamental 

 qualities they have the added advantage of attract- 



Podf of Cercis canadenni 



ing birds which feed upon the fruits. Cherries 

 thrive in any fertile soil. 



Cerasus avium flore pleno. EUROPEAN DOUBLE-FLOW- 

 ERING CHERRY. A small tree of garden origin, with 

 double white flowers, produced in spring in great pro- 

 fusion. The flowers are very beautiful, more lasting 

 than any single - flowered Cherry, consequently of 

 great service as cut-flowers. Makes a charming gar- 

 den tree. 



C. hortensis. JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY. The 

 famous Flowering Cherry of Japan, so beautifully por- 

 trayed in many Japanese scenes. The flowers are very 

 large, pink or blush, opening just as the leaves begin 

 to expand, borne on elongated, often much-branched 

 peduncles. The single forms have a charm not sur- 

 passed by the double flowers, and both should be in 

 every garden. 



C. hortensis [lore pleno. JAPANESE DOUBLE-FLOWER- 

 ING CHERRY. Similar to the last, with double flowers, 

 resembling little roses. Splendid for cut-flowers, and a 

 great acquisition to any garden. 



C. padus. EUROPEAN BIRD CHERRY. A shrub or 

 small tree resembling the Choke Cherry. Native of 

 Europe. Leaves oval, sharply serrate, deep green, 

 fading with tones of yellow and bronze. Flowers in 

 dense drooping racemes, white, appearing in late 

 spring. Fruit the size of a pea, reel or purple-black. 

 Very showy. 



C. pendula. JAPANESE WEEPING, OR ROSE-BUD 

 CHERRY. A small tree with drooping, crooked 

 branches. Native of Japan. Leaves ovate, verv sharply 

 serrate, bright green, fading with tones of yellow. 

 Flowers literally covering the branches, rose-pink, in 

 small clusters, appearing when the leaves begin to un- 

 fold. One of the handsomest and perhaps the most 

 picturesque of early-flowering trees. A beautiful and 

 graceful object. 



C. pennsylvanica. WILD RED CHERRY. A shapely 

 tree with slender spreading branches, forming a narrow 

 round head. Distributed naturally from Hudson's Bay 

 to North Carolina, and westward to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, bronze-green at the 

 time of unfolding, eventually bright green and lustrous, 

 turning bright clear yellow in autumn. Flowers appear- 

 ing with the leaves, white, in 4- to 5-flowered clusters. 

 Fruit light red. 



C. serotina. WILD BLACK CHERRY. A graceful tree, 

 the small horizontal branches forming a narrow, oblong 

 head. Occurs from Nova Scotia to Lake Superior, 

 southward to FJorida and Texas. Leaves oval, dark 

 green and shining, turning bright yellow before falling. 

 Flowers appearing when the leaves are nearly grown, 

 white, disposed in many-flowered racemes. Fruit 

 almost black when ripe. Excellent for lawn or land- 

 scape. As an attraction to birds, the fruits of this 

 species seem unsurpassed, and continue to ripen over 

 a period of several weeks. 



C. virginiana. CHOKE CHERRY. A shrub or small tree 

 distributed from Newfoundland to British Columbia, 

 and southward to Georgia and Colorado. Leaves 

 broadly oval or obovate, dark green, turning yellow 

 before falling. Fruit dark purple or nearly black. 

 Handsome when in flower. 



Cercidiphyllum The Kadsura 

 Tree 



A genus with a single species, representing one 

 of the most distinct and desirable of the newer ac- 

 quisitions in ornamental trees. Thrives in a fertile, 

 moist soil. A rapid-growing hardy tree, possessing 

 great beauty, both of outline and foliage. 



Cercidiphyllum japonicum. KADSURA TREE. A hardy, 

 compact tree of pyramidal outline, the branches fas- 

 tigiately disposed, forming a dense mass of foliage. 

 Native of Japan. Leaves purplish at the time of unfold- 

 ing, eventually light green, fading with tones of yellow 

 and scarlet. A beautiful tree. 



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