Juglans, continued 



Juglans regia. ENGLISH WALNUT. A tree with a sym- 

 metrical round head, native of Europe. Leaves com- 

 pound, bright green, the 9 to 13 leaflets oblong-ovate. 

 The delicious nuts are everywhere known. Extensively 

 grown in California. Hardy and often productive in 

 the Middle and Southern States. An early-bearing 

 variety, often fruiting when four or five years old, is 

 frequently planted. It is a very much smaller tree than 

 the typical form. 



J. sieboldiana. JAPANESE WALNUT. A tree, in habit 

 and foliage similar to/, cordiformis. Native of Japan. 

 Nuts somewhat thicker-shelled, not conspicuously flat- 

 tened, the kernels sweet and edible. Deserves to be 

 widely cultivated, both for nuts and ornament. Per- 

 fectly hardy. 



Liriodendron tulipifera 



Laburnum The Golden Chain 

 Trees 



Ornamental trees with handsome pea-shaped 

 flowers, borne in long, drooping racemes, and de- 

 scribed by Cowper as "rich in streaming gold." 

 They thrive best in moist fertile soil, and are more 

 luxuriant in the North than in the South. 



Laburnum alpinum. SCOTCH LABURNUM. A small tree 

 or large shrub of irregular outline, generally regarded 

 as the hardiest of the Laburnums. Native of the moun- 

 tains of Southern Europe. Branches erect, clothed with 

 pale green compound leaves. Flowers showy, yellow, 

 borne in slender drooping racemes. Blossoms about a 

 fortnight later than the common Golden Chain, and is, 

 on this account, a desirable adjunct to the list of flower- 

 ing trees. 



L. vulgare (Cytisus laburnum). GOLDEN CHAIN. A 

 small tree with erect or ascending branches, forming a 

 narrow head. Native of Southern Europe. Leaves 

 compound, consisting of three leaflets of a beautiful 

 green color. Flowers yellow, borne in silky drooping 

 racemes. This is the Bean Tree of European gardens. 

 Very few indeed of the flowering trees can surpass in 

 splendor the Golden Chain, when, in late spring, it is 

 a mass of graceful pendent blossoms the attraction of 

 busy bees and butterflies. 



L. watered (L. parksi). PARKS' GOLDEN CHAIN An 

 interesting small tree of garden origin, nearly as hardy 

 as the Scotch Laburnum. Leaves compound, consisting 

 of three leaflets, bright green and lustrous. Flowers 

 yellow, borne in long and slender racemes in great pro- 

 fusion in early summer. A distinct and valuable addi- 

 tion to the list of ornamentals. 



Liquidambar The Sweet Gum 



A picturesque tree thriving in almost any soil, 

 but reaching its greatest development in moist rich 

 loam. Of inestimable value to the planter in the 

 Middle and Southern States. Farther North it 

 should be planted in protected situations. 



Liquidambar styraciflua. SWEET GUM. A shapely tree 

 with slender corky-ridged branches, forming a pyram- 

 idal head. Distributed in nature from Connecticut to 

 Missouri, southward to the Gulf States. Leaves deeply 

 5- to 7-lobed, with pointed serrate divisions, of starry 

 aspect. They are bright green and lustrous at maturity, 

 in autumn fading with tones of crimson, unsurpassed 

 in brilliancy by any other tree. The remarkably 

 straight trunks and symmetrical outlines of this beau- 

 tiful species have won many admirers, especially when 

 clothed in the glowing colors of autumn. 



Kcelreuteria The Varnish 

 Tree 



Few ornamental trees afford more pleasing com- 

 binations with shrub plantations than the beautiful 

 Koelreuteria. Thrives best in rich loamy soil, and 

 is hardy even in the colder regions of the country. 



Koelreuteria paniculata. VARNISH TREE. A small tree 

 with a handsome round head, twenty or thirty feet tall. 

 Native of China and Japan. Leaves compound, with 8 

 to 14 ovate, toothed leaflets, reddish purple at the time 

 of unfolding, at maturity bright lustrous green, fading 

 with exquisite tones of yellow, crimson and bronze. 

 Flowers yellow, borne in large terminal panicles, soon 

 followed by clusters of inflated triangular pods. 

 Arranged in groups of three, five or more, most beauti- 

 ful effects may be obtained, especially with an under- 

 planting of early-flowering shrubs. We recommend the 

 Kcelreuteria with extreme confidence. 



Liriodendron The Tulip Tree 



A hardy, rapid-growing tree of great adaptability. 

 For lawns and avenues this tree is unsurpassed, 

 both on account of its handsome foliage and the 

 large tulip-like flowers. Grows best in deep rich 

 soil, and succeeds best when transplanted in the 

 spring. 



Liriodendron tulipifera. TULIP TREE. A large and 

 stately rapid -growing tree with a narrow pyramidal 

 crown. Occurs from New England and the southern 

 region of the Great Lakes, westward to Missouri and 

 southward to the Gulf. Leaves 4-lobed, bright green 

 and lustrous, turning yellow in autumn. Flowers cup- 

 shaped, resembling a Tulip, greenish yellow blotched 

 with orange. A handsome tree, and one that is de- 

 serving of the highest esteem of planters. The lumber 

 that is made from this tree is known as whitewood in 

 the Middle West, and as poplar and yellow poplar in 

 the East and South. 



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