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headed and extremely hardy; foliage fine lobed; covered with a profusion 

 of golden yellow flowers in July when most other trees are done bloom- 

 ing. Maximum height forty feet. 



Liriodendron Tulipofera (Tulip Tree or White Wood). — A magnificent 

 tree with bright green shining leaves; flowers large yellow, blotched 

 with orange and green. This stately tree is one of our best native sorts; 

 valuable for street planting; attains a height of fitfy feet. 



Persica Vulgaris Flora Alba Pleno (Double White Flowering Peach). 

 A small tree of remarkable beauty when enveloped with its double white 

 flowers in Spring before other trees have begun to blossom. 



Persica Vulgaris Flora Rosea Pleno (Red Flowering Peach). — A 

 sight worth looking at in Spring, every branchlet being covered with rose 

 like flowers; valuable as a single specimen or for grouping with flower- 

 ing shrubs. 



Ptelea Trifoliata (Hop Tree). — A small tree of great beauty at all 

 seasons of the year, having a peculiarly mottled bark and producing 

 beautiful white flowers in June; a very interesting object in Autumn 

 when it displays its hop-like seed pods; fifteen feet greatest height. 



Pyrus Malus Angustifolia (Bechtels Flowering Crab). — I cannot say 

 too much in praise of this beautiful little tree; completely covered in 

 early Spring with a double rose-like mass of bloom; fifteen feet in height. 



Pyrus Malus Parkmanni (Parkman's Double Flowering Crab). — A 

 Japanese species of dwarf habit of growth; flowers are borne in clusters 

 of a dark rose color; ten feet greatest height. 



Rhus Cotinus (Smoke Tree). — A small tree of fifteen feet in height, 

 spreading to considerable extent and requiring more space than the or- 

 dinary medium size tree. It is a grand sight when in bloom in mid-sum- 

 mer; its flowers are fringe or hair-like and resemble a cloud of smoke. 



Virgilia Lutea (Yellow Wood — .One of the finest American trees of 

 moderate growth; foliage, light green color, turning to a beautiful yellow 

 in Autumn; very attractive in June when covered with racemes of white 

 pea-shaped flowers. 



Amygdalus Communis Flore Rosea Pleno (Double Flowering Al- 

 mond). — A vigorous, hardy tree, covered in May with double rose colored 

 blossoms resembling small roses; rarely ever grows taller than twelve 

 feet; valuable for planting in borders with flowering shrubs. 



Chionanthus Virginica (White Fringe). — A superb lawn ornament of 

 rounded form and dwarf habit of growth; foliage large and glossy — this 

 feature alone should insure for it a prominent place on every lawn, but to 

 add to its beauty in May and June it is covered with racemes of pure 

 white flowers. I have seen specimens of this tree ten years old twenty 

 five feet tall. 



Prunus Pissardi (Purple Leaved Plum). — A small tree of great value 

 in the beautification of the home grounds; not like other purple leaved 

 trees which are at their greatest beauty when the foliage first appears, 

 the Prunus Pissardi improves its coloring effect as the season advances 

 and is at its best in the late Autumn. It bears a profusion of small white 

 flowers in Spring. It can be used advantageously as a specimen tree, 

 for grouping with other trees and shrubs, or can be used with marvelous 

 effect for hedging purposes; can be kept at any desired height; if allowed 

 to grow it will reach its normal height, fifteen feet, in five years. 



Cytisus (Laburnum or Golden Chain). — A native of Europe, having 

 a dark green bark; attractive as a lawn tree; foliage smooth and 



