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Cherry birch, B. lenta.* 
Well-grown specimens resemble the sweet cherry; both this and the yellow 
birch (B. lutea*) make attractive light-leaved trees; they are not appreciated, 
Hornbeam or blue beech, Carpinus Americana.* 
Chestnut, Castanea sativat and C. Americana.*f 
Showy catalpa, Catalpa speciosa.tt 
Very dark, soft-foliaged tree of small to medium size; showy in flower; 
for northern regions should be raised from northern-grown seed. 
Smaller catalpa, C’. bignoniotdes.t 
Less showy than the last, blooming a week or two later ; less hardy, 
Japanese catalpa, C’. ovata (C. Kempfert).t 
In northern sections often remains practically a bush. 
Nettle-tree, Celtis occidentalis.* 
Katsura-tree, Cercidiphyllum Japonicum.t 
A small or medium-sized tree of very attractive foliage and habit. 
Red-bud, or Judas-tree, Cercis Canadensis.* 
Produces a profusion of rose-purple pea-like flowers before the leaves 
appear; foliage also attractive. 
Yellow-wood, or virgilia, Cladrastis tinctoria.* 
One of the finest hardy flowering trees. 
Beech, Fagus ferruginea.*F 
Specimens which are symmetrically developed are among our best lawn 
trees; picturesque in winter. 
European beech, F’. sylvatica.t 
Many cultural forms, the purple-leaved being everywhere known. There 
are excellent tricolored varieties and weeping forms. 
Black ash, Frazinus nigra (F. sambucifolia).*t 
One of the best of the light-leaved trees; does well on dry soils, although 
native to swamps; not appreciated. 
White ash, Ff’. Americana.*t 
European ash, fF’. excelstor.f 
There is a good weeping form of this. 
Maiden-hair tree, Ginkgo biloba (Salisburia adiantifolia).t 
Very odd and striking; to be used for single specimens or avenues. 
