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ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



WEEPING TREES 



ASH— FRAXINUS 



European Weeping-— The common well 

 known sort: one of the finest lawn and 

 arbor trees, grows rapidl3\ 



BEECH— FAGUS 



Weeping — Native of Belgium, fine, vig- 

 orous beautiful tree. Attains great size. 



BIRCH— BETULA 



Cut Leaved Weeping 1 — Trembling, vig- 

 orous and hardy. A most beautiful tree 

 with its leaves trembling in the lightest 

 breeze. Its bark glistening from bright 

 foliage and sparkling in the sun. 



MULBERRY— MORUS 



Tea's Weeping" — A variets' of the well- 

 known Russian mulberry. Forms a per- 

 fect umbrella-shaped head with long, 

 slender branches which droop to the 

 ground parallel with the stem. Very 

 beautiful and hardy. 



WILLOW— SALIX 



American Weeping — A dwarf, slender 

 variety; grafted five to six feet high; it 

 makes one of the most ornamental of 

 small weeping trees; very hardy. 



ELM— ULMUS 



Camperdown Weeping — One of the 

 most distinct and picturesque of all our 

 weeping trees. Grows well in almost ac- 

 climate; is of fine and notable habit, the 

 strong branches often sweeping out hor- 

 izontally several feet before they curve 

 downward. 



Weeping Mulberry 



EVERGREENS 



Considerable care must be exercised 



Foster's Blue Spruce 



transplanting everygreens and should 

 never be set in the fall after the growth 

 of other trees has ceased but their beau- 

 ty and ability as wind breaks will re- 

 pay the trouble. 



ARBORVITAE— THUYA 



American (T. Occidentalism — i. oeauti- 

 ful native bright green: yellow g—cen be- 

 neath; valuable for screens ana hedges. 



Globe (T. Globosa) — A dense light 

 green evergreen of dwarf habit, grows 

 naturally found like a ball: one of the 

 best dwarf. 



G-olden (T. Orientalis Aurea) — Broad 

 bushy grower, with deep golden foliage; 

 ornamental. 



Pyramidal (T. Occidentalis, Pyramidal- 

 is) — A compact and narrow pyramidal 

 tree: its branches are short and densely 

 clothed with bright green foliage; very 

 formal and attractive and the narrowest 

 and most columnar of arborvitaes. 



Siberian (T. Occidentalis Siberica^ — 

 One of the best of the genus of this 

 country; exceedingly hardy, keeping color 

 well; growth compact and pyramidal; 

 makes an excellent lawn tree. 



JUNIPER— JUNIPERUS 



Irish (J. Communis Hibernica) — A slen- 

 der, columnar form with numerous up- 

 right branches; invaluable in Italian gar- 

 dens and whose architectural features 

 are desired; foliage glauceous green. 



