ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 41 



K. P. var. aurea. Golden Locust. A beautiful tree, with bright golden 

 yellow foliage. $1.50. 



var. Bessoniana. A variety of strong growth, without thorns; foliage 

 dark green, heavy and luxuriant. We regard it as the most ornamental of all this 

 family. |1.00. 



var. bella rosea. A vigorous grower, fine dark foliage; no thorns. 

 Flowers flesh-colored, tinged with yellow. $1.00. 



var. buUata. A variety of Bessoniana, more compact; dark, glossy foli- 

 age; hardy. $1.00. 



var. Decaisneaiia. A fine variety, with delicate pink flowers. $1.00. 



var. fastig'iata. A very distinct sort, of erect habit, like that of the 

 Lombardy Poplar. $1.00. 



var. ineriuls, or uinbraculifera. Globe or Parasol Acacia. 



Thornless. A remarliable and pretty tree, with a round, regular, dense head, like 

 a ball. $1.00. 



var. iiieriiiis rubra nionstruosa. Elegant dwarf grower. Flowers 

 blush. $1.00. 



var. ineriiiis rubra. Forms a globe headed tree; flowers white slightly 

 shaded with pink. $1.00. 



var. inermis stricta. Another globe-headed variety. $1.00. 



var. spectabilis. A variety producing straight, vigorous, thornless 

 shoots, with large leave.s. $1.00. 



var. splendens. A slender growing variety. $1.00. 



R. viscosa, or glutinosa. Gum or Rose-flowered Acacta. A small, 

 native species, young siioots clammy. Produces beautiful rose-colored flowers m 

 short racemes. Very desirable for small places. 75 cents. 



SALISBUKIA. Maiden Hair Tree or Gingko. 



S. adiantifolia. A remarkable tree from Japan, combining in its foliage 

 characteristics of the conifer and deciduous tree. The tree is of medium size, 

 rapid growth, with beautiful, fern like foliage. Rare and elegant, $1.00 to 

 $2. 00. 



SALIX. Willow. Weide, Ger. Saule, Fr. 



The Willows are a most useful and ornamental class of trees. Of rapid growth, fine 

 habit, hai'dy, adapted to a great variety of soils, and easily transplanted, they can be used 

 by planters to g-reat advantage. Several sorts are well known ; others have not received the 

 attention they deserve, for example, the Royal Willow, with its silvery foliag-e, is a striking- 

 tree, and most effective in landscapes; the Laincl-lcaAod, with handsome, shining-, laurel- 

 like leaves and bright green bark in winter ; the Pahn-leaved, with g-lossy, beautiful leaves 

 and brig'ht red bark in winter ; the G olden, with bright yellow bark in winter, and the Rose- 

 mary, with silvery foliag-e, are all meritorious. The ease with which they can be trans- 

 planted and the brief time they require to attain to g'ood sized trees, ai'e strong- arguments 

 in favor of their employment. 



S. Babylouica. Babylonian or Weeping Willow. A native of Asia 

 Our common and well known weeping willow. 



var. Salanionii. From France. More vigorous and upright than the 

 species, while it retains its weeping habit. 



S. caprea var. peudula. Kilmarnock Weeping Willow. A variety 

 of the Goat Willow or common Sallow. Grafted five to seven feet high upon the 

 Comewell stock, it forms, without any trimming, an exceedingly graceful tree, 

 with glossy foliage and perfect umbrella head, unique in form. Vigorous and 

 thriving in all soils, it is probably more widely disseminated than any of the finer 

 ornamental trees. $1.00 



