OTtNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 35 



M. a. var. multicaulis. Downing's Everbearing. Raised from tlie 

 seed of the multicaulis. A fine rapid growing tree, which bears fine fruit. $1.00. 



var. multicaulis. Thorburn's Mulberry. Fruit of niedium size; 

 black; of good quality. 75 cents. 



var. multicaulis. Trowbridge's Mulberry. Fruit black; medium 

 size; good. 75 cents. 



]N"EGUNDO. [Acer Neg-undo.] Negundo Maple. Negundo, Fr. 



N^. fraxinifolium. Ash leaved Maple. Box Elder. A small, native 

 tree, maple-like in its seeds, and ash-like in foliage; of spreading habit, and rapid 

 growth. 



var. crispum. Curled Ash-leaved Negundo. Foliage curiouslj^ 

 curled and somewhat cut. Very distinct. $1.00. 



PAULOWNIA. 



P. imperialis. A magnificent tropical looking tree from Japan, of ex- 

 tremely rapid growth, and surpassing all others in the size of its leaves, which are 

 twelve to fourteen inches in diameter. Blossoms trumpet-shaped, formed in large 

 upright panicles, and appear in May. Quite hardy here, but the flower buds are 

 killed during severe winters. 75 cents. 



PA VIA. (^a^^sculus.) Smootli-fruitexl Horse Chestnut. 



Pavier, Fr. 



P. flava. The Big or Ohio Buckeye or Yellow Horse Chestnut. A 

 fine native tree, having pale green, downy leaves and yello:"" flowers. The tree 

 when it acquires age forms a globular head twenty to forty feet in height, $1.00. 



P. rubra. The Small Buckeye. Grows wild in Virginia and North 

 Carolina. A small-sized tree, with more slender branches than the flava, and 

 brownish red flowers. $1.00. 



var. atrosang'uinea. Of dwarf habit; young wood and foliage quite 

 smooth. Flowers dark red. $1.00. 



var. carnea pubesceus. A variety of the rubra, with flesh colored 

 flowers. $1.00. 



var. carnea superba. A very distinct and dwarf variety, with dark 

 flowers. $1.00. 



var. puri>urea. A varietv of the rubra, with purplish red flowers, 

 and of dwarf habit. $1.00. 



var. Wliitleyii. One of the most beautiful varieties, on account of its 

 handsome foliage and brilliant red flowers. $1.00. 



PERSICA. Peach. Pfirsich, Oer. Pecher, Fr. 



The double flowering- varieties are distinguished for their showy and beautiful blooms. 

 At the blossoming- season every branchlet is covered with a mass of beautifully formed, 

 hig-hly colored flowers, rendering the tree a most interesting- object and attracting notice 

 from a distance. The double red, double rose, and double white varieties planted in a 

 group, produce a charming elfect. We cannot too highly recommend these superb flower- 

 ing trees. 



P. vulg-aris 11. alba plena. Double White-flowertng Peach. Very 

 ornamental. Flowers pure white, and double; superb. Perfectly hardy. May. 



P. vulgaris 11. rosea plena. Double Rose -flowering Peach. Flowers 

 double, pale rose colored, like small roses. Yery pretty. May. 



P. vulg-aris 11. sanguinea plena. Double Red-flowering Peach. 

 Flowers semi-double, bright red, superb. May. 



P. vulgaris fl. versicolor plena. The most singular of all our flower- 

 ing trees. Flowers variously white and red or variegated on the tree at the same 

 time. Flowers early, and perfectly hardy. 



