ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. W 



*P. a. var. canescens. Gray or Common White Poplar. A native of Great 

 Britain. Branches upright and compact. Leaves roundish, waved and toothed, downy 

 beneath. A tine tree for marshy soils. 



var. Iiivea. Foliage larger than that of the species, white and very downy 

 underneath. Produces a tine contrast with the green foliage of other trees. 



*P. balsamif era. Balsam Poplar or Tacamahac. A native species of re- 

 markably rapid, luxuriant growth, with large glossy foliage. 



P. crispa. Lindley's Crisp or Curled-leaved Poplar. A singular variety, 

 the bark on the young wood being raised in furrows. 



P. elegans. Of upright growth, brownish wood and fine foliage. 



P. Eugenie. A recent introduction of pyramidal habit, very rapid growth, and 

 handsome yellowish green foliage. 



*P. fastigiata or clilatata. Lombardy Poplar. A native of Italy. At- 

 tains a height of from 100 to 150 feet. Well known and remarkable for its erect, rapid 

 growth, and tall, spiry form. Indispensable in landscape gardening, to break the ordi- 

 nary and monotonous outlines of most other trees. 



P. graildidentatapendula. Weeping Tooth-leaved Poplar. A variety of 

 rapid growth, with long, slender branches, drooping gracefully to the ground ; foliage 

 large and deeply serrated. One of the finest weepers. $1.00. 



P. "Parasol cle St. Juliem' 9 A variety from France, of fine drooping 

 habit. $1.00. 



P. rotundifolia. Round-leaved Poplar. A new and distinct species from 

 Japan. Tree of spreading habit with large, nearly round leaves, dark green above and 

 downy underneath. 



PRUNUS. Plum and Cherry. 



P. domestica var. foliis vaiiegatis. Variegated -leaved Plum. A 

 variety with yellow variegated foliage. Bears good fruit. 



P. Padus. European Bird Cherry. A rapid growing, beautiful tree, with 

 glossy foliage, and long bunches of white, fragrant flowers in May, succeeded by clusters 

 of fruit like black currants. 



var. aucubsefolia. Aucuba-leaved Bibd Cherry. A fine variety, 

 with large foliage, sprinkled with white blotches. 



var. variegata. Vabiegated-leaved Bibd Cherry. A handsome va- 

 riety with variegated foliage ; young growth, slender and drooping. 



P. spin osa var. flore pleilO. Double-flowered Sloe. A beautiful 

 small tree or large shrub from Japan, covered in spring with small, double daisy-like 

 white flowers, succeeded by small, dark purple fruit. 



. PTERO CARTA. 



P. fraxinifolia. A medium sized, rapid growing tree, related to the Walnuts 

 and Hickories ; native of Caucasus, and the northern shores of the Black Sea. A valu- 

 able ornamental tree with pinnate, very dark green leaves which persist later in the 

 autumn then those of the European Elm. The foliage of this tree is remarkably dense 

 and rich, and its habit neat and compact. $1.50. 



PTRUS. Apple and Sorbus. 



I. Apple. 



Pyrus mains baccata var. caniea pleno. A beautiful variety, with 

 delicate flesh-colored double flowers. 



P. m. communis aucubsefol ; a. Beautiful spotted foliage ; flowers white, 

 shaded pink. 



