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Acacia, (ROBINIA) 



DECAISNIANA. A variety of the 

 preceding, with delicate pink flow- 

 ers; very fine. $1. 



BESSONIANA. A variety of strong 

 growth, and without thorns, foliage 

 dark green, heavy and luxuriant. 

 We regard it as the most ornamen- 

 tal of all this family. $1. 



BULLATUM. A variety of the pre- 

 ceding, more compact. Dark 

 glossy foliage, hardy. $1. 



PYRAMIDAL, (pyramidalis.) An 

 upright variety with very dark 

 foliage. $1. 



REVOLUTA. A variety with fine, 

 delicate foliage ; young wood twist- 

 ed ; growth loose and straggling. $1. 



GUM, OR ROSE FLOWERED, 

 (viscosa.) Has beautiful rose colored 

 flowers, branches gummy, quite or- 

 namental. 



PROFUSE FLOWERING, (viscosa 

 floribunda.) Resembles the pre- 

 ceding. 



YISCOSA AM(ENA. Flowers pale 

 pink , changing to flesh color. 81. 



VISCOSA BELLA ROSEA. Flow- 

 ers flesh colored,tinged with yellow, 

 vigorous grower, fine dark foliage, 

 c no thorns. $1. 

 Ash, (FRAXINUS.) 



EUROPEAN, (excelsior.) A lofty 

 tree with pinnate foliage and 

 spreading head. 



GOLD BARKED, (aurea.) A fine 

 conspicuous tree in winter ; growth 

 irregular. $1. 



WILLOW LEAYED, (salicifolia.) 

 A remarkable and beautiful varie- 

 ty, with narrow, wavy leaves. A 

 robust, rapid grower. 



YARIEGATED WILLOW LEAV- 

 ED, (salicifolia var.) A variety of 

 the preceding, with beautiful foli- 

 age, striped with white. j$l. 



MYRTLE LEAVED, (viridis or myr- 

 tifolia.) A very remarkable tree, 

 of a low stunted growth, and dark 

 green, small myrtle like leaves. 



DARK GREEN, (atrovirens.) Re- 

 markable for its very dark green 

 foliage. $1. 



ELDER LEAVED, (sambucifolia.) 

 The American Black Ash. 



BOSC'S, (Bosci.) A scarce American 

 species, with dark, glossy foliage 

 and brown wooly shoots, distinct 

 and fine. 



Ash, (FRAXINUS.) 



AUCUBA LEAVED, (aucubafolia,) 

 A beautiful tree, with gold blotched 

 leaves like the Japan Aucuba. $1. 



GOLD SPOTTED LEAYED, (punc- 

 tata.) A variety with rich golden 

 spotted foliage; much brighter 

 than the preceding. $1. 



WALNUT LEAVED,(juglandifolia.) 



SINGLE LEAVED, (monophylla.) 

 Instead of pinnate leaves like most 

 of the ash it has single broad leaves; 

 A fine tree. $1. 



DWARF GLOBE HEADED. — A 

 seedling of ours — of delicate globu- 

 lar growth and small myrtle like 

 foliage ; worked 6 or 8 feet high it 

 makes a very pretty tree. $1. 



FLOWERING, (ornus europseus.) A 

 very ornamental, small tree ; flow- 

 ers fringe like, greenish white, pro- 

 duced early in June, in large clus- 

 ters on the end of the branches. 



LARGE LEAYED, (ornus Europseus 

 macrophylla.) A variety with lar- 

 ger foliage, stronger growth, and 

 larger clusters of flowers than the 

 common sort. 



ELONZA JAPONICA.— From Ja- 

 pan—a variety with slender branch- 

 es and delicate foliage. $1. 



PLATYCARPA.— A very remarka- 

 ble variety, readily distinguished by 

 its leaflets which are nearly round ; 

 young wood downy. 



RUFA.— An upright variety with 

 dark green single leaves ; occasion- 

 ally in threes. $1. 



PANNOS A.— Resembles Bosci, but 

 more downy and foliage much 

 larger. §1. 

 For Weeping varieties see class II, de- 

 signated as " weeping trees." 



Alder, (ALNUS.) 



CUT LEAVED, (lasciniata.) A very 

 ornamental variety with dark green 

 and deeply serrated foliage. $1. 



IMPERIAL CUT LEAVED, (las- 

 ciniata imperialis.) A new and 

 beautiful tree; foliage large and 

 deeply cut ; quite distinct from the 

 preceding; perfectly hardy and 

 vigorous; one of the finest cut 

 leaved trees in cultivation. $2. 

 See cut, page 7. 



