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Elm, (ULMUS.) 



ASH COLORED, (cinerea.) A very 

 vigorous grower, fine, large, rich 

 foliage. $1. 



CORNISH. A fine, upright variety 

 of the English — of more vigorous 

 growth. 



SERRATED LEAVED,(serratifolia.) 

 A beautiful, compact grower, with 

 dark foliage. $1. 



KACKIL— A new variety with large, 



smooth, glossy leaves, deeply den- 



tated, very upright ; distinct. $1. 



For Weeping Elms see " Weeping 



Trees." 



Horse Chestnut, (^ESCULUS.) 



* WHITE FLOWERING. The com- 

 mon, well known species ; a hardy, 

 healthy tree, free from all diseases ; 

 covered in June with magnificent, 

 erect spikes or panicles of flowers, 

 white, lightly marked with red. 



DOUBLE WHITE. A variety of 

 the preceding, with double flowers ; 

 very rare. $1. 



REDFLOWERING,(rubicunda.) A 

 splendid tree, with showy red flow- 

 ers ; blooms a little later than the 

 white, and the leaves are of a deeper 

 green. $1. 



VARIEGATED, (fol. aurea.) A vari- 

 egated leaved variety of rubicunda. 

 $1. 



WHITLEY'S RED, (whitlejii cocci- 

 nea.) A variety of the rubicunda. 

 $1. 



CUT LEAVED, lasciniata.) A curi- 

 ous variety, with delicate fern-like 

 foliage. $1. 



SMOOTH LEAVED AMERICAN, 

 (glabra.) The Buckeye has smooth 

 leaves and large panicles of pale 

 yellow flowers ; blooms before the 

 others. 



DWARF DOUBLE FLOWERING, 

 (nana fl. pi.) A dwarf variety with 

 large foliage and. very compact 

 head ; never attains more than 8 to 

 1 feet in height. 



The Smooth Fruited Horse Chest- 

 nut, (PAVIA.) 



RED FLOWERED, (rubra.) A 

 small sized tree, with brownish red 

 flowers. $1. 



YELLOW FLOWERED, (flava.) 

 Has pale green, downy leaves, and 

 yellow flowers. $1. 



The Smooth Fruited Horse Chest- 

 nut, (PAVIA.) 

 PENDULOUS DWARF RED, (pu- 



mila pendula ) This makes a beau- 

 • tiful tree when grafted high on the 

 other sorts ; on its own roots it is 

 merely a straggling shrub. $1. 



PURPLE, (purpurea.) A variety of 

 the rubra with purplish red flow- 

 ers ; of dwarf habit. $1. 



RUBRA ATROSANGUINEA. — 

 Flowers dark red, young wood and 

 foliage quite smooth; of dwarf 

 habit. SI. 



DOWNY LEAVED, (carnea pube- 

 scens.) A variety of the rubra with 

 flesh colored flowers. $1. 



CARNEA SUPERB A. — A dwarf 

 variety of the preceding, with much 

 darker flowers ; very distinct. $1. 

 Hornbeam, (CARPINUS.) 



AMERICAN, (Americana.) 

 Judas Tree, on RED BUD, (cercis 

 canadensis.) Red flowering, cov- 

 ered with fine, delicate, purple 

 flowers before the leaves appear ; 

 leaves very large, roundish, dark ; 

 very ornamental. 



Kentucky Coffee Tree, (Gymnocla- 

 dus canadensis.) A fine tree, with 

 long feathery foliage; stiff, blunt 

 shoots ; grows rapidly. 



Kolreuteria, PANICULATA. A 

 small tree, with fine lobed leaves 

 and large panicles of showy yellow 

 flowers in the latter end of July ; 

 leaves change in Autumn to a fine 

 yellow ; deserves much more atten- 

 tion than it receives. 



Larch, (LARIX.) 



EUROPEAN, (Europaeus.) An ele- 

 gant, rapid growing, pyramidal 

 tree ; valuable for timber, small 

 branches,drooping. See cut page 10. 

 GOLDEN, (Kcempferi.) A new va- 

 riety from Japan ; foliage when 

 young of a light green, changing 

 to a fine golden yellow in Fall. $1. 



Laburnum, (CYTISSUS.) 



ENGLISH, (Laburnum.) A beauti- 

 ful tree, with long pendant racemes 

 of clear yellow blossoms in June, 

 and smooth, shining foliage. 

 SCOTCH, (alpinus.) Resembles the 

 preceding, but blooms later and has 

 much larger foliage. 



