30 ELLWANGER & BARRY S CATALOGUE. 



Fag us sylvatica. European Beech. A beautiful tree attaining a height of 

 sixty to eighty feet. 



var. cristata. Crested or CuRiiED-LEAVED Beech. A singular, 

 but very ornamental variety of the European ; of medium size, with small and almost 

 sessile leaves, crowded into small, dense lufts. $1.50 to $3.00. 



var. heterophyila. Fern-leaved Beech. A tree of elegant, round 

 habit, and delicately cut fern-like foliage. During the growing season its young 

 shoots are like tendrils, giving a graceful, wavy aspect to the tree. One of the finest 

 lawn trees. See cut, $1.50 to $2.00. 



var. incisa. Cut-leaved Beech. A fine, erect, free-growing tree, with 

 deeply incised foliage. Like the fern-leaved, a variety of rare beauty and excellence, 

 $1.50 to $2.00. 



var. macropliylla. Broad-leaved Beech. A vigorous variety, 

 with very large foliage. Distinct and fine. |1.50 to $2.00. 



var. pendula. Weeping Beech. Originated in Belgium. A remark- 

 ably vigorous, picturesque tree of large size. Its mode of growth is extremely curious. 

 The trunk or stem is generally straight, with the branches tortuous and spreading ; 

 quite ungainly in appearance, divested of their leaves, but when covered with rich, 

 luxuriant foliage, of wonderful grace and beauty. See cut. $1.50 to $3.00. 



var. purpurea. Purple-leaved Beech. Discovered in a German 

 forest. An elegant vigorous tree, growing 40 to 50 feet high. The foliage in spring is 

 deep purple, and later in the season changes to crimson, and again to a dull purplish 

 green in the fall. $1.50 to $2.00. 



var. purpurea major. An erect, rapid grower; leaves large, shining 

 and very dark purple. $2.00. 



var. purpurea Riversii. Kiver's Smooth-leaved Purple Beech. 

 This variety, which we procured of Mr. Hivers, differs from the ordinary Purple- 

 leaved Beech by its compact, symmetrical habit of growth, and crimson foliage early 

 in the spring, changing to a dark purple in summer. Tlie finest of all purple-leaved 

 trees. $1.50 to $3.00. 



var. quercifolia. Oak-leaved Beech. Dwarf habit ; distinct, fine 

 foliage. $2.00. 



FKAXINUS. Ash. Esche, Ger. Frene, Fr. 



This is a large family, and comprises many species and varieties of great beauty and value. 



F. alba arg^entea margmata. A medium sized tree with elegant varie- 

 gated foliage. The inner portions of the leaves are a deep green, while the margins 

 are silvery white. $1.00. 



F. Americana var. aucubse folia. Aucuba-leaved Ash. A beautiful 

 variety, with gold-blotched leaves like the Japan Aucuba. As the variegation is per- 

 manent, the tree is valuable for grouping with purple leaved trees. Punctata resem- 

 bles this so closely, that we do not deem it necessary to grow both. $1.00. See cut. 



var. Bosci. Bosc's Ash. A scarce American variety, with dark, glossy 

 foliage, and brown woolly shoots ; distinct and fine. $1.00. 



var. juglandifolia. Walnut-leaved Ash. A native tree, growing 

 from 30 to 50 feet high ; flowers in May. $1.00. 



var. panuosa. Cloth-like-leaved Ash. A native of Carolina. Ee- 

 sembles Bosci, but more downy, and foliage much larger. $1.00. 



var. rufa. Kup^ous-haired Ash. An American variety, of upright habit, 

 with dark green single leaves, occasionally in threes. $1.00. 



var. sambucifolia. American Black Ash. A small or medium sized 

 tree, with fine foliage. $1.00. 



F. excelsior. European Ash. A lofty tree, of rapid growth, with spreading 

 head and gray bark, pinnate leaves and black buds. 



