ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 37 



PJEKSICA. Peach. Pfirsich, Ger. 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, highly 

 colored flowers, rendering the tree a most interesting object and attracting notice from a dis- 

 tance. The double red, double rose, and double white varieties planted in a group, produce a 

 charming effect. We cannot too highly recommend these superb flowering trees. 



P. vulgaris fl. alba plena. Double White-flowering Peach. Very 

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



P. vulgaris fl. rosea plena. Double Eose-flowering Peach. Flow- 

 ers double, pale rose colored, like small roses. Very pretty. May. 



P. vulgaris fl. sanguiuea plena. Double Eed-Flowerlng 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 t]?e same 

 time. Flowers early, and perfectly hardy. 



P. vulgaris foliis purpureis. Purple or Blood-leaved Peach. 

 Found on the battlefield of Fort Donelson, in Kentucky. Foliage of a deep 

 blood-red color in spring, fading to a dull green as the season advances, but .the young 

 growth preserves its dark color the entire summer. Very valuable on account of its 

 rapid growth and iiandsome foliage. The tree should be severely cut back every 

 spring. 



PHELLODENDKOX. 



P. Amurense. Chinese Cork Tree. A hardy tree from Manchooria, grow- 

 ing 60 feet high in its native country, with thick corky bark and elegant pinnate foli- 

 age three or four feet long. In general appearance and rapidity of growth it resembles 

 the Ailantus. $1.00. 



PLANEKA, 



P. acuminata. From Japan. Medium size, resembling the Elm, slender 

 branches and branchlets ; leaves medium size, oblong ovate, smooth, bright green. 

 This is the Ulmus Keaki of Siebold. $1.00. 



POPUL.US. Poplar. Poppel, Ger. Peuplier, Fr. 



*P. alba. White or Silver Poplar, or Silver Abele. From Europe. 

 A tree of wonderfully rapid growth, and wide spreading habit. Leaves large, lobed, 

 glossy green above and white as snow beneath. Prefers a moist soil, but flourishes 

 anywhere. 



var, Bolleana, A very compact upright grower, resembling, the Lom- 

 bardy Poplar, with leaves glossy, green above and silvery beneath. 



var. canescens. Gray or Common White Poplar. A native of 

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

 downy beneath. A fine tree for marshy soils. 



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

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



P. angustifolia. A native tree of medium size, pyramidal habit with narrow 

 leaves. 



*P. balsamifera. Balsam Poplar or Tacamahac. A native species of 

 remarkably rapid, luxuriant growth, with large glossy foliage. 



P. Canadensis. Cottonwood or Canadian Poplar. A tall native tree 

 growing 80 feet high, with broadly deltoid, glabrous shining serrate leaves. 



var, aurea Van Geertii. Has fine golden yellow foliage, retaining 

 its brilliancy throughout the season ; eflfective in masses. 75 cents. 



