GENERAL CATALOGUE 



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CELTIS. Nettle Tree. Hackberry 



C. occidentalis. Americav Nettle Tree. B. A rare native tree, with numerovts slender branches, 

 which spread out horizontally, and thick, rough bark. Leaves about the size and form of those of 

 the apple, but more pointed, and a bright, shiny green. 50c. 



CERASUS. Cherry 



A verj' ornamental family of trees. The drooping varieties are especially adapted to beautify small grounds. As 

 single specimens on the lawn they are unique and handsome, and require only to be better known in order to be exten- 

 sively planted. 



C. avium var. flore alba plena. Large Double-flowered Cherry. B. At the period of flowering 

 in iNIay, a remarkably beautiful and attractive tree. The flowers are so numerous as to conceal the 

 branches, and present to the eye nothing but a mass of bloom, each flower resembling a miniature 

 rose. A valuable variety. 50c. 



C. James H. Veitch. C. A form of Japanese cherry, producing deep rose-pink double flowers in 

 early spring in great profusion. $2.00. 



C. Japonica pendula. Japax Weeping Cherry. C. Growth feathery and graceful; flowers single 

 white, fruit red. One of the finest of the small-headed pendent cherries. $1.50. 



C. Japonica. var. rosea pendula. Japan Weepixg Rose-flowered Cherry. C. Brought from 

 Japan by Von Siebold, and is certainly one of the finest pendulous trees for lawns or small 

 grounds. The branches are slender, and fall gracefully to the ground, and the flowers are rose- 

 colored, appearing before the leaves. Undoubtedly the finest weeping cherry, and one of the 

 finest weeping trees in cultivation. $1.50. 



C. Rhexi fl. pi. C. A very fine double white flowered variety, covered at the blossoming season 

 with a profusion of flowers having the appearance of small roses. $1.00. 



C. Sieboldii alba plena. Siebold's Double-flowered Cherry. C. Semi-double white flowers, 

 fine. $1.00. 



C. Sieboldii rubra plena. Siebold's Double Red-flowered Cherry. C. Semi-double flowers, white, 

 tinged with red. $1.00. 



CERCIS. Judas Tree, or Red Bud 



C. Canadensis. American Judas Tree. B. A very ornamental native tree, of medium size, irregu- 

 lar rounded form, with perfect heart-shaped leaves of a pure green color, glossy surface above, and 

 grayish green beneath. The tree derives the name of Red Bud from the profusion of delicate 

 reddish purple flowers with which it is covered before the foliage appears. Flowering at the same 

 time with the Chinese Magnolias, it may be planted among them in groups with fine effect. Grown 

 as single specimens they are also beautiful and attractive, and deserve to be classed among our 

 finest ornamental trees. 50c. 



CHIONANTHUS. Fringe Tree 



C. Virginica. White Fringe. C. A small native tree or shrub, of roundish form, with large, glossy 

 leaves and drooping racemes of pure white flowers, having narrow, fringe-like petals ; blossoms in 

 May or June. A superb lawn tree. 75c. 



CLADRASTIS 



C. tinctoria, syn. Virgilia lutea. Yellow Wood. B. One of the finest American trees. Of mod- 

 erate growi:h, broadly rounded head, foliage compound, of a light green color, turning to a warm 

 yellow in autumn ; flowers pea-shaped, white, sweet-scented, appearing in June in great profusion, 

 in long drooping racemes covering the tree. $1.00. 



CORNUS. Flowering Dogwood 



C. florida. White-flowered Dogwood. B. An American species, of spreading, irregular form, 

 growing from 16 to 25 feet high. The flowers produced in spring before the leaves appear are 

 from 3 to 3^ inches in diameter, white and very showy. They begin to appear just as the Mag- 

 nolia flowers are fading, and are invaluable for maintaining a succession of bloom in the garden 

 border or on the lawn. They also are very durable, lasting in favorable weather more than two 

 weeks. Besides being a tree of fine form, its foliage is of a grayish green color, glossy and hand- 

 some, and in the autumn turns to a deep red, rendering the tree one of the most showy and beau- 

 tiful objects at that season. $1.00. 



var. flore rubro. Red-flowered Dogwood. B. A variety producing flowers suffused with 

 bright red; blooms when quite young. One of the finest flowering trees. $1.50. 



