12 ELLWANGEE & BARRY'S CATALOGUE. 



AL.XUS. Alder. Ekle, Ger. Aulne, Fr. 



{Nat. Ord. Betulaceae.) 



The cut leaved varieties in this family are particularly elegant and ornamental. 



A. iiriria. A distinct species recently introduced from Japan. $1.50. 



*A. g'llltinosa. Eueopean ob Common Aldee. A remarkably rapid growing 

 tree, attaining a height of from thirty to sixty feet. Foliage roundish, wedge-shaped 

 and wavy. This species is specially adapted to moist situations. 25 cts. to 50 cts. 



A^ar. laciniata. Cut-leaved Aldek. From Northern France. A very 

 ornamental variet}^ with dark green and deeply serrated foliage. $1.00. 



var. laciniata imperialis. Impeeial Cut-leaved Aldee. This 

 charming variety is as yet very little known, owing, no doubt, to the difficulty exper- 

 ienced in its propagation. It is a stately tree, of graceful, slender growth, with 

 large and deeply laciniated foliage ; at the same time vigorous and perfectly hardy. 

 Unsurpassed as a lawn tree. See cut page 10. $2.00. 



var. OXyacantliaefolia. Hawthoen-leaved Aldee. Tree of fine 

 liabit, and foliage somewhat similar to that of the common hawthorn. Very distinct 

 and ornamental. $1.00. 



A. incana laciniata. A handsome tree with regularly laciniated foliage. 

 As yet quite rare, and when better known will be regarded as one of the best of the 

 genus. $2.00. 



A. fJaponica. Japan Aldee. A distinct Japanese species, with foliage re- 

 sembling that of the Morello cherry. $1.00. 



AMELANCHIER. Mespilus. Amelanchier, Fr. 



{Nat. Ord. Pomacese.) 



A. Botryapium. An American species know^n as "June berry," "wild 

 p3ar" and '' shad blow." Grows 30 to 4:0 feet high. Flowers white, produced early 

 in April, succeeded by a small fruit of a purplish color. 



A. ovalis. Oval-leaved Amelanchiee. A native of North America. When 

 grafted 5 or G feet high it makes a very handsome small tree. $1.00. 



For A. 'Dulgaris see " Ornamental Shrubs." 



AMYGDAL.XJS. Almond. Mandelbaum, Ger. Amandiee, Fr. 



{Nat. Ord. Drupaceae.) 



A. communis flore roseo pleno. Laege Double-floweeing Almond. 

 A vigorous, beautiful tree, covered in April with double rose colored blossoms, like 

 small roses. 



A. communis striata. Steiped-barked Almond. An ornamental variety 

 with bark and foliage yellow striped. 



For dwarf varieties see " Ornamental Shrubs.'' 



BETULA. Birch. Bieke, Ger. Bouleau, Fr. 

 {Nat. Ord. Betulaceiie.) 

 This genus embraces a very popular and highly ornamental class of trees. 



B. alba. Eueopean White Weeping Birch. A graceful tree, of moderate 

 size, with silvery bark and slender branches. Quite erect when young, but after four 

 or five years' growth, assumes an elegant drooping habit, rendering the tree very 

 effective in landscapes. 



var. fastij»'iata. Of elegant pyramidal habit, like the Lomhardy Poplar. 

 Bark silvery white. Very distinct and ornamental. Quite rare. $1.50. 



var. foliis purpureis. New Purple-leaved Biech. A very desira- 

 ble novelty just introduced. It possesses the vigorous habit of the Bi?*ches, and has 

 beautiful i)urple foliage as dark in color as that of the Purple Beech. $5.00 eaeh. 



