18 ELLWAJS^GER d- BAnPcY'S CATALOGUE. 



C. O. var. COCciliea flore pleuo. Double Scarlet Thokn. A tree of fine 

 habit, with rich, luxuriant foliage. Flowers unusually large, much larger than the 

 double red, of a deep crimson color, with scarlet shade, and very double. A charm- 

 ing variety, f 100. 



var. ooeciiiea flore pleno Paiilii. PArL's Double Scarlet Thorx. 

 Flowers bright carmine red. Considered superior to any of its color. $1.00. 



A'ar. flore pleno. Double "White Thorn. Has small, double white 

 flowers. A highly ornamental variety, on account of both foliage and flowers. $<1.00. 



var. flore punicea. Scarlei Thorx. A remarkably showy tree. 



var. flore pilllicea pleno. Double Red or Superb Thorx. Bright 



double red flowers. $1.00. 



var. flore roseo. Pixk-flo-v\-eeixg Thorx. Eose-colored. fragrant 

 flowers. 



var foliis varieg'atis. Variegated Thorx. $1.00. 



var. Giinipperi bicolor. Gumppee's Thorn. Flowers white, edged 

 with rose. A charming variety. $1.00. 



var. pyraniidalis. Pykamidal Thorx. $1.00, 



C. taiiaceti folia. Taxst-leaved Thorx. A fine, large, vigorous tree, with 

 beautiful foliage and yellow fruit. $1.00. 



CUPRESSUS. Cypress. 



Glyptostrobus sinensis pendula. Chixese Weepixg Deciduous Cypress. 

 A deciduous conifer of medium size and erect, conical habit. Branches horizontal, 

 slender and drooping, fohage light green and tufted. Very distinct, novel and orna- 

 ment d. $1.00. 



CYTISUS. Golden Chain. Geisklee, Ger. Cytise, Fr. 



{Nat. Orc\ Fabacete.) 



C. alpinus. Alpixe or Scotch Laburxum. A native of the AIjds of Jura. 

 Also said to be found wild in Scotland. In good soil, grows from thirty to forty feet 

 in height. Of irregular, picturesque shape, smooth, shining foliage, which is larger 

 than the English, and yellow flowers in long racemes. Blooms later than the 

 English. 



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C. laburnum. Common Laburnu:m or Golden Chain. A native of Europe, 

 with smooth and shining foliage, and attaining the height of twenty feet. The name 

 " Golden Chain " alludes to the length of the drooping racemes of yellow flowers, 

 which, as Co wper elegantly describes them, are "rich in streaming gold." They 

 appear in June. 



var. purpurascens. syn. Adanii. An erect, vigorous variety, 

 which originated in the nursery of M. Adam. Paris. Flowers reddish purple, 

 slightly tinged with buff, and produced in pendant spikes eight inches or more long. 



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C. purpureus. Purple-flo\^-eeed Laburnum. Produces long racemes of 

 purple flowers. $1.00. 



FAGUS. Beech. Buche, Ger. Hetre, Fr. 



{Nat. Ord. Corylacea?.) 



The Beeches are well-known favorites, and the varieties herein described are re- 

 markably fine for the lawn. 



F. sylvatica var. cristata. Crested or Curled-leaved Beech. A 

 singular, Init very ornamental variety of the European : of medium size, with small 

 and almost sessile leaves, crowded into small, dense tufts. $1.50 to $3.00. 



F. s. var. euprea. Copper-leaved Beech. A variety with young shoots 

 and foliage of a paler color than those of the purple-leaved and copper colored, 

 hence the name. $l.."i0 to $3.00. 



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