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fully ten inches high, are upthrust from the ends of thousands of branches. It will 

 grow well on sandy or on calcareous soils but does best in rich, cool loam. Given plenty 

 of room on the lawn it will exceed 100 feet in height and twenty feet in girth of trunk. 



AESCULUS carnea (Red Horsechestnut). Very 

 handsome and desirable. Foliage is darker green than 

 the white Horsechestnut. Resists drought. Lovely 

 flowers in May vary from light pink to scarlet. A 

 fine specimen tree for the lawn. 



A. hippocastanum (European Horsechestnut). 



Native of Greece and Bulgaria. Develops into a very 

 large tree. Showy white flowers in panicles from 

 8 to 12 inches long borne in great profusion in May. 

 An excellent shade tree. 



A. hippocastanum alba flora-plena (Double 

 White- flowered Horsechestnut) . Same character- 

 istics as the European Horsechestnut. Large, showy, 

 double white flowers in great abundance. 



ALBIZZIA julibrissin rosea (Mimosa tree). 



For those who have reserved a favored spot in the 

 garden for a plant of exotic beauty and charm, we 

 recommend the Mimosa tree. It forms a low grow- 

 ing specimen of spreading, somewhat pendulous habit 

 and in early summer bears fragrant, bright pink 

 flowers crowded in heads at the ends of branches. 

 These are followed by long, showy seed pods. The 

 foliage is graceful and feathery and composed of 

 numerous tremulous leaflets which tend to make this 

 an exquisitely lovely tree that subtly enriches the 

 garden and soon wins itself an exalted place in the 

 esteem of its possessor. 



The lovely Mimosa lives up to its name, silk tree. A close-tip showing its fluffy, silken blossoms, and graceful 

 foliage, truly a magnificent specimen on any lawn, however small. 



Phillip D. Gendreau 



