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CRATAEGUS ■ Hawthorn 



^7he HAWTHORN family offers a wide variety of small spiny trees which range 

 in height from 15 to 40 feet. They have excellent foliage and attractive flowers which 

 vary from white through pink to red; these are followed by brilliant fruit which is usually 

 lustrous red, orange or yellow and hang on the trees during most of the winter. The 

 autumnal tints of the foliage are vivid. No trees are more easily grown. A good loam 

 and an open fully exposed situation are the essentials. They love the wind and the bright 

 rays of the burning sun and are valuable as a windbreak or shelter for plants less hardy than 

 they. Their habit of growth and the rugged thorns make them invaluable as hedge plants 

 and a single specimen or mass of them on the lawn with their decorative luxuriance are 

 worthy of the stateliest setting. 



CRATAEGUS carrierei (Carrier e Hawthorn). 



A small tree which grows about 20 feet in height. 

 Spreading branches are armed with stout spikes. Lus- 

 trous green foliage, large flowers with red discs. 

 Bears fruit prolifically, which is ovoid in shape and a 

 bright orange in color. Sprays covered with long 

 pointed thorns and brilliant fruit are used extensively 

 for house decoration in the autumn. 



C. cordata (Washington Hawthorn). Slender, 

 grows about 2 5 feet tall, with a small, shapely crown 

 and nearly triangular leaves which turn brilliant 

 scarlet in the autumn. One of the latest to open 

 its perfect, white flowers. The small lustrous, scar- 

 let fruit hangs in clusters and remains on the tree 

 until spring. Extremely hardy, pre-eminently suited 

 for park, garden or street planting. 



C. mollis (Downy Hawthorn). Among the most 

 decorative of Hawthorns, with large bright green 

 foliage and showy white flowers. Attractive scarlet 

 fruit, somewhat pear-shaped and usually about one- 

 half inch in diameter. Very rugged and pleasing 

 form, short stout thorns. Picturesque winter appear- 

 ance. 



C. oxycantha albo-plena (Double White English 

 Hawthorn). A double-flowering variety of the old 

 English Hawthorn. Snow white, fragrant blooms in 

 profusion. Rugged, thorny, makes an exceptional ap- 

 pearance in the hedge or shelter or as a single speci- 

 men. Seldom grows over 1 5 feet, thrives in any sunny, 

 airy location. 



C. oxycantha albo-plena (Espalier) (Double 

 White Flowering Hawthorn). Trained to grow 

 in a vertical flat plane for the garden or garage wall 



or along the boundary fence so that the attractive 

 foliage, flower, and fruit can block out objectionable 

 sights or afford those whose grounds lack space a 

 wealth of beauty and charm they would otherwise be 

 denied. 



C. oxycantha pauli (Pauls Double Scarlet Haw- 

 thorn). Few trees are more appreciated than this. 

 It richly deserves the enviable place it has won in 

 the affection of garden lovers. Bears double, scarlet 

 flowers in great profusion and bright green foliage. 

 Pleasing as a showy accent plant and a hedge of them in 

 bloom is one of the grandest sights in nature. 



C. oxycantha rosea plena (Double Pink, English 

 Hawthorn). Double pink variety of the famed 

 Hawthorn common throughout the greater part of 

 Europe. A charming small tree growing to about 

 15 to 20 feet in height. Bright green foliage, thorny 

 limbs. Grows happiest in bright, airy positions and 

 is an excellent hedge plant. 



C. punctata (Dotted Hawthorn). Grows to 5 

 feet, with horizontally spreading branches and short, 

 stout spines. Large flowers with yellow or rose col- 

 ored anthers followed by great quantities of fruit of 

 various colors, sometimes red or yellow orange. One of 

 the most admired American Hawthorns. 



DIOSPYROS virginiana ( Common Persim- 

 mon). An ornamental tree with handsome, lustrous 

 foliage and decorative and edible fruits. The fruit is 

 varied and interesting, is usually about one inch 

 in diameter, globe shaped, orange with a red cheek, 

 and has a rich, sweet flavor. Generally grows thirty 

 feet high in open, sunny locations and develops 

 into a useful, picturesque specimen. 



FAGUS • Beech 



HE BEECHES are tall, deciduous, hardy trees of noble symmetrical habit with smooth, 

 light gray bark and clean, dark green or purple foliage, seldom attacked by insects or dis- 

 ease. They usually thrive in soil useless for the oak and other forest trees and are attractive 

 all through the year. In fact, naming the season in which it is at the height of its beauty 

 would be difficult. Whether it is in May when the fresh glossy green, crinkled leaves 

 burst from the brown pointed sheaths, or when one looks up through the shining yellow 

 of their gold, to a clear deep blue October sky; or when the smooth gray trunk and branches 

 are softly etched against the snow, are questions only to be answered by the individual and 

 are solely dependent upon taste and preference. The multitudinous leaves throw a dense, 



