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ARALIA (Angelica Tree) 

 Spinosa (Hercules' Club) — A showy native, with 

 broad, handsomely cut leaves and huge clusters 

 of small white flowers in July. Its winter effect 

 is unique and handsome. Grows to 30 or 40 

 feet high. 



BETULA (Birch) 

 Alba (European White Birch) — This is the famous 

 Birch of literature, poetically called "The Tady 

 of the Woods," growing sometimes 80 feet high. 

 Quite erect when young, its branches begin to 

 droop gracefully with age. Its bark is snow- 

 white, and very effective in landscape views, 

 especially if grown in front of a background of 

 dark evergreens. 



Var. atropurpurea (Purple Birch) — A handsome, 

 white-barked tree, growing SO to 80 feet high, 

 with dark purple leaves which contrast beauti- 

 fully with the bark. 



CATALPA 



Bungei (Chinese Catalpa) — ^^A curious dwarf catal- 

 pa. It is very useful in formal work when 

 grafted on stems of the Catalpa Speciosa, form- 

 ing a pretty, dome-shaped head 10 to 12 feet 

 high, of great, soft, heavy leaves. The flowers 

 are borne in large clusters a foot long; the 

 leaves are laid with shingle-like precision. 

 Hardy, strong-growing, unique. 



Speciosa (Western Catalpa) — A fine hardy sort, 

 well adapted for forest and ornamental planting. 

 The coarse-grained, soft wood is very durable 

 and useful for railroad ties, fence-posts, etc. 

 Blooms earlier than the others and grows to be 

 a large tree 100 feet high. In late summer, its 

 great crop of long, narrow "beans" is very ef- 

 fective. 



CELTIS (Hackberry, Nettle Tree) 



Occidentalism — A rare native tree that deserves 

 much more general planting. It grows 100 to 

 120 feet high and its light green leaves are 

 glossy, pointed, almost entirely free from in- 

 sects; the branches spread horizontally, forming 

 a wide, elm-shaped head of medium size. Vig- 

 orous, hardy and healthy, thriving in all soils. 



Var. pumila — A dwarf form, rarely over 30 feet 

 tall, and with smaller leaves. Sometimes more 

 desirable by reason of its height. 



CERASUS (Cherry) 



Avium, alba flore pleno (Double White-flowering 

 Cherry) — A charming small tree, 20 feet high, 

 with branches completely hidden by a mass of 

 large double white flowers in May. 



CERCIS (Red Bud, Judas Tree) 



Canadensis — The hardiest and, perhaps, the finest 

 species of a handsome group of early and pro- 

 fuse-flowering trees. Medium height, 20 to 30 

 feet, forming a broad, irregular head of glossy, 

 heart-shaped leaves that color pure yellow in 

 fall. It blooms in earliest spring, with the dog- 

 woods and magnolias, and is valuable for group- 

 ing with them. 



CORNUS (Dogwood) 



Florida (White-flowering Dogwood) — The great 

 white flowers are 3 inches and more in width, 

 lasting in favorable weather for as many weeks. 

 Besides the fine characteristics given above, the 

 bright red bark on its young growths makes it 

 attractive and cheery in winter. Tree rarely 

 grows over 20 feet in height and is branching 

 in habit. Blooms when small. 



CRATAEGUS (Flowering Thorn) 



A low, dense, neat habit of the thorns adapts 

 them for planting in small yards and for grouping 

 anywhere. Are very hardy and grow well in all 

 dry soils. The foliage is varied, always attractive, 

 handsome and almost evergreen in some cases; 

 the flowers are showy and abundant, often quite 

 fragrant; the fruits are retained long in some 

 species, are so thick as to burden the branches 

 and frequently of bright colors. Their foliage 

 colors brilliantly in fall. 



Crus-galli (Cockspur Thorn) — A dwarf tree, rare- 

 ly over 20 feet high, with widely extending hori- 

 zontal branches, giving it a flat-topped effect. 

 The leaves are thick, glossy, coloring to rich 

 orange and scarlet in fall; flowers profuse, white 

 with tinge of red, opening in May; fruits showy 

 scarlet, persistent until spring. 



Oxyacantha, alba flore pleno (Double White 

 Thorn) — When in bloom a mass of clustered 

 double rose-like white blossoms. This is the 

 famous May thorn of English gardens, not 

 often over 10 feet in height, with spreading 

 branches and stout spines. Very handsome. 



Coccinea flora pleno (Paul's Double Scarlet 

 Thorn) — Of quick growth, showy, new and per- 

 haps the best sort. The large perfectly double 

 flowers are a rich glowing crimson. 



Rosea flore pleno (Double Pink Hawthorn) — Has 

 the English Hawthorn's fine habit and fra- 

 grance. Pretty rose-colored blooms. 



CYTISUS 



Laburnum (Golden Chain or Bean Tree)— This 

 charming small tree, which rarely grows over 

 20 feet tall, takes its familiar name from the 

 long racemes of golden yellow flowers with 

 which it is radiant in June. It is picturesquely ir- 

 regular in growth and has glossy pinnate 

 leaves. Prefers a somewhat sheltered situation. 



FAGUS (Beech) 



Ferruginea (American Beech)— Our noble forest 

 tree, growing to 80 feet, with silvery bark; fine 

 spreading growth and symmetrically rounded 

 head. Especially attractive in spring with the 

 tender, delicate green of its leaves and pendent 

 flowers. Pure yellow in fall. 



Purpurea (Purple or Copper Beech) — A vigouous, 

 elegant tree, reaching SO to 80 ft. in height, with 

 foliage changing from deep purple in spring, 

 through crimson in summer, to purplish green in 

 fall. Hardy, long-lived, free from insect pests, 

 useful for specimens or grouping. 



Var. Purpurea Riversi (Rivers' Blood-leaved 

 Beech) — Where a large tree with purple foliage 

 is wanted, nothing- equals this. It is generally 

 conceded to be the finest of all purple-leaved 

 trees. Though it varies in intensity of color, 

 from early spring until late fall the leaves are 

 always a rich shade. Grows SO to 80 feet high. 



FRAXINUS (Ash) 

 Americana (American White Ash) — Our forest 

 tree, tallest of the species, growing to 120 feet 

 high, with straight, clean trunk, smooth, gray 

 bark and glossy leaves. Useful for parks and 

 streets. See page 86 for a good street view. 



GLEDITSCHIA (Honey Locust) 

 Tricantha (Three-Thorned Honey Locust) — A 

 large, vigorous tree, over 100 ft. high, with 

 wide-spreading branches, feathery fern-like 

 leaves, and a stout armament of thorns. Makes 

 a fine defensive hedge. Bears long, pendent 

 seed-pods, which, when slightly twisted, give 

 forth their sweetish juice. It is greatly relished 

 by country children. 



GYMNOCLADUS 



Canadensis (Kentucky Coffee Tree) — A pic- 

 turesquely irregular tree, 30 to 60 feet high, with 

 peculiar rough-barked, twigless branches and 

 broad fronds of twice-pinnate foliage of a 

 peculiar bluish green. Bears long racemes of 

 white flowers in early summer. The familiar 

 name is from the seeds in its broad beans, which 

 were once used for coffee in the southern moun- 

 tains. Yellow in fall. 



