142 THE GREENING PICTORIAL SYSTEM OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



HALESIA 

 (Snowdrop, or Silver Bell Tree) 

 Tetraptera — ^^A neat and pretty little tree, rarely 

 over 12 ft. high, with large, dark green leaves. 

 May be grown as a shrub. In May while the 

 leaves are yet small, its branches are hung 

 thickly with small white or pinkish drooping 

 bells about one inch long. These are followed 

 by large and curious winged seeds which impart 

 to it a peculiar ornamental effect. 



KOELREUTERIA 



Paniculata (Varnish Tree) — A rare tree, 25 to 30 

 feet high, from North China, very showy in 

 July, when spangled with foot-long clusters of 

 golden yellow flowers, and in autumn when its 

 foliage colors to crimson and gold. It is perfect- 

 ly hardy, and its neat, trim shape, coupled with 

 its light, airy leaves, makes a very desirable tree 

 for the lawn. 



LARIX (I.arcli) 



LARIX (Larch) 



Europaea (European Larch — A tall and hand- 

 some deciduous conifer, which grows to 100 feet 

 in height, with tapering trunk and pyramidal 

 head. Particularly beautiful in early spring 

 when covered with soft and feathery foliage of 

 a delicate green. Its plumy foliage and droop- 

 ing twigs give it a very graceful effect, while its 

 trim, straight figure is most imposing and majes- 

 tic and becomes the feature of any landscape. 



LIQUIDAMBAR 



Styraciflua (Sweet Gum) — A tree that is iDcaiitiful 

 at all stages, and useful in all sorts of planting. 



Varying from 60 to 80 feet in height, it has a 

 narrow, ovate head, formed of short corky- 

 wii.ged branches and masses of star-shaped 

 lustrous leaves that color to intense crimson 

 scarlet in fall. Even in winter its odd, swing- 

 ing sea balls and corked winged branches make 

 it picturesque and interesting. The name is 

 from its fragrant sap and leaves. We have no 

 finer tree for street and park planting or for 

 specimens. 



LIRIODENDRON 



Tulipifera (Tulip Tree) — A tall, magnificent native 

 of rapid, pyramidal growth, to 100 feet. Its 

 smooth erect gray trunk rises to a great height 

 and is clothed with a splendid vesture of large 

 glossy leaves, spangled in spring with large 

 tulip-shaped flowers of greenish yellow an'd 

 orange. One of our most distinguished tall 

 trees, for broad avenues, parks and lawns. 



MAGNOLIA 



The spring inflorescence of the Magnolias is 

 grand beyond description. Their great white, pink 

 and purple cups open in rich profusion before the 

 leaves of other trees appear. The fruits which fol- 

 low them are large, bright-colored and showy; the 

 leaves are tropical in size and appearance; the 

 trees are naturally of fine habit and bloom when 

 quite small. They should be transplanted only in 

 spring. 



Soulangeana (Soulange's Magnolia)— One of the 

 hardiest and finest of foreign Magnolias, re- 

 sembling Conspicua in flower and habit. In 

 growth it is more like a large shrub, 20 to 30 

 feet high. Its blossoms are from 3 to S inches 

 across, cup-shaped, white and rosy violet, open- 

 ing a little later than Conspicua, yet before its 

 leaves, which are massive and glossy. 



Speciosa (Showy-Flowered Magnolia) — The flow- 

 ers of this species are a trifle smaller and light- 

 er-colored than those of Soulangeana, but the 

 tree is of the same habit, 20 to 30 feet high; the 

 flowers open about a week later and remain 

 perfect on the tree longer than those of any 

 other Chinese Magnolia. Very hardy. 



HARDY AMERICAN MAGNOLIAS 

 Acuminata (Cucumber Magnolia)— The tallest of 

 all the species, growing rapidly into a fine pyr- 

 amidal tree, 60 to 90 feet high. In midsum- 

 mer large creamy white blossoms appear 

 among its deep green leaves, and large, cucum- 

 ber-shaped fruits that turn bright crimson suc- 

 ceed them. A grand avenue tree. Yellow in 

 fall. 



3IAGNOLIA SOm^AiVGEANA 



Tripetala (Umbrella Tree) — Named from the 

 whorled arrangement of its great glossy leaves. 

 The white flowers, also of great size, open in 

 June and are followed by rose-colored fruit 

 cones. Tree grows to 40 feet. 



PLATANUS (Plane Tree, Sycamore) 



Orientalis (Oriental Plane) — One of the oldest 

 cultivated trees, and among the best for street 

 and avenue planting. It grows rapidly to grand 

 size, is bold, picturesque, hardy, healthy, free 

 from insects, vigorous in all soils, especially 

 along the water's edge. A lofty, wide-spreading 

 tree, growing 60 to 80 feet tall, with large, 

 leathery, clear-cut leaves that turn yellow in 

 fall. 



Occidentalis (American Plane; Buttonwood) — 

 Broad-spreading; round-topped, massive and 

 picturesque, often 100 to 120 feet high. Very 

 effective in winter when its branches show al- 

 most as white as a birch's, and its mottled trunk 

 of gray, green and brown is revealed. 



