THE GREENING 



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BETULA (Birch) 



Pendula Laciniata (Cut-leaved Weeping Birch) — 

 Many attractive characteristics combine to make 

 this a tree of wonderful ^race and beauty. Tall 

 and slender, growing to 60 feet; vigorous, with 

 slender branches in drooping festoons of deli- 

 cately cut leaves. It colors brilliantly in fall 

 and its white trunk and branches make it a 

 beautiful winter picture. 



Pendula Youngi (Young's Weeping Birch) — Of 

 naturally trailing growth, with long, slender 

 shoots of picturesquely irregular form. 



PYRUS 



(Sorbus) Aucuparia, pendula (The Weeping 

 Mountain Ash) — Is a picturesque little tree 

 " 10 to 15 feet high; excellent for lawn specimens 

 or for covering arbors. It has beautiful pinnate 

 foliage and bears white flowers in broad 

 corymbs in May and June, followed by clusters 

 of bright red cherry-like fruits. 



SALIX PENDULA (Kilmarnock Willow) 



SALIX (Willow) 



Babylonica (Our familiar Weeping Willow) — A 

 fine drooping tree 30 to 40 feet high, with slen- 

 der branchlets. This tree is sometimes called 

 the Napoleon Willow from the fact that it was 

 planted at his grave at St. Helena. 



Dolorosa (Wisconsin Weeping Willow) — Of simi- 

 lar line habit, but hardy for the North. 



Annularis (Ring Willow) — An odd tree with the 

 leaves twisting so as to form rings along the 

 drooping branchlets. 



Caprea, Pendula (Kilmarnock Weeping Willow) — 

 Unique in form and vigorous in all soils. This 

 variety has been widely planted. It is usually 

 grafted 5 to 7 feet high on stout stems, and then 

 forms a cone of glossy foliage. 



ULMUS (Elm) 



Scabra, pendula (Camperdown Weeping Elm) — ■ 

 One of the most distinct and picturesque of all 

 our weeping trees. Grows well in most any cli- 

 mate; is of fine and notable habit, the strong 

 branches often sweeping out horizontally sever- 

 al feet before they curve downward, making a 

 broad, handsome head. 



UL.MUS PENDI LA ( C aiiipeiclo^ u Eliii) 



Evergreens 



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The landscape gardener is no longer content to 

 use evergreens in quantity merely for specimen 

 trees, shelter-belts, screens, hedges, etc. As new 

 beauties are being continually discovered in them, 

 new uses develop also. They form perfect back- 

 grounds for the flowering shrubs of early spring, 

 the berries of autumn, and winter's tracery of 

 bright bark and twigs. "Beautiful beds of perma- 

 nent color are formed by grouping together sorts 

 of moderate growth, with contrasting foliage — 

 golden, golden green, silver-blue, rich, dark and 

 delicate green, with bright-berried sorts inter- 

 spersed. Other new uses are for filling window- 

 boxes, and growing evergreens in tubs for hall 

 and porch plants. 



Our evergreens are all carefully grown, at good 

 distances for symmetrical development, are root- 

 and top-pruned into handsome, shapely specimens 

 that will transplant successfully to new homes 



with ordinary care. We pack them so that the 

 root-fibers are well protected and will reach their 

 destination in good growing condition. If plant- 

 ers will continue this care to keep the fibers from 

 drying out by exposure to air and sun until the 

 stock is planted, its success is reasonably sure. 

 Prune evergreens before their spring growth 

 starts, and only when necessary to thicken their 

 growth or preserve their shape. 



ABIES (Fir) 



Balsamea (American Silver Fir) — A regular, sym- 

 metrical tree, assuming the cone shape when 

 quite young, reaching 50 to 80 feet in old age. 

 Leaves dark, lustrous green, lighter beneath. 



Concolor (The White Fir) of the Rocky Mountains 

 is one of the most beautiful species in cultiva- 

 tion, growing 80 to 100 feet in height. It with- 

 stands heat and drought better than any other 

 Fir, is very hardy and grows rapidly. Its grace- 

 ful habit, and broad, handsome foliage, glinting 

 with blue on the upper surface, silvery beneath, 

 make it a rival for the elegant Colorado Blue 

 Spruce. Especially bright when young. 



Violacea — Like^the above, with foliage of a deep- 

 er blue. 



Douglasi (Douglas' Spruce) — A Colorado species. 

 Forms a large, spreading pyramid of light green 

 foliage, 80 to 100 feet in height. 



Nordmanniana (Nordmann's Silver Fir) — One of 

 the richest evergreens, forming a dense, dark 

 specimen tree of beautiful proportions, that may 

 be finely contrasted with lighter-foliaged sorts. 

 The foliage is wide, dark and lustrous, with a 

 silvery, sparkling under-surface. 



Excelsa Remonti (Dwarf Pyramidal Norway 

 Spruce) — A very fine evergreen for individual 

 planting. It is of decidedly dwarf nature and 

 pyramidal. Grows very compact and not over 

 four feet in height. 



CEDRUS 



Atlantica Glauca (Mt. Atlas Cedar) — A very fine 

 specimen of the Cedar family. Can be planted 

 in groups with excellent efl^ect. Foliage decid- 

 edly light blue, resembling the Kosteriana Blue 

 Spruce in color. 



CUPRESSUS (Cypress) 



Law:soniana (Lawson's Cypress) — A rare hand- 

 some conifer, the branches of which droop 

 gracefully at the tips. Their rich, deep green 

 color is retained all winter. Tender in the 

 North. 



