HARDY ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



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American Elm 



THE ELMS 



PRICE OF ELMS Each Per 10 Per 100 



American, 6 to 8 feet $1.00 $8.50 $75.00 



8 to 10 feet 1,25 10.00 85.00 



10 to 12 feet 1.50 12.50 100.00 



Camperdown Weeping 2 . 00 



English, 6 to 8 feet 1.25 10.00 



8 to 10 feet 1.75 15.00 



Wheatleyi, 8 to 10 feet 1.50 



10 to 12 feet 2.00 



Scotch, 6 to 8 feet 1 . 00 8 . 50 



" 8 to 10 feet 1.25 ioroo 



*? 10 to 12 feet 1.50 12.50 ...... 



Selected specimens, $3.00 to 56. 00 each. 

 American. A noble native tree of large size, wide spread- 

 ing head and graceful drooping branches. One of the 

 grandest park and street trees. 

 Camperdown. Its vigorous, irregular branches, which have 

 a uniform weeping habit, overlap so regularly that a 

 compact, roof-like head is formed. Leaves are large, glossy, 



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European Larch 



Camperdown Weeping Elm 



dark green. A strong, vigorous grower. The finest Weeping 

 Elm and one of the best weeping trees. 



English. More densely branched than the American, and 

 not quite so tall with smaller, darker leaves, retained longer 

 in autumn. The branches project from the trunk almost 

 at right angles. 



Scotch. A rapid- growing spreading tree, with large, rough, 

 dark green leaves. One of the best for avenue planting. 



Wheatleyi. A choice variety for lawn specimens; of compact 

 upright habit and richly dark green foliage, somewhat under 

 medium size. 



THE LARCH 



European. A tall and handsome deciduous conifer, with 

 tapering trunk and pyramidal head. Particularly beauti- 

 ful in early spring, when covered with soft and feathery 

 foliage of a delicate green. Its plumy foliage and drooping 

 twigs give it a very graceful effect. 4 to 6 feet, $1.00; iofor 

 $8.50. 



THE HORSE CHESTNUTS 



White Flowering. The well- 

 known European species; 

 very handsome; has magnifi- 

 cent spikes of white flowers. 

 As a lawn tree or for the 

 street it has no superior. 



5 to 6 feet, $1.50; 6 to 8 feet, 

 $2.00: 8 to 10 feet, $2.50.. 

 Selected specimens, $3 -5° to 

 $7.50 each. 



Double White Flowering. 

 Superb variety, 60 to 80 feet 

 tall, with large panicles of 

 double flowers, like Hyacinth 

 trusses in effect. Has no 

 nuts to litter the lawn. 5 to 



6 feet, $2.50; 6 to 8 ft, $3.00. 

 Red Flowering. A somewhat 



smaller tree, rarely over 30 

 feet high, with darker leaves 



and splendid showy red flower-spikes opening a little later. Fine for 

 contrasting with the white-flowered. 4 to 6 feet, $3.00. 

 Dwarf Horse Chestnut. A handsome dwarf species of Horse Chestnut 

 that forms a broad, round bush of deep greer, beautiful with upright 

 spikes of white flowers in mid-summer. 2 to 3 feet, $1.50. 



Horse Chestnut 



