TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



DECIDUOUS TREES 



OAKS, continued 

 Swamp White. Q. bicolor. This and the Mossy Cup 

 Oak are much alike in appearance and habitat. Both are 

 natives of deep soils and river-bottoms. They are tall 

 trees, with broad, ovate tops, rough bark, sturdy trunks 

 and strong, spreading branches. They show the strength 

 and ruggedness of the Oak even more strongly than the 

 White Oak. 



The Swamp White Oak will more quickly give a mature 

 White Oak effect than the White Oak itself. To those 

 wishing to start a plantation or private nursery or forest, 

 having in view the effect of White Oak and wishing to 

 attain it more quickly, we recommend the planting of 

 these small Swamp White Oaks. We have noted that it 

 is a good city tree. In the northeast corner of Union 

 Square, New York City, there is a tree of it, perfect in 

 foliage in late summer, while nearly all the other trees 

 there have their foliage severely injured by insects and 

 city conditions. 



Mossy Cup, or Bur. Q. macrocarpa. This has twigs 

 ridged with cork, like the Liquidambar, and the acorn 

 cups are shaggy like gray moss. 



Laurel-Leaf. Q. imbricaria. Those who like specimens 

 of trees that are both rare and beautiful, without being 

 inharmonious, should include this. The general form of 

 the tree is like that of the Pin Oak, but the leaves are 

 without lobes, being about 5 inches long and i y2 inches 

 wide, smooth, glossy and dark green. 



Willow. Q. Phellos. Like those of the former, the leaves 

 of this have no notches. The leaves are a half -inch wide 

 and 3 inches long like those of a Weeping 

 Willow. It will grow to the same size and 

 shape as the Pin Oak; but, of course, it is 

 much more difficult to look through in winter, 

 because trees with small leaves have numerous 

 slender twigs. 



Black Jack. Q. Marilandica; syn., Q. ferruginea; 

 Q. nigra. This is native on the coarsest and driest gravels. 

 It is a low, round-headed tree. The leaves are wedge- 

 shaped, and are more leathery and glossy than any of 

 the others. Some of the small seedlings offered may be 

 planted among shrubs and Pines on the beach and other 

 sterile places. They will make a group that is perfectly 

 at home and always cheerful. 



English, or Royal. Q. pedunculata. Everyone knows 

 the contribution of this tree to the English landscape. 

 It grows rapidly here, although the equable climate of 

 England suits it much better than ours. We offer a few 

 large trees at low prices. 



Pyramidal English. Q. pedunculata, var. fastigiata. 

 This is broader than the Lombardy Poplar and has a 

 unique appearance. 



Scrub. Q. ilicifoUa. The name Scrub Oak is applied 

 indiscriminately to various Oaks growing up in bush- 

 form after a fire. The species properly called Scrub Oak 

 forms a shrub, 3 to 8 feet high, with many spreading 

 branches. It may be seen as an even-topped growth over 

 a large part of the level, sandy, pine-barren region of 

 Long Island. Repeated forest fires caused its abundance 

 and uniform height. For landscape planting it can be 

 used on the beach and in other sandy situations. The 

 Scrub Oak will present a handsome mass of foliage where 

 most flowering shrubs will look wilted and yellow. 



Dwarf Chestnut. Q. prinoides. A shrub, 3 to^ 5 feet 

 high, growing with the Scrub Oaks and Pitch Pines in 

 sandy soil. 



PAULO WNIA . Empress Tree 



Imperialis. A tree of the Catalpa family, with leaves 

 I to I >^ feet wide. Those knowing its perfume sometimes 

 catch a whiff and have to look around and find the tree, 

 because the flowers are so inconspicuous against the sky. 

 They are trumpets, 4 inches long, and match the sky in 

 color. It grows large and thrives well at the seashore. 



PEACH . Prunus 



Double-flowering. P. Persica, var. camelliceflora 

 plena. A small tree, valuable only for its flowers which 

 closely cover the branches in early spring — large, double, 

 rose-like blossoms in white, pink or crimson. 



PEPPERIDGE . Sour Gum 



Nyssa sylvatica 



For its brilliant color in early autumn, this is greatly 

 admired. It_ is native around damp ground, and is 

 easily recognized by its shining, elliptical leaves and the 

 level arrangement of the branches. It is a rare tree in 

 nurseries, and we recommend that a few be added to 

 plantations of both trees and shrubs. 



PERSIMMON 



Diospyros Virginiana 



A tall tree with dark, glossy foliage. 

 Like many southern trees, it reaches its 

 northern limit in this latitude. It has 

 such qualities that a few should be included 

 in plantations. It will bear fruit in about 

 five years. 



Silver Bell flowers, natural size (see page 20) 



PLANE TREE • Platanus orientalis 



The Oriental Plane is native about the Mediterranean. 

 It is distinguished from the American Plane, or Button- 

 ball, by having irregular patches of yellowish white bark, 

 while the latter is chalk-white. For city planting, the 

 Plane Tree is popular in many regions. In our nurseries, 

 however, the trees are not so successful as on heavier 

 land, and we do not grow a large quantity of them. Like 

 the Poplars, the Oriental Plane makes a more vigorous 

 growth the first two years after planting than most other 

 trees. 



POPLAR • Populus 



Japanese. P. suaveolens. We have been very much 

 pleased with this tree because it entirely resists the fungus 

 causing orange pustules on the leaves of the Carolina 

 Poplar. The foliage is a very interesting feature of this 

 tree, as it is thick and heavy, much like that of the Jap- 

 anese Rugose Rose. A most valuable feature of the foli- 

 age is that it remains in excellent condition to hard frost. 

 It comes out two weeks earlier in the spring than other 

 trees, and is sure to attract favorable attention. It 

 grows rapidly, and we recommend it as the best of a poor 

 family. Like the other Poplars, it suffers from drought, 

 and drops some of its leaves during a dry period in mid- 

 summer. This does not occur every year. 



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