TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



DECIDUOUS TREES 



CATALPA, continued 



In June it is the showiest of all flowering trees, with 

 great panicles of white flowers. These trees are suitable for 

 making a grove where a large amount of foliage is wanted 

 at a moderate cost. They may be planted as shade trees 

 near a new house, as ornamental trees on the lawn, or 

 for screens. These trees are of excellent quality, the tops 

 having been cut back to make them more dense and 

 symmetrical. 



Bungei. C. bignonioides, var. nana. See plants for 

 Formal Garden, page 8i. 



CHERRY . Prunus 



Japanese Double-flowering. P. Pseudo - Cerasus, 

 The blooming of the Cherry is a national festival with 

 the Japanese. They have dozens of varieties, some fully 

 as beautiful as our roses. Collections of these varieties 

 have been presented by the Japanese Government for 

 planting in the parks of Washington and New York. Some 

 day they will become popular in this country, for like 

 many trees from Eastern Asia, they are quite at home in 

 this climate, thriving and blooming with as much vigor 

 and freedom as in their own. 



White Birch in the front of a group of evergreens; Colorado 

 Blue Spruce on the right. We planted these trees about fifteen 

 years ago to prepare the ground as a residence site. The use 

 of small nursery stock in this way is an excellent investment 

 on land otherwise idle. 



BIRCH . Betula 



European White. B. alba. This Birch will always be 

 a favorite tree. A few White Birches are being killed by 

 the bronze birch-borer. Cut and burn before the borers 

 come out. See Bulletin No. 234, Cornell Agricultural Ex- 

 perimental Station. 



Canoe, or Paper. B. papyrifera. This is the big, 

 sturdy tree you see in the Catskills and northward, with 

 large, triangular leaves. 



Gray, or White. B. populifoUa. This is the commonest 

 White Birch, and the only one native to Long Island. It 

 usually grows up with a cluster of stems, but it can, how- 

 ever, be grown as a single-trunked tree. We advise its 

 extensive use for mass planting with Pines on poor soils. 

 These three are all the White Birches commonly known, 

 and they are practically alike in their general effect. 

 Many landscapes may be improved by a cluster of White 

 Birches against a shadowy corner of the woodland, or 

 against a clump of Pine, Hemlock or Cedar. 



Cherry, Sweet or Black. B, lenta. This is a native 

 tree, reaching large size on the north side of Long Island. 

 In landscape planting it is chiefly valuable as a filler. The 

 bark is aromatic. 



Yellow. Similar in all respects to the Cherry, but 

 the bark is not so dark. 



CATALPA 



We have several big Catalpas which we will sell 

 very cheaply to clear the land, as we need it for smaller 

 stock. They are offered at less than it has cost to grow 

 them. Catalpas have no drawbacks, insects or fungous 

 diseases. The only criticism that the most severe judge 

 of trees can make, is that the leaves are large and that 

 they come out in foliage two weeks later than other trees. 



Catalpa tree in bloom in our nursery. Large clusters of 

 white flowers are followed by slender, cylindrical pods one 

 foot long. Some of the western railroads have profitably 

 planted the Catalpa for ties. 



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