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F. & F. NURSERY CATALOGUE 



The Winter Aspect of the Plane Trees. Handsome All the Year Round 



Ornamental Department 



DECIDUOUS TREES 



All the trees offered have been one or more times transplanted, are of standard commercial grade, 

 shapely and well rooted. 



Figures after specific names indicate approximately the height of the trees when approaching maturity. 



ACER. Maple. 



— campestre. English Cork Maple. 20 feet. 



A small round-headed tree of neat habit and 

 foliage, having a peculiar corky bark. 



— colchlcum rubrum. Red Colchicum Maple. 



20 feet. From Japan. Young growth of wood 

 and foliage bright crimson. , Medium size, 

 round and elegant form. Distinct and beauti- 

 ful. 



— dasycarpum. Silver Maple. 60 feet. Well 



known and popular. Of rapid growth; round, 

 irregular form; leaves light green above, sil- 

 very beneath. Recommended for immediate 

 effect. 



Wieri laciniatum. Wier's Cut-leaved Maple. 



50 feet. Leaves finely cut. Habit distinctly 

 pendulous. An attractive and desirable tree. 

 If pruned, well adapted to small places. 



— Negundo. Box Elder. Ash-leaved Maple. 25 



feet. A native tree with light green foliage and 

 greenish colored smooth bark. Desirable for 

 contrast and for its extreme hardiness. 



ACER— Continued. 



— Pennsylvanicum. Moose-wood or Striped Bark 



Maple. 25 feet. A rather small tree with large 

 leaves and bark curiously striped green and 

 white. Conspicuous in Winter. 



— platanoides. Norway Maple. 40 feet. A 



large, round-headed, handsome tree. Foliage 

 dense and dark green, remaining on the tree 

 until late in the Fall. Reliable everywhere, 

 and especially valuable for street planting. 



— platanoides Schwedleri. Purple-leaved Nor- 



way Maple. 35 feet. Bright crimson in early 

 Spring, fading to dull purple in late Summer. 

 Of vigorous habit, and for contrast desirable. 



— Pseudo-platanus. Sycamore Maple. 50 feet. 



A well-known and, in some localities, a desir- 

 able tree; particularly valuable near the sea. 

 Bark smooth, with large green leaves. 



purpurea. Purple-leaved Sycamore Maple. 



40 feet .Leaves green on the upper surface; 

 the under surface and the leaf petioles being of 

 pronounced purplish tint. 



