The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
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DECIDUOUS TREES. 
BETULA LENTA (Sweet Black Birch) . 12 to 15 feet. 
A very interesting tree. Should be more generally 10 to 12 feet, 
planted. 8 to 10 feet. 
6 to 8 feet. 
BETULA LUTEA (Yellow Birch) 10 to 12 feet. 
Large-growing native tree with silvery bark. 8 to 10 feet. 
BETULA NIGRA (River Red Birch) 8 to 10 feet.' 
Reddish brown bark and very graceful. One of the 6 to 8 feet, 
most effective of our rapid growing native trees. 4 to 6 feet 
BETULA PAPYRIFERA (Canoe Birch). . . .Specimens, 12 to 20 feet, $2.00 to 
The well-known white birch of our northern woods. 10 to 12 feet. 
Very rapid grower and should be used freely, especially 8 to 10 feet, 
where picturesque woodland effects are desired. 
BIRCH, see Betula. 
BROUSSONETIA KAZINOKI (Japan Paper Mulberry).... 4 to 6 feet. 
BUTTONBALL TREE, see Platanus. 
CARPINUS BETULUS (European Hornbeam) 12 to 15 feet. 
This Hornbeam eventually becomes a larg'e tree, making 
a fine appearance. 
CARPINUS CAROLINIAN A (American Hornbeam) 
Not as tall a grower as former, graceful and interesting. 
CARYA ALBA, see Hicoria. 
CASTANEA AMERICANA (American Sweet Chestnut) 
None of the chestnut trees produce sweeter nuts. Our 
trees are grown from selected seed and can be depended 
on to produce a large percentage of trees bearing extra 
large fruits. 
CASTANEA CRENATA (Japan Chestnut) 
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CATALPA BUNGEI, grafted on 5 to 6 foot stems. 
Specimens, 2 to 6 year heads, $3.00 to 
These trees with bushy heads on straight stems make 
excellent specimens where formal effects are desired. We 
have a fine stock of them to offer. 
CATALPA SPECIOSA 10 to 12 feet. 
Rapid-growing trees with large heart-shaped foliage and 8 to 10 feet, 
large clusters of showy blooms in June. Very desirable 6 to 8 feet, 
especially where quick effects are desired. 5 to 6 feet. 
CELTIS OCCIDENTALS (Nettle Tree) 10 to 12 feet. 
Eventually becomes a large tree. Foliage resembles the 8 to 10 feet. 
Elm somewhat. We have found it thrives especially well at 6 to 8 feet, 
the sea shore, even where exposed to the severest winds. 4 to 6 feet. 
CERASUS, see Prunus. 
CERCIS CANADENSIS (Judas-Tree) 6 to 7 feet. 
Also known as Red-bud. Flowers rosy pink before 5 to 6 feet, 
leaves. Very desirable for foreground planting for larger 4 to 5 feet, 
trees. A tree of medium height. 
CERCIS CHINENSIS (Chinese Red-Bud) Specimens, 3 to 4 feet. 
CHERRY, see Prunus. 
CHESTNUT, see Castanea. 
CLADRASTIS TINCTORIA (Yellow-wood) 12 to 15 feet. 
A very desirable tree of medium growth, producing 10 to 12 feet, 
wistaria-like leaves of a pleasing pea-green in June. The 
trees are festooned with drooping racemes of blooms re- 
sembling the wistaria, of a creamy white and fragrant. 
CLADRASTIS AMURENSIS (Japan Yellow-wood) 
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COFFEE-TREE, see Gymnocladus. 
CORNUS FLORIDA AND ITS VARIETIES, see see page 10, special 
description. 
CORNUS, SHRUBBY FORMS, see Shrubs. 
CRABAPPLE, see Pyrus. 
CRATAEGUS CRUS-GALLI (Cockspur Thorn)... 
Very decorative species with picturesque habit, foliage 
glossy, and bright red fruits. 
CRATAEGUS OXYACANTHA (European Thorn) 
The hawthorn or May of English literature, for hedges 
and also makes a very nice single tree. 
CRATAEGUS OXYACANTHA VAR. (Double White). . .5 to 8 feet, $1.00 to 
An interesting form of Hawthorn with corymbs of white 3 to 5 feet, 
flowers becoming flushed with pink as the blossom matures. 
CRATAEGUS OXYACANTHA VAR. (Double Crimson)... 
Also known as Paul's crimson double hawthorn. One 
of the most desirable and showy of the medium-sized trees. 
CRATAEGUS PYRACANTHA, see Pyracantha. 
OTHER THORNS, see Pyrus. 
CYPRESS, see Taxodium. 
CYTISUS, see Laburnum and Shrubs. 
DOGWOOD, see Cornus and Shrubs. 
DOGWOOD, WHITE, RED and PINK, see page 10. 
ELM, see Ulmus. 
FAG US FERRUGINEA (American Beech) 6 to 8 feet. 
Our native beech is a tree of noble proportions and 
should be freely used in plantings. The refined effect of its 
peculiar gray white bark and attractive outlines contrast- 
ing finely with surrounding trees, especially in the winter. 
FAGUS SYLVATICA (European Beech) (also see page 34 
for hedge plants £ to 
This is the beech famous in England, where many 
avenues planted centuries ago, now in their majestic old 
age are objects of veneration. It seems to thrive equally 
well in this country. Makes a fine hedge. 
FAGUS SYLVATICA VAR. HETEROPHYLLA (Fern Leaf) 
This is a beautiful shrub-like form of the European 
beech, and while slow growing makes a striking object on 
lawn. 
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