THE CHASE NURSERIES, GENEVA, N. Y. 
Flowering Dogwood 
CATALPA. 
The Catalpas flower in July. The blossoms 
are showy, large and fragrant. Leaves large, 
heart-shaped and yellowish green. They are 
effective, tropical-looking lawn trees, some 
varieties producing long seed pods, that re- 
main on all winter. 
Bungei. — (Umbrella Catalpa) — Grafted on 
stems six to eight feet high, it mal/es an um- 
brella-shaped top without pruning. Perfectly 
hardy, and flourishes in almost all soils a)id 
climates. Leaves large, glossy, heart-sliaped, 
deep green; lay like shing,les on a roof; 
always make a symmetrical head. One of 
the most unique trees; a valuable acquisition, 
desirable for lawn, park and cemetery planting. 
Speciosa, — This early-blooming, upright variety 
is much hardier than the syringa-leaved. 
having proved itself al)le to stnnd the severe 
winters of Wisconsin and Iowa, making when 
planted in groves, straight symmetrical trees, 
suitable for posts or railway ties, for 
which purposes it is one of the most useful 
trees known, lasting in many instances nearly 
or quite a century. 
CRAB— Pyrus. 
Bechtel's Double Flowering. — One of the 
most beautiful of the many fine varieties of 
flowering Crabs. Tree of medium size, cov- 
ered in early spring with large, beautiful, 
double, fragrant flowers of a delicate pink color. 
From a distance the flowers have the appear- 
ance of small Roses. Blooms when quite 
young. 
CHERRY— Cerasus. 
Double Flowering.— (Flore alba plena)— .A 
tree of medium growth, producing clusters of 
double white flowers in Slay. Blooms so pro- 
fusely as to completely hide the branches from 
view. 
DOGWOOD (Cornus). 
Red Flowering — (Flore rubra)— A valuable 
variety producing beautiful carmine flowers; of 
great value. 
■ White Flowering— (Florida) — A fine Ameri- 
can tree, growing from si.vteen to twenty-five 
feet higl). Foliage of a grayish green color; 
very glossy and handsome, turning in the au- 
tumn to a deep red. rendering the tree one of 
tile most beautiful objects at that season. The 
flowers appear before the leaves in the spring 
and are about tliree inclies in diameter; white 
and very sliowy. It is one of the most valu- 
able ornamental trees. 
ELM— Ulmus. 
The Elms are so well known tliat it is un- 
necessary to refer to their beauty and value 
for ornamental planting. We grow the Ameri- 
can. There is no finer tree for street and park 
planting. 
American White Elm.— The noble spreading 
and drooping tree of our own forests. 
Camperdown Weeping Elm. — (See Weeping 
Trees). 
English Elm.— An erect, lofty tree, of rapid, 
compact growth, with smaller and more regu- 
larly cut leaves than those of the American, 
and darker colored bark. The hrnnclies pro- 
ject from the trunk almost at right angles, 
giving the tree a noble appearance. 
American Elm 
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