ORNAMENTAL TREES » 11 
BLACK WALNUT The Black Walnut is native to the entire eastern half of the 
(Juglans Nigra) United States and suited to all parts of the West; succeeds on 
alkali land; leaf-stems one to two feet long, with thirty or more small, tapering, 
pointed, bright green leaflets on each central stem. Nuts are round, one and one- 
half inches in diameter; highly flavored kernel; prized by confectioners for richness 
and quality. Wood is hard, strong, very durable, a beautiful dark brown; used for 
cabinet-making, gun stocks, etc. Walnut furniture now sells for more thap ma- 
hogany. The tree is open, spreading, and 
a faster grower than hickory; attains a 
height of 60 to 100 feet, sometimes 150on 
fertile soil. Should be planted as an orna- 
mental tree, as a nut tree, and as the most 
valuable fast-growing timber tree of all. 
DOGWOOD, COMMON The common 
(Cornus Florida) white-flowering 
Dogwood ; grows wild in the woods along 
streams. Large, creamy-white flowers, 
three to four inches across, come early in 
the spring before the leaves, followed by 
clusters of scarlet berries in the fall. 
Hardy. Grows twenty to thirty feet tall. 
ELM, AMERICAN WHITE Beautiful na- 
(Ulmus Americana) tive shade 
tree. Fine for avenue or streets. Can be 
planted close to houses, as the high arch- 
ing branches leave space for air and light. Oolden Kaln Tree. 
Grows up to 100 feet tall. (Koolreuteria Panlculata.) 
GOLDEN JIAIN TREE— VARNISH TREE The most popular decorative tree 
(Koelreuteria Panlculata) from China. Ornamental through- 
out the entire season, especially adapted for planting in small yards and in groups 
or clusters; finely divided; attractive green foliage, turning dark red and gold in 
autumn; clusters of yellow flowers one to two feet long, appear in May, followed 
by large, bladdery seed-pods two feet long; hardy, also endures drouth, adapted to 
planting throughout the United States. Its neat foliage, showy flowers and adapt- 
ability make it one of the most-desirable medium-sized trees. Grows fifteen to 
thirty feet high. 
GREEN ASH A beautiful spreading tree with broad, rovmding tcp, 
(Fraxinua Lanoeolata Virldis) slender branches; very hardy, long-lived; a rapid grow- 
er, especially when young; light green leaves. Extensively planted as an orna- 
mental street and park tree in towns and cities throughout the entire United States; 
suited to conditions from Saskatchewan, Canada, to the Gulf of Mexico, and espe- 
cially valuable in the prairie States of the Northwest; grows sixty to seventy feet 
high, two or three feet in diameter. 
