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AMELANCHIER— June, or Service Berry. 
AMELANCHIER Botryapium (Service Tree, or Shadbusli). Sm. A regular topped 
small tree or large bush, with light green foliage, and producing myriads of pure 
white, fragrant rtowers in showy clusters in early spring, followed by edible red 
and blue berries. 3 to 5 feet, 50 cts. 
A. Japonica. Sm. A large bush of regular, low-branched habit of growth, with 
light green, oval, thick foliage and white Howers in showy, broad, flat clusters, 
followed by bright scarlet berries. 2 to 4 feet, 50 cts. 
A. ovalis. Sm. A handsome small tree of rounded habit, with glossy dark green 
foliage and clusters of white Howers, followed by bright scarlet berries in the fall. 
2 to 3 feet, 50 cts. 
A R ALIA — Angelica Tree. 
A class particularly useful for the subtropical effect of its foliage. Easily grown 
in a variety of soils. 
ABAIIA Maximowiczii. Sm. A very upright-growing tree, with spiny trunks and 
very dark green, deeply lobed, long-stemmed leaves. Very unique in its general 
effect. .An admirable lawn tree. $1. 
A. spinosa (Hercules' Club). .S")k. Has very large, compound foliage of a pecu- 
liarly striking subtropical effect. Flowers greenish white, borne in immense, 
broad panicles, followed by dark purple fruits. 2 to 3 feet, 50 cts, ; 3 to 5 feet, 75c. 
BETULA— Birch. 
In this class we find some of our most graceful lawn trees, not only for their varied 
forms of growth, but also from their interesting variety in folia.ge and the peculiar 
characteristics of their bark, while they are adapted to a great range of soils, including 
those of a poor, sandy nature. 
BETULA alba (European White B.). /-c. A graceful tree of rapid habit of growth, 
with small, glossy green, deeply lobed foliage and bark of the purest white on the 
larger branches and main trunk. Adapted to a great variety of soils, this tree is 
particularly useful for lawn and park planting. 4 to 6 feet, 50 cts. 
B. — , var atropurpurea (Purple leaved 1!.). Charming variety, with foliage of the 
deepest brilliant purple color, becoming bronzy in shade late in the season. 4 to 
5 feel. Si ; 6 to 8 feet, Si 50- 
B. — , var. lastig-iata (Pyramidal B.). A choice variety, with the strikingly upright, 
columnar habit of growth so well exemplified in the well known Lombardy Poplar. 
3 to 5 feet, $1. 
B. — , var. laciniata pendula (Weeping Cut-leaved B.). Deservedly one of the most 
popular trees for lawn planting It is peculiarly graceful in its semi-pendulous 
habit, with its deeoly cut foliage of a pleasing light green. In many respects the 
most desirable of the lawn trees. 6 to 8 feet, $1 ; 8 to 10 feet. Si 50. 
B. — , var pendula Youngii (Young's Weeping B.). A charming variety of weeping 
habit, forming a perfrct fountain of foliage While it does not possess the upright 
habit of growth of the main trunk of the Weeping Cut-leaved Birch, yet its varied 
and unique habit renders it particularly interesting. Si to S3- 
B. lute a (Yellow B.). A?-. An upright-growing tree, forming an oval head, with 
dark green, oval foliage and dark green bark. The largest-growing tree of its 
class. 3 to 5 feet, ,50 cts. 
B. nigra (Red, or River BJ. /,?-. Broadly pyramidal tree of graceful habit, with 
trunk clothed with reddish brown hark, which peels away from the trunk, giving 
a ragged yet most pictuies(|ue efl'ect, while the branches are somewhat pendu- 
lous, "one of the most interesting of onr native trees. 6 to 8 feet, $\. 
B. papyracea (Paper or Canoe B ). L.er. A vigorous, upright-growing tree, with 
broad foliage and bark of a silver white. Very effective for lawn or street plant- 
ing. 4 to 6 feet, 50 cts.; 6 to 8 feet, 75 cts. 
