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KOSLREUTERIA. 
KCELREUTERIA panioulata. .Sm. to Hftnl. \ picturesque Chinese tree, with showy, 
glossy green compound fohage and large, handsome spikes of deep yellow flowers, 
followed by highly colored bladder-like seed-pods. One of the best lawn trees, 
blooming in late summer. 3 to 5 feet, 75 cts. 
LABURNUM^Golden Chain. 
LABUBNUM vulgare. Sm. Of upright growth. A bronzy, green barked tree, with 
very dark green, clover-like foliage and a profusion of long, chain-like, drooping 
racemes of rich golden yellow flowers. One of the choicest, requiring a well 
drained, sheltered situation. 3 to 5 feet, 50 cts. ; 5 to 7 feet, $1. 
LA RIX— Larch. 
A choice class of extremely vigorous growth, thriving in a variety of soils and 
striking in their characteristic habit and peculiarly pleasing foliage. Early spring 
and autumn planting is essential. 
LABIX Euiopaea (European L,). L^. Of pyramidal habit, with perpendicular trunk, 
upright tendency of the large branches, and weeping branchlets clothed with light 
green foliage. Admirable tree for lawn or grove planting. 4 to 6 feet, 50 cts. 
L. Esempferii (Golden L.). Sm, Beautiful Japanese species of dense growth, with 
broader, light green foliage, often tinted with gold. Choice lawn tree. 2 to 3 ft., I3. 
L. leptolepis. Sm. A most vigorous variety, with bark of a peculiar reddish tinge. 
Recently introduced fiom northern Japan. 4 to 6 feet, $1. 
LIQUIDAMBAR— Sweet Gum, 
LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua (Bilsted). Sm. One of the choicest natives, with beau- 
tifully cut aromatic foliage of a rich, dark glossy green during the summer, chang- 
ing to most brilliant shades of purple and crimson in the fall. A tree of picturesque 
growth, requiring a well drained and sheltered situation, 4 to 6 feet, $1. 
LIRIODENDRON— Tulip Tree. 
LIRIODENDBON tulipifera (White Wood), i-g-. An indispensable native, with light 
green, odd shaped foliage and brown twigs. Of vigorous, upright, irregular habit 
■ of growth, and in well matured specimens producing showy, tulip-like flowers in 
shades of orange and yellow. 5 to 7 feet, 75 cts. 
MAGNOLIA. 
Trees of the highest ornamental merit, combining broad, showy foliage with the 
most charming flowers. While the Magnolias are not as easily transplanted as some 
classes, yet with proper care and the avoidance of fall planting, but little trouble will 
be met with. 
MAGNOLIA aoumiuata (Cucumber Tree), /^ir. A fine pyramidal tree, with large, 
oval, dark green foliage and large, though somewhat inconspicuous flowers, fol- 
lowed by very showy bright crimson, cucumber-like fruits. Choice for lawn and 
street planting. 5 to 7 feet, jSi. 
M. glauoa (Sweet Bay). A low-branched small tree, with nearly evergreen, smalli 
oval, thick foliage, glossy green above and distinctly silvery beneath, with small, 
creamy white, intensely fragrant globular flowers, borne during a long period in the 
summer. A very choice and rare native. 3 to 4 feet, $r. 
