Siebrecht &■ Son • Hose Hill Nurseries • Nelv Kochelle, Nelv York 
The Beeches (Tagus) 
Beeches have long been deemed indispensable to the landscape gardener. Their glossy foliage, 
the pendulous habit of the weeping, Hnely-cut leaves of the Fern-leaved and the purple of the Blood- 
leaved, are the features that entitle them to this distinction. The white bark of the American is a 
good contrast with the darker hue of the English and its varieties. 
Fagus ierruginea (Americana ) . Ameri - 
can Beech. 40 to 50 ft. A magnificent 
tree, of large, round, spreading growth. 
Conspicuous for its almost white bark. 
On lawns it is usually allowed to 
branch close to the ground, making a 
beautiful specimen. $1 to 1^2.50. 
F. sylvatica (European or English 
Beech). 40t0 5oft. This also makes 
a large, spreading tree, but of more 
compact habit, and is much admired 
for its shining green foliage. It is 
sometimes grown as a large bush, and 
as its foliage, though dea.l, remains 
on all winter, it is a good deal used 
for screening purposes, f i . 50 to $3. 50. 
F. sylvatica asplenifolia (Fern -leaved 
Beech). 15 to 20 ft. With finely 
divided, fern-like foliage and twiggy 
well-formed growth, it is universally 
popular. It does not make as large a 
tree, nor is it of as strong a growth as 
the Heterophylla. Requires very close 
pruning when planted. $2 to ^5. 
F. sylvatica lieterophylla (Cut-leaved 
Beech). 25 to 30 ft. The foliage is 
not as finely divided as that of the 
fern-leaved, nor is it quite as twiggy 
a grower; but it makes a large tree. 
J1.50 to $3. 
F. sylvatica purpurea ( Copper Beech ) . 
35 to 40 ft. Foliage dark copper 
color, especially in early summer; the 
tree is a bushy grower. $1 to ^3.50. 
F. sylvatica Riversi (Rivers' Blood - leaved 
Beech). 35 to 40 ft. Where a large-growing 
tree of purple foliage is required, nothing equals 
this. From early spring till late fall, though 
RIVERS' BLOOD LEAVED BEECH 
Faeus sylvatica Riversi, continued 
varying in intensity of coloring at times — some- 
times being almost black — there is always purple 
foliage. j!itoj(5. 
The Ashes (Fraxinus) 
Fraxinus Americana (American White Ash). 
50 to 60 ft. When given ample room, it attains 
grand proportions. The under side of its leaves 
is of a light silvery color. $2 to f 5. 
F. excelsior (English Ash). 40 to 50 ft. This 
forms a tree of more rounded outline than the 
American. It has larger, greener leaves, which 
remain on the tree late into fall, and is dislin- 
Fraxinua excelsior, continued 
guished by its black buds. Good for street 
planting. $t .50 to $3 .50. 
F. excelsior aucubaeiolia. 35 to 40 ft. The foli- 
age of this is beautifully mottled with yellow and 
green. Grown as a large shrub, by cutting away 
the tops occasionally, the golden character io 
more observed. $1 to $3. 
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