CATALOGUE OF THE HIGHLANDS NURSERY. 
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COKNTJS, Continued. 
C. alternifolia (Blue Dogwood). Branches green, often striped with 
white ; good foliage. The growth is very peculiar, the branches be- 
ing in a whorl, and assuming a horizontal habit as the tree grows 
older, which makes the whole plant a series of parallel layers of foliage. 
A very beautiful shrub, i ft $o 20 $0 75 
FRAXINUS Americana (White Ash). A large forest tree of quick 
growth, very extensively used in street planting. lit 20 75 
FAG-US ferruginea (American Beech). All agree that this is one 
of our noblest native trees. A smooth trunk, with whitish-grey bark 
and wide spreading branches, i to 2 ft 15 
Larger specimens each, 30c to 75c. . 
HALESIA tetraptera (Snowdrop or Silver-bell Tree). A most beau- 
tiful ornamental tree, growing here in our mountains 40 to 50 ft. high, 
and I to 2 ft. in diameter. The plants bloom while quite small, produc- 
ing a profusion of white or pink bell-shaped flowers very early in spring. 
1 to 2 ft 25 
2 to 3 ft 35 
Fine specimens, 3 to 4 ft - 50 
JUGLANS nigra (Hlack Walnut). This large and handsome tree is 
too well known to need description here. 2 to 3 ft., transplanted ... 20 75 
LAURUS sassafras. See Sassafras officinale. 
LIRIODENDRON Tulipifera (Carolina Poplar, Tulip-tree). A very 
large, vigorous and exceedingly rapid-growing tree, with beautiful 
white wood and bark. Its large greenish-yellow flowers are striped or 
tinged with yellow, i to 3 ft 20 75 
3 to 6 ft. Very fine each, 35c to 50c. '. 
MAGNOLIA acuminata (Cucumber Tree). A beautiful large-grow- 
ing pyramidal tree, bearing large greenish or yellow- white flowers, and 
"cucumber" shaped fruit of a bright scarlet color when ripe. 9 to 
12 inches ^5 
M. Frazeri (Ear-leaved Cucumber Tree). This species is found only 
along our Southern Alleghany mountains and is very rare in cultiva- 
tion ; grows here to a height of 40 to 50 ft., and is distinguished for the 
beauty of its foliage and flowers, the latter being 6 inches across, white 
and exceedingly fragrant. Leaves eared at the base and often \ ft. long 
"ft : . . 40 
NYSSA multiflora (Tupelo, Black or Sour Gum). The wood of this 
tree is very peculiar, being cross-grained and "very unwedgeable." 
Leaves turn bright crimson in autumn. 5^ ft 15 50 
OXYDBNDRUM arboreum. See Andromeda arborea. 
PYRUS Americana (American Mountain Ash). A small tree with 
white blossoms and clusters of bright scarlet fruit in autumn and win- 
ter. 2 to 3 ft 25 I 00 
3 to 4 ft 35 I 20 
PRUNUS Pennsylvanica (Wild Red Cherry). A very fast growing 
tree of small size, hearing a mass of white flowers early in spring be- 
fore the leaves are out. i to 2 ft 20 75 
SASSAFRAS ofHcinale (Sassafras). Tree 15 to 50 ft. high; the yel- 
lowish-green twigs, together with the foliage, spicy-aromatic. Yellow- 
clustered flowers appear with the leaves, i ft 15 
Evergreen Trees. 
ABIES canadensis (Hemlock Spruce). See cut on page 6. One of^"'^''' 
the finest of our native evergreens. lis delicate foliage, drooping 
branches, and dense habit, place it among the finest as a single lawn 
tree. Also used largely for hedges, and in park planting. 6 to 12 in. . fo 20 $0 75 
I to 2 ft., twice transplanted 35 ■ i 25 
Fine plants, for hedges ' ' jio'per 100 . 
