The "Silver Bells" of Halesia tetraptera, from photo 
IV 
HARDY NATIVE DECIDUOUS TREES FOR STREET 
LAWN AND FOREST PLANTING 
ACER rubrum. Scakukt Mai'UE. 40 to 100 fl. Notable in spring for its sliowy red blossoms and winged 
fruit and in autiinin for its l>rilliant scarh-t foliage. 
negundo. Box Elder. 2.5 to 60 ft. Small, handsome tree, with light green twigs and delicate drooping 
clusters of light green flowers, 
saocharum. SroAii Mapi.e. 70 to 125 ft. Handsome, rapid-growing tree for lawn and street. Fall color- 
ing gold and crimson. 
spicatum. Mountain Maple, lo to .10 ft. Really a tall, elegant shrub, forming elumps with very attractive, 
(btwny leaves. For grou]»s and wood borders, 
pennsyivanicum. STHtPKO Maple. 20 to 40 ft. An unusually valuable lawn tree, the large foliage taking 
brilliant yellow colorings in late summer. The green- and white-striped bark gives elegant winter efl'ect. 
AESCULUS octandra. YI';llow Bl-okeye. 60 to 100 ft. Can be trained as a shrub, the yellow panicled 
tlowt-rs in profusion in Juue. 
AMELANCHIER botrjrapium. Shai> Bush. 25 to 50 ft. One of the handsomest of the early-flowering 
smaller trees, its racemes of snow-white (lowers appearing in profusion in pleasing contrast to the surround- 
ings. Fruit edible. 
ASIMINA triloba. Papaw. 30 to 40 ft. Lawn tree of elegant appearance with dark green leaves. Greenish 
yellow tlowt rs in early May. Edible fruit. 
BETULA lenta. Sweet Birch. GO to 80 ft. This is the noted "Cherry Birch" used in cabinet-making. A 
large tree with shining green thick-set foliage. Twigs and bark aromatic, producing "birch oil." Lawn or 
street. 
lutea. Yellow Bikch. 60 to 100 ft. Yellowish silvery bark and thin, finely cut leaves. 
nigra. Rivek, or Red Birch. 50 to 90 ft. Forms a round-topped picturesque head. Branches slender and 
penrlulons, the alder-like leaves pale green. Loves banks of ponds and streams, 
papyrifera. 1'apek, or Canoe Bikch. 50 to 80 ft. The wonderful white bark of this species is strikingly 
beautiful, particularly in winter. An invahiable lawn tree, 
popnlifolia. Gray Bikch. 20 to 40 ft. Rapid-growing, ral Iter short-lived. Deli- 
cate branches and conspicuous gray bark; tremulous foliage. 
CARPINUS caroliniana. Water Beech. 25 to 40 ft. Fine screen or hedge tree, 
bearing pruning well. Loves deep, moist soil, but grows well in dry ground. 
CASTANEA dentata. American Chestsi t. 60 to 100 ft. Attains noble size and 
becomes an a<lmirable shade tree. Xuts sweetest of all the genus, 
pumila. Chinkapin. 10 to ;i5 ft. A small tree or more usually a spreading 
sliruli, jirodncing sweet, rounded nuts. An elegant undershrub for woodlands. 
CATALPA speciosa. Bean Tree. 40 to 60 ft. Bears the most showy flowers, 
proliably, of all our native ornamental trees. Large heart-shaped leaves and 
fruit, a long pendent pod hanging till late spring. 
CELTIS occidentalis. Hackberkv. 75 to 125 ft. Rapid-growing, making a hand- 
some, round-topped hea<l, though irregular growth. Branches pendulous, the 
whole etfect unique. 
CERCIS canadensis. Red Bid. 25 to 50 ft. In early spring before the leaves 
ale out this small tree is literally covered with red-purple or pink (lea-shaped 
blossoms even to the trunk, producing a surprising and beautiful effect. Fall 
col4>ring yellow. 
CLADRASTIS lutea. Kentucky Yellow Wood. 35 to 50 ft. One of the rarest 
of native trees, of singular beauty when in flower. Blossoms in buig, drooping 
l>anicles, giving the Itlooming tree a most distinct and ]>leasing effect. In 
autumn bright yellow, 
CORNUS alternifolia. Swamp Doowood, 8 to 25 ft. The most picturesque of 
the family. Shrub or tree; Hat-lopped and bushy. The horizontal branches 
are disposed in wliorls. representing each annual growth, making the plant a 
series of parallel layers of foliage, 
florida. Flowekino Dogwood. 20 to 40 ft. This is the glory of the fields and 
woods in early spring, the great white blossoms appearing in exti'avagant pro- 
fusion when the forest aspect is yet wintry. No other flowering tree is so 
effective, and it is being largely fdauted. The red-tufted berries and the rich 
dark red autuiuu foliage make it hardly less conspicuous during "frost tiice." 
Chinkapin burs 
(Oattanta inniiiia), a delicious nut 
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