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LINVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. U. S. A. 
BETUtA, Contlnned. 
B. lenta (Cherry Birch, Sweet or Black Birch). This fine birch is ^'^ 
considered one of the best of all trees for street and lawn pur- 
poses. The wood, which is rose-colored and fine-grained, is very 
valuable for cabinet work; the twigs and foliage are also spicy 
and aromatic, i to 2 feet $0 20 $0 75 
2 to 3 leet 30 I 00 
y 3 to 4 feet 40 2 00 
CORNU^J'lorida (Flowering Dogwood). See cut, page 2. This 
species makes a small tree, and is one of the showiest and most 
n ^^-^riking oi all our native ornamentals. Its small greenish flowers 
X., . 'ife collected in close heads, which are each surrounded by an invo- 
lucre of four large white leaves, resembling a large single white 
blossom. Very showy in flower; scarcely less so in fruit, which 
is bright scarlet and remains on the tree till late in the season. It 
is one of the best of autumn coloring trees, the foliage turning 
early in the fall, i to 2 feet 20 i 00 
2 to 3 feet 30 I 50 
O. alternifolia. Blue Dogwood. "The most distinct and picturesque 
of this whole family. The foliage is very good, and the branches, 
which aresmooth and glabrous throughout, are disposed in whorls 
with wide spaces between these annual circles, and assume a 
horizontal habit as the trees grow older, which makes the whole 
plant a series of parallel layers of foliage. A very beautiful shrub, 
and highly useful to the landscape gardener."— L. Temple. 
I to 2 feet 20 75 
2 to 3 feet 30 I 40 
(j"^ ORATJEG-US crus-galli (Cockspur Thorn), A small, thick 
growing, well shaped tree, producing a mass of fine white flowers 
in April and May, and large red fruit in fall. Fine for hedges. 
y I to 2 feet 20 75 
FRAXINUS Americana (White Ash). A large forest tree of fine 
foliage and quick growth, very extensively used in street planting. 
'f-'u; 20 75 
^ 2 to 3 ft 30 
FAGUS ferruginea (American Beech). All agree that this is one 
of our noblest native trees ; makes a large tree w^ith a smooth trunk, 
y with whitish-grey bark and wide spreading branches, i to 2 ft. . . . 15 
HALESIA tetraptera (Snowdrop or Silver-bell Tree). A most 
beautiful 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, producing a profusion of white or pink bell-shaped flowers 
very early in spring, which are followed by curious four-winged fruit. 
y I to 2 ft 25 I 00 
O H. diptera (Snowdrop Tree). A smaller tree than the Tetraptera, 
^ but with large leaves and two-winged fruit, i to 2 ft 25 i 00 
ILEX monticola (Deciduous Mountain Holly). Small tree, 20 to 30 
feet high in our mountains, full of red berries in perfect rows along 
the stem in fall and early winter. It is this symmetrical arrange- 
ment of bright colored fruit that gives it the local though highly 
applicable common name of "Bead Bush." i to 2 ft 15 75 
y 2 to 3 ft 25 I 00 
O LIQUID AMBAR Stso-aciflua (Sweet Gum). " A large and beautiful 
tree with fine grained wood, the gray bark with corky ridges on 
the branches. Leaves fragrant when bruised, turning to a deep 
y crimson in autumn."— G"»-<7j/. 9 to 12 inches 20 
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 strip- 
ed or tinged with yellow, i to 3 ft 20 
^ 3 to 6 ft. Very fine 30 to 50 175 
MAGNOLIA acuminata (Cucumber Tree). A beautiful large- 
growing pyramidal tree, bearing large greenish or yellow-white 
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