The "Silver Bells" of Halesia tetraptera, Srom photo 
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HARDY NATIVE DECIDUOUS TREES FOR STREET 
LAWN AND FOREST PLANTING 
ACER rnbrum. Scaulet Maplk. 40 to 100 ft. Notable in spring for its sliowy red blossoms and winged 
fruit iiiiil in iitttunni for its brilliant scarlet follajj:e. 
negundo. Box Eluek. 25 to 60 ft. 'Small, handsome tree, with light green twigs and delicate drooping 
clusters of light green flowers, 
saccharum. Sioak Maple. 70 to 125 ft. Hand.some, rapid-growing tree for lawn and street. Pall color- 
ing and crimson. 
spicatum. Mountain Maple. ].') to 30 ft. Really a tall, elegant shrub, forming clumps with very attractive, 
downy leaves. For groups and wood borders, 
pennsyivanicum. Sthiped Mapi.e,. 20 to 40 ft. An unusually valuable lawn tree, the large foliage taking 
l)rilliaut yellow colorings in late summer. The green- aiul white-striped bark gives elegant winter effect, 
AESCULUS octandra. YKi.iiOw Buckeye. CO to 100 ft. Can be trained as a shrub, the yellow panicled 
llowers in profusion in June. 
AMELANCHIER botryapium. Shad Bush. 25 to 50 ft. One of the handsomest of the early-flowering 
smaller trees, its racemes of snow-white flowers appearing in profusion in pleasing contrast to the surround- 
ings. Fruit edible. 
ASIMINA triloba. I'apaw. .10 to 40 ft. Lawn tree of elegant appearance with dark green leaves. Greenish 
yellow flowers in early May. Edible fruit. 
BETULA lenta. Swket Birch. CO to 80 ft. This is the noted "Cherry Birch" used in ealunet-making. A 
large tree with shining green thick-set foliage. Twigs and bark aromatic, jiroducing "birch oil." Lawn or 
street. 
lutea. YELiyow Biuch. 60 to 100 ft. Yellowish silvery bark and thin, finely cut leaves. 
nigra. RivEit, or Rkd Birch. 50 to 90 ft. Forms a round-topped picturesque head. Branches slender and 
pendulous, the alder-like leaves pale green. Loves banks of ponds and streams, 
papyrifera. 1'apek, or Canoe Bikch. ,50 to 80 ft. The woiuierful white bark of this species is strikingly 
beautiful, particularly in winter. An invaluable lawn tree. 
populUolia. Ghay Birch. 20 to 40 ft. Rapid-growing, rather short-lived. l>eli- 
cate branches and conspicuous gray bark; tremulotis foliage. 
CARPINUS caroliniana. Water Beech. 25 to 40 ft. Fine screen or hedge tree, 
bl aring pruning well. Loves deep, moist soil, but grows well in dry ground. 
CASTANEA dentata. American Chestnut. CO to 100 ft. Attains noble size and 
becomes an admirable shaile tree. Nuts sweetest of all the geinis. 
pumila. Chinkapin. 10 to ;)5 ft. A small tree or more usually a spreading 
shrut), producing sweet, rounded nuts. An elegant undersbrub for woodlands. 
CATALPA speciosa. Bean Tree. 40 to 60 ft. Bears the most showy flowers, 
l>robably, of all our native ornamental trees. Large heart-shaped leaves and 
fruit, a long pendent pod hanging till late spring. 
CELTIS occidentalls. IlACKnEiiRY. 75 to 125 ft. Rapid-growing, making a hand- 
some, round-topped heatl, though irregular growth. Brunches pendulous, the 
whole effect unique. 
CERCIS canadensis. liEii Bud. 25 to 50 ft. In early spring before the leaves 
are out this small tree is literally covered with red-purple or pink pea-shaped 
blossoms even to the trunk, producing a surprising and beautiful etiect. Fall 
coloring yellow. 
CliADRASTIS lutea. Kentucky Yei.i.ow Wood. 35 to 50 ft. One of the rarest 
of native trees, of singular beauty wln-u in flr>wer. Blossoms in lotig, (Irooping 
panicles, <j:iving the blooming tree a most distinct and pleasing effect. In 
uulumn bright yellow. 
CORNUS alternifolia. Swamp Dogwood. 8 to 25 ft. The most picturesque of 
the family. Shrub or tree; flat-topped and bushy. The horizontal branches 
are disposed in whorls, representing each annual growth, making the plant a 
series of parallel layers of foliage, 
florida. Fi.owerino Doowood. 20 to 40 ft. This is the glory of the fields and 
woo<ls in early spring, the great white blossoms appearing in extravagant pro- 
fusion when the forest aspect is yet wintry. No other floweriug tree is so 
Chinkapin bur8 ett'ective, and it is being largely planted. The red-tufled berries and the rich 
(Oostanea fiiiiiiila), a delicious nut dark red autumn foliage nuike it hardly less conspicuous during "frost tiiiie." 
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