DECIDUOUS TREE DEPARTMENT 
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Ash • Fraxinus 
White ( Fraxinus Americana). The 
tallest and most impressive of the Ash 
family, growing to a height of 40 to 60 
feet, with a straight trunk, smooth 
gray bark and glossy. Valuable for 
lawn or street planting. Each 10 
8—10 ft $1 25 $to 00 
io~i2 ft 1 50 12 50 
12-14 ft 2 50 23 00 
Mountain Ash 
Sorbus or Pyrus 
American ( Sorbus Americana). De- 
cidedly ornamental, low-growing tree, 
with handsome, compound leaves and 
flat clusters of white flowers, followed 
by bright scarlet fruit. Each 10 
6-8 ft $1 25 $10 00 
European ( S . aucuparia). Some- 
times called Roman tree. A small, 
round-topped tree, growing very dense 
with compound foliage and great 
clusters of bright red berries in fall. 
Fine for small places. Each 10 
6-8 ft $1 25 $10 00 
Beech • Fagus 
American (Fagus ferruginea). A 
noble tree with silvery bark and beau 
tifully rounded head! It grows 40 to 
60 feet high. Each 10 
5”d ft $2 50 $23 00 
European ( F. sylvatica ) More com- 
pact in growth than the American, 
with larger foliage. Fine for lawn 
decoration and for screens, as its 
foliage clings almost all winter. 
Each 10 
4- 5 It $1 00 $7 50 
5 - ( > f* 1 75 1 s 00 
Weeping ( F . sylvatica patdula). 
A drooping form of the Beech, grow- 
ing 35 feet high, with long, pendulous 
branches and aeepgreen foliage. Hand- 
some and graceful. Each 10 
4- 5 R $2 25 $20 00 
5- b It 3 00 
Purple, or Copper (F. purpurea). 
One of the handsomest of lawn trees, 
40 to 60 feet high. Its foliage changes 
from deep purple in spring to crimson 
and then to purplish green in fall. 
Each 10 
4- 5 ^ $i 50 $12 50 
5- 6 ft 2 50 
Birch • Betula 
European White ( Betula alba). A 
handsome lawn tree, 60 to 80 feet 
high, with white bark and spreading 
branches, which droop with age. 
Each 10 
6-8 ft $1 00 $7 50 
8-10 ft 1 25 10 00 
10-12 ft., if-2 in. cal. . 2 00 
12-14 ft., 2-2^ in. cal. 2 50 
Weeping Cut-leaved White (B. alba 
laciniata pendula). The handsomest 
and most artistic lawn tree grown, with 
silvery white bark and large, drooping 
branches, and delicately cut foliage. 
Grows only 30 feet high, and is par- 
ticularly fine for small places. Under 
favorable conditions this makes a most 
unique street or avenue tree. 
Each 10 
6-8 ft Si 25 Sio oo- 
8-10 ft 1 75 
Sweet (B. lenta). The tree which 
supplies the aromatic Birch bark. 
The spreading branches droop at the 
tips. Each 10 
6-8 ft Si 00 $8 00 
Yellow (B. lutea). A magnificent, 
stately tree, 100 feet high, with silvery 
gray bark and handsome foliage. 
Each 10 
6-8 ft Si 00 S8 oa 
8—10 ft 1 30 
Catalpa or Indian Bean 
Bunge’s ( Catalpa Bungei). A dwarf 
tree with large overlapping leaves, 
generally trained to bush or standard 
forms for formal planting, or planted 
in tubs for terrace decoration. 
Each 
Standard, 5-6 ft. stems; 2 ft. 
head $2 50- 
Standard, 5-6 ft. stems; 3-4 ft. 
head 4 50- 
Western (C. s pcciosa). A handsome 
flowering tree with large, heart-shaped 
leaves, growing 60 to 80 feet high, and 
bearing in July immense panicles of 
white, purple spotted flowers, followed 
by long beans in clusters. Very desir- 
able as a specimen tree, and if rightly 
handled makes a most pleasing street 
or avenue planting. Each 10 
6-8 ft $1 00 $8 00 
8-ro ft 1 50 13 5a 
