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eye, but also fills the air quite a distance with 
its agreeable odor. In rapidity of growth it 
rivals the most luxuriant trees of temperate 
climates. 
CHERRY. Cerasus. 
Double-flowering. (C. alba flore pleno.) A tree 
of medium growth, producing clusters of double 
white flowers in May. Blooms so profusely as 
to completely hide the branches from view. 15 
to 20 feet high when fully grown. 
Rhexi fl. pi. Extra fine, double white-flowered 
variety. Its pure white flowers resemble small 
roses, and are freely produced at blossoming 
season. 
Japanese Rose Flowering. (C. Japonica rose.) 
A Japanese cherry producing deep rose-pink 
double flowers early in spring in great profusion. 
One of the most beautiful. We also have sever- 
al varieties of Japanese flowering cherries of dif- 
ferent colors. These are most desirable acqui- 
sitions to any collection. 
Dwarf Rocky Mountain. See Shrubs. 
Japanese Weeping. See Weeping Trees. 
CHESTNUTS. See Nut Trees. 
CRAB. Pyrus, or Pyrus Malus 
Betchel’s Double-flowering. (P. Floribunda.) 
Makes a medium-sized ornamental tree of great 
beauty; perfectly hardy; succeeds well in all soils 
not extremely wet. When in bloom in early 
spring this tree presents the appearance of being 
covered with perfectly double, small pink roses 
of delicious fragrance. The only sweet-scented 
double Crab; blooms quite young. Unlike many 
other trees, it does not bloom until the leaves 
Dogwood Tree 
are fully developed, which adds greatly to its 
beauty. Sure to become quite popular as soon 
as it is well known. 
DOGWOOD. Cornus 
American White. (C. Jlorida.) A native tree 
of fine form and beautiful foliage, growing from 
20 to 25 feet high, producing white flowers 3 inches 
in diameter, early in spring before the leaves 
appear, also blooms again in autumn. A very 
desirable tree. Foliage grayish green, turning 
red in autumn, making the tree one of the most 
beautiful of that season. One of the most de- 
sirable of ornamental trees. 
See also Weeping Trees and Shrubs. 
EMPRESS TREE. See Paulownia. 
ELM. Ulmus 
American White, t U. Americana. ) The noble, 
spreading, drooping tree of our own woods. One 
of the grandest and hardiest of park or street 
trees. 
Corkbark. (U. racemosa.) The bark is corky, 
the tree an upright, fast grower. 
English. (U. compestris.) An erect, lofty tree, 
with rather small leaves. 
Purple-leaved. (U. purpurea.) Erect in growth, 
with slender branches, densely clothed with dark 
purplish green foliage. 
Camperdown. See Weeping Trees. 
FRINGE. Chionanthus 
Purple. (Rhuscotinus.) A much-admired small 
tree or shrub for its curious fringe or hair-like 
flowers that cover the whole surface of the plants 
in midsummer. 
White. (Chionanthus Virginica.) A small native 
tree or shrub, with dark glossy leaves and droop- 
ing racemes of pure white flowers, having narrow 
fringe-like petals. Its foliage, as well as its 
flowers, make it one of the most desirable lawn 
trees. 
GINKGO. See Salisburea. 
GOLDEN CHAIN. See Laburnum. 
GUM. See Sweet Gum. 
HERCULES’ CLUB. See Aralia. 
HICKORY. See Nut Trees. 
HONEY LOCUST. Gleditschia 
Three-thorned. (G. traicanthus.) A rapid-grow- 
ing native tree, with powerful spines and deli- 
cate foliage, used especially for hedges. 
HORSE-CHESTNUT. Aesculus 
Red-flowering. (AS. rubicunda.) Not so rapid 
or so fine a grower as the white; foliage of a 
deep green and blooms later, with showy red 
flowers. 
Common Horse Chestnut — white flowering. (AS 
Hippocastanum.) A very beautiful, well-known 
tree, with round, dense head, dark green foliage, 
and in early spring an abundance of erect spikes 
or panicles of snowy white flowers, slightly 
marked with red specks. 
