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ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
Norway [Platanoides). A foreign variety, with large broad leaves of a deep rich green; proba- 
bly the best Maple in cultivation. (See illustration page 48). 
Purple-Leaved {Purpurea). One of the most beautiful and distinctly marked of all; leaves pur- 
ple red, particularly on the under side; a rapid, strong grower; hardy. 
Schwedleril {Schwedler's Maple). A beautiful variety, with young shoots and leaves of a bright 
purplish aud crimson color, which changes to purplish green in the older leaves. 
Scarlet [Rubrunt). A rapid 
growing tree with red 
flowers very earty in 
the spring. 
SUrer-Leaved {A. dasycar- 
puni). Of rapid 
growth; of great value 
where a rapid grow- 
ing tree is desired; 
very hardy and easily 
transplanted; a favor- 
ite street or park tree. 
(See illustration page 
49). 
Sugar or Rock {Sacchari- 
num). A very popu- 
lar American tree, 
and for its stately 
form and fine foliage, 
justly ranked among 
the very best, both for 
la\yn and avenue. 
MOUNTAIN ASH. European. 
{Sorb us aucuparia ). A 
very beautiful tree of 
medium size, with an 
erect stem, smooth 
bark aud round head; 
covered during the 
fall and winter with 
bright scarlet berries; 
universally admired. 
American. A tree of 
rapid, but coarser 
growth than the Eu- 
ropean variety, pin- 
nate foliage. 
Ouk-Leaved („Y. querci- 
folia ). A handsome 
tree of erect habit and 
rich green foliage, 
deeply lobed; very 
hardy and desirable. 
MULBERRY. White [Aforus 
alba). A small sized 
tree of slender but 
very rapid growth; 
produces fr u i t of 
pinkish white color. 
European Mountain Ash. 
Russian. Similar to the white; very hardy. 
Tea’s Weeping Russian. (See Weeping Trees) . 
