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A. C. GRIESA & BRO., LAWRENCE, KANSAS. 
Ornamental Department. 
The list o£ Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Plants we offer will be found 
to comprise a sufficient number of kinds that are really valuable, so that our custom- 
ers may from the list offered secure such a variety as will give full satisfaction. The 
long list of fancy .sorts, mere duplication, is not presented. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
windbreaks of trees, more especially if they are evergreen, besides being orna- 
mental, make the dwelling warmer, diminishing to no inconsiderable extent the con- 
sumption of fuel. They also make the outbuildings warmer for stock by night, and 
the yard by day, imparting comfort to the animals, and saving a large amount of food. 
ASH, White, A rapid-growing native tree of fine, symmetrical outline ; a valuable 
street or park tree, and should be extensively planted for timber, as the demand 
for it is very great for the manufacture of implements, railway cars, furniture, etc. 
BIRCH, Cut-leaved Weeping. An elegant, erect tree, with slender, drooping branches, 
and fine cut leaves. A magnificent variety, and worthy of a place on every lawn. 
We know of no more beautiful tree than the Cut-leaved Weeping Birch. 
BOX ELDER. A fine, rapid-growing tree, with handsome, light green pinnated foli- 
age and spreading head. Very hardy: excellent for avenues. 
BEECH, Purple-leaved {Fagus purpurea). A remarkable species, with deep purple 
foliage, changing to greenish purple in autumn. A very striking contrast with 
other ornamental trees. • 
CATALPA. A native of the south. A rapid-growing beautiful tree, with very large 
heart-shaped leaves and pyramidal clusters of white and purple flowers a foot 
long. Blooms late in July. 
CATALPA Bungei. This, on its own root, is a dwarf Catalpa, a close, compact shrub ; 
it is absolutely healthy and hardy ; its branches are numerous and short ; the 
broad leaves lay as shingles on a roof, making a dense shade, and when worked 
8 or more feet high, makes the umbrella-shaped-top tree, equal to, if not more 
symmetrical, than the famous Umbrella China Tree of the south ; being thus 
worked it has grown syi feet in diameter in two years. 
CHESTNUT, American. A well-known forest and nut-bearing tree of great value for 
ornamental purposes. This tree is now receiving great attention, and is being 
widely and extensively planted for profit as well as ornament. 
ELM, American White. The noble, spreading, drooping tree of our own woods. 
One of the handsomest and grandest of park or street trees. 
Camperdown. Its vigorous, irregular branches have a uniform, weeping habit, and 
overlap so regularly that a compact, roof-like head is formed. Universally pro- 
nounced the finest Weeping Elm. 
Plant the Carman Peach for Prolit. 
