F. W. SCHUMACHER 
Jamaica Plain, Mass 
LIRIODENDRON 
tulipifera—Tulip Tree. 
One of the largest and most valuable hardwood trees, an important forest 
tree, a fine ornamental. 
LONICERA 
Honeysuckle, large shrubs for marginal planting in forests, good cover plants for 
game and birds. 
xylosteum—Fly Honeysuckle, clean seed. 
LYCIUM 
Chinese—Matrimony Vine. 
A handsome rambling shrub with red berries, good cover shrub for game and 
birds, useful for erosion control work. 
MACLURA 
pomifera (toxylon pomiferum)—Osage Orange. 
A hardy native tree planted for hedges or living fence posts. The wood is very 
hard, strong and durable in contact with the soil. 
MAGNOLIA 
acuminata—Cucumber Tree, Northern seed. 
A stately ornamental, good shade and valuable lumber tree. 
MAHONIA 
aquifolium—Oregon Hollygrape, Clean seed. 
A fine low growing evergreen, a cover and food plant for bird preserves. 
MALUS 
coronaria—Wild Sweet Crab, Clean seed. 
Small, hardy native tree providing with its abundant crops of green fruits, a 
source of winter foods for all kinds of game. The fruit is too sour to be used 
for eating, but when cooked with other apples imparts a delicious flavor to the 
cooking. Used as stock plant for the garden varieties of native crabs, 
sylvestris—Common Apple, used for stock. 
Seed from cultivated trees. 
Seed from true wild stock. 
MORUS 
Mulberry, small trees planted for their foliage as food for the Silkworm, their 
edible berries and durable wood. As berries are relished as food by Chickens, 
Turkeys, Hogs, Birds and other wild life, they cannot be too highly recommended 
for planting on farms and wild life preserves. 
alba—White Mulberry, not hardy North. 
alba tatarica—Russian Mulberry . 
Hardy, much planted in the Prairie States, 
rubra—American Mulberry. 
A neglected native, but just as valuable as the foreign kinds and hardy every¬ 
where. COLLECTORS WANTED. 
NYSSA 
Tupelo, attractive ornamentals with glossy foliage turning bright red in Autumn. 
aquatica—Big Tupelo. 
sylvatica—Tupelo (Black Gum—Sour Gum) Northern seed. 
PLATAN US 
occidentalis—American Plane Tree (Sycamore), Clean seed. 
Considered the largest hardwood tree in North America, a fine shade tree. 
orientalis—European Plane Tree, Clean seed. 
More shapely than the native plane and free from leaf and twig blight, a fine 
shade tree for avenues. 
PRUNUS 
americana—American Plum, Clean seed... 
A hardy native small tree, much planted in the Prairie States for its fruit. 
avium—European Mazzard, Clean seed. 
An excellent food tree in bird reservations for its cherries, a stately ornamental 
and fine flowering tree, a stock plant for sweet cherries. The w r ood is of high 
quality and price. 
avium sylvestris—Wood Mazzard, Clean seed. 
A hardier, gum flux resistant strain with silvery bark, preferred by nurserymen 
for stock. 
besseyi—Western Sand Cherry, Clean seed.... 
Extremely hardy native shrub, bearing heavy crops of edible fruit, 
demissa melanocarpa (virginiana melanocarpa)—Western Chokecherry. 
A hardy cherry much planted for shelter and wind break planting and for its 
delicious fruit. 
Clean seed. 
Dry berries. 
mahaleb—Mahaleb Cherry, Clean seed. 
Used as stock for sour Cherries, fruit is relished by birds. 
13 
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