W. & T. SMITH 
COMPANY, 
GENEVA, N 
Y. 
Betula. Birch 
B. alba (European White Birch), 
silvery bark and slender branches, 
young, but after four or five years’ 
elegant drooping habit. 
var. pendula la- 
ciniata (Cut Leaved 
White Weeping 
Birch). Deservedly 
the most popular 
and beautiful tree 
known, possessing 
straight trunk and 
drooping branches, 
full of grace and 
beauty. The outer 
bark is paper white, 
leaves light green 
deeply cut and 
drooping. 
var. atropurpurea 
(Purple Leaved 
Birch). A variety 
possessing the vig¬ 
orous habit of the 
birches, and having 
purple foliage. 
lutea (Yellow or 
Gray Birch). A 
native of America. 
Bark yellowish gray 
and somewhat sil¬ 
very. 
lenta (Sweet, 
Black or Cherry 
Birch). Sweet 
Birch makes a large 
shapely tree, with 
dark brown bark. 
Thrives in low as 
well as high ground. 
nigra (River or 
Red Birch). An 
American species of 
moderate growth, 
elegant habit with 
fine foliage and red¬ 
dish bark. 
populifolia 
(American White 
Birch). An Ameri¬ 
can species of rapid 
growth with tri¬ 
angular, tapering, 
glossy leaves. 
Catalpa 
C. Bungei. A 
dwarf variety; it 
makes an attractive 
round head. Desir¬ 
able for small lawns 
and formal gardens 
(See cut on cover). 
bignonioides, var. speciosa (Western Hardy Catalpa). 
Upright growth, round headed. A rapid growing tree, 
very ornamental and the timber is valuable for posts and 
railroad ties. 
Cercis. Judas Tree 
C. Canadensis (American Red Bud). A small growing 
tree, covered with delicate purple flowers before the leaves 
appear. Perfectly hardy. 
Cerasus. Cherry 
C. Padus (European Bird Cherry). Racemes of beau¬ 
tiful white flowers in the spring, followed by profusion 
of berries. 
avium flore plena (Large Double White Flowering 
Cherry). At the 
period of flowering 
in May, the flowers 
are so numerous as 
to conceal the 
branches, and pre¬ 
sent nothing but a 
mass of bloom. 
Japonica rosea 
pendula (Japan 
Weeping Cherry). 
From Japan. Most 
delicate, graceful, 
weepingtree. 
Beautiful foliage 
and a fountain of 
rosy bloom when 
in flower. 
Sieboldii flore 
plena rubral Double 
Red Flowering 
Cherry). Semi¬ 
double flowers, 
white, tinged with 
red. 
Virginiana (Wild 
Choke Cherry). 
This is much like 
the European 
variety but is of 
dwarf growth. 
Craetaegus. 
Thorn or Haw¬ 
thorne 
C. oxyacantha 
(Common English 
Hawthorn). A 
shrub or tree of 
twenty feet. Single 
white flowers. Good 
for defensive 
hedges. 
var. alba flore 
pleno (Double 
White Flowering 
Thorn) When in 
bloom it is a mass 
of clustered, rose¬ 
like, white blossoms. 
var. coccinea flore 
pleno (Paul’s New 
Double Flowering 
Thorn). Flowers are 
in clusters, are very 
double, large and 
full, and of a deep, 
rich crimson. 
Crus Galli (Cock- 
spur Thorn). A 
native thorn having 
dark colored leaves 
and horizontal branches, large, red spotted fruit. 
Punctata. A well known native thorn with very long, 
sharp spines of thorns; fruit bright red; valuable for hedges. 
coccinea (American White Thom). A variety with 
large foliage. White flowers in May, succeeded by large, 
scarlet fruit. 
Carpinus. Hornbeam 
C. betulus (American Hornbeam). A native species, 
growing from fifteen to twenty feet high. In its mode 
of growth, quite similar to the Beech, but the foliage is 
thinner and more irregular in form. Makes a very orna¬ 
mental and useful hedge. 
\ graceful tree, with 
Quite erect when 
growth assumes an 
Cut-Leaf Weeping Birch 
