Ornamental Shade 
Bechtel’s Crab—One of the Finest 
Flowering Trees. 
CAT ALP A (Bignoniaceae) 
Popular lawn and avenue tree, showy in bloom in 
late spring, hardy; adapted to moist soils. 
UMBRELLA CATALPA (C. Bungei). Top-worked 
on Speciosa trunk at approximate height 
of 6 feet. Branches fornr a round head 
from which it derives its name. 
WESTERN CATALPA (C.' speciosa). 
Highly ornamental tree with bright green 
foliage, coarse-grained, soft, durable 
wood. Adapted to somewhat moist soils. 
Desirable ornamental tree, having a pro¬ 
fusion of large white blooms in spring. 
Ultimate height under favorable condi¬ 
tions, 75 feet. 
AILANTHUS 
TREE OF HEAVEN. Attains 60 feet or more, rapid growing; leaves of 
13 to 25 leaflets up to 5 inches long. Tropical in appearance. 
BEECH (Fagus) 
RIVERS’ PURPLE-LEAVED. Makes an elegant medium sited tree for the 
lawn. The foliage in the spring is a deep purple, later changing to 
crimson, and in autumn a dull purplish green. The best purple-leaved 
tree; grafted. 60 to 75 feet at maturity. 
BIRCH (Betula) 
The Birches are very ornamental trees, hardy and valuable for the colder 
climates. Their foliage is rarely attacked by insects, and turns to a bright 
or orange'yellow in fall. Their graceful habit, the slender, often pendulous 
branches and picturesque trunks, make them conspicuous features of the 
landscape. Especially remarkable are those with white colored bark. 
EUROPEAN WHITE (B. alba). Attractive tree with white bark. Height 
at maturity sometimes 80 feet. 
PURPLE LEAF (B. purpurea). Bark white, leaves and young twigs pur¬ 
ple in color. Height at maturity, 40 to 60 feet. 
PYRAMIDAL (B. fastigiata). Similar to European white, except that it 
grows in an upright, compact, pyramidal habit. Bark turns white with 
age. Height at maturity, 25 to 30 feet. 
WEEPING CUTLEAF (B. alba pendula laciniata). Graceful, drooping 
limbs and finely cut foliage. Bark turns white. 
BOX ELDER (Acer negundo) 
GREEN LEAF (A. negundo). Rapid growing tree with bright green foli¬ 
age. Succeeds well in dry soils. 
GOLDEN VARIEGATED 
LEAF (A. negundo arguta). 
Same as silver variegated leaf 
except golden color. 
SILVER VARIEGATED LEAF 
(A. negundo argentea). 
Small ornamental tree with 
silvery white variegated foli¬ 
age. Hardy. 
CARAGANA 
SIBERIAN PEA TREE (C. ar- 
borescens). Large hardy 
shrub producing small yel¬ 
low pea-shaped flowers. Used 
for hedging where hardiness 
is required. 
European Mountain Ash. 
CERCIS 
RED BUD (C. canadensis). 
Small rosy pink pea-shaped 
flowers almost cover the bare 
branches in April. Beautiful 
in mixed planting with cedars 
and dogwoods. 
Cutleaf Weeping Birch. 
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CHERRY 
Japanese Flowering 
(Prunus) 
Among the flowering trees the Jap¬ 
anese Rose-Flowering Cherry takes the 
lead. They vary in form and there¬ 
fore may be adapted to many uses in 
landscape work. Some are vase-form, 
others pyramidal in growth, but most 
sorts have wide-spreading branches, 
vigorous in growth, and still others are 
rather dwarfish. Nearly all are tinted 
various shades of pink, and a few are 
white. Trees are hardy. While known 
and used in the Orient for hundreds 
of years, these valuable trees are rap¬ 
idly becoming popular and gaining 
favor in the United States. Both up¬ 
right and weeping growth. 
The display of Japanese Flowering 
Cherries at Washington, D. C., in 
early spring is one of the great sights 
of our national capital and annually 
attracts thousands of visitors. 
BENI HIGAN (Spring Cherry). 
Blooms early in April, small single 
light pink flowers, produced in 
multitudes, fully covering the large 
low-branched shrub. 
American White Elm. 
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