THE FINEST TREES AND SHRUBS 
I offer new seeds of all of the following Trees and Shrubs, but I will say, right here, 
that many kinds of Tree and Shrub seeds are tardy in starting. Some are nuts and need to be filed before 
planting; others have impervious covering which retards germination. All should be sown in a retired bed 
which will not be disturbed for two or three years. Some will start in a reasonable time, and these can be 
removed. Germination, however, is variable and always more or less tardy. 
ACACIA Julibrissin, Albizzia, 30ft. A hardy legum¬ 
inous tree bearing paniculate heads of white firs; 
has beautiful pinnate foliage, very handsome. 
ACER Pseudo-platanus Rubrum, 50ft. Leaves Syca¬ 
more-like, purple beneath, the breeze giving a 
variable appearance; a rare handsome Maple. 
Sacharinum, the well-known Sugar Maple. 
AILANTHU3 Glandulosa, Tree of Heaven, 40ft. 
Beautiful massive foliage and greenish-white ter¬ 
minal panicles of bloom; makes a fine specimen. 
AKEBIA Quinata, 30ft. A fine Japanese evergreen 
hardy vine, flowers brown, very fragrant and are 
freely produced in Spring, not hardy far North. 
ALNUS Glutinosa, 50ft. A fine, quick-growing tree, 
handsome foliage and pretty firs in early Spring. 
AMELANCHIER Botryapium, 8ft. A very bunchy 
shrub with masses of showy white firs in early 
Spring, followed by clusters of palatable fruit. 
AMORPHA Fruticosa, 8ft. A pretty native, the flow- 
■> ers are purple and grow in spikes. 
AMPELOPSIS Veitchi, a robust hardy woodbine, 
clings to walls, bright-colored foliage in Fall. 
ARALIA Spinosa, 10ft. A handsome native, the 
flowers are white in big umbels, splendid. 
ARBUTUS Unedo, Strawberry Tree, 8ft. Flowers in 
drooping racemes, fruit scarlet, edible, blooms 
in late Autumn, at which time previous year's 
fruit is ripe; firs and ripe fruits are very pretty. 
ARISTOLOCHIA Sipho, 40ft. A hardy vine, leaves 
semi-tropical, firs pipe-like, brown, early Spring. 
AUCUBA Japonica, 5ft. Leathery green leaves spot¬ 
ted white; female plants fruit freely, mixed. 
AZALEA Mollis, 3ft. Bell-shaped bright colored 
flowers in clusters, from Japan, hardy. 
BERBERIS Aquifolium, 4ft. A hardy shrub, flowers 
are yellow in crowded erect racemes, fine. 
Jamesonii, a beautiful hybrid Mahonia, should be 
in every collection; a rare hardy variety. 
Thunbergii, 3ft, golden pendulous firs, red berries. 
Vulgaris Purpurea, 5ft, deciduous purple foliage, 
red Autumn fruit, a splendid variety. 
BETULA Alba, 50ft. The European Birch. 
BIGNONIA Radicans, Tecoma, native shrubby wall 
vine, firs clustered, large, red, showy trumpets. 
BUDDLEYA Variabilis, Butterfly Bush, 8ft. Hardy 
Summer-blooming, firs lilac in showy spikes. 
BUXUS Sempervirens, a dense hardy evergreen 
shrub, used for edging and single specimens. 
CALLICARPA Americana, 5ft. A hardy native shrub 
laden with' ^lusters of purple berries in Autumn. 
CALYCANTHlfS Floridus, 5ft. The sweet native 
shrub; firs brown followed by large seed-fruits. 
Praecox, a beautiful Winter-blooming shrub, firs 
purple, very fragrant, axillary and terminal. 
CARAGANA Arborescens, 15ft. A Siberian Pea 
Tree, golden firs in April, hardy leguminous tree. 
CARPINUS Betulus, European Hornbeam, 50ft. Good 
hedge plant if kept pruned, yellowish flowers. 
CATALPA Speciosa, 30ft. A beautiful flowering tree, 
big terminal panicles of large white flowers, in 
bloom it is very attractive; blooms quite young. 
CEANOTHUS Azureus, 30ft. A fine Mexican shrub, 
firs lovely blue in cymes, give a sheltered place. 
CELASTRUS Scandens, 30ft. Hardy shrubby vine, 
clusters of white firs in Spring, and a rich orange 
vessels with bright scarlet seeds in Autumn, fine. 
CELTIS Occidentalis, tree 50ft. Known as Sugar 
Berry, fruits sugary, a handsome ornamental tree. 
CEPHALANTHUS Occidentalis, 6ft. A bushy hardy 
shrub with globular heads of white bloom. 
CERATONIA Siliqua, 30ft. An evergreen legumin 
ous tree, leaflets shining green, firs red in Sept. 
CERCIS Canadensis, 15ft. Red Bud, a hardy native 
tree showing masses of little red butterfly-like 
flowers in early Spring, before the foliage, fine. 
CHIONANTHUS Virginica, Fringe Tree, 15ft., also 
Grandfather Gray Beard, firs white in big showy 
clusters in Spring, a native ornamental tree. 
CITRUS Trifoliata, 20ft. A hardy orange tree, the 
fruit small but beautiful, flowers white, scented. 
CLEMATIS, Vines, Shrubby, hardy kinds, mixed. 
CLETHRA Alnifolia, 3ft. A hardy native shrub with 
lovely, deliciously scented white flowers in spicate 
racemes from July until September. 
COLUTEA Arborescens, 8ft. Firs yellow, freely pro¬ 
duced during July and August, a hardy shrub. 
CORNUS Florida, 15ft. The well-known Dog-wood; 
large white flowers in Spring; beautiful. 
Mascula, 12ft. Cornelian Cherry; umbels of golden 
flowers on leafless twigs in February and March, 
followed by red, edible cherry-like fruits. 
COTONEASTER Microphylla, an evergreen wall 
plant, preferred to Ivy, a profusion of white bloom 
in Spring, succeeded by scarlet berries. 
CRATAEGUS Pyracantha, 10ft. Evergreen Thorn, 
clusters of white bloom in May, and in Autumn 
covered with red berries that remain in Winter. 
CRYPTOMERIA Japonica Elegans. A beautiful ever¬ 
green pyramidal tree, branchlets pendulous, very 
graceful, bronzy crimson in Autumn and Winter. 
CYDONIA Japonica, Japan Quince, 5ft. Bright red 
firs in Spring, fruit green, delightfully fragrant. 
CYTISUS Laburnum, Golden Chain, 20ft., flowers 
are golden yellow in pendulous racemes from 
April to June, leguminous, very beautiful. 
DAPHNE Mezereum, Spurge Olive, 3ft. A charm¬ 
ing shrub, flowers red, fragrant, in clusters during 
February and March; give it a protected place. 
DAUBENTONIA, hhs, 6ft. A very beautiful shrub, 
scarlet Wistaria-like racemes, 4-winged seed-pod. 
DESMODIUM Penduliflorum, 3ft. A beautiful pen¬ 
dulous shrub, flowers pea-shaped, purple, free. 
DEUTZIA Crenata, fl. pi., 8ft. Fine Spring-double 
rose-tinted flowers in terminal panicles. 
DIOSPYROS Virginica, 40ft. Persimmon; seeds from 
delicious non-astringent fruit, excellent. 
ELEAGNUS Angustifolia, a handsome deciduous 
tree prized for fragrant yellow firs and red fruit. 
ERYTHROXYLON Coca, 5ft. A half-hardy shrub 
with small axillary flowers; foliage chewed by the 
South Americans as a stimulant. 
EUONYMUS Americana, 6ft. Green bark, purple 
flowers, pink strawberry-like fruits, scarlet seeds. 
EXOCHORDA Grandiflora, Pearl Bush, 12ft. A love¬ 
ly free-blooming, beautiful tree; the flowers like 
Cherry blooms and cover the tree in May. 
FRAXINUS Excelsior Pendula, weeping Ash. 
Ornus, the handsome flowering Ash, very pretty. 
GENISTA Tinctoria, 10ft. Flowers golden, in pro¬ 
fusion from July till September; of easy culture. 
GINKGO Biloba, 40ft. Maiden-hair tree, fine. 
GLEDITSCHIA Triacanthos, Honey Locust, 50 feet. 
Greenish firs; big red seed-pods, pretty foliage. 
GREVILLEA Robusta, a fine tree South and beauti¬ 
ful pot plant in the North. 
GRAPE, Chicken, 40ft. A wild grape bearing mass¬ 
es of palatable fruits; put up in sugar for pies. 
GRAPE, Scuppernong, 30ft. Branches freely and 
bears delicious large pinkish fruit in clusters. 
GYMNOCLADUS, Kentucky Coffee Tree, 75ft. Ra¬ 
cemes of white bloom, May to July, big red showy 
pods, Fall, seeds browned, ground, used for coffee. 
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