No pains are spared to produce the finest specimens of the very best varieties of orna¬ 
mental trees and shrubs. We list only those which are hardy. 
DECIDUOUS TREES 
Alder (Alnus) — Imperial Cut-Leaf (Laciniata Imperialis) — Of stately, graceful growth, 
having deeply cut foliage. Vigorous and very hardy. Attains a height of about 
twenty feet. 
Bechtel’s Double-Flowered American 
Crab — One of the most beautiful of the 
many fine varieties of flowering Crabs. 
Tree of medium size, covered in early 
spring with large, beautiful, double fra¬ 
grant flowers of a delicate pink color. 
From a distance the flowers have the ap¬ 
pearance of small roses. A great ac¬ 
quisition, and certain to become very 
popular as soon as known. Blooms 
when quite young. 
Beech — Purple-Leaved (Purpurea) — 
A most elegant lawn tree, of striking 
appearance. Early in the season the 
foliage is deep purple, later it changes 
to crimson, and again, in the fall, to a 
dull purplish green. Forty to fifty feet 
when fully grown. 
Birch — European White (Alba)—Silvery 
bark and slender branches. Fifteen to 
thirty feet high when fully grown. 
Catalpa — The catalpas flower in July, 
when few varieties are in bloom, and 
are therefore desirable. The blossoms 
are large and quite fragrant. Large, 
heart-shaped, yellowish green leaves. 
Very effective, tropical looking lawn 
trees. 
Weeping Cut-Leaf Birch 
speckled with purple and yellow; not 
is smaller and more loose; seed pods 
syringsefolia. 
Bungei. Chinese Catalpa —A species 
from China, of dwarf habit, growing 
only from three to five feet high. Fol¬ 
iage large and glossy; a shy bloomer. 
Top grafted on tall stems it makes an 
effective umbrella-shaped tree. 
Kaempferi. Japan Catalpa — Introduced 
from Japan by Siebold. A species of 
* rapid growth, with deep green glossy fol¬ 
iage. Flowers fragrant, cream colored, 
large as those of syringsefolia; panicle also 
ng and very narrow; two weeks later than 
Speciosa — A variety which is said to have originated in the west. It is finer and hardier 
than the common; hence better adapted for ornamental planting. Its blossoms open 
two or three weeks earlier than other sorts. A large, spreading tree. Used extensively 
for fence posts and telegraph poles. 
White Flowering (Hippocastanum)—Decidedly the finest variety of this family. 
Makes a beautiful tree of regular outline. Exceedingly hardy, and free from all 
diseases. Covered in May with magnificent white flowers tinged with red. Forty 
to fifty feet when fully grown. 
