MOUNTAIN ASH, 
SHOWING CLUST¬ 
ERS OF SCARLET 
BERRIES. 
(SORBUS) 
{See page 17) 
Fagus (continued) 
F. s. asplenifolia (Fern-leaved Beech). A 
beautiful and scarce medium-sized tree, 
with delicately divided leaves; the young 
shoots are slender and drooping, giving the 
tree a singularly graceful appearance. 
$1.50 to $3. 
Fraxinus : Ash 
Quick-growing inex¬ 
pensive shade trees 
that naturally make 
handsome symmetrical 
specimens that are 
suitable for almost all 
landscape work, es¬ 
pecially lawn and ave¬ 
nue planting. In the 
fall the foliage turns 
a brilliant yellow. 
Fraxinus Americana (White Ash). 
A large spreading tree of sym¬ 
metrical shape, easily trans¬ 
planted, and a rapid grower. 
50 cts. $1. 
F. excelsior pendula (Weeping Ash). A fast¬ 
growing weeping tree, with tortuous, 
spreading branches. It covers a great 
space, and is well adapted for forming 
arbors or shady retreats. $1 to $2. 
GINKGO biloba (Maiden-hair Tree); syn., Sal- 
isburia adiantifolia. An elegant tree of 
singular habit, with long branches, some¬ 
times spreading horizontally and some¬ 
times almost columnar in their erectness. 
Remarkable for its curious palmate leaves, 
resembling the Maiden-hair fern. Not 
much disturbed by insects and a good 
street tree. 75 cts. to $1.50. 
GLEDITSCHIA triacanthos (Thorny, or 
Black Locust). A fine hardy tree, with 
light, elegant foliage; monstrous thorns 
and much used for hedges. 50 cts. to $r. 
GYMNOCLADUS Canadensis (Kentucky Cof¬ 
fee Tree). A singular but very symmetri¬ 
cal and admirable tree for park or lawn; 
with doubly compound leaves, 2 to 3 feet 
long; rough bark, and blunt, cane-like 
branches, devoid of small twigs. 50 cts. 
to $1. 
F. s. purpurea (Purple, or Copper Beech). 
When the Purple Beech is judiciously 
planted it is a very ornamental and inter¬ 
esting object. It is a line shade tree 
hardy, long-lived, has but few insect ene¬ 
mies, and after it gets well established in 
the ground, is a rapid grower. 50 cts. to $5. 
F. s. p. Riversi (Rivers’ Purple Beech). A 
very line variety with leaves of good size 
and deep purple color. Grafted trees, $1 
to $3. 
F. s. pendula (Weeping Beech). One of the 
tallest weeping deciduous trees, and almost 
unique in the grotesque manner in which 
its branches droop and turn and twist and 
contort themselves. It is always interest¬ 
ing, and when well grown is singularly 
effective on the lawn. $1.50 to $3. 
DALESIA diptera (Silver Bell, Snowdrop 
Tree); syn., Mohrodendron. A choice 
flowering tree of medium size. It grows 
from 15 to 20 feet high, and blooms pro¬ 
fusely just as the leaves are appearing. 
The pure white flowers are bell-shaped, 
one inch in diameter, hanging gracefully in 
small clusters on long, slender stems in 
great profusion. 50 cts. to $1. 
Halesia tetraptera. Similar to above, but has 
four wings on the seed, instead of two. 
Considered a little hardier than H. diptera, 
although both are entirely hardy here. 50 
cts. to $1. 
JUGLANS nigra (Black Walnut). See Nut 
Dept., Page 7. 
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