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ELL WANGER & BARRY'S CATALOGUE. 
Fag 11s sylvatica. European Beech. A beautiful tree attaining a height of 
sixty to eighty feet. 
var. cristata. Crested or Curled-leaved Beech. A singular, 
but very ornamental variety of the European ; of medium size, with small and almost 
sessile leaves, crowded into small, dense tufts. $1.50 to $3.00. 
var. heteropliylla. Fern-leaved Beech. A tree of elegant, round 
habit, and delicately cut fern-like foliage. During the growing season its young 
shoots are like tendrils, giving a graceful, wavy aspect to the tree One of the finest 
lawn trees. See cut. $1.50 to $2.00. 
var. incisa. Cut-leaved Beech. A fine, erect, free-growing tree, with 
deeplv incised foliage. Like the fern-leaved, a variety of rare beauty and excellence. 
$1.50'to $2.00. 
var. macrophylla. Broad-leaved Beech. A vigorous variety, 
with very large foliage. Distinct and fine. $1.50 to $2.00. 
var. pendilla. Weeping Beech. Originated in Belgium. A remark¬ 
ably vigorous, picturesque tree of large size. Its mode of growth is extremely curious. 
The trunk or stem is generally straight, with the branches tortuous and spreading; 
quite ungainly in appearance, divested of their leaves, but when covered with rich, 
luxuriant foliage, of wonderful grace and beauty. See cut. $1.50 to $3.00. 
var. purpurea. Purple-leaved Beech. Discovered in a German 
forest. An elegant vigorous tree, growing 40 to 50 feet high. The foliage in spring is 
deep purple, and later in the season changes to crimson, and again to a dull purplish 
green in the fall. $1.50 to $2.00. 
var. purpurea major. An erect, rapid grower; leaves large, shining 
and very dark purple. $2.00. 
var. purpurea Riversii. River’s Smooth-leaved Purple Beech. 
This variety, which we procured of Mr. Rivers, differs from the ordinary Purple¬ 
leaved Beech by its compact, symmetrical habit of growth, and crimson foliage early 
in the spring, changing to a dark purple in summer. The finest of all purple-leaved 
trees. $1.50 to $3.00. 
var. quercifolia. Oak-leaved Beech. Dwarf habit; distinct, fine 
foliage. $2.00. 
FRAXINUS. Ash. Esche, Ger. Frene, Fr. 
This is a large family, and comprises many species and varieties of great beauty and value. 
r. alba argentea margiiiata. A medium sized tree with elegant varie¬ 
gated foliage. The inner portions of the leaves are a deep green, while the margins 
are silvery white. $1.00. 
F. Americana var. aucubaelolia. Aucuba-leaved Ash. A beautiful 
variety, with gold-blotched leaves like the Japan Aucuba. As the variegation is per¬ 
manent, the tree is valuable for grouping with purple leaved trees. Punctata resem¬ 
bles this so closely, that we do not deem it necessary to grow both. $1.00. See cut. 
var. Bosci. Bose’s Ash. A scarce American variety, with dark, glossy 
foliage, and brown woolly shoots; distinct and fine. $1.00. 
var. juglandifolia. Walnut-leaved Ash. A native tree, growing 
from 30 to 50 feet high ; flowers in May. $1.00. 
var. pannosa. Cloth-like-leaved Ash. A native of Carolina. Re¬ 
sembles Bosci, but more downy, and foliage much larger. $1.00. 
var. rufa. Rufous-haired Ash. An American variety, of upright habit 
with dark green single leaves, occasionally in threes. $1.00. 
var. sambucifolia. American Black Ash. A small or medium sized 
tree, with fine foliage. $1.00. 
F. excelsior. European Ash. A lofty tree, of rapid growth, with spreading 
head and gray bark, pinnate leaves and black buds. 
