80 Hardy Ornamental Trees 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO 
Spring- Beauty of the Flowering Thorns 
FLOWERING THORNS (Crataegus) 
Coccinea (Thicket Thorn). Single white flowers, scarlet 
fruits. A fine small tree, densely branching, useful for 
impenetrable backgrounds. 3 to 4 ft., $1.50. 4 to 5 ft., $2.00. 
Orus-galli (Cockspur Thorn). Widely extended horizontal 
branches, flat-topped effect. Flowers white with tinge of red. 
3 to 4 feet, $1.50. 
Oxyacantha fl. pi. (English Hawthorn). White double flowers 
appearing when the leaves are nearly full grown, followed 
by conspicuous scarlet fruits. 
3 to 4 ft., $1.50. 4 to 5 ft., $2.00. 
Paul’s Double Scarlet. Flowers deep crimson-scarlet; very 
double. This is one of the most attractive small trees for 
solitary specimens or groups, as showy in fruit as when 
in bloom. 
4 to 5 ft., $2.00. 5 to 6 ft., $2.75. 6 to 8 feet, $4.00. 
Punctata (Dotted Hawthorn). 30 feet. Horizontal branches 
present a close, compact growth, the thorns short and stout. 
Interesting, irregular leaves; late spring flowers; and 
uniquely dotted, dull red fruits. 3 to 4 feet, $1.65. 
THE WILLOWS [Salix] 
UPRIGHT 
PllSSy Willow (S. discolor). A small tree with at- 
■ ■ — tractive leaves 2 inches long by an 
inch wide. Its popular appeal is the conspicuous silky 
catkins which bud in the fall, and make such delightful 
“springy” bouquets just as the snow is melting. 
3 feet, 55c each; 3 for $1.50; 6 for $2.70. 
Gold Bark. Showy, with golden conspicuous bark. 
Laurel Leaved. A splendid ornamental small tree, with 
large, glossy, dark laurel-like leaves, whence its name. 
WEEPING 
Babylonica. A graceful tree of large size. Its fresh, bright 
green tint and long, wavy branches make it very attractive. 
Niobe. (Golden Weeping). Slender leaves, green above, silvery 
beneath; the twigs and bark a strong golden yellow; the 
hardiest gold-barked Willow for the far North. 
Tliurlow’s (Elegantissima). Larger and more spreading 
than Babylonica. 
Wisconsin. A babylonica with more slender leaves and 
hardier. This is the most generally planted variety, and 
makes immense broad-topped specimens. 
PRICE OF WILLOWS Each 
Babylonica, 6 to 8 feet .$1.60 
8 to 10 feet. 2.00 
Gold Bai’k, 6 to 8 feet. 1 10 
“ “ 8 to 10 feet. 1.50 
Laurel-Leaved, 6 to 8 feet. 1.25 
“ 8 to 10 feet. 1.75 
Niobe (Golden Weeping), 6 to 8 feet. 1.60 
“ “ “ 8 to 10 feet 2.00 
“ “ “ 10 to 12 feet_*. 2.75 
Pussy (S. discolor)—See description . 
Thurlow’s (Elegantissima), 6 to 8 feet. 1.60 
“ “ 8 to 10 feet. 2.00 
“ “ 10 to 12 feet. 2.75 
Wisconsin, 6 to 8 feet . 1.60 
8 to 10 feet . 2.00 
“ 10 to 12 feet . 2.75 
Pussy Willow 
TULIP TREE (Whitewood). One of the grandest of our 
native trees; of tall pyramidal habit, with broad, glossy 
fiddle-shaped leaves and beautiful, tulip-like flowers, allied 
to the Magnolia. Leaf color is clean, rather bluish green 
shade which in fall turns brightest yellow. Flowers are 1(4 
to 2 inches long, light greenish yellow marked at inside base 
with orange. May and June. 6 to 8 feet, $2.00. 
WITCH HAZEL. Valuable because its fringe-like yellow 
flowers open in November. Grows 10 to 15 feet tall, with 
fine leaves that color to yellow, orange or purple in fall and 
drop before the bright yellow flowers appear. Likes a moist 
sandy or peaty soil and partial shade. 
3 to 4 feet, $1.00. 4 to 5 feet, $1.25. 
YELLOW WOOD (Virgilia lutea). One of the most beau¬ 
tiful medium-sized native flowering trees, growing to 50 
feet. It has a short trunk and wide, rounded head of hand¬ 
some foliage that colors clear yellow in fall. In June it is 
showy and fragrant, with long, drooping racemes of white, 
pea-shaped flowers. 3 to 4 feet, $1.75. 
