Ornamental Department 
Deciduous Trees. 
We have a considerable number of trees of various kinds of large size, suitable for 
producing immediate effect. Those having home grounds to plant are cordially invited 
to visit our Nurseries during the summer and personally select their trees, which will be 
labeled, and reserved until the transplanting season. 
Price, 50 cents to $1 each, and upwards. 
ALDER, English. A quick-growing, small 
tree for damp ground. 
APPLE, Flowering Crab. 
A8H, White. A native tree, with tall 
straight trunk, supporting an ovate 
head of abundant foliage. 
BEECH. The Beeches are noted for their 
rich, glossy foliage, and smooth, bright 
gray bark. Form usually ovate, with 
sky outlines broken and spirited. A 
very valuable group for specimens, or 
masses, for landscape gardening. 
European. Foliage dense, that of the 
lower part of the tree remaining a rich 
russet color through the winter. 
American. Leaves larger and thinner 
than the European. 
Fern-Leaved. A delicate, beautiful va¬ 
riety. $1.50. 
Weeping. Heaps up its irregular masses 
of rich foliage in fantastic forms. 
$1.50. 
Rivers’ Purple-Leaved. Bright purple 
in spring.changing to purplish green in 
fall; a conspicuous lawn ornament. 
$1 to $1.50. 
BIRCH. This genus embraces a very 
popular and highly ornamental class of 
trees. Their elegant, graceful appear¬ 
ance, silvery bark, slender branches, 
and light and airy foliage render them 
general favorites. We have a large and 
very fine stock for extensive planters. 
Sweet or Cherry. A large tree, with 
dark, glossy and aromatic bark. 
Yellow. Similar to above; bark yellow. 
Red. Native to moist situations, bark 
red, conspicuous. 
Canoe or Paper. A large native tree, 
with brilliant white bark. 
European or White. A tree of upright 
growth, which becomes drooping at the 
extremeties of the branches; silvery 
white bark. 
Cut-Leaved Weeping White. An erect 
tree, bending its silvery spray with a 
delicate grace on every side; this is 
ln.vond question the most esteemed of 
weeping trees, but is not as successful 
on Long Tslnnd as elsewhere. 
BLACK WALNUT. A noble, spreading 
tree of high value for shade, timber 
and nuts. 
BUTTERNUT. A similar but smaller 
tree, bearing excellent nuts. 
JAPAN WALNUT. (Julians Sieboldi.) 
A new nut of some promise, resembling 
the Butternut. 
BUTTON-BALL. (American Plane.) A 
quick growing tree of the largest 
size; leaves large, branches white, 
covered with brown patches. 
Oriental Plane. Leaves more sharply 
lobed; considered a finer tree. We 
have an unusually fine stock. 
CATALPA speciosa. (Western Catalpa.) A 
very rapid-growing tree, with large heart 
shaped leaves, and showy white and 
purple flowers in July. In much de¬ 
mand for timber planting, on account 
of its quick growth and durability. 
Grows well near salt water. 25 to 
50cents. 
Kaempferi. A small tree, flowering early, 
bearing cream colored purplish flowers. 
Bungeii. A curious dwarf; head globular 
or dome shaped, with leaves laid with 
the precision of pointed slate. $1 to $1.50. 
CERCIDIPHYLLUM Japonicum. (Katsura 
Tree.) A beautiful upright tree, 
recently introduced; leaves heart- 
shaped. dark green above, and silvery 
green beneath. $1. 
CHERRY, Double White-Flowering. Vig¬ 
orous growth; numerous, very double 
rose-like flowers. 
CHESTNUT, American. A tree of great 
size, grand character, and rapid growth, 
taking rank with the Oaks. 
Japan. A dwarf species, bearing large 
nuts, when the tree is very small. $1 to 
1.50. 
CYPRESS, Deciduous. A stately pyra¬ 
midal tree, native of southern swamps. 
The foliage is of fern-like delicacy, of a 
light green color. 
Chinese Weeping. A perfect cone in 
form, the tips of the branches drooping. 
