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ORNAMENTAL AND WEEPING TREES 
JAPAN WEEPING CHERRY 
See page 51 for description. 
Mulberry —Cont. 
form, and motion in the breezes, it is one of the best. 
It is hardy, easy to grow. Admirably adapted for 
large or small grounds and makes an especially fine 
cemetery tree. 
Moss Locust. Highly prized for its beauty. In May 
and June it is literally covered with long, loose 
hanging clusters of most exquisite rose-pink flowers 
that resemble those of the Wisteria. All-season 
beauty is provided with the bright green, finely di¬ 
vided foliage and the thickly beset twdg stems and 
fruit pods with bristly hairs that looks like moss. 
A much needed, very useful flowering tree for plant¬ 
ing in the shrubbery border or on the lawn. 
Oriental Jewel Tree. See Crab, Flowering. 
Pecan, Paper Shell. Grows thirty to sixty feet in 
height. The Pecan is of the Hickory family, hybrid 
of the hickory and butternut and others. Considered 
as a Southern tree; is a hardy tree except far north. 
Like all of the family, it is an artistic, very attractive 
tree; its nuts maturing in the fall. 
Persimmon. Grows from twenty to sixty feet tall; in 
the South is much taller. It has a round top, spread¬ 
ing, often pendulous branches. Leaves are thick, 
dark green and smooth and very dense. The bark of 
the trunk is dark; flowers appear in June. They are 
greenish yellow and small. The fruit is about an inch 
in diameter, nearly stemless, orange-red when ripe. 
Plane, Oriental (European Sycamore). Grows to a 
height of fifty to sixty feet and often more. One of our 
most picturesque trees, better than the native Plane 
or Buttonwood, which it resembles in many ways. A 
large, symmetrical tree of rapid growth, beautiful in 
winter as well as summer, one of its chief charms. The 
bark is creamy w^hite, mottled by dark blotches of 
older bark, which peels off. The bark gives the tree its 
winter beauty. It has a large head of beautiful foli¬ 
age, the leaves being heart-shaped, large, deep green. 
It is one of the best street trees in America, standing 
near the head of the list. Very popular in Paris and 
Washington, wdiich have the best street trees of any 
cities in the w^orld. It ranks wuth the Elm and Norway 
Maple in popularity. Its claims for popularity as a 
street tree are as follow^s; It grows rapidly, is majestic 
JAPAN FLOWERING CHERRY 
See naee .51 for deseriiition. 
in aspect: is attractive all the year, withstands well 
the smoke and dust of cities; while moisture loving, it 
thrives well in city streets of moderate width. Is little 
infested with insect pests, does not suffer from the 
twig blight, makes a fine lawn tree all the year, and 
may be planted in new streets where rapid growth is 
wanted, or to take the place of trees that are pro¬ 
hibited. 
Plum, Double Flowering (Prunus Triloba). Grows 
usually to a height of but five to six feet. A dainty, 
sturdy, symmetrically formed little tree, attractive in 
form and blossom. Upright in growth, with slender 
branches. It is completely covered in May with double 
pink flowers, an inch across and each flower resembl¬ 
ing a little rose. The blossoms come before the leaves 
and are so thickly crowded along the branches the 
tree from a distance I ooks like one solid mass of pink. 
Plum, Purple-Leaved (Prunus Pissardi). Ultimate 
height, eight to ten feet. A small tree in form, of 
beautiful purple foliage, retaining its color well 
through the season. It has pretty pink flowers in May, 
but no fruit. May be set alone as a showy little 
specimen tree or with large shrubs for contrast. 
Poplar 
Bolleana. One of the best Poplars with habit of growth 
similar to Lombardy. Distinctive for silvery white 
foliage. Poplars are used for breaking the monotony 
of an even skyline. They also make fine screens. 
Grows to about 80 feet. 
Carolina. Grows to forty or fifty feet, a very beautiful 
tree, and useful when properly placed. It has at¬ 
tractive bark, and is of beautiful form for a winter 
landscape. Its foliage is glossy and showy, light green 
beneath. May be made broad and spreading by cut¬ 
ting out the top for the first few years for very rapid 
growth for shade. It may be planted alone; is a fine 
