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Shade and Ornamental Trees—Continued 
Red Flowering Dogwood 
Cucumber Tree (Magnolia Acuminata). 
A well known native in our mountains, which 
grows conical in shape and has large glau¬ 
cous leaves, making it attractive. The flow¬ 
ers are fragrant, usually of dull, white color 
followed by elongated green seed clusters 
which later turn coral. Very satisfactory. 
Bechtel’s Flowering Crab (Malus ioensis 
plena). One of the most beautiful of the 
flowering crabs; tree of medium size, cov¬ 
ered in early spring with large, beautiful 
fragrant flowers of a delicate pink color; 
very popular for lawns, as it blooms quite 
young. 
White Flowering Dogwood (Cornus Flor¬ 
ida). Of all the spring time bloomers, this 
small tree is one of the loveliest. The con¬ 
spicuous white petal-like bracts, which are 
an inch broad, give the flowered clusters a 
charming loveliness. 
Red Flowering Dogwood (Cornus Florida 
Rubra). This is not a new or uncommon 
tree, by any means, but one too often over¬ 
looked as a means for beautifying home 
grounds. Dogwood blossoms are everywhere 
loved for their fresh beauty and welcomed 
as one of the earliest signs of spring. Once 
started, they need but simple care. Like 
the white flowering kind, the leaves of this 
dogwood color attractively in the fall. No 
other spring-flowering tree is quite so boldly 
beautiful in bloom. 
American White Elm (Ulmus Americana). 
A magnificent tree growing 80 to 100 feet 
high with drooping spreading branches; one 
of the grandest of our native trees; makes 
a beautiful lawn or street tree. 
Moline Elm (Ulmus Molini). This is a 
recent introduction and is produced entirely 
by budding. It is very rapid growing and 
erect, producing an appearance somewhat 
like a Lombardy Poplar when young and as 
the tree becomes older it'is more spreading, 
with branches almost horizontal. The leaves 
are often 6 inches across. 
Chinese Elm (Ulmus Pumila). A rapid 
grower, with slender, almost wiry branches. 
It is one of the finest trees to leaf out in 
the spring and the last to shed its leaves in 
the fall. Remarkably free from the usual 
plant diseases and insect injuries so com¬ 
mon in many of the elms. It is very hardy 
and has proved valuable under a greater 
variety of climatic and soil conditions than 
any tree yet introduced. Its resistance to 
drought, alkali, and extremes of tempera¬ 
ture render it an especially valuable tree. 
Japanese Flowering Cherries (Prunus 
serrulata). For spring planting only, bloom¬ 
ing in April, they are the earliest trees in 
blossom. There is no flowering tree that has 
the beauty and charm of these wonders of 
Weeping Japanese Flowering Cherry 
(Prunus subhirtella pendula). As a lawn 
tree this can hardly be excelled. Its sweep¬ 
ing, pendulous branches are literally studded 
with pink bloom early in spring. An orna¬ 
ment in any lawn. For spring planting only. 
Chinese Elm 
