80 Hardy Ornamental Trees 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO. 
Spring Beauty of the Flowering Thorns 
Pussy Willow 
(S. discolor). A 
small tree with 
attractive leaves 
2 inches long by 
an inch wide. Its 
popular appeal 
is the conspicu¬ 
ous silky catkins 
which bud in the 
fall, and make 
such delightful 
“springy” bou¬ 
quets just as the 
snow is melting. 
4 to 5 feet, 75c 
each; 3 for 
$2.00; 6 for 
$2.75. 
Pussy Willow 
FLOWERING THORN (Crataegfus) 
Coccinea (Thicket Thorn). Single white flowers, scarlet 
fruits. A fine small tree, densely branching, useful for 
impenetrable backgrounds. 3 to 4 ft., $2.00. 
Crus-gfalli (Cockspur Thorn). Widely extended horizontal 
branches, flat-topped effect. Flowers white with tinge of red. 
3 to 4 feet, $2.00. 
Oxyacantha (English Hawthorn). White single flowers ap¬ 
pearing when the leaves are nearly full grown, followed by 
conspicuous scarlet fruits. A rich hedge subject. 
3 to 4 ft., $1.60 ; 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. 
3 to 4 ft., $1.75 ; 4 to 5 ft., $2.00 ; 5 to 6 ft., $2.75. 
THE WILLOWS [Salix] 
UPRIGHT 
Gold Bark. Showy, with golden bark conspicuous during 
winter. 
—Britzensis. Deep bronze bark. 
Daurel Deaved. A splendid ornamental small tree, with 
large, glossy, dark laurel-like leaves, whence its name. 
Begfalis (Silver Leaf). A large tree, with short, thick trunk 
and yellowish brown branches, the foliage a silvery ash gray. 
WEEPING 
Babylouica. 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. 
Wisconsin Weeping Willow 
Thurlow’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 
Britzensis (Bronze), 5 to 6 feet . 1.25 
“ “ 6 to 8 feet . 1.65 
Gold Bark, 6 to 8 feet . 1.25 
“ “ 8 to 10 feet . 1.60 
Laurel-Leaved, 6 to 8 feet . 1.50 
“ 8 to 10 feet . 2.00 
Niobe (Golden Weeping), 6 to 8 feet . 1.75 
“ “ “ 8 to 10 feet 2.25 
“ “ “ 10 to 12 feet 3.00 
Pussy (S. discolor)—See description. 
Regalis (Silver), 5 to 6 feet . 1.50 
“ “ 6 to 8 feet . 2.00 
Thurlow’s (Elegantissima), 6 to 8 feet . 1.65 
“ “ 8 to 10 feet 2.10 
“ “ 10 to 12 feet 2.85 
Wisconsin, 6 to 8 feet. 1.60 
“ 8 to 10 feet . 2.00 
“ 10 to 12 feet . 2.75 
TULIP TBBB (Whitewood). One of the grandest of our 
native ti’ees; 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^^ 
to 2 inches long, light greenish yellow marked at inside base 
with orange. May and June. 
5 to 6 feet, $2.00. 6 to 8 feet, $2.75. 
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. 
2 to 3 feet, 80c. 3 to 4 feet, $1.10. 4 to 5 feet, $1.40. 
