SHADE TREES, continued 
CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS. Hackberry. Native tree to 100 feet with rather 
rigid or sometimes pendulous branches and bright green foliage turning lighter 
in autumn. 
CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM. Katsura Tree. A beautiful tree of pyram¬ 
idal form with heart-shaped leaves tinged purple in the spring, turning light 
green during the summer and taking on a golden tint in winter. 
CLADRASTIS LUTEA. Yellow-Wood. Tree to 50 feet, bearing 1-inch, fragrant 
white flowers in May, followed by 4-inch seed-pods. 
FAGUS SYLVATICA. European Beech. A compact tree to 75 feet with darker 
and glossier green foliage than the American Beech. In autumn the leaves turn 
brownish, retaining that color for a long time in winter. 
F. SYLVATICA ATROPUNICEA. Purple Beech. Popular ornamental type 
with purple foliage. 
F. SYLVATICA ATROPUNICEA RIVERSI. Type with very dark purple 
leaves sometimes nearly black. 
F. SYLVATICA LACINIATA. Fernleaf or Cutleaf Beech. Very attractive type 
with foliage deeply toothed or lobed. 
F. SYLVATICA PENDULA. Weeping Beech. A type with drooping branches. 
FRAXINUS AMERICANA. White Ash. Tall, broad-headed tree with dark 
green, rather narrow foliage. Useful for street planting specimens on the lawn 
or in parks. 
F. PENNSYLVANICA. Red Ash. A tree to 60 feet with 6-inch leaves pubes¬ 
cent beneath. 
GINKGO BILOBA (Maidenhair Tree) 
GINKGO BILOBA. Maidenhair Tree. Large tree 
to 120 feet, with a broad, branched head and fan¬ 
shaped cut or divided foliage. Because of its 
freedom from insect pests it is an excellent lawn 
specimen or street tree. The Ginkgo is the oldest 
tree in the world, being the only tree left over to 
us from a far prehistoric age. 
GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS. Honey Locust. 
Hardy tree to 60 feet with light green foliage which 
turns yellow in the fall. It bears greenish white, 
fragrant flowers in long racemes, followed by 
ornamental pods. 
G. TRIACANTHOS INERMIS. A variety with 
seed-pods to 1Vfe inches long. These become 
twisted, giving the tree an odd appearance. 
GORDONIA LASIANTHUS. Loblolly Bay. Beau¬ 
tiful evergreen tree with 4-inch, white saucer¬ 
shaped flowers with yellow centers. Blooms pro¬ 
fusely from early June until frost. One of the finest 
evergreens for this section. 
SALIX BABYLONICA (Weeping Willow) 
LIRIODENDRON TULIP- 
IFERA. Tulip Tree. A 
lovely tree to 150 feet with 
greenish yellow tulip-like 
flowers in June. Smooth, 
dark gray bark. Leaves are 
bright green with square 
ends. 
MELIA AZEDARACH UM- 
BRACULIFORMIS. Tex¬ 
as Umbrella Tree. De¬ 
ciduous tree with drooping 
foliage and radiating 
branches which gives an 
umbrella-like effect. 
NYSSA AQUATICA. Tupelo 
Gum. Tree to 100 feet 
with 7-inch leaves and 
dark purple fruit 1 inch 
in diameter. 
N. SYLVATICA. Sour Gum. 
A tree to 70 feet with wavy 
interleaved branches which 
are very interesting in win¬ 
ter after the foliage drops. 
Autumn foliage bright 
scarlet. 
QUERCUS PALUSTRIS (Pin Oak) 
GYMNOCLADUS DIOICA. Kentucky 
Coffee Tree. Tree 60 to 80 feet tall with 
thick branches and gnarled branchlets. 
This peculiar formation gives the tree 
an appearance of great age. It bears 
large red-brown pods up to 10 inches 
long. An interesting specimen. 
PHELLODENDRON 
AMURENSE. Amur Cork 
Tree. Tree to 50 feet with 
corky bark. 
PLAT ANUS ORIENTALIS. 
European Plane. A majestic 
tree with bright green foli¬ 
age and interesting because 
the bark is always peeling off, showing 
patches of creamy white new bark and 
darker patches of older bark. 
POPULUS ALBA. White Poplar. A tree 
to 90 feet or more with heart-shaped 
foliage, white or gray tomentose beneath. 
Should never be planted near drains. 
KOELREUTERIA PANICULATA. Gol- 
denrain Tree. A tree to 30 feet high 
bearing large panicles of yellow flowers 
in July. Fine specimen when planted 
in full sunlight. 
LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA. 
Sweet Gum. Pyramidal tree to 100 feet, 
growing in swampy places. The foliage 
turns to a bright scarlet in early autumn 
and in winter the corky branches and 
deeply furrowed bark attract attention. 
Does well near the seashore. 
P. ALBA PYRAMIDALIS (P. BOLLE- 
ANA). A type more columnar than the 
preceding. 
P. NIGRA BETULIFOLIA. Birchleaf 
Black Poplar. Tree to 90 feet with wedge- 
shaped foliage, light green beneath. 
P. NIGRA ITALICA. Lombardy Poplar. 
A fastigiate type very popular as an 
accent tree or for forming a windbreak. 
P. SIMONI FASTIGIATA. Narrow 
pyramidal tree to 35 feet. Rapid growing. 
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