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ORNAMENTAL AND SHADE TREES— Continued 
FRAXINUS - Ash 
Fraxinus americana (American White Ash). A splendid lawn or street 
tree with spreading and upright branches forming an oval. Long, 
compound leaves, lustrous green above, white beneath, turning to 
shades of yellow and violet in Autumn. Grows 60 ft. 
GINKGO - Maidenhair Tree 
Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair Tree). An Asiatic hardy, deciduous tree 
called Maidenhair tree because of its attractive foliage, resembling 
the form of a Maidenhair fern. Grows to 120 ft. with characteristics 
diagonal upright form and is much used as a street or park tree for 
planting as a specimen or picturesque effect if desired. Have light, 
glossy, fan-shaped leaves. 
GLEDITSIA - Honeylocust 
Gleditsia triacanthos (Common Homeylocust). Good for park or 
street planting and makes impenetrable hedges if planted thickly 
and pruned severely. Bears small pink flowers in May in racemes fol- 
lowed by pods often 18 in. long. Height 60 ft. 
MORUS - Mulberry 
Morus tatarica (Russian Mulberry). A rather small growing tree, very 
hardy, with dark red fruit and very attractive to birds. They are 
planted for ornamental purposes but many orchardists plant them 
in orchards as bird allurers to save fruit. 
M. alba pendula (Teas’ Weeping Mulberry). One of the best of small 
weeping lawn trees, forming a perfect umbrella-shaped head. Foliage 
light green, deeply lobed. Fruit reddish purple. Thrifty and hardy. 
PLATANUS 
Planetree - Sycamore 
Platanus orientalis (Oriental Planetree). One of the oldest cultivated 
trees and among the best for street and avenue planting. It grows 
rapidly to grand size, is bold, picturesque, healthy, free from insects, 
vigorous in all soils, especially along the water’s edge. A lofty, wide- 
spreading tree, growing 60 to 80 ft. tall, with large, leathery, clear- QUERCUS - Oak 
cut leaves that turn yellow in Fall. Quercus palustris (Pin Oak). Almost pyramidal 
in habit and sometimes described as half-weep- 


Cut-leaf Weeping Birch 
POPULUS - Poplar ing when old, because its lower branches touch 
Populus bolleana (Bolleana Poplar). Similar to the well-known Lom- ue ground. It ElO aay sevclers the Lay 
bardy Poplar in habit, but broader, and like it useful in breaking the characteristics ere aap mat oat oe ara ee 
monotony of lower, round-topped trees. Will grow to a tall spire, 80 seen from some fine av enues)P prea in the 
ft. high. Its leaves are glossy green above, silvery beneath. A last score of years. It grows 60 to 80 ft., some- 
favorite with landscape gardeners. times taller. The leaves are deep green, glossy 
P. nigra italica (Lombardy Poplar). Attains a height of from 100 and finely divided. Orange-scarlet in Fall. 
to 150 ft. Well known and remarkable for its erect, rapid growth 
and tall, spiry form. Indispensable in landscape gardening, to break 
the ordinary and monotonous outline of most other trees. 
SALIX - Willow 
Besides the beauty of their airy Summer foliage the Willows have 
a distinct value in the brightness of their bark when leaves have fallen. 
There are few trees that can be used to such advantage for cheery 
Winter effects. They grow fast and are adapted to a variety of soils 
and uses. Frequent cutting back gives a thicker growth of bright 
young twigs. 
Salix blanda (Wisconsin Weeping Willow). Of drooping habit and 
hardier than Salix babylonica. Valuable on account of its ability 
to resist severe cold. 
S. discolor (Pussy Willow). See description under Shrubs, page 28. 
S. elegantissima (Thurlow Weeping Willow). Rapid growing weeper 
but with very brittle branches. 
S. pentandra (Laurel Willow). Ornamental tree of upright growth; 
bark brownish green, leaves dark, glossy green; excellent for seashore 
planting. 
SORBUS - Mountain-Ash 
Sorbus aucuparia (European Mountain-ash). Medium-sized tree, 
with handsome, pinnate leaves, neat habit and showy crops of bright 
red berries, persistent until late in Winter, giving a brilliant note to 
the Autumn landscape. Hardy, erect, 20 to 30 ft. high with smooth 
bark and dense, regular heads; berry clusters large and bright. 
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