FAGUS SYLVATICA ATROPUNICEA 
RIVERSI. Very dark purple leaves. 
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 plant- 
ing and as a specimen on lawns or in parks. 
F. PENNSYLVANICA. Red Ash. A tree to 
60 feet with leaves pubescent beneath. 
GINKGO BILOBA. Maidenhair-tree. Valu- 
able for street and lawn planting because of 
its freedom from insects. The dark green, 
fan-shaped leaves turn bright yellow in 
the autumn. Very hardy, rapid grower. 
GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS. Honey Lo- 
cust. Light green foliage turning yellow in 
the fall. Greenish white, fragrant flowers in 
long racemes. 60 feet tall. 
G. TRIACANTHOS INERMIS. A variety 
with seed-pods 114 feet long. These become 
twisted, giving the tree an odd appearance. 
GORDONIA LASIANTHUS. Loblolly Bay. 
Beautiful evergreen tree with 4-inch, white, 
saucer-shaped flowers with yellow centers. 
One of the finest evergreens for this section. 
Illustrated in color on page 32. 
GYMNOCLADUS DIOICA. 
Kentucky 
Coffee-tree. 
Thick branches and gnarled 
branchlets, on a tree 60 to 80 feet tall, bear- 
ing large red-brown pods up to 10 inches 
long. An interesting specimen. 


Tulip-tree and Flower 
SHADE TREES 
KO:LREUTERIA PANICULATA. Golden- 
rain-tree. A tree 30 feet high, bearing large 
panicles of yellow flowers in July. 
LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA. Sweet 
Gum. Pyramidal tree to 100 feet high, with 
corky branches and deeply furrowed bark. 
The foliage turns bright scarlet in early 
autumn. Does well near the seashore. 
LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA.  Tulip- 
tree. A magnificent tree to 150 feet tall, 
with greenish yellow, tulip-like flowers in 
June. Smooth, dark gray bark. Leaves are 
bright green, with squared ends. 
MELIA AZEDARACH UMBRACULIFOR- 
MIS. Texas Umbrella-tree. Deciduous 
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. 
N. SYLVATICA. Sour Gum. Wavy inter- 
leaved branches which are very interesting 
in winter after the leaves drop. Autumn 
foliage bright scarlet. 
PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE. Amur 
Cork-tree. A corky-barked tree from the 
Orient. Grows 50 feet tall; hardy. 
PLATANUS ORIENTALIS. European 
Plane. A majestic tree, most outstanding 
because of its habit of continually shedding 
its bark. 
POPULUS ALBA. White Poplar. A tree to 
90 feet or more. Heart-shaped foliage. 
Should never be planted near drains. 
POPULUS ALBA PYRAMIDALIS (P. Bol- 
leana). More columnar than the preceding. 
P. NIGRA BETULIFOLIA. Birchleaf Black 
Poplar. Wedge-shaped foliage. 
P. NIGRA ITALICA. Lombardy Poplar. 
Tall, slender habit; rapid grower. 
P. SIMONI FASTIGIATA. Narrow pyram- 
idal tree to 35 feet. Rapid growing. 
QUERCUS ACUTA. Japanese Evergreen 
Oak. Small tree with wavy foliage. 
Q. ALBA. White Oak. Long-lived tree 80 
feet tall, with a broad, open head. 
Q. BOREALIS. Northern Red Oak. Grows 
80 feet high. 
Q. BOREALIS MAXIMA. A taller tree, with 
larger acorns. 
Q. COCCINEA. Scarlet Oak. Gray-barked 
tree to 80 feet. Scarlet autumn foliage. 
Q. CUSPIDATA. See Castanopsis. 
Q. DENTATA. Leaves sometimes a foot long. 
Q. LAURIFOLIA DARLINGTONIA. Hand- 
some tree with round-topped head and lus- 
trous foliage. Evergreen in the South. 
Q. MACROCARPA. Mossy-cup Oak. Bright 
green foliage. Shaggy-cupped acorns. 
Q. MONTANA. Chestnut Oak. Foliage turns 
dull orange in the fall. 
Q. MYRSINASFOLIA. An evergreen tree 
with glossy, toothed leaves. 
Q. NIGRA. Water Oak. Handsome tree with 
slender branches. 
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