ae yy ASE PAsnericant Mountain 
A tree of rather formal shape with a graceful, 
somewhat slender outline, seldom growing to a 
height of more than 30 or 40 feet. One of the most 
charming trees of our entire flora, and one of the 
Nursery Grown Native Trees 
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; most popular for home grounds. It transplants 
o readily and merits its high esteem by its beautiful, 
feathery foliage, delightful spring flowers and abun- 
dant, bright red fruit which appears in the summer 
: or early autumn. Native of the mountainous regions 
American Mountain Ash 
from northern Georgia well up into Canada. 
COFFEE TREE 
This truly American tree is so outstanding beauti- 
ful with its dainty foliage and rough, gray bark, 

one wonders why it is not more commonly used for we 
ornamental planting. It grows 100 feet high with bs a 2 
a trunk often 4 feet in diameter and offers high ay aS S 
shade for lawns. It should be transplanted when ONS 
small. The Coffee Tree ranges naturally through at) 
western New York, western Pennsylvania, West Vir- 
ginia, Tennessee, through most of Alabama and Corer 
northward to southern Wisconsin. ye 
Coffee Tree 
CUCUMBER TREE Fea’ 
This handsome native American tree often reaches A ‘ 
90 feet in height with a trunk diameter 3 to 4 feet m a 
and when growing in the open developes a most : 5 
picturesquely rounded crown. It grows naturally, 
along the mountainous slopes of the Alleghenies, i 
westward to Mississippi and throughout most of In- ° 
diana. It is the hardiest of all Magnolias and cannot 
be recommended too highly for ornamental planting. 

Cucumber Tree 
Cucumber Tree FLOWERING DOGWOOD 
The Dogwood is the showiest and most dramatic 
as well as probably the most popular and beautiful 
of all the American trees. Low, round-headed when 
Bete given a chance to spread, seldom growing to a height 
‘ ngles of more than 40 feet with a trunk greater than a 
= foot in diameter. It prefers well-drained, fertile 

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soil as it blossoms more profusely in the open, and 
cw, transplants readily at almost any size. The large, 
os. oe beautiful, white flowers of spring are followed by 
ae | rich green, round foliage which turns brilliant scarlet 
in the autumn. The fruit colors bright red usually 
before the leaves turn and is an attractive food for 
many birds. It grows naturally from central New Flowering Dogwood 
York to northern Florida and westward to eastern 
Texas and eastern Iowa. 

Flowering Dogwood 
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