COLORFUL FLOWERING TREES 
WHITE DOGWOOD 
Cornus 
Florida 
2 to 3 ft. 
High 
$1.39 each 
3 for $4.00 
18 ft. One of 
America’s 
hand somest 
trees making 
a wonderful 
show in ear- 
ly spring 
with its large 
pure white 
flowers. Col- 
ors well in 
autumn, 4 ft. 
branched 
trees. 

DOGWOOD 
WHITE FRINGE TREE 
Chionanthus Virginica. Large shrub or low 
tree to 20 ft. Covered in June with snowy 
white fringe like flowers. 
$1.39; 3 for $4.00 
ELEYY?S FLOWERING CRAB 
Purple Leafed Crab. Malus Eleyi. 25 ft. 
Attractive reddish foliage in spring changing 
to pink. Single pink flowers, showy red 
fruit. 3-4 ft. trees. 
89c each; 3 for $2.50 
PUSSY WILLOW 
Salix Caprea. Small rounded trees suitable 
for either dry or wet locations. Valuable for 
their silky catkins that appear before the 
foliage in the spring. Grows 12-15 ft. high. 
2-3 ft. plants. 
50c each; 3 for $1.39 
TREE LILAC 
Amurensis Japonica. A low growing tree to 
22 ft. high. Handsome foliage with loose 
bunches of creamy white flowers in June and 
July. 3-4 ft. trees. 
$1.50 each; 3 for $4.25 
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THE RARE FRANKLINIA 
(Franklinia Alatamaha—Gordonia 
Alatamaha) 
This exquisite fall flowering tree was 
brought in 1777 from the banks of the 
Alatamaha River in Georgia to Bar- 
tram’s garden in Philadelphia. John Bar- 
tram, recognizing its extraordinary 
beauty and value, named it in honor of 
his lifelong friend, Benjamin Franklin. 
The original grove of Franklin trees was 
again visited in 1790, but from that day 
to this no one has seen these trees grow- 
ing in the wild though many expeditions 
have searched the banks of the Alatam- 
aha for it. 
Each twig develops at its tip a cluster 
of buds of graduated size, like overgrown 
greenish pearls. Early in August the 
largest of these attain the size of mar- 
bles. Then the guard petal folds back, 
still retaining its firm spherical form. 
From its shelter emerge four other pet- 
als, satiny, snowy white elaborately 
frilled and pleated. The snowy, frilly 
chalice, three inches in diameter, holds a 
sumptuous mass of orange gold stamens 
and breathes forth a delicate, balmy 
fragrance. 
Fach flower lasts two or three days and 
then drops cleanly. There is a constant 
succession of bloom till hard frost. We 
frequently get the unusual effect of a 
tree clad in crimson autumn foliage and 
abundently starred with white flowers. 
The Franklinia begins blooming 
when not more than three or four feet 
high. Young trees under favorable con- 
ditions increase in height a foot or more 
each season. Specimens thirty feet high 
are known. It develops naturally with 
several trunks, but may easily be trained 
to a single trunk by removing the 
sprouts which start from the base. 
Nice 2 ft. high trees— 
$3.00 each; 2 for $5.00 
Nice 4 to 5 ft. trees—$6.00 each 

Have Some Fun .... Watch Those Seedling Shade Trees Grow 
