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- — , DLOSEN CAREER 
cent beneath. GINKGO BILOBA (Maidenhair Tree) 
GINKGO BILOBA. Maidenhair Tree. Large tree : : LIRIODENDRON TULIP- 
to 120 feet, with a broad, branched head and fan- IFERA. Tulip Tree. A 
shaped cut or divided foliage. Because of its lovely tree to 150 feet with 
freedom from insect pests it is an excellent lawn greenish yellow tulip-like 
specimen or street tree. The Ginkgo is the oldest flowers in June. Smooth, 
tree in the world, being the only tree left over to dark gray bark. Leaves are 
us from a far prehistoric age. bright green with square 
GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS. Honey Locust. ends. 
Hardy tree to 60 feet with light green foliage which MELIA AZEDARACH UM- 
turns yellow in the fall. It bears greenish white, BRACULIFORMIS. Tex- 
fragrant flowers in long racemes, followed by as Umbrella Tree. De- 
ornamental pods. ciduous tree with drooping 
G. TRIACANTHOS INERMIS. A variety with aca milieu pena it 
seed-pods to 114 inches long. These become he SEAS seg an 
twisted, giving the tree an odd appearance. : 
GORDONIA LASIANTHUS. Loblolly Bay. Beau- N rie pera eee 
tiful evergreen tree with 4-inch, white saucer- iéh 4 7-inch leaves and 
shaped flowers with yellow centers. Blooms pro- dali mieniet hase ii chal 
fusely from early June until frost. One of the finest in diameter. 
evergreens for this section. 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. 
PHELLODENDRON 
AMURENSE. Amur Cork 
Tree. Tree to 50 feet with 
corky bark. 
PLATANUS ORIENTALIS. 
European Plane. A majestic 
tree with bright green foli- 
age and interesting because 
a Seti AS es 
GYMNOCLADUS DIOICA. Kentucky the bark is always peeling off, showing 
Coffee Tree. Tree 60 to 80 feet tall with patches of creamy white new bark and 
thick branches and gnarled branchlets. darker patches of older bark. 
This peculiar formation gives the tree poQpwuLUS ALBA. White Poplar. A tree 
an appearance of great age. It bears to 90 feet or more with heart-shaped 
large red-brown pods up to 10 inches foliage, white or gray tomentose beneath. 
long. An interesting specimen. Should never be planted near drains. 
KOELREUTERIA PANICULATA. Gol-  p. ALBA PYRAMIDALIS (P. BOLLE- 
denrain Tree. A tree to 30 feet high ANA). A type more columnar than the 
bearing large panicles of yellow flowers preceding. 
i i i lanted 
sane Seed arya when plante’ Pp. NIGRA BETULIFOLIA. Birchleaf 
Sar ran RE Black Poplar. Tree to 90 feet with wedge- 
LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA. shaped foliage, light green beneath. 
Sweet Gum. Pyramidal tree to 100 feet, 
eet = P. NIGRA ITALICA. Lombardy Poplar. 
i ; fol ain y Pop 
growing in swampy places The foliage Pateiueteynniees mths 
i rlet in early autumn y é 
antag apthesetanipr engi fenches and accent tree or for forming a windbreak. 
: deeply furrowed bark attract attention. P. SIMONI FASTIGIATA. Narrow 
SALIX BABYLONICA (Weeping Willow) Does well near the seashore. pyramidal tree to 35 feet. Rapid growing. 
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