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CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM—The Katsura tree is a 
wide spreading one with leaves like those of the Red Bud 
usually growing with multiple trunks. It is valued for 
its rather loose foliage which permits good air circulation 
and its wide spreading top. It is practically pest free. 
3-4 ft. $1.50; 4-5 ft. $3.00; 5-6 ft. $5.00 
CERCIS CANADENSIS—The American red bud or judas 
tree will attain a height of thirty feet. It is a small 
round headed tree covered with a wealth of pinkish purple 
peas shaped flowers before the leaves appear. Good heart 
shaped leaves that fade yellow in the fall. 
Single stems 4-5 ft. $3.00; 5-6 ft. $3.50; 6-8 ft. $5.00 
Multiple stems 4-5 ft. $4.00; 5-6 ft. $5.00; 6-8 ft. $7.50 
CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS — Hackberry. A valuable shade 
tree of rapid spreading growth. Limbs seldom broken by 
wind. 6-8 ft. $4.50 
CORNUS — THE TREE DOGWOODS 
CORNUS FLORIDA—tThe white flowering dogwood is a small 
bushy tree with bright green leaves that turn red or scar- 
let in the fall. The flowers are four petals, or rather 
have four petal like bracts. The fruit is scarlet. They 
perfer partial shade. Native to the eastern United States. 
From Cloverset pots 2-3 ft. $2.50; 3-4 ft. $5.00 
Multiple trunked BB 5-6 ft. $7.50 
CORNUS FLORIDA FLORE PLENA—Double Flowering dog- 
wood. 2-3 ft. pots $4.00 
CORNUS FLORIDA RUBRA—The pink flowered form. 
2-3 ft. pots $4.00; 3-4 ft. $7.00 
CRATAEGUS — THE HAWTHORNES 
CRATAEGUS AUTUMN GLORY—This is a new hawthorn 
which is a half brother to Carrier’s Thorn. It is a vigorous 
erect tree with grayish bark and dark green leathery 
leaves like those of the English thorn. The flowers are 
white, followed by glossy brilliant red berries all along 
the branches. The berries are as much as an inch long 
and 4/5 inch in diameter. They are fully colored six 
or eight weeks before those of Carrier and remain on 
all winter. 6-8 ft. $6.00; 8-10 ft. $7.50 
CRATAEGUS PHAENOPYRUM (CORDATA) Washington 
thorn is a small round headed tree to thirty feet with 
heart shaped leaves of dark green, which are brilliant 
in the fall with orange and scarlet. Flowers are white, 
extremely fragrant. The fruit is scarlet in clusters and 
hangs on all winter. 
5-6 ft. $3.00; 6-8 ft. $5.00; 8-10 ft. $6.50 
CRATAEGUS LAVELLI Lavall or Carrier thorn is a some- 
what narrow grower with good sized glossy leaves, white 
blossoms and very large red berries. The fall color is 
dark crimson and hangs on most of the winter if the 
weather is not too severe. 
5-6 ft. $3.00; 6-8 ft. $5.00; 8-10 ft. $6.50 
CRATAEGUS OXYCANTHA PAULI—Paul’s thorn is a strik- 
ing double form. The double red flowers do not produce 
much fruit. It is a dark crimson when there is any. Fall 
foliage yellow. 
3-6 ft. $4.00; 6-7 ft. $5.00; 7-8 ft. $6.50 
ELEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA—The Russian olive is an ir- 
regular growing small tree with gray bark and dark 
green leaves that are silvery beneath, giving a gray ap- 
pearance to it at a distance. The fruit is fine wild bird 
feed. 5-6 ft. $3.00 
