BOISE, IDAHO iS: 
\ FAGUS — THE BEECHES 
FAGUS AMERICANA—A large stately tree with smooth 
gray bark. The leaves are dark green, turning yellow 
in the fall and brown later. They remain on the trees 
till the news ones push them off. Nuts are sweet and 
rich. These are very large heavy trees. Prices on appli- 
cation. 
FAGUS SYLVATICA—This is the European Beech of densely 
pyramidal habit with glossy dark dense foliage becoming 
bronze in fall. One of the finest of the shade trees. 
3-4 ft. $3.50 
FAGUS SYLVATICA RIVERSI—River’s beech is a bronze 
or purple leaved form of the above. 
5-7 ft. $10.00 
FRAXINUS — THE ASHES 
FRAXINUS AMERICANA—White ash is a tall long lived 
clean limbed tree with a magnificent oval form. Ashes 
are not the fastest growing trees but they stay with you. 
They leaf out rather late and shed early so that you 
have light in the spring when you need it, shade all 
summer, and then light again in the fall as the days 
shorten. 
6-8 ft. $3.00; 8-10 ft. $4.00; 10-12 ft. $7.50 
FRAXINUS LANCEOLATA—Green ash will thrive anywhere, 
even in cold high altitudes. It is not too particular as 
to soil but is still a good tree. 
6-8 ft. $3.00; 8-10 ft. $4.00 
GORDONIA ALATAMAHA (Frankliniona Alatamaha) — 
Small growing tree or large shrub bearing cup-shaped 
camellia-like fragrant single white flowers, 2 or 3 inches 
in diameter in fall. Leaves turn scarlet in fall. Acid soil. 
5 Gal. $5.00 
GYMNOCLADUS DIOICUS (CANADENSIS)—The Kentucky 
coffee tree is an interesting and beautiful tree with ex- 
tremely large leaves made up of quantities of small ones 
in doubly compound leaves, giving an extremely lacy 
pattern. The mid-rib can be up to three feet long but 
the leaflets are only about an inch. It is a strong tho 
slow grower with blackish or brownish bark heavily cor- 
rugated. The flower is white in terminal racemes. 
8-10 ft. $5.00; Large trees from $15.00 to $25.00 
GINGKO BILOBA—tThe gingko or maidenhair tree is geologi- 
cally one of the oldest trees. It also lives a long while 
as there are trees in Asiatic temples that are 1000 years 
old. The leaves are a dull green with many parallel veins. 
They are borne in groups of three or more. The fruit 
is plum like. The tree with its masses of foliage like 
the maiden hair fern is a striking object. There are a 
number of lovely ones in Boise Public grounds. 
Gal, $1.50; 5-6 ft. $4.00 
GLEDITZIA — THE HONEYLOCUSTS 
GLEDITZIA TRIACANTHOS INERMIS — Thornless Honey- 
locust is a form of the ordinary honey locust of more 
slender habit and without the jagged thorns of the 
type form. 
4-5 ft. $4.00; 5-6 ft. $5.00; 6-7 ft. $6.00; 
7-8 ft. $7.00; 8-9 ft. $8.00; 9-10 ft. $10.00 
