. Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue : Mount Hope nurseries. C. alba. Shell Bark or Shag Bark Hickory. A. The most orna- mental and valuable of the genus. The nuts are whiter and the shell thinner than those of other species. 50c. CASTANEA. Chestnut. .S^chte Kastai^ien, Oer. Cha- TAIGNIER, Fr. C. Americana. Ainierican Chestnut. A. The well known native variety. A stately tree, with broader leaves than the Spanish, and producing: smaller fruit. When in full bloom, one of the handsomest trees. 50c. C. Japonica. Japan Chestnut. C. Habit and foliag-e like Spanish SPANISH CHESTNUT. Chestnut;
. Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue : Mount Hope nurseries. C. alba. Shell Bark or Shag Bark Hickory. A. The most orna- mental and valuable of the genus. The nuts are whiter and the shell thinner than those of other species. 50c. CASTANEA. Chestnut. .S^chte Kastai^ien, Oer. Cha- TAIGNIER, Fr. C. Americana. Ainierican Chestnut. A. The well known native variety. A stately tree, with broader leaves than the Spanish, and producing: smaller fruit. When in full bloom, one of the handsomest trees. 50c. C. Japonica. Japan Chestnut. C. Habit and foliag-e like Spanish SPANISH CHESTNUT. Chestnut; fruit Very large. $ C. vesca. Sweet or Spanish Chestnut. C. Orig-inally introduced from Asia Minor into Europe. A valuable species both for ornament and fruit. It forms a handsome lawn tree, and produces much larg-er fruit than the American varietj-. 50c. CATALiPA. Trompetenbaum, Ger. Catalpa, Fr. The Catalpas flower in July, when few trees are in bloom. Their blossoms are larg-e, very showy, and quite frag-rant. Leaves large, heart-shaped, and yellowish green. They are all effective, tropical-looking- lawn ti-ees. C. Bung-ei. D. A species from China, of dwarf habit, growing onlj- from three to five feet high, and glossj" a shy bloomer. $ Foliage large. Flowers of the Catalpa, (\i Natural Size.) C. big:nonioi;les, syn. C. syvingaefolia. B. Native of the Southern States. A showy, rapid growing, spreading, irregular tree, witli very large, heart-shaped leaves, and pyramidal clusters, a foot long, of white and purple fragrant flowers. Blooms latter part of July, when few trees are in blossom, and, therefore, very desirable. 50c. var. aurea variegata. Golden Catalpa. B. A medium-sized tree of rapid growth, having large heart- shaped leaves, which are of a beautiful golden color in spring and early summer, but later in the season N become green. 75c. var. purpurea. B. Foliage large, dark purple; holds its color well. $ var. speciosa. A. A variety which is said t
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