. Descriptive catalogue of trees, shrubs, vines and evergreens. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 8 MEEHANS' NURSERIES tinged with pink, and when this was intro- dnced, many supposed it but one o. these pink- tinged ones. But this is not the case. In addition to all the valuable qualities of the parent form it has deep rtd flowers, and the foliage even, is of a darker tint than usual. We cordially recommend it to our customers SI 50 Cornus florida. (White-Flowering Dogwood.) Cornus var. pendula, Weeping Do
. Descriptive catalogue of trees, shrubs, vines and evergreens. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 8 MEEHANS' NURSERIES tinged with pink, and when this was intro- dnced, many supposed it but one o. these pink- tinged ones. But this is not the case. In addition to all the valuable qualities of the parent form it has deep rtd flowers, and the foliage even, is of a darker tint than usual. We cordially recommend it to our customers SI 50 Cornus florida. (White-Flowering Dogwood.) Cornus var. pendula, Weeping Dogwood. (See cut pa;4e 23.) This now well-known weeper, which was found wild in ^klaryland, is one of our introduc- tions. As with the common one it also has hand- some flowers, scarlet fruit and foliage in the fall, together vith a pendulous growth, which soon reaches the ground. It differs from almost all other weepers in having an upright central shoot from which pendulous side branches emerge as it grows. (The three together—the weeper in the background—form a beautiful group) SI 50 CYTISUS. Laburnum. CytiSiJS Labtll*num. a small sized tree, with shining green leaves, and racemes of yellow flow- ers, which appear in June 75 DIOSPYROS. Persimon. DiospyrOS Kaki, Japan Persimon. A small sized tree, bearing large fruit of excellent quality. Hardy south of Philadelphia, and gro^vn in tubs in the North SI 00 " Virginiana, American Persimon. A tree of large size, bearing fruit liked by many persons after being well frosted 50 DIMORPHANTHUS. Dimorphanthus Mandshurica. Anew tree, closely approaching the Aralia 81 00. FAGUS. Beech. Beeches have long been deemed indispensable to the landscape gardener. Their glossy foliage ; the pendu- lous habit of the weeping; finely cut leaves of the fern leaved; the purple of the blo,d leaved; light bark of the American as contrasted with the English; make an array of good points not easily equalled by the varieties of any other tree. The
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