. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees shrubs, plants, etc., etc., Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Middletown Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 48 ILLUSTRATED AXD DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE Ash [Alnus.] European Flowering [Ornus]—Grows from 20 to 30 feet high: flowers greenish white, fringe-like: produced early in June in large clusters at the ends of the twigs. Gold-Barked [Aurea]—A conspicuous tree at all times, especially in winter, on account of the yellow bark and twisted branches. Willow-Leaved [Salicifolia]—A beautiful variety o
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees shrubs, plants, etc., etc., Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Middletown Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 48 ILLUSTRATED AXD DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE Ash [Alnus.] European Flowering [Ornus]—Grows from 20 to 30 feet high: flowers greenish white, fringe-like: produced early in June in large clusters at the ends of the twigs. Gold-Barked [Aurea]—A conspicuous tree at all times, especially in winter, on account of the yellow bark and twisted branches. Willow-Leaved [Salicifolia]—A beautiful variety of fine form and rapid growth, having narrow waxy leaves. Beech [Fagus]. European [Sylvatica]—A beautiful tree, growing to the height of 60 or 80 feet. Fern-leaved [Heterophylla]—An elegant tree of symmetrical habit, having beauti- fully cut foliage. Purple-Leaved [Purpurea]—Discovered in a German forest. An elegant, vigorous tree, growing 40 to 50 feet high. Foliage deep purple, changing to crimson. Like all varieties of the beech this is difficult to transplant, hence small trees three feet high are PURPLE-LEAVED BEECH. Birch [Bet nla]. European White Weeping Birch—A graceful tree, of moderate size, with silverv bark and slendar branches. Quite erect when young, but after four or five years growth assumes an elegant drooping habit, rendering the tree very effective m landscapes, Catalpa. Spectosa—A variety originating at the West: more upright and symmetrical in its growth than the common Catalpa [Syringaefolia], and blossoms two or three weeks earlier. Very valuable for timber, fence posts, railroad ties, etc , possess- ing wonderful durability. A very ornamental and valuable Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Norwich Nurseries; Stephen Crane (Firm); Henry G
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