. Beautiful home surroundings. Landscape gardening; Nurseries (Horticulture). 38 SHADE TREES Horse Chestnut Aescidus hippocaslanum Large tree of regular outline. Blooms in May; flowers white, tinged with red, growing in panicles 8 to 10 in. long; very showy. 8 to 10 ft., $ 10 to 12 ft., $ Larger sizes, $ to $ Double White-flowering Horse Chestnut Aesciihis hippocaslanum Jlorc plena ulba Double flowers; white and pink, in larger panicles than the Hippocaslanum; boars no fruit. 10 to 12 ft., $ 12 to U ft., $ Red-flowering Horse Chestnut Aesculus rubicunda Very desir
. Beautiful home surroundings. Landscape gardening; Nurseries (Horticulture). 38 SHADE TREES Horse Chestnut Aescidus hippocaslanum Large tree of regular outline. Blooms in May; flowers white, tinged with red, growing in panicles 8 to 10 in. long; very showy. 8 to 10 ft., $ 10 to 12 ft., $ Larger sizes, $ to $ Double White-flowering Horse Chestnut Aesciihis hippocaslanum Jlorc plena ulba Double flowers; white and pink, in larger panicles than the Hippocaslanum; boars no fruit. 10 to 12 ft., $ 12 to U ft., $ Red-flowering Horse Chestnut Aesculus rubicunda Very desirable and attractive variety; the foliage is dark; flowers red; highly ornamental. 6 to 8 ft., $ European White Birch Belula alba Graceful tree, with spray-like branches and silvery bark ; very effective in winter; assumes an elegant, drooping habit. 10 to 12 ft., $ 12 to \i ft., $ A street well planted with a variety of shade trees. Few things will do more to improve the appearance and value of residential real estate. Pholo by courtesy of the House Beautiful Pub. Inc. Weeping Cut-leaved Birch Behda alba laciniata One of the most popular of the weeping trees. Foliage deeply cut, drooping in the most picturesque manner; silvery white bark; vigorous growth. 8 to 10 ft., $ 10 to 12 ft., $ Black Birch Betvla lenta Trunk dark reddish brown; young bark aromatic, with agreeable flavor; handsome round headed pendulous branches when older; attractive in spring, with its long staminate catkins; leaves heart shaped. 8 to 10 ft., $ 10 to 12 ft., $ Yellow Birch Betula iutca Resembles the preceding; bark is silvery gray or light orange: leaves hairy along the veins beneath; one of the most valuable forest trees in the northern states. .\ blaze of gold in autumn. 6 to 8 ft., $ a to 10 ft., $ Canoe, or Paper Birch littnla papyrifcra Ornamental tree, with very white trunk and loose, graceful head when older; leaves large and handsome. 10 to 12
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