Archive image from page 60 of Descriptive catalogue of fruit and. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, grape vines : small fruits, shrubs, plants, etc . descriptivecatal1894oldd Year: 1894 W. T. HOOD .S: CO.'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 57 PERLE DES JARD1NS—A beautiful straw color, sometimes a deep canary; very large, full, and of fine form. A very free bloomer. SAFRANt)—Saffron and Apricot. A very free bloomer. One of the oldest and best varieties,especially when used in the bud state. SOLPATERRE—Raised Irom Lamarque. Sulphur yellow; large; full; slightly fragrant. SOUVENIR I)E L
Archive image from page 60 of Descriptive catalogue of fruit and. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, grape vines : small fruits, shrubs, plants, etc . descriptivecatal1894oldd Year: 1894 W. T. HOOD .S: CO.'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 57 PERLE DES JARD1NS—A beautiful straw color, sometimes a deep canary; very large, full, and of fine form. A very free bloomer. SAFRANt)—Saffron and Apricot. A very free bloomer. One of the oldest and best varieties,especially when used in the bud state. SOLPATERRE—Raised Irom Lamarque. Sulphur yellow; large; full; slightly fragrant. SOUVENIR I)E LA MALM AI SON—Pale flesh, with a fawn shade; very large; full; beautiful. TRIUMPH I)E LUXEMBOURG—Salmon buff, shaded with deep rose; distinct and very fine. WILLIAM 'ALLEN RICHARDSON—A new variety, of strong growth and climb- ing habit; color rich, coppery yellow, flushed with carmine; flowers large, full, and fragrant. WEEPING TREES. BIRCH—Weeping Cut-Leaved Birch (Be- tuta alba, var. pendula laciniata)\— charming tree in the Northern States, but does not show so much beauty South, except in very favorable loca- tions; it is of very graceful, drooping habit, silvery-white bark, and deli- cate, cut foliage. MOUNTAIN ASH—Weeping Mountain Ash (Sorbusaiiciipariapendula)—The branches of this distinct variety are of a straggling, pendant habit; a rapid grower. WILLOW—Common Weeping Willow (Salix Iiabylonica)—A native of Asia. This is one of tbe most graceful and beautiful of the weeping trees; it is of rapid growth, attaining a very large size, showing its greatest beauty in damp or moist soils, but grows fairly well in any good soil. Kilmarnock Willow (S. caprea pen- dula)—A variety of the Goat Willow, making a very pretty tree when grafted six or eight feet high, form- ing a complete umbrella head, the branches and foliage being very dense; unique in form. TEAS WEEPING MULBERRY—This is one of the most graceful and handy among the weeping trees, and has
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