. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. A valuable class of lawn trees of clean habit of growth and producing abundant and showy flowers followed by ornamental fruit. Of easiest cultivation in any soil. The peculiar arrangement of the layers of foliage is a very de- sirable quality. The autumn colors of the class are very attractive. C. altemifolia. [Alternate-leaved Corn
. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. A valuable class of lawn trees of clean habit of growth and producing abundant and showy flowers followed by ornamental fruit. Of easiest cultivation in any soil. The peculiar arrangement of the layers of foliage is a very de- sirable quality. The autumn colors of the class are very attractive. C. altemifolia. [Alternate-leaved Cornel.] Sm. to Med. Clean, ornamental foliage on large, flat branches, which grow from each other at a uniform angle, giving the tree a very distinct character. Pure white flowers in flat cymes in July, followed by showy steel-blue berries. 75 cents. C. florida. [Flowering Dogwood.] Sm. Hand- some, deep green foliage, a broad, open top, and pure white flowers of large size, in April or early May, followed by deep crimson, showy fruit. Autumn coloring most gorgeous. An elegant lawn tree. 75 cents. C. florida var. rubra. [Red-flowering Dogwood.] Sm. A most desirable variety of the last, with clear red. The Weeping Dogirood. Florida Dogwood. flowers of lasting color and very showy. An elegant lawn tree used alone, or with the type, when the effect of each is greatly heightened. One of the choicest of new trees. $ C florida var. pendula [Weeping Dogwood.] Sm. This possesses all the good qualities of the type, with the added charm of an elegant weeping habit. The trunk retains the upright habit of growth, but the side branches weep in the true sense of the word, and produce a most ornamental effect. One of the most picturesque of lawn trees. $ See Deciduous Shrubs for other species. CRATAEGUS â Thorn. Beautiful trees of easy culture, with showy foliage and charming flowers in â ibundance, fol- lowed by usually attractive and showy fruits. A valuable class of lawn trees, and
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