. Descriptive catalogue : fruit plants, fruit trees, ornamental trees, shrubs and vines. Nurseries (Horticulture) Michigan Benton Harbor Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 64 = West Michigan Nurseries Weeping Deciduous Trees Birch. (Betula) Cut-Leaved Weeping. (Pen- dula Laciniata) Extremely vigor- ous and hardy. Mr. Scott, in his "Suburban Home Grounds," says of it: "No engraving can do it justice; like the palm trees of the tropics, it must be seen in motion, swaying in the slightest breeze, its leaves trembling in the heated
. Descriptive catalogue : fruit plants, fruit trees, ornamental trees, shrubs and vines. Nurseries (Horticulture) Michigan Benton Harbor Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 64 = West Michigan Nurseries Weeping Deciduous Trees Birch. (Betula) Cut-Leaved Weeping. (Pen- dula Laciniata) Extremely vigor- ous and hardy. Mr. Scott, in his "Suburban Home Grounds," says of it: "No engraving can do it justice; like the palm trees of the tropics, it must be seen in motion, swaying in the slightest breeze, its leaves trembling in the heated summer air, its white bark glisten- ing through the bright foliage and sparkling in the sun, to enable us to form a true impression of its character.'' Blm. (Ulmus) Camperdown Weeping: Elm Camperdown Weeping. A vig- orous grower, and forms one of the most picturesque drooping trees. Leaves large, dark green and glossy, and cover the tree with a luxurious mas of verdure; very desirable. Mulberry. Teas' Weeping Russian. A weeping variety of the now well-known Russian Mulberry; perfectly hardy in summer and winter; withstands extreme heat and cold, and grows naturally in a very graceful form, Willow. (Salix) Kilmarnock Weeping, (Caprea Pendula) An exceedingly graceful tree, with large, glossy leaves; very hardy. Weeping. (Babylonica) The well-known common weeping willow. Ornamental Shrubs and Vines Hydrangea. Paniculta Grandiflora. A fine, hardy shrub, growing to the height of eight or ten feet; flowers white, in great pyramidal panicles a foot long, produced in August or September, when most other shrubs are out of bloom. Very elegant and showy. Snowball. (Viburnum) Opulus Sterilis. (GuelderRose, Snowball Tree) A well-known, favorite shrub, of large size, with globular clusters of pure white, sterile flowers, the latter part of May. Syringa. European Fragrant, or Mock Orange (Philadelphus Coronarius) A well-known, very hardy shrub, with showy white flowers, which are very fragra
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