. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. DEcioaous Trees. 9. ma(; CHINESE MAGNOLIAS. These are probably the mosl showy and popular bloom at the first approach of warm weather in spring before the leaves appear. A well ..rown tree, I mi bloom thousands of flowers fully expanded, is a beautiful sight, resembling an immense pyramidal ten or fifteen feet high. The flowers are very large, tulip-shaped and de
. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. DEcioaous Trees. 9. ma(; CHINESE MAGNOLIAS. These are probably the mosl showy and popular bloom at the first approach of warm weather in spring before the leaves appear. A well ..rown tree, I mi bloom thousands of flowers fully expanded, is a beautiful sight, resembling an immense pyramidal ten or fifteen feet high. The flowers are very large, tulip-shaped and delightfully fragrant. MAGNOLIA conspicua (White Chinese Magnolia) Pure white. $ to *;i M. c. Norbertiana. Bright pink or rosv purple. $1 M. c. Soiilang-eana. White and pink. 75cts. tcSl- . M obovata gracilis. Dark purple; a persistent bloomer, .id ets. to M. o. discolor. Puri)le. 75 ets. M. purpurea. Deep purple, and pink in throat; a dwarf, bushy variety that blooms at intervals all summer. 50 ets. to M. stellata (Hall's Japan Magnolia). A dwarf shrubby species, with pure white flowers; the petals are long, narrow and more numerous than in any other variety; it blooms earlier than the others: new and scarce. .* MORUS alba (White Mulberry). .50 ets. M. a. pendula (Teas' Weeping Mulberry). One of^ the finest and most graceful weeping trees, form f ingan umbrella-shaiied head, with long, sl'ender,7. willowy branches drooping to the ground. It has ⢠beautiful glossy foliage, rather small, handsomely cut or divided into lobes. It is perfectly hardy, enduring unharmed not only the severe cold of the north, but the far more destructive heat of the south and southwest, which is so disastrous to many other weeping trees, si 50 to >u'j. NYSSA multiflora (Tupelo or Sour Gum). Of me- dium size and a moderate grower: leaves small shiny, green turning to a splendid crimson in autumn. 3 to 6 feet, .50 ets. to OXTDENDRON arboreum (Sorrel Tree; syn., ^in- ,âl.ân
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