. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue : fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Walnutport Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. Fki ti' am> 'I'ai. Tkkks, iSiiiti 1', C.'talpa. 8PECIOSA—A variety oi iu'iiialiii,^' al lliu Wosi ; more upriglil and s^ iiiinctrical in its growth than the conimoii Catali)a. and blossoms two or three weelis earlier. Vcr\' valuable for timber, fenec posts, railroad ties, cte., possessing wonderful durability. A very ornamenta


. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue : fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Walnutport Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. Fki ti' am> 'I'ai. Tkkks, iSiiiti 1', C.'talpa. 8PECIOSA—A variety oi iu'iiialiii,^' al lliu Wosi ; more upriglil and s^ iiiinctrical in its growth than the conimoii Catali)a. and blossoms two or three weelis earlier. Vcr\' valuable for timber, fenec posts, railroad ties, cte., possessing wonderful durability. A very ornamental and valuable tree. TEAS' .JAPANESE IIVBKII)— is a cross bet ween Catalpa Si)eeiosa and the Japanese Keinpferii, and. in vigorous, uprigiit growth, it surj)asses either. It large, foliage, and large, white llowers, with jiurnle dots, and a touch of yellow around the throat, which liuve a jileasant, delicate fragrance, and a tree in bloom not only |)reseiits a maguiticent si)ectacle to tlx; eye, i)ut also fills the air for ijuite a distance with its agreeable odors. In rapidity of growtli, it rivals the most trees of temi)erate c limates, while its hardiness has been demonstrated by its standing uninjured twenty-five degrees or more below zero. Cornus. FLOI{II)A ( Wliiie-floireriu'i Dogwood)—An American species of tine form, growing from 10 to 2") feet high. The flowers produced in Spring before the leaves aj)pear, are from three to three and a half inches in diameter, white and very showy. They begin to appear just as th(; .Alagnolia llowers arc fading, and are invaluable for maintaining a of bloom in the garden border on the lawn. They are also very ilurable, lasting in favorable weather more than two weeks. RED (Flonrhi Flore Jiiibro)—A variety of the well-known W hite Dogwood, but having a deep ro^y pink-colored flower. The leaves ha\e a soft, velvety appearance, and are of adarker green t


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