. Kelsey's hardy American plants and Carolina mountain flowers. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. K e 1 s e y ' s Hardy American Plants HARDY NATIVE TREES • DECIDUOUS, Con. BETULA lutea. Yellow Birch. 60-100 ft. Yellowish silvery bark and thin, finely cut leaves. 1-2 ft., 15c. ea., $1 for 10; 2-4 ft., 30c. ea., $2 for 10. nigra. River or Red Birch. 50-90 ft. Forms a round-topped picturesque head. Branches slender and pendulous, the alder-like leaves pale green. Loves banks of ponds and streams.
. Kelsey's hardy American plants and Carolina mountain flowers. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. K e 1 s e y ' s Hardy American Plants HARDY NATIVE TREES • DECIDUOUS, Con. BETULA lutea. Yellow Birch. 60-100 ft. Yellowish silvery bark and thin, finely cut leaves. 1-2 ft., 15c. ea., $1 for 10; 2-4 ft., 30c. ea., $2 for 10. nigra. River or Red Birch. 50-90 ft. Forms a round-topped picturesque head. Branches slender and pendulous, the alder-like leaves pale green. Loves banks of ponds and streams. 1-2 ft., 15c. ea., $1 for 10; 2-3 ft., 30c. ea., $2 for 10; 3-4 ft., 45c. ea. papyrifera. Paper or Canoe Birch. 50-80 ft. The wonderful white bark of this species is strikingly beautiful, particularly in winter. An invaluable lawn tree. 1-2 ft., 15c. ea., $ for 10; 2-4 ft., 30c. ea., $2 for 10; 4-6 ft., 50c. ea., $4 for 10. populiiolia. Gray Birch. 20-40 ft. Rapid-growing, rather short-lived. Delicate branches and conspicuous gray bark; tremulous foliage. 2-3 ft., 20c. ea., $ for 10. CARPINUS caroliniana. Water Beech. 25-40 ft. Fine screen or hedge tree, bearing pruning well. Loves deep, moist soil, but grows well in dry ground. 1-2 ft., 20c. ea., $ for 10; 2-3 ft., 35c. ea., $3 for 10; 6-8 ft., 75c. ea., $7 for 10. CASTANEA dentata (americana). American Chestnut. 60-100 ft. Attains noble size and becomes an admirable shade tree. Nuts sweetest of all the genus. 1-2 ft., 15c. each, $1 for 10; 2-3 ft., 30c. each, $2 for 10. pumila. Chinkapin. 10-35 ft- A small tree or more usually a spreading shrub, producing very sweet, rounded nuts. An elegant undershrub for woodlands, 1-2 ft., col., 20c. ea., $ for xo. (See illustration.) CATALPA catalpa {bignonioides). Bean Tree. 40-60 ft. Bears the most showy flow- ers, probably, of all our native ornamental trees. Large heart-shaped leaves and fruit, a long pendent pod hanging till late spring. 3-5 ft., 25c. ea., $2 for 1
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