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Title: Mount Hope Nurseries established 1840 : general catalogue
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Mount Hope Nurseries Ellwanger & Barry Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Roses Seeds Catalogs Strawberries Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs Fruit Catalogs Flowers Catalogs
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y. : Ellwanger & Barry
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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imson, and again to a dvdl purplish green in the fall. $1.50.var. purpurea major. B. An erect, rapid grower; leaves large, shining and very dark purple, darker than Rivers. One of the most desirable lawn trees. $i.OO.var. purpurea Riversii. Rivers Smooth-leaved Purple Beech. B. This variety differs from the ordinary Purple-leaved Beech by its compact, symmetrical habit of growth, and crimsoD foliage early in the spring, changing to a dark purple in summer. The finest of all purple-leaved trees. $1.50.var. quercifolia. Oak-leaved Beech. B. Dwarf habit; distinct, fine foliage. One of the finest Beeches. $!2.00. FRAXINUS. Ash ^tf F. Americana. American White Ash. B. A well-known native tree. 50c. F. excelsior. European Ash. B. A lofty tree, of rapid growth, with spreading head and gray bark,pinnate leaves and black buds. 50c.var. pendula. Weeping Ash. B. The common, well-known sort; one of the finest lawn andarbor trees. Covers a great space and grows rapidly. $1.00. GENERAL CATALOGUE 33
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34 ELLWANGER &^ BARRYS GLEDITSCHIA G. triacanthos. Three-thorned Gleditschia or Hoxey Locust. B. A rapid growing native tree,with powerful spines and delicate foliage. Used for hedges. Price for trees, 50c. See Hedgeplants. GYMNOCLADUS G. Canadensis. Kextucky Coffee Tree. B. A fine native tree, of secondary size, rapid, uprightgrowth, with rough bark, stiff blunt shoots, and feathery foliage, of a bluish green color. 75c. JUGLANS. Walnut J. cinerea. Butterxut. A. A native tree, of medium size, spreading head, grayish-colored bark, andfoliage resembling that of the Ailanthus. Nut oblong and rough. 50c. J. nigra. Black Waenut. A. Another native species, of great size and majestic habit. Bark verydark and deeply furrowed. Foliage beautiful, each leaf being composed of from thirteen to seven-teen leaflets. Nut round. 50c. J. regia. European Walxut or Madeira Nut. B. A native of Persia. Loftier and larger in itsnative coimtry than our Butternut is with us. Nut oval and very fine. $1.00

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