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Title: Trees for Long Island
Identifier: CAT31285540 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Hicks Nurseries (Westbury, Nassau County, N. Y. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) Westbury (Nassau County) Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Westbury (Nassau County) Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs
Publisher: Westbury Station, N. Y. : Westbury Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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SPECTABILIS LINDEN. A variety of the silver-leaved, with larger leaves, green on the under side, our arboretum. The above illustration is from a tree in OAK, Red. A large, massive tree, having larger leaves than any of the others. Willow. A good-sized tree, with narrow leaves. Very unique. Laurel-leaved. A beautiful tree, with shining en- tire leaves. J^=' The above Oaks have sharp-pointed leaves; the following are round-lobed. White. The most majestic of all trees. Mossy-cup. A rapid-growing Oak, with rough trunk and gnarled, cork-ridged branches. The leaves are large, and turn dark russet in October ; the acorn-cups are surrounded with a gray fringe. We have trees of this variety 15 feet high. Swamp White. Resembles the White Oak. Chestnut. The Chestnut, or Rock Chestnut Oak, is a species native to dry situations. JBuglish. For description, see under cut, page 11. Oolden. The Golden English Oak is one of the best yellow-foliaged trees, and is healthy. C^°Rare varieties of native, European and Japanese, Evergreen and Deciduous Oaks are in stock in small quantities. FAULOWNIA (Empress Tree). The largest-leaved hardy tree, the leaves on young sprouts being 20 inches in diameter. The beautiful blue-purple flowers are in erect bunches a foot long. It is a large tree, resembling the catalpa. For a tropical bedding plant it is very effective, for when cut down each year it shoots up 8 or 9 feet high, with immense leaves. PEACH, Double-floweringf. Small trees, with clouds of flowers in early spring. There are three varieties, White, Pink and Red. These, planted in a group, contrast finely, and blooming so early befoi e most other trees have started, their blossoms are very showy All three varieties are perfectly hardy. FEFFERIDGE (Sour Gum). A tree native to swamps. Autumn color, clear and brilliant; ber- ries dark blue or purple ; the tree is also beautiful in winter, when its thick, close spray^of silvery twigs is quite conspicuous. FERSIMMON. A native fruit tree, with dark, shin- ing foliage. It makes a handsome medium-sized tree. FHELLODENDRON Amurense (Chinese Cork Tree). This promises to make a large, fine tree, with foliage like a black walnut. It is healthy and vigorous. PLANE TREE (Oriental Plane, or Sycamore). A good street and shade tree, on good ground, grow- ing rapidly, and quickly forming a handsome tree. It will do especially well near water. American (Button-Ball). This is the largest tree of Eastern United States, and, although there is a specimen at Wheatley, near here, 8 feet in diam- ter, we cannot recommend it, on account of a fun- gous disease. PLUM, Purple (Pruntis Pissardii). This tree is on account of its color the most conspicuous introduc- tion of recent years, being dull red-purple in spring. It differs from other purple trees in being brightest at the end of the season. As it is cheap and quick-grovv^ing, it may be used in quantity for contrast in groups of shrubs and trees, or for an ornamental hedge. It forms a small tree, or can be trained as a bush. The flowers are small, white, single, covering the tree in spring.

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