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Title: Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits
Identifier: CAT31285273 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Thomas Meehan and Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs
Publisher: Germantown, Pa. : Thomas Meehan & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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i6 stalks and veins are purplish. Its pyramidal growth is very pretty. This tree prefers a damp situation, where it grows rapidly. 5to6ft. Trans $ 1 00 each. 6 to 8 ft. Specimens 1 50 to $ 2 00 each.
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CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM. CBRCIS. Judas Tree. CerciS Canadensis. American Judas Tree. (20 to 25 ft.) A small tree, round headed when given room to develop, bearing a profusion of light pink flowers, about the first week in May. Often grown in bush form. Useful for grouping with flowering trees of similar growth. 3 to 4 ft. Seed $ 35 each. $2 50 per 10 $20 00 per 100 4 to 5 ft. " 50 " 4 00 " 10 6 to 7 ft. Trans, heavy.. 150 " " JapOnica. Japanese Judas. (8 to 10 ft.) A most beautiful species, rarely more than a large shrub in size. The deep rose colored flowers are in bunches of a dozen or so together, and appear on the old wood as well as the new, in the first days of May. It is one of the finest flowering shrubs in cultivation, and very conspicuous when in bloom. 2 to 2% ft. Trans $ 35 each $3 00 per 10 $25 00 per 100 3 ft. " " 50 " CLADRASTIS. Yellow Wood. CladraStiS tinctoria. (Virgilia.) (20to 25 ft) A beautiful native tree, of round headed growth, bearing racemes of pea- shaped, white, sweet scented flowers in early June. A tree of medium size, and valued in ornamental planting for its rare beauty when in flower. 3 to 4 ft. Trans $ 50 each. $ 4 00 per 10 5 to 6 ft. " 1 00 " 8 00 " 10 C to 8 ft. " 1 50 " 12 50 " 10 CORNUS. Dogwood. (For other species of Cornus, see Shrubs.) Com US florid a. Large Flowered Dogwood. (20 to 25 ft.) One of the most esteemed of small trees. Its large white flowers appear about the icth of May with us. Then there are its scar, let berries and brilliant crimson foliage in the fall to be looked for. A beautiful tree at all times. It is especially valuable for planting along the edges of woods. The brilliant coloring of its foliage in autumn makes a most striking display. 2 to 2l/2 ft. Trans... $ 35 each $3 00 per 10 $25 00 per 100 3^ to 4 ft. " 75 " 5 00 " 10 40 00 " 100 4 to 5 ft. Very bushy.... 125 " 10 00 " 10 85 00 " 100 " var. flore rubro. Red-Flowered Dogwood. (20 to 25 ft.) No introduction of recent years has met with so much favor as this. It is not a white one with faint shading of pink, such as is often met with in the woods, but is of a deep pink color. When full of flowers in early May, a prettier object can hardly be conceived. Everyone is pleased with it. It produces quite a fine effect if massed with the white one. 2% to 3 ft. Trans $ 75 each. 6 to 7 ft. " light 1 50 " " Var. pendula. Weeping Dogwood. (20 to 25 ft.) It was our good fortune to introduce this variety. It has the same handsome white flowers, scarlet fruit and handsome fall foliage as the common one. Differing from most all other weepers, the central shoot does not droop, but grows erect. It is a striking and valuable ornamental tree. 3 ft. Trans $ 1 00 each. $ 7 50 per 10 5 to 7 ft. " 2 00 " " KOLlSa. (Benthamia Japonica.) (15 to 20 ft.) This Japanese tree, though quite distinct, has much resemblance to our Cornus florida. 2 ft. Trans $ 1 00 each. CYTISUS. Laburnum. CytiSUS Laburnum. (i5 to 20 ft.) This is barely a tree, in fact it is often seen in shrub shape. It is well known for its lovely racemes of yellow flowers, which appear about the ist of June, 2 to 3 ft. Trans $ 35 each. 4 to 5 ft. " 75 DIMORPHANTHUS. Dimorphanthus Mandshuricus. (Araiia ) (15to 20ft.) The description of Araiia spinosa almost fits this tree. This one, however, grows rather taller than Araiia, and its immense panicles of white flowers are produced towards the close of July, a week or more in advance of Araiia. As it suckers from the root it should be planted where a large clump of it can be formed. 2 to 3 ft. Trans ..$ 35 each. $ 2 50 per 10 5 to 6 ft. " 1 00 " 8 to 10 ft. " 2 00 DIOSPYROS. Persimmon. DiOSpyrOS Virglniana. <3o to 35 ft ) This makes a good sized tree, and bears fruit which is generally liked when thoroughly ripe. Wild kinds are often met with bearing larger fruit than common, and attempts to improve this fruit are being The beautiful Yellow Wood (Cladrastif) is rather rare in cultivation.

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