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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DECIDUOUS TREES IS often grown in bush shape, though of tree size. It is one of the prettiest of ornamental trees, and should be largely used. Can be grown either as a bush or a tree. 3 to 4 ft. Trans $ 35 each $2 50 per 10 $20 00 per 100 4 to 5 ft. " 50 " 3 50 " 10 25 00 " 100 5 to 6 ft. " 75 " CeraSUS PennsylvaniCa. Wild Black Cherry. (20 to 25 ft.) A native tree, bearing white flowers and red fruit, and noted for the red bark, even of its smaller branches. 5 to 6 ft. Seed $ 35 each $2 50 per 10 8 to 10 ft. Trans 75 " 5 00 " 10 " Serotina. Wild Black Cherry. (30 to 35 ft.) The well- known " Wild Cherry," bearing strings of white flowers in May and black fruit in August. A valuable timber tree. 4 to 5 ft. Seed $ 35 each $2 00 per 10 6 to 8 ft. Trans 75 " 5 00 " 10 " var. pendula. (6 to 8 ft.) Grafted on stems this forms a most beautiful specimen, neither too formal nor too careless in habit. It bears the same showy flowers and fruit. 5 to 6 ft. $1 75 each. " Virginiana. Wild Choke Cherry. (15 to 20 It.) This species is much like the Padus, described above, in general character, but is of dwarf growth. 18 to 24 in. Seed .$ 25 each $1 50 per 10 CERASUS. LARGE FLOWERING AND WEEPING VARIETIES. Cerasus Avium alba plena. (20 to 25 ft.) This has very large double white flowers, which are produced in great abund- ance in May. A tree of medium size. 4 to 5 ft. Trans $ 50 each 5 to 7 ft. " 1 00 " CeraSUS pumila pendula. (6 to 8 ft.) This is hardly a "weeping" Cherry. It is usually grafted on the common cherry, and then it forms a somewhat round, bushy head. 5to6ft Trans $150 each. " ranunCUl'lflora. (15 to 20 ft.) An erect growing Cherry, bearing bunches of large, double white flowers, rather later in May than the others. One of the best double flowering sorts. 3 to 4 ft. Trans $ 50 each 5 ft. " 75 " " rosea pendula. (6 to S ft.) A weeping form of the Japanese Cherry, and one of the most beautiful weepers in cultivation. Grafted on tall stems, the branches bend gracefully to the ground. In early May these branches are clothed with lovely single, rosy white flowers, which are particularly beautiful in the bud. 5 to 6 ft. 2 and 3 yr. heads.$1 50 each. " Sieboldi rubra plena. (201025 ft.) This is one of the best of the double flowering cherries, bearing large flowers, white, tinged with rose, in large clusters. V/2 to 4 ft. Trans $ 50 each $4 00 per 10 5 to 7 ft. " 1 00 " 7 50 " 10 9 to 10 ft. " 1 50 •' " Sinensis flore plena. Chinese Double Flowering Cherry, (20 to 25 ft.) This fine old sort has been our in collection for many years. It is much esteemed for its large, double white flowers, which appear in early May. 4 to 5 ft. Trans $ 50 each. CBRCIDIPHYLLUM. Katsura. Cercidiphyllum Japonicum. (40 to 50 ft.) a Japanese tree, attaining great size in its own country, and bearing minute apetalous, dioecious flowers. The leaves are of medium size, heart-shaped, dark green above and silvery beneath. The leaf CERASUS PADUS. The class of cherries with beautiful, pendulous racemes of flowers and fruit are rapidly coming into recognition as among the most valuable of ornamental trees. The one illustrated is one of the most desirable, and the profusion of white flowers, with the background of green foli- age, cannot but please. The photograph is a trifle indistinct, yet shows the natural bushy habit,— compact and symmetrical. With the lower branches trimmed away and a single trunk formed, a handsome tree is formed useful for shade as well as orna- ment. To the left in the pho- tograph may be seen a fine old specimen of the Chi- nese Dwarf Catalpa, Catalpa Bungei. It is most usual, as in this case, to graft them on stems 5 or 6 feet in height, making a curious compact head as the pic- ture shows. It is very de- sirable where a plant of formal growth and dwarf character is wanted.
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Catalpa Bungei. Cerasus padus. (European Bird Cherry.) The flowers of Cerasus Sieboldi are wonderfully beautiful.

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