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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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. The hardiest and altogether the best of theJapan Maples. One of the choicest small trees or shrubs. In tubs. $3.00 to $5.00. var. dissectum atropurpureum. Cit-leaved Pi rple Japan Maple. D. One of the moststriking and handsome varieties of the Japanese Maples. Form dwarf and weeping. Theleaves are of a beautiful rose color when young, and change to a deep and constant purple, asthey become older. They are also deeply and delicately cut, giving them an elegant, fern-likeappearance. The young growth is long, slender, and pendulous, and, like the leaves, hasa deep, crimson hue. Beside being an elegant and attractive lawn tree, it is also very useful forconservatory decoration in spring. In tubs. $3.00 to $5.00.A. pseudo platanus. European Sycamore Maple. B. From Europe. A handsome tree, of rapid,upright growth, with large foliage, and smooth, ash-gray colored bark. 50c. var. foliis atropurpureus. Purple-leaved Sycamore Maple. B. A distinct and beautifultree. $1.00. GENERAL CATALOGUE 27
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WIERS CUT-LEAVED SILVER MAPLE 28 ELLWANG.ER S^ BARRYS Acer pseudo platanus. var. tricolor. Tricolor-leaved Sycamore Maple. B. Leaves distinctly marked with white, red, and green, retaining their variegation all summer. One of the finest variegated-leaved trees. $1.00.var. Worleii. Worles Golden-leaved Sycamore Maple. B. In the spring the foliage is of a golden yellow color which changes to a duller shade as the season advances. The young growth continues brilliant throughout the summer. A valuable and effective variety for grouping with purple-leaved trees. $1.00.A. rubrum. Red or Scarlet Maple, Red-bud Maple. B. A native species, of medium size, and rounded head; produces deep red blossoms which appear before the leaves. In autumn the foliage changes to brilliant scarlet, rendering the tree very conspicuous. $1.00.var. globosum. C. Very compact, of slow growth, flowers bright scarlet, extremely showy; leaves large, deep green above, white underneath. $1.00.*A. saccharinutn. Sugar or

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