. Descriptive catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial plants, etc. : twenty-fourth edition. Ornamental trees Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. 38 ELL WANGER & BARRY'S CAMPERDOWN WEEPING ELM. XJ. flilva. Ked ob Slippery Elm. Of medium size, and straggling open head. var. fulva pendula. Weeping Slippery Elm. A recently introduced variety of luxuriant growth, and elegant drooping habit. Its branches shoot upwards at first, then bend in graceful curves toward the ground. It also retains its foliage much longer than other Elms. $1
. Descriptive catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial plants, etc. : twenty-fourth edition. Ornamental trees Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. 38 ELL WANGER & BARRY'S CAMPERDOWN WEEPING ELM. XJ. flilva. Ked ob Slippery Elm. Of medium size, and straggling open head. var. fulva pendula. Weeping Slippery Elm. A recently introduced variety of luxuriant growth, and elegant drooping habit. Its branches shoot upwards at first, then bend in graceful curves toward the ground. It also retains its foliage much longer than other Elms. $ U. gras A fine pyramidal grower. $ *TJ. montaiia. Scotch, or Wych Elm. A fine spreading tree, of rapid growth,, and large foliage. var. camperdowil peildula, Camperdown Weeping Elm. Grafted 6 to 8 feet high, this forms one of the most picturesque drooping trees. It is of rank growth, the shoots often making a zigzag growth outward and downward of several feet in a single season. The leaves are large, dark green and glossy, and cover the tree Avith a luxuriant mass of verdure. See cut. $ *var. Huntingdon!. Huntingdon Elm. Of very erect habit, and rapid, vigorous growth. Bark clean and smooth. One of the finest Elms for any pur- pose. var. peildula. Scotch Weeping Elm. A vigorous, graceful wreeping tree. Branches sometimes marked with a persistent, horizontal growth, and again growing perpendicularly downwards. Foliage large and massive. $ var. pyramidalis de Dampierre. Dampierre's Pyramidal Elm. An elegant, pyramidal growing variety. $ var. rugosa peildula. Hough-leaved Weeping Elm. A fine, pen- dulous variety, with large, rough leaves. $ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ellwanger & Barry; Ellwanger & Barry; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog
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