This section is from the book "How To Make A Flower Garden", by Wilhelm Miller. Also available from Amazon: The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques.
Ten of the most popular trees: Bass wood, Cilia Americana. Button wood, Platanus occidentalis.
Most popular trees - Continued Chestnut, Castanea Americana. Elm, American, Ulmus Americana. Horse-chestnut, ĘscuIus Hippocastanwn. Locust, Robinia Pseudacacia. Locust, Honey, Gleditschia triacanthos. Maple, Sugar, Acer sacharum. Pine, White, Pinus strobus. Spruce, Norway, Picea excelsa.
Six trees with ornamental foliage:
Angelica-tree, Chinese, Araha Chinensis.
Catalpa speciosa.
Coffee-tree, Kentucky, Gymnocladus Canadensis. Cucumber-tree, Large-leaved, Magnolia macrophylla. Locust, Honey, Gleditschia triacanthos, Papaw, Asimina triloba.
Six trees with fragrant flowers:
Linden, American, Tilia Americana.
Locust, Black, Robinia Pseudacacia.
Magnolia, Yulan.
Magnolia, Hypoleuca.
Pterostyrax hispida.
Yellow-wood, Cladrastis tinctoria.
Six trees with large individual flowers: Dogwood, Flowering, Cornus Florida. Gordonia pubescens (not fully hardy). Magnolia, Hypoleuca. Magnolia, Yulan.
Papaw, American, Asimina triloba. Tulip-tree, Liriodendron Tulipifera.
Six trees covered with small but numerous flowers: Catalpa speciosa. Goldenchain, Laburnum vulgare. Laurel, Great, Rhododendron maximum. Lilac, Japanese, Syringa Japonica. Maple, Red, Acer rubrum. Yellow-wood, Cladrastis tinctoria.
Six trees with attractive autumn foliage: Maple, Sugar, Acer sacharum. Oak, White, Quercus alba. Pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica. Sassafras, Sassafras officinale. Sweet-gum, Liquidambar styraciflua. Tulip-tree, Liriodendron Tulipifera.
Four evergreen trees:
Holly, American, Ilex opaca.
Laurel, Giant, Rhododendron maximum.
Pine, White, Pinus strobus.
Spruce, Norway, Picea excelsa.
Four deciduous trees, attractive during winter: Birch, Paper, Betula papyrifera. Pagoda-tree, Japanese, Sophora Japonica. Sumac, Staghorn, Rhus tyhhina. Willow, Yell low, Salix Viteuina.
Pour trees with showy fruits:
Cucumber-tree, Large-leaved, Magnolia macrophylla. Holly, American, Ilex opaca.
Mountain Ash, American, Sorbus Americana. Sumac, Staghom, Rhus typhina.
Six trees suitable for city planting: Ash, American, Fraxinus Americana. Button wood, Platanus occidentalis. Locust, Honey, Gleditschia triacanthos. Maidenhair-tree, Ginkgo biloba. Pagoda-tree, Japanese, Sophora Japonica. Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus glandulosa (pistillate).
Four trees suitable for seaside planting: Juniper, Juniperus Virginica. Sassafras, Sassafras officinalis. Spruce, White, Picea alba. Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus glandulosa (pistillate).
Four weeping trees and trees with coloured foliage: Horticultural varieties of numerous species, e. g., Maple, Birch, Beech, Poplar, Oak, Willow, Elm, etc.
Four trees that bloom in April or earlier: Maple, Red, Acer rubrum. Shadbush, Amelanchier Canadensis. Judas-tree, Cercis Canadensis. Magnolia Yulan.
Four trees that bloom in May:
Dogwood, Flowering, Comus florida. Golden-chain, Laburnum vulgare. Magnolia Soulaneeana. Tulip-tree, Liriodendron Tulipifera.
Four trees that bloom in June: Catalpa speciosa.
Locust, Black, Robinia Pseudacacia. Magnolia hypoleuca. Pterostyrax hispida.
Four trees that bloom in July:
Chestnut, American, Castanea Americana. Laurel, Great, Rhododendron maximum. Lilac, Japanese, Syringa Japonica. Rhus semialata.
Four trees that bloom in August:
Angelica-tree, Chinese, Aralia Chinensis. Sorrel wood, Oxydendrum arboreum. Tamarisk, Tamarix Gallic a. Varnish-tree, Kœlreuteria paniculata.
Four trees that bloom in September:
Angelica-tree, Chinese, Aralia Chinensis. Gordonia pubescens (not fully hardy). Pagoda-tree, Japanese, Sophora Japonica. Rhus semialata.
 
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