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Magnolia, Hall's, continued 



The flower is entirely different from other 

 varieties, as the illustration shows. It is as worthy 

 of admiration as the Water Lily and is not 

 dissimilar. 



Its name comes from the missionary, Hall, 

 who recognized the climate similarity and brought 

 back a number of beautiful plants and had to 

 beg various nurserymen to take them. The 

 endeavors of Hall and other enthusiasts resulted 

 in the introduction of the most beautiful and 

 healthful plants for the parks and gardens of 

 the eastern United States, as Chinese Azalea, 

 Japanese Barberry, Deutzia, Eleagnus, Exo- 

 chorda, Golden Bell, Upright Honeysuckle, 

 Hydrangea, Japanese Judas, California Privet, 

 Japanese Snowball, several Spireas, Weigela, 

 Euonymus radicans. Clematis paniculata, Wistaria, 

 Hall's Honeysuckle, Japanese Ivy, Crimson 

 Rambler, Memorial Rose and Rugosa Roses, 

 Japanese Anemone, Japanese Lilies, Japanese 

 Plum, Kiefer Pear, Japanese Chestnut, Japanese 

 Dogwood, Ginkgo, Japanese Maple, Japanese 

 Poplar, Styrax, and many others. 



M. Kobus. This promises to make a tree as hand- 



Magnolia Kobus, continued 



some as a Small-leaf Linden. We have symmetri- 

 cal trees 8 feet high. It is said to have flowers like 

 the Magnolia stellata, but it has not yet bloomed, 

 while the latter blooms profusely when but 2 

 feet high. 



M. hypoleuca. This is a big, broad tree, with 

 leaves resembling the Large-leaved Magnolia, 

 which show silvery white beneath when turned 

 by the breeze. The foliage remains solid and 

 unharmed by drought or severe winds. The 

 flowers are about 9 inches wide, creamy white, 

 with a crown of brilliant crimson stamens in the 

 center. We recommend it highly. June. 



M. parviflora. This is probably the least known 

 of all the Magnolias, and, to our mind, the flowers, 

 if shown in the florists' windows, would create 

 as great a sensation as orchids, if these were 

 entirely new. They are alabaster-white cups, 

 about 3 inches in diameter, with the purest reel 

 stamens inside. It starts to bloom in June 

 before the rose-bugs defile it, and continues in 

 July and August after they have gone. 



M. Watsoni. This resembles the last, except that 

 the flowers are slightly larger. 



Maple Acer 



"I want trees" is the first thought, and the second is "plant Maples." This universal popularity is 

 founded on certainty and quickness of growth, dense shade, symmetrical form, and brilliant autumn colors, 

 for all these qualities are included in the Maple family. We offer the biggest and best Maples on the market. 

 They are skillfully trained by new methods to the best possible condition. While Maples are tenacious of 

 life when poorly grown and the roots cut short, when grown and transplanted our way, they grow luxu- 

 riantly and severe pruning is not necessary. You buy a big, broad, symmetrical top, and you get it. Another 

 tree with the same sized trunk, but with poor, coarse 

 roots and crowded top, is comparatively worthless. 



Norway. Ac-er platanoides. The spherical top and 



dense, dark green foliage distinguish this tree. 



Ability to take care of itself is a permanent 



characteristic. Like the Baldwin apple and the 



Concord grape, the Norway Maple has been long 



recognized as the safe variety to plant. It is the 



all-round, general-purpose shade tree. For those 



wishing to add greater variety, there are, for- 

 tunately, many other species, as Linden, Oak, 



Elm, available in our nurseries. 



The points of peculiar excellence of our Nor- 

 way Maples are, abundant fibrous roots, straight 



trunk, single leader, preventing splitting and 



permitting the tree to be trimmed higher, and 



wide, symmetrical top. It takes more room in 



the nursery to grow trees with wide tops and 



good roots, but the trees are worth the difference. 

 We offer trees with high heads for street plant- 

 ing, or low, broad tops for lawns. Ten, twenty 



or thirty years can be saved by planting these 



big Maples. 

 Silver. A. saccharinum; syn., A. dasycarpum. 



There is more foliage for the cost in Silver Maples 



than in any other tree. It is the best of the cheap, 



quick trees for most soils and situations. In late 



summer, after a drought, the Silver Maples will 



look well while the Carolina Poplars do not. Our 



stock is trained to single leader, which prevents 



splitting ; dense, symmetrical, Linden-shaped 



tops, not liable to breakage by wind or ice, and 



abundant fibrous roots, which make them sure 



to live. 



If your problem is to make a tall screen to 



stable or house, these Maples, 20 to 40 feet high, 

 will do it satisfactorily. If an entrance drive is 

 to be immediately shaded, they will form a grace- 

 ful, Elm-like arch. The Silver Maple takes the 



Norway Maples. After fifteen years of skillful growing, 

 we have developed hundreds of these broad, symmetrical trees 

 from ordinary 10-foot trees. 



