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a skyline effect not possible with other trees. The Silver-leaf 

 Poplar is desirable because its leaves are always in motion and 

 are silvery underneath, while the GaroUna Poplar is the most de- 

 sirable for a border planting, or where you want to hide an unsightly 

 outlook quickly. 



Purple-leaf Maple {Acer platanoides Schwedleri) 



The red- or purple-leaf Maple is among the showiest of all the 

 trees during early. Summer on account of the beautiful coloring of 

 the leaves, which, however, don't retain this color all through the 

 season. Although it is a hard Maple, so that the tree grows more 

 beautiful the older it gets, even small trees 8 ft. in height and hardly 

 over 1 in. in diameter are attractive because of the reddish-purple 

 leaves. This is one of the trees which it will pay the florist with a 

 small nursery to plant and grow on. Somebody in your neighbor- 

 hood will some day want all you have. 



Sugar Maple {Acer saccharum) 



Those who don't want to wait for a Norway Maple to develop 

 into a good-sized tree should plant the Sugar Maple. It grows faster, 

 and if given a fair chance, wiU also grow into a fine specimen. There 



Fig. 80. — Four Popular and Rbuabub Fruiting Plants for Winter Sales. 

 At left, Ardisia cremdala; center rear, Skimmia japonica, sometimes grown out- 

 doors; center front, one of the ornamental Peppers; at right, a well-grown Solanum 



