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ACER palmatum • Japanese Maple 



JAPANESE MAPLES are extremely beautiful, diminutive trees of dense, though 

 graceful habit, and elegant foliage. They are beautiful, especially in the spring, when the 

 leaves assume delicate shades of green and red and again in the autumn when they become 

 strikingly tinted. They thrive in well drained soil and are happy in partial shade. Wise 

 gardenmakers have long been acquainted with their worth, especially in small gardens where 

 larger trees would be out of scale. 



ACER palmatum (Japanese Maple). A dwarf A. palmatum atropurpureum dissectum (Cutleaf 



tree bearing foliage of delicate shades of red and green Weeping Japanese Bloodleaf Maple). Very 

 in spring which turns to brilliant scarlet in fall. dwarf. Deep, blood-red, finely cut foliage. 



A. palmatum atropurpureum (Bloodleaf Japan- A. palmatum dissectum (Cutleaf Weeping 

 ese Maple). A dwarf tree having compact, blood- Japanese Maple). Very dwarf, with slender, 

 red to purplish-red foliage. graceful spreading branches. Foliage light green. 



AESCULUS • Horsechestnut 



O TREE is more prodigal in its wealth of blossoms, and none is more brilliantly 

 beautiful than the Horsechestnut. Its massive branches with their laterals sweep the 

 ground and form a splendid oval or bell-shaped crown. In spring pyramids of flowers 



A towering Horsechestnut in 

 bloom. 



The brick nail leading from 

 the door, the Boxwood, the 

 oierhanging fruit tree and 

 the perennial border all com- 

 bine in forming an attractiie 

 vista. 



