About Our Ornamentals and Your Need of Them 



Harrison's Nurseries probably have as fine and as 

 complete an assortment of trees and shrubs which make 

 Harrison homes and grounds beautiful, comfort- 



^-iir able, and valuable, as is to be found in 



Evergreens the country. Ornamentals are leading 

 specialties with us. 



Between the station and our office are now growing 

 what is without a doubt the finest block of Koster's 

 Blue Spruce in the United States, as well as splendid 

 lots of the Golden Evergreens and of Pyramidal 

 Arborvitae, on which we particularly pride ourselves. 



Through the whole list of handsome and quick- 

 growing trees and shrubs, we have splendid specimens 

 to ofTer you. They have been grown in good soil, with 

 wise care, under the best conditions generally, and by 

 men who understand growing deciduous and evergreen 

 trees. The treatment needed for them is entirely differ- 

 ent in many ways from that required by fruit trees. 



Special attention is directed to our Koster's Blue 

 Spruce, Hemlock Spruce, Blue Cedar, Pyramidal 

 Arborvitae, Golden Arborvitae, Baby Rambler Roses, 

 and above all, California Privet, and Norway and 

 Silver Maples. We can beat the world on Privet and 

 Norway Maple. Our Mr. Orlando Harrison has traveled 

 tens of thousands of miles in making sure we have the 

 best. His work included a trip to Europe to buy Maples, 

 and he got thousands, the like of which could not be 

 Privet and ^ ^^ ^^^^ country before. Both these 

 Maples and Privet are given separate 

 Maples divisions in this catalogue, as they are too 



important to merely occupy a place with 

 other ornamentals. 



It is hardly necessary to say much on planting 

 about homes, buildings, ground and parks. It is well- 

 accepted fact that by doing it the value can be almost 

 doubled; comfort and looks immeasurably increased. 

 The majority of men do not need any argument to 

 convince them of this. The idea that to have things 

 beautiful and well laid out takes much money, much 

 skill or much trouble and care is wrong. It is easy, it 

 does not cost much, and every owner can tell for him- 

 self what trees and shrubs to plant and how to place 

 them, unless his place is very large. Then only are the 

 services of a landscape architect needed. We shall be glad 

 to advise what to use and where to place it, if you want 

 us to, and if you will tell us in detail of your grounds. 



This Catalogue describes in brief form nearly all 

 things you will need. If there are any others, we no 

 doubt will have them too, in sufficient quantity, and 

 we ask you to write to us about them. We publish a 

 Country Home aI^^% ^,T^ r^^''"'',^ "^°'^ ^o Plant 



i About the Country Home, which 



Decoration prominent landscape specialists have 



— _ said is complete and practical, and 



which is a sufficient guide for planting successfully any 

 area, from the largest estate to the smallest front 

 yard. The price of the book is 25 cents, but we will 

 send one free, if you send the coupon in this book. 



The effects the average farm or country home (or 

 one in the city, for that matter) can get from even 

 a few ornamentals planted properly are worth con- 

 sideration. First of all, they will make apparent the 

 difference between a mere "house" and a real "home," 

 The worst "barn" of a place can be changed into an 

 attractive and desirable residence, as far as the sur- 

 rounding appearance can make it so. The merely 

 expensive home can be changed to a really beautiful 

 place. Bare foundations can be covered up with 

 a living green which is as handsome as they were 

 ugly before. The hot sun can be used to make greater 

 growth in trees, instead of beating in on porches and 

 at windows, and instead of blistering paint. 



Icy winds and hard storms may have their force 

 broken by thick evergreens, resulting, among other 

 things, in simplification of the heating problem. Drives 

 and approaches lined in both sides with maples are 

 avenues of lasting delight. In our Privet pages are 

 photographs of two houses standing side by side in 

 Berlin. They present wonderful contrasts, even though 

 they illustrate only the very beginning of what can be 

 See PaffeS '^'^^^' ^^*^ the effect on the care which 



^ a— other things will receive when in beautiful 



30 and 31 surroundings. Privet, Maples, Arborvi- 

 ■"^^~~^~~' taes, Spruces, Pines and Rhododendrons 

 are so easy to plant and care for that no one should 

 ignore his opportunity to make his home beautiful 

 and valuable, at small expense. 



So it is with all kinds of trees and shrubs. Each has 

 a use and a place. And nine times out of ten the home 

 you wish was yours has been made so beautiful easily 

 and quickly, with a few shrubs and trees bought and 

 planted at small expense. 



Grand and stately Norway Maples lining an avenue in a suburb of New York. No other shade tree would fill this place so well. 

 When perfect these are the best trees for home grounds — alone or in rows. Thick-growing, rich green foliage unmatched. 



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