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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 red 
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. Acer 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 Norway Maples. After fifteen years of skillful growing, 
to be immediately shaded, they will form a grace- we have developed hundreds of these broad, symmetrical trees 
ful, Elm-like arch. The Silver Maple takes the from ordinary 1 0-foot trees. 
