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Silver 

 Maples 

 In Our 

 Nursery 



IN these Silver Maples you get 

 the greatest mass of foliage 

 for the least money. They 

 recover quickly from trans- 

 planting and grow rapidly. 

 We have grown them with a single 

 leader, which overcomes their tendency to 

 split in high winds or ice storms. While 

 the Silver Maple may not be the best 

 tree, still it does give a good shade at a 

 very moderate cost. It will live long and 

 grow very large. It can be planted to fill 

 in with other slower -growing trees, and 

 later be removed. If you want Oaks, 

 Beeches or Lindens eventually, put them 

 in of smaller size and later remove the Silver 

 Maples. 



The tree at the right is No. 3033D. It is 48 Eeet high, 30 

 feet broad and 1 7 inches in diameter. Piice delivered and planted 

 within twelve miles, $120. Hole 30 feet wide, \% feet deep in 

 center, 6 inches at the side, to be prepared by purchaser. 



The next is No. 2780. 45 feet high, 24 feet spread, M}^ 

 inches in diameter. Twenty-five years old. Price as above, $95. 



There is a graceful freedom about 

 such a Silver Maple as thi^ one. Its 

 somewhat open foliage makes it adapt- 

 able for locating near the house, as the 

 breezes can blow through. This tree was 

 moved from our nursery to this new house 

 a few years ago and has grown vigorously 

 ever since. 



The big breezy porch (projecting be- 

 yond the comer of the house) is no more 

 essential to comfort than is the old tree, nor 

 is the tree any more a doubtful experiment 

 or extravagance. It cost $75 three years 

 before the photograph was taken. 



The entrance drive of this place was 

 shaded with Silver Maples 24 feet high. 



