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CATALOGUE AND RETAIL PRICE LIST OP 
SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES — Continued. 
EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH — A rapid growing- shade tree of beautiful form. 
Very desirable for street or lawn planting. By the time the tree is five 
or six years old the bark of the trunk and larger branches becomes a beau- 
tiful silvery white color. Entirely hardy in all parts of the Northwest. 
Makes elegant shade. Price. 8 to 10 feet, GOc; 10 to 12 feet, 60c; 7 to 8 feet, 
40c; 5 to 7 feet, 35c each. 
LINDEN — (Commonly called Basswood) — A very graceful and beautiful tree 
for planting on the lawn. Tts leaves are moved with the least breath of air 
and show the white surface underneath. Its blossoms are delightfully 
fragrant, and the busy bee delights in their sweetness. Price, 7 to 8 feet, 
50c; 6 to 7 feet, 40c; 5 to 6 feet, 30c; 4 to 5 feet, 25c; 3 to 4 feet, 20c; 2 to 3 
feet, 15c; 1 to 2 feet, 10c. 
WHITE-LEAVED LINDEN — The leaves are green above and silvery beneath. 
The foliage is especially pretty when tossed about by the wind. 6 to 8 feet, 
75c each. 
RUSSIAN OLIVE — An extremely hardy tree, with silver foliage, and the most 
delightfully fragrant when in bloom of anything we have a knowledge of. 
A small sprig taken into the house will perfume it throughout; the tree 
attains onlv medium size. Price, 5 to 6 feet, 30c; 4 to 5 feet, 25c; 3 to 4 
feet, 20c. 
HORSE CHESTNUT — A very popular tree for street or lawn planting. Hardy 
covered in early summer with magnificent spikes of flowers. Price, 5 to 
6 feet, 50c each. 
PIN OAK — This is considered the most beautiful of all the oaks, and is cer- 
tainly the most popular for street and park planting. As the tree grows 
the branches droop until the lower ones touch the ground, giving it a pe- 
culiarly beautiful ovate outline. The leaves are deep green, glossy and finely 
divided, flaming to orange and scarlet in the fail. The avenues of Pin Oaks, 
in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, are greatly admired. 6 to 7 feet, $1.00 
each; 5 to 6 feet, 75c. 
CHESTNUT OAK — Native to dry situations; of tall and beautiful growth. The 
leaves are shaped like chestnuts. 4 to 5 feet, 75c. 
BECHTEL'S DOUBLE-F'LOWERING CRAB — Bears masses' of double, rose- 
like flowers of a delicate pink color and most delightful fragrance. Blooms 
while quite young and as hardy as our native wild crab. 3 to 4 feet, 75c 
each. 
MOUNTAIN ASH — (Oak leaved) — A handsome and hardy variety, with large 
and deeply lobed leaves, distinct and fine, covered in autumn -with bright 
scarlet berries. Price. 5 to 6 feet, 50c each. 
SYCAMORE, AMERICAN — (Plantanus Occidentalis) — A very rapid-growing, 
spreading native tree; always clean and healthy. One of the most desirable 
shade and street trees among our native trees. 6 to 8 feet, first class, 50c 
each; 4 to 5 feet, 35c each. 
SALISBURIA ADIANTIFOMA — (GMnko, Maiden Hair) — An ornamental tree, 
native of Japan. A very handsome, strange and striking tree; combines 
some of the characteristics of the evergreens and the deciduous trees. Trees 
of medium height, fairly rapid in growth and hardy. Its foliage resembles 
the Maiden Hair fern hence its name. A rare and elegant tree. 5 to 6 feet, 
60c each; 6 to 8 feet, 75c- 
WHITE OR AMERICAN ELM — One of the best shade or street trees. Price, 
5 to 6 feet, 30c; 6 to 8 feet, 40c; X to 10 feet, 50c each. 
SOFT MAPLE — 5 to 6 feet, 25c: 6 to 8 feet, 30c: 8 to 10 feet, 35c each. 
Weeping Trees 
BIRCH Cut-Lenved Weeping — Unquestionably one of the most popular of all 
weeping or pendulous trees. Its tall, slender, yet vigorous growth, graceful 
drooping branches, white bark and delicately cut foliage presents a com- 
bination of attractive characteristics rarely met with in a single <ree. Per- 
fectly hardy, as Is shown by the fact that perfect, full-grown specimens are 
seen in Minnesota, where the mercury drops to 30 to 40 degrees below zero. 
Prices, 8 to 10 feet, $1.50; 7 to 8 feet, $1.25; 6 to 7 feet, $1.00 each. 
CAMPERDOWN WEEPING ELM — This forms one of the most picturesque 
drooping trees. It is of rank growth, the shoots often making a zigzag 
growth outward and downward of several feet in a single season. The 
leaves are large, dark green and glossy and cover the tree with a luxuriant 
mass of verdure. Price, 2-year heads, $1.50 each; 1-year heads, $1.25 each. 
Ornamental Shrubs and Flowering Plants 
LILACS, BUDDED VARIETIES — Nothing is more beautiful than a clumr», 
hedge or screen of these, and they should go Into every border. In many 
country dooryards the neglected lilacs continue to bloom with a fragrance 
and beauty that is surpassed by no other shrub. The following varieties 
are the most choice selections, and will give a succession of bloom for many 
days. 
