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Linn County Nursery, Center Point, Iowa 
Shade and Ornamental Trees, continued 
Chestnut Oak. Native to dry situations; of tall and beautiful growth. The leaves 
are shaped like chestnuts. 4 to 5 feet, 75 cts. each. 
Bechters Double-flowering 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, 75 cts. 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. 5 to 6 
feet, 50 cts. each; 4 to 5 feet, 35 cts. each. 
Sycamore, American {Platanus occidentalis) . A very rapid - growing, spreading 
native tree; always clean and healthy. One of the most desirable for shade and 
street among our native trees. 6 to 8 feet, first-class, 50 cts. each; 5 to 6 feet, 40 cts. 
each; 4 to 5 feet, 30 cts. each. 
Maidenhair Tree (Salisburia adiantifolia; Ginkgo). An ornamental tree, native 
of Japan. A very handsome, strange and striking tree; combines some of the charac- 
teristics of the evergreens and the deciduous trees. Trees of medium height, fairly 
rapid in growth and hardy. Its foliage resembles the Maidenhair fern, hence its name. 
A rare and elegant tree. 5 to 6 feet, 60 cts. each; 6 to 8 feet, 75 cts. each. 
White, or American Elm. One of the best shade or street trees. 4 to 5 feet, 20 cts. 
each; 5 to 6 feet, 25 cts.; 6 to 7 feet, 30 cts.; 7 to 8 feet, 40 cts.; 8 to 10 feet, 50 cts. 
Soft Maple. 5 to 6 feet, 25 cts. each; 6 to 8 feet, 30 cts. each; 8 to 10 feet, 35 cts. each. 
WEEPING TREES 
Birch, Cut-leaved 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 present a combination of attractive character- 
istics rarely met with in a single tree. Entirely hardy; perfect, full-grown specimens 
are seen in Minnesota, where the mercury drops to 30° to 40° below zero. lO to 12 
feet, $1.50 each; 8 to 10 feet, $1.2$ each; 7 to 8 feet, %i 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. 2-year heads, f 1.50 each; i-year heads, $1.25 each. 
ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS AND FLOWERING 
PLANTS 
Lilacs, Budded Varieties. Nothing is more beautiful than a clump, 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. 
Alphonse Lavalle. Large panicles of double violet-blue flowers. 4 to 5 feet, 40 cts. each. 
Belle de Nancy. Double white flowers that are tinged with purple. 4 to 5 feet, 40c ea. 
Frau Dammann. One of the best; a free bloomer, with medium-sized white flowers, 
borne in large panicles. 4 to 5 feet, 40 cts. each. 
Mme. Abel Chatenay. Pure white flowers in compact panicles. 4 to 5 feet, 40c ea. 
President Grevy. The individual flowers are very large and double; a beautiful blue 
in color. The panicles are larger than those of any other variety. 4 to 5 feet, 40c ea. 
Senateur Volland. A good variety, with double rosy-red flowers. 4 to 5 feet, 40c ea. 
Ludwig Spaeth. The single flowers are a very dark purple, and distinct from other 
kinds. 4 to 5 feet, 40 cts. each. 
Lilac. Common purple. 4 to 5 feet, 25 cts. each. 
Tamarix. This hardy and very beautiful shrub, of strong but slender upright growth, 
is clothed with foliage as light and feathery as that of the asparagus. Its delicate 
fringing flowers are borne in spikes; color, a warm shade of pink or red. Very orna- 
mental at the back of shrubbery, and desirable for decorations and bouquets. 3 to 
4 feet, 30 cts. each. 
Snowball. A well-known shrub; produces its snowy white flowers in large balls or 
masses in June; for the best effect, trim into a round ball-shaped bush. 2 to 3 feet, 
30 cts. each. 
