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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
,v eeping WUlow 
White. A fine tree for windbreaks 
Northwest. Leaves silky on under side, 
with a trunk 3 or 4 feet in diameter anc 
Double-flowering Plum 
(Prunus triloba) 
.\ native of China. The flowers re- 
semble our Flowering Almond, but are 
much larger. The clusters of the flowers 
;\rc also similar, but the tree grows much 
hirger and is hardy. 
Tulip Tree 
.\ rapid-growing native tree of pyram- 
idal form, resembling the hard maple, 
but with less rounded top. Flowers 
closely resemble the tulip; yellow in 
color, with deep orange at the base of 
petals, about 2 inches in length. It can 
liardly be classed as hardy in this latitude. 
Wild Crab 
This is our native Crab, Pyrus Coronaria. 
Tree seldom grows more than 12 feet 
high, with rounded top and bright pink 
blossoms. 
WUlow 
Golden. A rapid-growing Willow, with 
bright yellow bark; very attractive where 
l)lanted' in masses for winter decoration. 
Laurel-leaved. Leaves in color, texture 
and shape resembling the laurel. Tree 
round-topped and of rapid growth; per- 
fectly hardy, 
and extensively planted in the North and 
Trees sometimes attain a height of 80 feet, 
ascending branches. 
EVERGREENS 
The only trouble !n handling evergreens is allowing the roots to get dry. The 
sap of these trees is resinous, and if allowed to dry it hardens and closes the pores 
of the wood and thus stops the circulation and kills the tree. Very little exposure_ to 
hot sun or drying winds will sometimes do this. Great care should be taken in planting 
to keep goods from exposure to either sun or wind, and ihey must be kept moist. 
Arborvitae 
American, or White Cedar. This tree is 
very unique in its habits of growth, the 
leaf gradually hardening and forming the 
wood of the tree; habit upright; much 
inclined to branch and form more than 
one trunk; one of the best trees for orna- 
mental hedging. 
Globosa. Round, compact form and 
dense foliage. Foliage stands fan-shaped 
form around trunk; it is a beautiful tree. 
Golden. Same form and habit as the 
American Arborvita;, but with bright 
yellow foliage on new growth. 
Pyramidal. A densely branched variety 
forming a perfect column; holds its shape 
without trimming or pruning; hardy, and 
will succeed anywhere the American Arbor- 
vitae does; a very ornamental type for 
many kinds of planting. 
Cedar 
Colorado Silver. This variety is mid- 
way between our native Cedar and the 
Irish Juniper in form, but far more silvery 
than either. More beautiful in color than 
the Colorado Blue .Spruce. 
Fir 
Balsam. Tree conical in form; foliage 
deep green on upper surface and silvery 
on lower surface. A very symmetrical 
tree and very beautiful while young, but 
inclined to shed its small branches and 
become scrubby and naked. 
Concolor. A very beautiful species with 
silvery gray bark on the young branches; 
leaves long and beautifully silvered, 
arranged in double rows, equal in color 
and beauty to the Colorado Blue Spruce. 
I The most beautiful of all Evergreens. 
