DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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MAPLE, SILVER or SOFT — A rapid growing tree of large size, irregular 
rounded form; foliage bright green above; silvery beneath; a favorite street 
and park tree. 
MAPLE, SUGAR — A well-known native tree of stately growth; valuable 
both for the production of sugar and for its wood; and also very desirable 
as an ornamental shade tree. 
MAPLE, SYCAMORE — A handsome tree of rapid, upright growth, with 
large foliage, and smooth, ashgray colored bark. 
MAPLE, WIER’S CUT-LEAVED SILVER — This is one of the most remark- 
able and beautiful trees with cut or dissected foliage yet offered. Its growth 
is rapid, shoots slender and drooping, giving it a habit almost as graceful as 
the Cut-Leaved Birch. The foliage is abundant, silvery underneath and on 
the young woods especially, deeply and delicately cut. 
MAPLE, JAPANESE— The Japanese Maples are becoming more popular 
as they become better known. They are of dwarf habit and are varied in 
their foliage. They are also shrub-like in growth, and many of them of such 
rich, bright hues and deep cut leaves that we class them by themselves. On 
account of these characters they are much used for forming permanent beds, 
are very effective whether planted singly or in groups. In groups they can 
be planted four to six feet apart. Though succeeding in the sun, they prefer 
light shade at midday. The bright-hued leaves make a fine display and the 
blood-leaved (Atropurpureum), areum and purple cut-leaf are especially in de- 
mand. We include only those we can especially recommend. 
MAPLE, JAPAN BLOOD-RED — The brightest and most constant in color 
of the red-leaved sort and one of the most popular. 
MAPLE, JAPAN CUT-LEAVED PURPLE — -One of the most striking and 
handsome varieties of the Japan Maples. Form dwarf and weeping; the 
leaves are of a beautiful rose color when young, and change to a deep and con- 
stant purple as they become older. They are also deeply and delicately cut, 
giving them an elegant fern-like appearance, (5 to 7 feet when grown.) 
MAPLE, JAPAN, DARK PU RPLE-LEAVED— Forms a bushy shrub; foliage 
dark purple and deeply cut; very ornamental. The hardiest and altogether 
the best of the Japan Maples. 
MAPLE, JAPAN GOLDEN — The leaves retain their light yellow color with 
little variation throughout the summer. One of the best and most effective 
in a group. (8 to 10 feet when grown.) 
MAPLE, JAPAN — (A polymorphum)— The most vigorous of tne type; 
forms a small shrubby tree with various shades of color on the young growth ; 
foliage small, deeply lobed, coppery-green, changing to the most brilliant and 
gorgeous tints in the autumn. It is the parent form of many of the “Japanese 
Maples.” F,or planting single on a lawn it is most handsome, its feathery 
green leaves making its appearance distinct from that of any other shrub-like 
tree. (12 to 15 ft. when grown.) 
