Wild Bros. Nursery Co., Sarcoxie, Mo. 
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Shade ^rees, continued 
Oak, Pin; Quercus palustris 
One of the most beautiful and rapid growing Oaks; the limbs 
are spreading, decidedly horizontal, somewhat drooping with 
age; autumn foliage deep and brilliant scarlet; excellent for ave¬ 
nue and lawn. 
6 to 8 feet, B U B_$3.00 each, $27.50 per 10 
8 to 1 0 feet, B. U B._5.00 each, 45.00 per 10 
Plum, Cistina; Prunus cistina 
Useful for its brilliant purplish-red foliage; more shrubby in 
habit than Newport Plum. 
3 to 4 feet_$0.50 each, $4.50 per 10 
Plum, Newport; Prunus Newport 
The highly colored purplish-red foliage, becoming greenish- 
red in latter summer, makes it a very striking large shrub or 
small tree; magenta-red fruit, of fair size and quality, in mid¬ 
summer; upright habit, attaining a height of 1 2 to 15 ft. 
3 to 4 feet_$0.50 each, $4.50 per 10 
Poplar, Bolle’s Silver; Populus Bolleana 
Columnar habit, very similar to Lombardy but the leaves are 
dark, glossy green above, downy white beneath. 
8 to 10 feet_$1.00 each, $9.00 per 10 
10 to 12 feet_ 1.50 each, 12.50 per 10 
Poplar, Lombardy; Populus nigra italica 
A tall, slender, columnar, spire-like tree of picturesque and 
very formal aspect; leaves dark green, triangular, on flattened 
stems, moving freely in the breeze; very rapid growth; useful to 
screen objectionable views; landscape architects are using it freely 
as an accent tree. 
Mail size, postpaid_$0.1 5 each, $1.20 per 10 
4 to 6 feet_ .30 each, 2.50 per 10 
6 to 8 feet_ .50 each, 4.00 per 10 
8 to 10 feet_ .80 each, 7.00 per 10 
10 to 12 feet_ 1.00 each, 8.00 per 10 
Sycamore, Oriental; Oriental Plane; Platanus orientalis 
More beautiful and symmetrical in growth than the American 
Sycamore, becoming a large and massive tree, usually with a wide 
round-topped head; bark whitened, leaves somewhat maple-like; 
an excellent city or street tree. 
6 to 8 feet-$0.75 each, $6.00 per 10 
8 to 10 feet- 1.00 each, 9.00 per 10 
Tulip Tree; Liriodendron tulipifera 
A magnificent tree; very rapid growth; leaves large, 4-lobed 
light bluish-green, in autumn pale yellow and orange; tulip¬ 
like flowers, greenish yellow blotched orange, in May. 
6 to 8 feet-$1.25 each, $11.50 per 10 
8 to 10 feet- 2.00 each, 18.00 per 10 
Willow, Babylon Weeping; Salix babylonica 
A large, graceful tree with long, slender, drooping branches; 
leaves bright green, 2 to 6 in. long, narrow, tapering to a long 
point; excellent for the margin of pools or streams, but does 
not require such a position. 
Mail size, (2 to 3 ft.) postpaid_$0.25 each, $2.00 per 10 
4 to 6 feet- .35 each, 3.00 per 10 
6 to 8 feet- .60 each, 5.00 per 10 
Willow, Niobe Weeping 
A graceful tree with slender, drooping, yellow-barked branch¬ 
es; leaves lustrous green; very hardy. 
Mail size, (2 to 3 ft.) postpaid_$0.25 each, $2.00 per 10 
4 to 6 feet- .40 each, 3.50 per 10 
Willow, Pussy; Salix 
Who does not remember the Pussy Willow, with its conspic¬ 
uous silky catkins responding to the first call of spring? Excel¬ 
led for use alone or with other flowers. Prune freely after 
blooming to encourage new growth, and give it plenty of room 
as it will make a bushy small tree. 1 yr., 3 to 4 ft. 25c each. 
'^Kardy Svergreens 
For producing an immediate, finished effect and an air of 
permanence and stability, nothing will take the place of Ever¬ 
greens. They blend delightfully with the gay summer flowers, 
and when the wind-swept winter garden is brown and bare, 
their foliage masses afford a sense of coziness and cheer. The 
taller growing varieties are excellent for screens and shelter from 
winter’s winds and provide an ideal background for the showy 
flowering trees and shrubs of spring, the berries of autumn and 
the colored twigs of winter. Beautiful effects are secured by 
planting in masses varieties that contrast finely in form, foliage 
and color, such as light and dark green, silver and gold. For 
entrance and foundation planting the lower growing varieties 
provide year around beauty. 
Our evergreens, grown with plenty of room, are compact, well 
filled trees of their size and variety. They have been transplant¬ 
ed and root pruned and are well rooted. They are liberally 
graded and, except mail sizes, will be dug with a ball of earth 
wrapped in burlap, termed "balled and burlapped’’ or B. U B. 
They are not grown rapidly and soft but are firm and easily 
transplanted. 
Evergreens are Easy to Plant 
Planting balled evergreens is like planting potted plants. 
Properly handled, they transplant as easily and successfully as 
shrubs. Unpack as soon as received. Protect the roots from sun 
and wind. Dig a hole just a little deeper than the ball of earth 
and at least 6 inches wider all around. Set the tree in the hole, 
burlap and all. As the earth is filled in tamp it firmly, to with¬ 
in a few inches of the top. Untie and cut away the remaining 
burlap. Water welt and finish filling the hole, but do not tamp 
after watering. About 1/10 of THOROUGHLY ROTTED 
manure may be mixed in the soil, and some cow manure ap¬ 
plied on top as a mulch. Trees cannot do their best without 
plenty of plant food, and water as needed, particularly during 
the first year. 
A real Japanese garden showing use of dwarf, creeping 
and informal evergreens 
Pruning Evergreens 
If it is desired to make Arborvitaes, Junipers and Retinos- 
poras more compact, they may be "sheared." However, after a 
plant has left the nursery shearing is hardly the correct term as 
the individual branches or tips should be cut out individually 
with a knife or clippers to keep the plant symmetrical, not shear¬ 
ed with grass shears as the term would imply. This work may 
be done almost any time with no ill effect except in hot dry 
weather. 
