8 
Thomas Meehan & Sons 
An Important Innovation 
If you knew that you could get Sweet Gums, a hardy 
strain, grown from seeds collected as far north as Philadel¬ 
phia, and get 90 to 95 out of every 100 to grow, would it inter¬ 
est you? 
That is the proposition we are making to you. 
The great objection planters make to using the Sweet 
Gum is the difficulty in getting it to grow. It is the most 
beautiful tree in cultivation, 
adapted to all landscape work 
and a magnificent tree for 
street, avenue, and boulevard 
planting. It thrives particular¬ 
ly well as a shade tree in city 
streets and would he largely 
used, if it could be transplant¬ 
ed as successfully as other 
shade trees. 
We have a method by which 
we can dig our Sweet Gum with 
a solid hall of earth, just as 
choice evergreens are success¬ 
fully handled, and which will 
insure your getting from 90 to 
95 per cent, to grow. The pho¬ 
tograph shows one of our trees 
dug and burlap hailed. 
When ordering trees he sure 
to say if you want them hail¬ 
ed, as we also offer them dug 
without ball at regular list 
price. 
Cost of packing trees in 
bales or boxes would he addi¬ 
tional. If sufficient quantities 
are taken to warrant shipping 
in bulk in car, the freight 
would he less, and there would 
be no charge made for packing illustrates how we Ball and 
in the car. Burlap Sweet Gums 
PRICE FOR TREES BALLED AND BURLAPPED 
6 to 
Per 
10 
Per 100 
6 
ft. 
50 
75 
00 
S tc 
10 ft. 
50 
00 
00 
1% 
to 
1 % 
in. 
cal. 
50 
105 
00 
1% 
to 
1% 
in. 
cal. 
. 15 
00 
135 
00 
1% 
to 
2 
in. 
cal. 
. 18 
00 
155 
00 
2 
to 
2% 
in. 
cal. 
. 21 
00 
185 
00 
2% 
to 
2% 
in. 
cal. 
00 
215 
00 
2% 
to 
2% 
in. 
cal. 
. 27 
00 
245 
00 
2% 
to 
3 
in. 
cal. 
. 30 
00 
275 
00 
t) 
to 
3% 
in. 
cal. 
50 
330 
00 
314 
to 
4 
in. 
cal. 
. 38 
50 
See Price List of Specimen Trees, Page IS. 
