Saint Mafqt Nurseries 
Balled and Burlaped Trees 
Shade Trees: 
Scarlet Maple, Laurel Oak. 
Flowering Trees: 
Dogwood, Red-Bud, Crape Myrtle, Flowering 
Willow, Parkinsonia. 
Conifers: 
Red Cedar, Cedrus Deodara, Arborvitae of all 
varieties. 
Flowering Shrubs: 
Hydrangea, Spireas. 
Bamboos: 
All varieties listed on page 63. 
Palms: 
Washingtonia robusta, Washingtonia filifera, 
Phoenix Canariensis, Sabal Palmetto, Cham- 
aerops Fortunei. 
Roses: 
All varieties listed in the Rose section of this 
catalogue. 
Shipping Weights 
(Jur plans provide for the handling of plants in grades approximately 2 to 3 feet, 3 to 4 feet, 4 to 
5 feet, and 5 to 7 feet. In some sorts larger specimens can be furnished. The larger the tree, the 
larger the ball of earth about its roots, and the greater the weight. 
It is difficult to give exact shipping weights. Much depends upon the amount of moisture in the 
soil and other details over which we have no control. Trees in 2- to 3-feet grade, shrubs (Spireas, for 
instance) and Roses will weigh, approximately, 75 pounds each; 3- to 4-foot trees about 100 pounds 
each; 4- to 5-foot trees will weigh 150 to 175 pounds each; 3- to 4-foot Arborvitses and 5- to 7-foot 
trees will weigh 200 to 250 pounds each, and special grades will run 300 to 350 pounds each. 
Planting and Care 
The plants must not be handled by picking them up by the branches, stems or trunk. Lift 
and move by clasping the ball of earth with the hands, or by placing planks under it. Remove from 
the packing-case or box by taking it apart. Do not remove the burlap about the ball of earth. 
Leave it on. Dig the hole for the plant 4 or 5 
inches deeper and 8 to 10 inches broader than will 
be required to accommodate the ball of earth. Fill 
in the bottom of the hole with enough good, rich 
earth, in which a handful or two of commercial 
fertilizer has been mixed, to bring the top of the 
burlap up to the level of the surrounding earth 
when the plant is placed in the hole. Then fill 
in, with the same soil, the space between the 
ball of earth and the well of the hole, packing 
it tight. Make a basin of earth on top around 
the plant and fill with water, and give additional 
water from time to time for two or three months 
unless rains are frequent. Under unfavorable 
weather conditions it is sometimes advisable to 
shade the plants with burlap, but usually it is 
not necessary. 
The leaves of Palms should remain tied to¬ 
gether for two or three months, to prevent their 
being blown about, thereby loosening the plant 
in the ground. The strings may be loosened 
from time to time to accommodate the growth 
of leaves. 
Prices 
The prices on Palms are given on pages 60, 
61 and 62. The price on specimen balled Roses 
is $1 each. The price on balled Peaches and 
Persimmons is four times the single rate for the 
grade ordered. On the remainder of the list 
given above the price is three times the single 
rate for the grade ordered. Larger specimens 
Spiraea Van Houtte with Ball and Burlap quoted on request. 
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