Ornamental Department 
This portion of our establishment is very extensive, where Avenue and Park trees are cultivated in large blocks; 
many acres are assigned to the field culture of shrubs, and small growing trees. The borders contain the more delicate 
shrubs and herbaceous plants. 
Our Rose department requires large tracts of land, extensive borders and glass houses where the earliest propagation 
is begun. People who have never seen a large nursery, little realize the extent of the industry, the amount of experienced 
labor employed, the thorough cultivation practiced, or the amount of capital necessarily invested to keep the stock up 
to the highest standard of excellence. 
We are yearly adding to our stock new varieties, the choicest selections from our own and foreign countries, and 
it is our intention to have on our grounds about everything in Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Roses that is suitable for 
planting in the United States or Canada, strictly tropical sections excepted. 
DESIRABLE TREES TO PLANT 
For Streets, Roads and Avenues. American Elm, Norway, Sugar and Silver Maple, Carolina Poplar, Oriental 
Plane, American Ash, Tulip Trees. 
For Driveways Through Lawns and Parks. English Elm, except on the low wet land; Norway Maple, Salisburia, 
or Ginkgo, Tulip Tree, Magnolia Acuminata, Catalpa Speciosa, American and European Lindens, Negundo Maple. 
Lawn Specimens of Large Growth, Branched from the Ground. English and River’s Beech, Birches, particularly 
Cut-leaf Weeping; Cut-leaf Maples, Austrian and Scotch Pines, Norway and Colorado Spruces; Lombardy Poplar. 
Strong Growing Trees of Pyramidal Habit. Lombardy and Bolleana Poplars, Fern-Leaved Linden, Pyramidal 
Arbor Vitae. 
Trees that Thrive in Moist Locations. American Elm, American Linden, Ash, Catalpas, Poplars, Willows and 
Silver Maple. 
Trees that Thrive on Dry Knolls of Poor Soil. Silver-Leaf Maples, Poplars, Birches. 
Best Trees for Wind Breaks. Norway Spruce (evergreen), Carolina Poplars, Silver Maoles, and Lombardy Poplars. 
Flowering Trees. Judas tree, Peach, pink and white; Laburnum, yellow; Fringe Tree, white and purple; Linden; 
Horse Chestnut, red and white; Cherry, white and pink; Catalpa; Thoms, red and white; Flowering Almonds, pink and 
white; Prunus Triloba. 
Cut-leaved Trees. Cut-Leaved Birch, Wier’s Cut-Leaved Maple. 
Purple and Scarlet-Leaved Trees. Purple-Leaved Beech, Purple-Leaved Birch, Purple-Leaved Elm, Purple or 
Blood-Leaved Peach and Plum, Purple Sycamore Maples, Schwedlerii Maple, Japan Maple, Prunus Pissardii. 
Acer. Maple 
A. dasycarpum (White or Silver Leaf Maple). A fine 
variety of rapid growth and spreading habit, foliage 
pendulous and graceful. One of the easiest trees to trans¬ 
plant and is used to advantage where quick effects are 
desired. 
Wieri laciniatum (Wier’s Silver Cut Leaf Maple). A 
variety of the Silver-Leaved, and one of the most beautiful 
trees with cut or dissected foliage. Its growth is rapid, 
shoots slender and drooping, giving it a very graceful 
habit. The foliage is abundant, silver}' underneath. It 
is one of the most attractive lawn trees. 
