o ACCENT TLANTS . SHADE TREES 
White Ash 
BIRCH 
We all know the Birches with their typical white 
bark. Leaves are oval, neat and clean. Needed in 
every landscape for their color contrast. Valuable 
either planted in clumps or as single specimens. 
CANOE BIRCH (Betula papyrifera). 70 ft. M. 
Narrow to medium rounding cone. Bark brown 
when young, later very white. Leaves 3 to 4 
inches. Each 10 
10 to 12 ft.$3 00 $27 00 
8 to 10 fi. 2 50 22 50 
6 to 8 ft. 2 00 18 00 
CUTLEAF WEEPING BIRCH (Betula pendula 
gracilis). 50 ft. M. Cream to white bark. Outer 
branchlets slender, drooping. Leaves deeply cut, 
2 to 3 inches. Each 
14 to 18 ft.$7 50 
12 to 14 ft. 6 00 
10 to 12 ft. 5 00 
8 to 10 ft. 4 00 
6 to 8 ft. 3 00 
EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH (Betula alba). 40 ft. 
M. Medium rounding cone. Younger bark brown, 
older bark white. Leaves 3 inches. Each 10 
14 to 16 ft.$4 00 $37 00 
12 to 14 ft. 3 50 32 50 
10 to 12 ft. 2 50 22 50 
8 to 10 ft...... 2 00 
Larger specimens, prices on application 
GRAY BIRCH (Betula populifolia). 40 ft. M. 
Slender, short-lived. Bark dull white with dark 
gray to black patches. Each 10 
14 to 16 fi.$3 50 $33 00 
12 to 14 ft. 2 50 22 50 
10 to 12 ft. 2 00 18 00 
8 to 10 ft. 1 60 15 00 
6 to 8 ft. 1 25 11 00 
Clumps, 8 to 10 ft. 5 00 
Clumps, 6 to 8 ft. 4 00 
RIVER BIRCH (Betula nigra). 80 to 100 ft. R. 
Cone-shaped. Bark dark brown. Each 10 
10 to 12 ft.$2 50 $22 50 
8 to 10 ft. 1 80 16 20 
YELLOW BIRCH (Betula lutea). 60 ft. M. Broad 
roughly oval head. Bark pale brownish yellow, 
silky, thin, peeling. Leaves 3 to 4 inches, brightest 
of yellow in autumn. Each 10 
12 to 14 ft.$3 60 $33 00 
10 to 12 ft. 3 00 27 00 
8 to 10 ft. 2 00 18 00 
6 to 8 ft. 1 50 13 50 
ASH . 
WHITE ASH (Fraxinus americana). 80 ft. M. 
Narrow to medium cone head when young; 
roundly wide spreading in age. Leaves com¬ 
pound of many narrow leaflets 6 inches long, rich 
green in summer, yellow and purple in fall. 
Each 
10 
14 to 16 ft. 
.$4 50 
$40 00 
12 to 14 ft. 
. 3 00 
27 00 
10 to 12 ft. 
. 2 00 
18 00 
8 to 10 ft. 
. 1 50 
12 50 
BEECH 
Stately sturdy trees of great majesty. Valuable 
as shade trees, and where space permits as large 
individual trees with branches growing nearly to 
the ground. 
AMERICAN BEECH (Fagus americana). 80 ft. S. 
Bark very light gray, smooth. Leaves 6 inches, 
long-oval, saw-toothed. Dug B&B. Each 10 
8 to 10 ft.$12 00 
7 to 8 ft. 9 00 
6 to 7 ft. 7 50 $72 00 
5 to 6 ft. 5 00 48 00 
Large specimens, write for prices. 
EUROPEAN BEECH (Fagus sylvatica). 80 ft. S. 
Bark darker, leaves shorter than the American. 
Each 10 
6 to 8 ft., B&B.$8 00 $75 00 
5 to 6 ft., B&B. 6 00 55 00 
4 to 5 ft., B&B. 4 20 40 00 
RIVERS PURPLE BEECH (Fagus sylvatica pur¬ 
purea riversi). 50 to 80 ft. S. Leaves oval, 3 to 
4 inches, blackish purple until very late summer 
or early fall. Usually grown with branches close 
to the ground, for specimen use rather than shade. 
Each 10 
6 to 8 ft., B&B....$12 00 $115 00 
Large specimens, write for prices. 
KATSURA 
KATSURA TREE (Cercidiphyllum japonicum). 
50 ft. S to M. Narrow column when younger, 
widening to broad-oval in maturity. Used either 
as shade tree or as low-branched specimen. 
Leaves unpointed, heart-shaped, pink when 
unfolding, rich medium green in summer, good 
shades of red in fall. An excellent screen tree in 
restricted spaces, superior for this purpose to 
Poplars and Willows, but slower growing. 
Each 10 
12 
to 
14 
ft. 
.$5 
00 
$45 
00 
10 
to 
12 
ft. 
. 3 
60 
33 
00 
8 
to 
10 
ft. 
. 3 
00 
27 
00 
6 
to 
8 
ft. 
. 2 
40 
21 
60 
5 
to 
6 
ft. 
1 
80 
16 
20 
For 5 plants or more of one kind take tl.e 
proportionate 10 rate; for 25 or more take the 
proportionate 100 rate whenever it is given. 
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