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Magnolia The magnolia is indeed “a thing of beauty,” but it is so exceedingly difficult 
to transplant with safety that we cannot advise our patrons to order them expecting 
to meet with entire success, unless ordered put up with ball of earth on the roots. 
Purpurea —An attractive dwarf variety with handsome purple flowers in May or June. 
Soulangeana —Shrubby and branching while young, but becoming a fair-sized tree. 
Flowers white and purple, cup shaped and three to five inches in diameter. Flowers 
large, glossy and massive. 
Speciosa (Showy flowered)—Similar habit to Soulangeana; flowers paler and blooms later. 
Mahonia aquifolia (Ashberry)—May. A well-known bush, of the greatest value to give a 
surface of green foliage in winter. Its large, spiny leaves, which turn scarlet in fall, 
are much like those of the famous English holly, and its bright yellow flowers in May 
are very effective. Good in shady spots. 
JAPANESE MAPLES 
Maple—The vigorous growth, fine form, 
hardiness, freedom from disease, and 
adaptability to all soils, renders the 
maple one of the best of trees for the 
purpose of shade. It has few equals 
tor the street or park. 
Ash-Leaved — A hardy native sort. Ash¬ 
like foliage, spreading head. Rapid 
growth. Very hardy. 
Norway (Plantanoides) — Large, com¬ 
pact habit, and broad, deep green, 
shining foliage. A stout, vigorous 
grower. One of the best for the street 
or park. Forty to fifty feet when 
fully grown. 
Sugar or Rock —The well-known na¬ 
tive variety. Valuable for the street Catalpa Bungei 
or park. Fifty to sixty feet when 
fully grown. 
Schwedleri A beautiful variety of Purple-Leaf Norway with long shoots and leaves of 
bright purple and crimson color, which change to purplish green on the older leaves. 
Silver-Leaved or White — Foliage bright green above and silvery underneath. An 
exceedingly rapid grower. Makes a large tree. 
Wier’s Cut-Leaved — Grows very rapidly, and the shoots are so slender and drooping 
that it has a decidedly graceful appearance. The leaves are deeply and delicately cut. 
A large tree if undisturbed, but will stand severe pruning, and so may be easily adapted 
to small places. 
Mountain Ash—These are highly ornamental trees, particularly when covered with their 
bright, scarlet berries throughout the fall and winter. 
American —Of coarser growth and foliage than the European, and having larger berries 
of a lighter color. White blossoms appear in early spring, followed by clusters of 
scarlet berries. 
Dark Purple-Leaved Japan Maple — 
Forms a bushy shrub; foliage dark 
purple and deeply cut; very orna¬ 
mental. The hardiest and altogether 
the best of the Japan Maples. One 
of the choicest small trees or shrubs 
in the catalogue. 
Blood-Leaved Japan Maple — Of 
dwarf habit and rounded form; fol¬ 
iage five-lobed and serrated; reddish 
crimson in June and remaining red¬ 
dish most all season; one of the very 
best. 
