DAYTON’S BLUFF STATION, ST. PAUL, MINN. 
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HANDY REFERENCE LIST OF ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 
Tall Shrubs—8 ft. and up: 
Bechtel’s Crab 
Dolga Crab 
Dogwoods 
Elders 
Tartarian Honeysuckle 
Russian Olive 
Medium Shrubs—5 to 8 ft. 
Flowering Almond 
Burning Bush 
Cotoneaster 
Cranberrybush 
Variegated Dogwood 
Morrow Honeysuckle 
Pee Gee Hydrangea 
Persian Lilac 
Mock Oranges 
Flowering Plum 
Purple Leaf Plums 
Snowball 
Sumac 
Tamar ix 
Weigelia 
Dwarf Shrubs—Up to 5 ft. 
Barberries 
Butterfly Bush 
Alpine Currant 
Snowhill Hydrangea 
Lemoine Mock Orange 
Golden Mock Orange 
Snowberry 
Spireas 
Shrubs for Low Foundations: 
Spireas 
Alpine Currant 
Barberry 
Snowberry 
Hydrangea 
Golden Mock Orange 
Shrubs for Screening 
Purposes: 
Honeysuckles 
Lilacs 
Mock Oranges 
Elders 
Dogwoods 
Flowering Plum 
Flowering Crab 
Attractive Bark: 
Dogwoods 
Burning Bush 
Shrubs with Colored Leaves: 
Golden Elder 
Golden Mock Orange 
Red Leaf Barberry 
Purple Leaf Plums 
Shrubs That Do Well in the 
Shade: 
Spireas 
Japanese Barberry 
Hydrangeas 
Honeysuckles 
Dogwoods 
Elders 
Snowberry 
Alpine Currant 
Produce Attractive Berries: 
Barberries 
Burning Bush 
Cranberrybush 
Honeysuckles 
Snowberry 
The Most Popular Shrubs: 
Barberry 
Alpine Currant 
Honeysuckles 
Hydrangeas 
Virginal Mock Orange 
Flowering Plum 
Snowberry 
Spirea, Anthony Waterer 
Spirea, Froebel 
Spirea, Van Houtte 
HANDY REFERENCE LIST OF TREES 
FOR ALL PURPOSES 
For Boulevard Planting: Fast Growing trees 
American Elm for quick effect: 
Chinese Elm Poplars 
Basswood Willows 
Maples Chinese Elm 
For Moist Locations: For Dry Locations: 
Birch Chinese Elm 
Willows American Elm 
Basswood Poplars 
American Elm Nut Trees 
Ash 
Maples 
Trees that Flower: Weeping Trees: 
Basswood Weeping Mountain Ash 
Catalpa Weeping Willow 
Flowering Crabs Cut-Leaf Weeping Birch 
Plums 
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF 
TREES OR PLANTS TO AN ACRE 
Distance No. 
Apart Required 
2x 4 ft.—Strawberries. 5,445 
5x 5 ft.—Raspberries, hills. 1,742 
3 x 6 ft.—Raspberries, hedge. 2,420 
5x7 ft.—Currants. 1,244 
8 x 10 ft.—Grapes. 544 
15 x 20 ft.—Fruit trees. 145 
15 x 24 ft.—Fruit trees. 121 
15 x 30 ft.—Fruit trees. 96 
17 x 18 ft.—Fruit trees. 142 
18 x 18 ft.—Fruit trees. 134 
30 x 30 ft. 48 
RULE—Multiply distance apart each way in feet, divide 
43,560 by the product. Quotient is number of trees or plants 
needed to set an acre. 
WHERE TO PLANT TREES 
Trees planted about the house should accom¬ 
plish the two-fold purpose of framing the view of 
the house, and providing shade at the right place 
and at the time of day when it is needed. Trees 
planted nearer the corners of the house, rather 
than directly in front, will greatly enhance the 
appearance of the home and provide the much 
needed shade as well. 
Ordinarily trees should be planted sufliciently 
far apart to allow them to develop naturally. An 
exception is when they are used for screening out 
some unsightly view or for windbreak purposes. 
Small, ornamental trees can display their flower 
or fruit to advantage either on the lawn or in the 
border. 
