^7 THE COE CONVERSE S- EDWARDS CO. 
Acer Saccharum—Sugar Maple 
How to Plant a Tree 
SET TREE IN TUB OF WATER WHILE DIGGING HOLE. 
BE 
SUBSOIL SHOULD 
BE BROKEN UP 
IF VERY HARD. 
SHOULD NOT 
BENT IN PLANT¬ 
ING SO DIG HOLE 
LARGE ENOUGH 
SET TREE TRIFLE DEEPER 
THAN IT GREW IN NURSERY. 
SETTLE TREE BY 
SHAKING UP 
AND DOWN. 
WHEN HOLE IS 
ABOUT % FULL PACK 
FIRMLY WITH FEET. 
TO 
NATURAL POSITION. 
IN AMONG ROOTS 
WITH GOOD LOAMY 
SOIL. WORK IN BY 
HAND OR SETTLE 
WITH WATER. 
LOOSE ON TOP 
PACK FIRMLY. 
LIGHT SOIL 
REQUIRES MORE 
PACKING THAN 
HEAVY SOIL. 
LEAVE POCKET AROUND 
TO CATCH WATER. 
IMPORTANT: WE do not encourage THE USE or man¬ 
ure. IF WELL DECAYED AND MIXED WITH SOIL IT SHOUJ D 
BE USED ONLY ON THE TOP. 
Hardy Ornamental and 
Shade Trees 
Their Stately Beauty Will Add Dignity and 
Comfort to Your Home 
W HETHER in the city or suburbs or on the farm, the proper 
setting of a home is trees. Carefully selected ornamental trees 
to shade your house, lawn and garden, to mark the approach 
and to add that final touch of good taste and of dignity and worth that 
only trees can give. Following the names in this catalog you will find 
figures giving the approximate height of the tree at maturity, and on 
page 15 you will find a ready reference list of trees for special purposes. 
The Coe, Converse and Edwards Company use great care in growing, 
digging, selecting and grading shade trees so that you will receive good 
specimens that you will be proud to have on your home grounds. Our 
Landscape Department will gladly help you in the selection. 
Acer - Maple 
This group of trees is hardy, easily transplanted and comparatively 
free from disease. They are equally valuable for street or lawn plant' 
ing. Wier’s and Schwedler’s make very fine lawn specimens. The 
North American species, especially, have very brilliant colored foliage 
in the fall. 
Acer dasycarpum (Silver Maple). 50 to 60 feet. Of rapid growth, 
large size and irregular rounded form; foliage bright green above 
and silvery white beneath. Tree very hardy and easily transplanted. 
Valuable where quick shade is wanted. 
A. negundo (Ash-Leaved Maple, Box Elder). 30 to 40 feet. A native 
tree, easily distinguished by its ash-like foliage of light green color. 
Well adapted to a great variety of soils and locations, is hardy, a 
very rapid grower, and therefore especially valuable where quick 
shade is desired. 
A. platanoides (Norway Maple). 40 to 50 feet. The most popular of 
the Maple family for lawn or street planting; of fairly rapid growth, 
forms a well rounded head, with large, deep green foliage that holds 
its color until late au¬ 
tumn. Is very free from 
injurious insects. 
Wier’s Cut-Leaf Maple 
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A. Wieri laciniatum 
(Wier’s Cut-Leaved 
Silver Maple). 3 5 to 40 
feet. This is a variety of 
the Sil ver-Leaved 
Maple, with cut or dis¬ 
sected foliage. Its 
growth is rapid, shoots 
slender and drooping, 
giving it a habit almost 
as graceful as a cut¬ 
leaved birch. A very 
desirable tree. 
A. ginnala (Siberian 
Maple). Of dwarf and 
compact habit, with 
medium or small leaves. 
Makes a very pretty 
small tree, or can be 
used as a large shrub; 
perfectly hardy. Bril¬ 
liant crimson in autumn. 
