GROUP OF DECIDUOUS TREES—VERY EFFECTIVE PLANTING 
Ornamental Department 
HILE most people appreciate well-arranged and well-kept grounds, large or small, many fail 
to realize that they can have equally fine grounds. They have tried a few shrubs or roses, per¬ 
haps, growing in thick turf, with no attention given to pruning or cultivating. Under such 
circumstances good results cannot be expected. Aside from the pleasure of having fine trees, 
shrubs, vines and flowers in the grounds surrounding a home, few realize how much these add to the com¬ 
mercial value of a place. A purchaser having to decide between a house with bare, unkempt grounds, 
and one surrounded by fine ornamentals, invariably chooses the latter at a marked advance in price, be¬ 
cause he sees that he will at once enjoy what it would otherwise take some years to secure. Sagacious 
men are led by a knowledge of these facts to plant fine trees and shrubs about vacant lots they are intending 
to put on the market. Lots thus planted readily secure purchasers at good prices, when bare grounds 
go begging. 
DECIDUOUS TREES 
SPECIAL PRICES ON LARGER QUANTITIES 
ACER: MAPLE 
ACER campestre (English or Cork-bark Maple). 
A slow-growing, compact tree, with corky bark 
and handsome foliage. Forms a round head; 
very hardy and ornamental. 4-6 ft., $1 each; 
$9 per doz. 
A. negundo (Ash-leaved Maple). A fine, rapid 
growing variety with handsome light green pin¬ 
nated foliage and spreading head. Very hardy. 
8-10 ft., 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
A. schwedleri (Purple-leaved Norway). A beau¬ 
tiful variety, with the young shoots and new 
leaves of a bright purplish and crimson color, 
which changes to purplish green in the older 
leaves. One of the most valuable trees of recent 
introduction. 6-8 ft., Si.50 each; $15 per doz. 
A. wierii laciniatum (Wier's Cut-leaved Silver 
Maple). A silver maple with remarkable and 
beautiful dissected foliage. Of rapid growth; 
shoots slender and drooping, giving a very 
graceful appearance. While it makes a large 
tree if undisturbed, it will bear any amount of 
pruning and may be easily adapted to small 
lawns. 8-10 ft., $1.50 each; Si5 per doz. 
A. saccharinum (Sugar or Rock). The well- 
known native variety. Valuable both for the 
production of sugar and as an ornament in 
lining streets and avenues. A stately form and 
fine, rich foliage render it justly popular as a 
shade tree. 6-8 ft., $1 each; $10 per doz.; 8-10 
ft., $2 each; $20 per doz. 
A. dasycarpum (Silver-leaved). One of the most 
ornamental of the species; the under surface 
of the leaves is a soft white. It is exceedingly 
rapid in its growth, often making shoots 6 feet 
long in a season. Valuable as a street tree. 
8-10 ft., $1 each; $8 per doz. 
A. platanoides (Norway Maple). A native of 
Europe. Its large, compact habit, broad, deep 
green, shining foliage and its vigorous growth 
render it one of the most desirable species for 
streets, parks and lawns. If given plenty of 
room it is one of the most magnificent trees for 
single planting. Its color in autumn is un¬ 
equalled. 8-10 ft., $1.50 each; $15 per doz.; 
10-12 ft., $2 each; $20 per doz. 
A. pseudo-platanus purpurascens (Purple-leaved 
Sycamore). Strong, rapid grower; foliage deep 
green on the upper surface and purplish red 
underneath. Produces fine effect with other 
trees. 8-10 ft., $1.50 each; $15 per doz. 
A. rubrum ( Scarlet , Red-bud or Red Swamp). 
A beautiful native tree, with rounded head and 
of medium size. Its deep red blossoms appear 
before the foliage which in autumn changes to a 
bright scarlet. 4-5 ft., $1 each; $10 per doz. 
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