HARRISON’S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 
SHADE TREES 
All that has been said in preceding parts of this book ex¬ 
plains the great value of shade trees. The thoughtful home- 
owner will see at once that to plant shade trees is to begin a 
business venture which certainly will be profitable financially, 
and not less certainly will yield him a very large amount of 
comfort and satisfaction. Think of the increase in property 
value which shade trees bring; the cooling of your house, 
especially of sleeping-rooms during summer nights, bringing 
you comfort and rest; that, for one thing, will enable you to 
do more and better work; think of the shady porches and 
yards where all the family can be comfortable! 
In selecting shade trees to plant, you should consider both 
immediate results and permanent benefits. That is, select 
trees, arrange and plant them so that they will give the best 
service now; then, after twenty years or so, they will be exactly 
what you have pictured them to be. 
Norway Maple is the leader among shade trees, and nine 
times out of ten should make up a large part of the planting. 
It is well for the sake of variety, however, to plant some 
other kinds if you have the room. In our list there are many 
different kinds, trees with heads and trunks of various shapes, 
of slow growth and of fast growth, and trees that differ 
greatly in the tones of leaves. 
All our shade trees have been transplanted or root-pruned 
often, so that when we send them to your place they will 
suffer very little from the shock of removing. Root-pruning 
and transplanting force the trees to develop large quantities 
of those little, fine, fibrous feeding roots instead of the long, 
rope-like leaders that have to be broken when trees are dug. 
We guarantee every tree we send out to be as fine, or finer, in 
quality as any you can buy or grow. 
MAPLES 
The very best shade trees for planting in this country are 
the Maples. This is due to two main facts—their adapt¬ 
ability and beauty, and the way they respond to scientific 
care on the part of the nurseryman during their first few years. 
This latter feature has quite as much to do with producing 
choice trees as anything else. 
There is as much difference between an ordinary Maple 
and one that has been root-pruned, cultivated, transplanted, 
trimmed and shaped properly and scientifically, as there 
is between a Plum tree and a Chestnut. Nearly all Maples 
grow fast, are sturdy of trunk and limb, are dense and thick 
of leaves and have their branches well distributed, which 
gives them beautiful outlines. They are easy to transplant 
and certain to grow. All the different kinds are hardy. The 
one predominating feature for which Maples are desirable is 
the glory of their leaves. In spring some kinds are light, 
fresh green, and others blood-red. During the summer each 
variety has its own characteristic shade of green that may 
be recognized at once. In the fall, the Maples are the most 
noticeable and beautiful of all trees. 
Norway Maples. There are six distinct kinds of Maples 
that we think are worth planting. Chief among these is the 
Norway, which should be planted three times out of four. 
You can identify it by several distinct characteristics in addi¬ 
tion to its pronounced Maple-like type. All the trees, young 
and old, have sturdy trunks that are straight, and smooth 
bark; limbs that are strong, and a little crooked or bumped, 
but evenly distributed; a head that is nearly round, and 
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