The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
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General Descriptive Price List 
KEY. TO ARRANGEMENT. 
"I* *HE following lists arc so arranged that quick reference can be made 
* to sizes and prices of the stock we have to offer. We have used a 
popular classification,, as follows: 
Deciduous Trees. Pages 1 to 7. Foliage dropping in the Autumn. Ex¬ 
ample, Mfpie. * 
Evergreen Trees. Pages 8 to 11. Foliage remaining on the tree through¬ 
out the year. Example, Norway Spruce. 
Evergreen Shrubs. Page 12. Foliage remaining throughout the year. 
Exampier-,Rhododendron. ’ 
Deciduous Shrubs. Pages 13 to 19. Foliage dropping in Autumn. Ex¬ 
ample, Lilac. 
Hardy Vines. P&ges 19 and 20. Example, Wistaria. 
Hardy Herbaceous Plants. Pages 21 sto 30. Hardy permanent roots, 
above the ground the growth is renewed annually. Example, Paeonia. 
Choice Hardy Roses. Pages 31 and 32. 
Fruit Department. General list of fruit trees, vines, etc. Pages 33 to Si. 
Fertilizers and Grass Seed. Page 36. * 
The common English names are inserted alphabetically in THIS TYPE, under their 
respective classes and refer to the Botanical name, which see. 
Examples:—MAPLE, see Acer; NORWAY SPRUCE, see Picca excels*. 
Pin Oak. 
etc. 
Deciduous Trees. 
— 
Each. 
Per 
10. 
"TeT 
100. 
4 to 6 feet. 
$0.75 
$6.50 
2 to 4 feet. 
.85 
2.60 
10 to 12 feet.- 
2.00 
4 to 6 feet. 
.75 
5.66 
2 to 4 fept. 
.50 
3.50 
feet, $2.00 to 
4.00 
10 to 12 feet. 
1.75 
15.00 
8 to 10 feet. 
1.00 
7.60 
$60.00 
6 to 8 feet. 
.75 
6.00 
40.00 
2 to 3 feet. 
.60 
3.00 
feet, $3.00 to 
10 to 12 feet. 
20.00 
2.00 
18.00 
8 to 10 feet. 
1.60 
12.50 
/90.00 
6 to 8 feet. 
.76 
6.00 
60.00 
4 to 6 feet. 
.50 
8.00 
25.00 
12 to 15 feet. 
4.00 
10 to 12 feet. 
3.00 
25.00 
8 to 10 ieet. 
2.00 
18.00 
feet, $4.00 to 
8.00 
10 to 12 feet. 
4.00 
. 
..... 
8 to 10 feet. 
8.00 
25.00 
. 
6 to 8 feet 
1.60 
12.50 
4 to 0 feet. 
.75 
6.00 
4 to 5 feet. 
1.50 
10.00 
3 to 4 feet. 
.75 
6.00 
2 to 3 feet. 
.50 
3.00 
. 
list, $5.00 to 
20.00 
3 to 4 feet. 
5.00 
45.66 
2 to 3 feet. 
3.00 
25.00 
lto 2 feet. 
m A 
1.75 
15.00 
M. 
S' 
ipan Maple 
6 to 8 feet. 
1.00 
9.00 
4 to 6 feet. 
.60 # 
3.50 
26.00 
8 to 10 feet 
1.60 
6 to 8 feet. 
1.25 
10.00 
4 to 0 feet. 
.76 
6.00 
..... 
COMMON AND BOTANICAL NAMES. 
ACACIA, see Robinia.’ 
ACER CAMPESTRE (English Maple) ... 
Dwarf trees of interesting habit and brilliant fall foliage. 
ACER DASYCARPUM. see A. Saccharinum. 
ACER LAETUM VAR. RUBRUM (Colchicum Maple). 
A medium tall-growing Maple from Japan with, very 
beautiful habit and foliage 
ACER NEGUNDO (Box Elder Maple) ...12 to 
Vigorous-growing Maples, making medium-sized trees in 
this climate, bark smooth and foliage a pleasing light green, 
makes a fine avenue tree where large growth is not desired. 
ACER PALMATUM, see Acer Polymorphum. 
ACER PENNSYLVANICUM (Striped Bark) . 
The Norway Maple u 
trees obtainable, thriving on almost any soil and with¬ 
standing extreme exposure. The tree is well formed and 
*the foliage dense and shapely. 
ACER PLATANOIDES VAR. REITEN1ACHI. 
A form of the Norway Maple with rich amber-red 
foliage; holds its rich color well throughout the season. 
ACER PLATANOIDES VAR. SCHWEDLER1I 
is one of the most desirable shade 
This deep amber-leaved Norway Maple (Schwedler’s) when 
it first develops in the Spring is the most intense amber 
red imaginable, slowly changing as the season advances 
to a deep rich green much the same as the copper 
beech. 
ACER POLYMORPHUM (Japan Maple) .. 
A graceful shrubby grower, foliage beautifully tinted in 
spring and very brilliant in the fall. 
ACER POLYMORPHUM (GARDEN VARIETIES.) 
The following four Japan Maples we believe “to be the most 
striking and best for general planting. They are in balls of 
earth and can be shipped any time during the summer. 
BLOOD-RED BROAD LEAF UPRIGHT. 
.This variety produces an upright plant with 
broad handsome leaves of the most intense blood- 
red when they unfold in the Spring time, hold a 
deep maroon red all the summer and .again be¬ 
come intensely brilliant in the fall. 
BLOOD-RED CUT LEAF WEEPING. 
Another most interesting variety with a spread¬ 
ing habit, whose foliage is so minutely dissected 
as to give*' the plant a very graceful fern-like 
.appearance. Foliage similar color to preceding, 
but not quite as brilliant. 
GREEN CUT-LEAF WEEPING. Similar to pre¬ 
ceding other than color of foliage. 
GOLDEN BROAD LEAF (Palmatum). Upright in 
habit. Brilliant orange yellow. 
Also several other varieties. 
Prices of these varieties see above under garden varieties. 
ACER PSEU’DO-PLATANUS (English SycamSre Maple). 
Forms a large spreading tree' with handsome foliage. 
ACER PSEUDO-r’LATANUS VAR. ATROPUPUREUM. 
This is a form of the Sycamore Maple of which the 
underside of the leaves and leaf stems are of a rich 
amber-purple, giving the tree a very rich color effect. 
FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE. 
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