TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS FOR AMERICAN HOMES 
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Double Flowering Plum in bloom 
Moss Locust 
This flowering variety is unique and very attractive. The variety 
Moss Locust is grafted at the top of a stem of Black Locust at a 
height of about 4 feet, making a tree-form Moss Locust with its 
very beautiful pink flowers coming in June. 
Mountain Ash - Sorbus 
European (S. aucuparia). Very hardy, dense head, and regular, 
beautiful fernlike green foliage, covered from July till winter 
with clusters of bright red berries. The combination of foliage 
and clustered fruits makes this most striking and beautiful. 
Ultimate height, 30 feet. Rate per year, 2 to 3 feet. 
Oak - Quercus 
Red. Another native tree of quick growth, pyramidal in form. 
The leathery leaves turn to a bright scarlet in autumn. A good 
street tree. 
Scarlet (Quercus coccinea). One of the finest oaks. Tall, straight¬ 
growing. Rich in fall coloring. 75 feet. 
Pin. Foliage deep green, finely divided; assumes a drooping form 
when it acquires age. One of the most valuable; fine for street. 
Plane - Platanus 
Occidental^ (American Plane Tree, Common Sycamore). A 
tall native tree with creamy white bark, shedding in patches. 
Grows quickly. 80 to 100 feet. 
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Silver (A. dasycarpum). Large sized tree, rapid grower; 
foliage deeply cut, 5-lobed, bright green above and 
silvery white underneath. A good all around tree. 
Ultimate height, 100 feet. Rate per year, 3 to 4 feet. 
Sugar or Rock. This is a well known native tree, valu¬ 
able alike for its production of sugar and wood. Its 
stately form and rapid growth make it desirable as an 
ornamental shade tree. Ultimate height, 80 feet. 
Wier’s Cut-Leaved. A beautiful variety with delicately 
cut leaves and graceful, drooping branches. Vigorous 
grower. While it makes a large tree if undisturbed, 
it will bear any amount of pruning and may be easily 
adapted to small lawns. Ultimate height, 80 feet. Rate 
per year, 4 feet. 
Platanus Occidentalis 
Attractive plantings add hospitality 
and hominess. Features of this plant¬ 
ing are Lilacs and Philadelphus 
screening the drive edged with Bar¬ 
berry and Hydrangea arborescens, 
vines on porch pillars. Wisteria and 
on the ivalls Boston Ivy. The tree is 
American Elm 
