SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 
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SHADE TREES 
“Let us go over the river 
And rest in the shade of the trees.” 
These shade trees won't grow fruit, but they will pro¬ 
duce shade and provide a resting place for you when weary. 
They are rapid growing trees and will add immeasurably 
to the appearance of your home. They are fine large 
specimen trees, too large to mail—sent to you by express, 
charges collect. 
Chinese Elm. Rapid growing and dense 
foliage .$0.75 
Lombardy Poplar. Tall, slender trees for 
screens and backgrounds.40 
Silver Maple. Grows rapidly into a very large 
tree; foliage light green with silvery under 
side .65 
American Elm. With wide-spread and droop¬ 
ing branches. This is our best street tree .65 
2 for 5 for 
$1.40 $3.40 
.70 1.50 
1.25 3.00 
1.25 3.00 
PERENNIAL 
FLOWER PLANTS 
No planting is complete without some of these old 
fashioned garden plants. You plant them with the same 
assurance that you plant hardy shrubs, because they come 
up year after year to brighten the landscape with their 
wonderful flowers. 
Each, 25c; Per 5, $1.00; prepaid. 
COLUMBINE. The long-spurred kind that are so defiantly 
dainty. All colors, mixed. May and June. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Glorious fall-blooming flowers of red, 
pink, bronze, yellow, and white. 
DELPHINIUM (Larkspur). Long showy spikes of varying 
shades of blue. Bloom in June and July, sometimes again in 
the fall. 
VINES 
A good vine over that bare porch will make it much more 
homey—give you welcome shade and privacy but not shut 
off the breeze. For covering fences, rocks, walls, banks 
and trellises vines are particularly useful. Quick growing. 
PREPAID. 
Englemans Ivy. Five-leaf ivy that will cling to 
wall or climb a fence. Green in summer, turning 
to a beautiful scarlet in fall. 
Clematis Paniculata (Sweet Summer Clematis). 
Luxuriant grower, blooming profusely in mid¬ 
summer . 
Clematis Jackmanni. Dark purple flowers from four 
to six inches across. July to October. 
Polygonum (Silver Lace Vine). A rapid grower, 
bears a great mass of white flowers in late 
summer. 
Wistaria, Purple. Rapid growing and elegant. Pale 
blue flowers borne in great clusters. 
Goldflame Honeysuckle. Bright rose-red flowers 
that are lined with rich gold that bloom con¬ 
tinuously from early summer till frost. Good for 
porch, trellis, fence or ground cover. 
Halls Japan Honeysuckle. Nearly evergreen; flowers 
Each 2 for 
$0.30 
$0.50 
.30 
.50 
.75 
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GYPSOPHILA (Babysbreath). Two or three feet in height and 
most graceful in effect, with masses of tiny white flowers. 
HARDY FERN. For outdoor planting. Long, heavy but grace¬ 
ful fronds. 
PHLOX. Showy, sassy flowers in a wide range of colors. 
Bloom from early summer till frost. B. Comte, satiny purple, 
very brilliant, tall. R. P. Struthers, brilliant carmine with red 
eye. Rijnstroom, beautiful clear pink. Mrs. Jenkins, white. 
Thor, deep salmon-pink. 
OLD FASHIONED BLEEDING HEART. You will be delighted 
with the long, graceful sprays of pink heart-shaped flowers that 
bloom in early spring. 
Each, 30c; per 4, $1.00; prepaid. 
PRIVET HEDGING 
For boundary, screen or barrier there is nothing more 
suitable than a good privet hedge. Plant 10 to 12 inches 
apart. 
Prepaid. 
Per 10 Per 25 Per 100 
18-24 inch .$0.75 $1.50 $5.75 
12-18 inch .65 1.25 4.75 
AMUR RIVER. The hardiest of all. Holds its leaves until 
severely cold weather. 
CALIFORNIA. Rich, dark green, lustrous leaves. Not quite so 
hardy as Amur River privet, but will come again if frozen back. 
EVERGREENS 
NOT BY MAIL 
Our Evergreens have been transplanted several times to secure 
abundance of fibrous roots. The trees will be dug with a ball of earth, 
wrapped in burlap. 
AMERICAN PYRAMIDAL ARBORVITAE. 2 to 3 ft. $2.25 each. 
CHINESE ARBORVITAE. 2 to 3 ft. $2.25 each. 
BERKMAN’S GOLDEN ARBORVITAE. 24 to 30 in. $4.50 each. 
GLOBE ARBORVITAE. 12 by 12 inches. $1.50 each. 
PINE, Mugho. A many stemmed, low branch, dense, dwarf pine, $1.50 each. 
JUNIPER, Savin. Low and spreading in habit. An excellent border for large 
evergreens, and valuable for foundation plantings. 15-inch spread, $1.75 each; 
18-inch spread, $2.25 each. 
JUNIPER, Pfitzer. Gray-green, low, broad, irregular. One of the good rarer 
varieties. 15 to 18 inches, $2.75 each. 
Evergreens “Balled and Burlapped” 
Pyramidal Arborvitae (center) Globe 
Arborvitae (left), Chinese Golden 
Dwarf Arborvitae (right). 
