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GREENBRIER NURSERIES • NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 
Quercus virginiana (Live Oak). See page 25 
Shade Trees 
S HADE TREES are a real part of the home, and whether your grounds are large or small you will want a place to sit 
out in the air on a hot day. In addition to furnishing shade and coolness for the family, Shade Trees provide the 
necessary shade that so many of our garden plants require. 
So cool and restful in their green clothing, in winter their bare branches are a joy to every lover of nature. Nothing 
can compare to the majesty of a full-grown tree. Nature gives us trees to keep us from feeling too important, and whether 
we hear the winds whistling through their branches in a storm, or listen to a gentle breeze merely rustling their leaves on 
a summer day, they have a calming influence on the spirit of humanity. 
Plant trees, and as you learn to know and love them you will find life broader and richer from their influence. 
Schwedler Maple 
ACER palmatum. Japanese Red Maple. A 
dwarf tree with foliage of shades of red and 
green in the spring, turning to brilliant scar¬ 
let in the fall. This is one of the most popu¬ 
lar of small trees with color foliage for 
lawn use. Plant in full sun for best effects. 
See illustration on page 28. Each 
1 N to 2 ft.$2 50 
2 to 3 ft. 3 50 
3 to 4 ft. 4 50 
4 to 5 ft. 6 00 
A. palmatum dissectum. Cut-leaf Japa¬ 
nese Maple. Dwarf trees with slender, 
graceful, spreading branches. The foliage 
is light green and deeply cut. This is a de¬ 
sirable small tree for the shrubbery border 
or as a specimen plant, and especially good 
for the small home-grounds. Each 
1 to 134 ft. $2 00 
1 34 to 2 ft.3 00 
2 to 234 ft.. . .. 4 00 
Specimens, priced on request. 
A. platanoides Schwedleri. Sehwedler 
Maple. A 40- to 60-foot tree, very much 
like the Norway Maple in habit, except that 
its leaves are purplish crimson when young 
and change to dark green with a suggestion 
of purple as they mature. Each 
8 to 10 ft.S3 50 
10 to 12 ft. ^ ■i?!) 
1 l/ f p, 9-i I.. 4" "50 
2 to 234 -in. cal.. "fa ifb 
Acer rubrum. Red Maple. This native Maple 
is distinctive in spring when the bright red 
blossoms cover the ends of the branches and 
then again in autumn when the foliage turns a 
vivid scarlet. In nature this tree thrives in low, 
swampy places, but under cultivation succeeds 
well in ordinary soil. Each 
6 to 8 ft. $1 00 
2ESCULUS. Dwarf Horse-Chestnut. Fine 6 -foot 
tree with large mound of foliage and flower- 
spikes like great candles. Each 
6 to 8 ft. $2 00 
8 to 10 ft. 2 50 
ALBIZZIA Julibrissin. Silk Tree; Mimosa 
Tree. Atree30 to 40 feet high, with deciduous, 
bipinnate, very pale green leaves 34 inch long. 
The pink flowers come in heads crowded on the 
upper ends of the branches, and are followed by 
6 -inch pods. This tree is a native of Asia and 
is not reliably hardy in the North. Each 
4 to 6 ft.$100 
6 to 8 ft.1 50 
8 to 10 ft. 2 00 
BETULA nigra. River Birch. A tree to 50 feet 
or more with conspicuous, ragged, reddish 
brown and silvery gray bark which always has 
a torn appearance. Tree is moisture-loving and 
has a very graceful, slender habit, although 
densely branched. Each 
6 to 8 ft. $1 00 
8 to 10 ft. 1 50 
