PRINCETON NURSERIES 
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Planting (otes on Native Flant zJfrCaterials 
M ANY of our friends have told us that they have used 
the Princeton Nurseries catalogue as a planting guide 
and text-book. We accept this as a great compliment to have 
published a trade handbook which may be serving a useful 
purpose. 
One of the yearly features of our catalogue has been the 
space allotted for Special Planting Lists. These planting guides 
have materialized as the demand has been created for a more 
accurate knowledge of the use of plant materials. 
In the past twenty years, due in part to extensive park devel¬ 
opments, we have seen an increasing use of native American 
plant materials. Princeton Nurseries have realized this grow¬ 
ing demand and are now able to offer in great quantities and 
in various sizes, over 150 varieties of hardy native woody 
trees, shrubs and vines. 
To better appreciate the more intelligent use of native types 
and avoid unnatural plantings, it is quite desirable to group 
these native types according to the way they associate with 
one another in their natural environment. The various plant 
groups are influenced by definite environmental factors. The 
native plant is more or less confined to the most suitable loca¬ 
tion by its ability to adapt itself. Conditions are ever changing 
in the life of plants growing in the open pasture or in the 
virgin forest. 
It might be safely stated that all plantings of native mate¬ 
rial are more harmonious and congenial if plant types are 
used together which are found associated together in nature. 
In presenting the following types, it is well realized that if 
space would permit, it'would be better to sub-divide each type 
into smaller groups. We are placing them under four general 
headings as follows: 
A—The Field and Pasture Type. 
B—The Lowland and Swamp Type. 
C—The Forest Type. 
D—The Seaside Type. 
A 
The Field and Fasture Type 
TREES: 
Betula populifolia 
SHRUBS and VINES: 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia 
Celastrus scandens 
Cornus paniculata 
Corylus americana 
Juniperus communis 
Lyonia ligustrina 
Myrica carolinensis 
Potentilla fruticosa 
Rhus copallina 
Rhus glabra 
Juniperus virginiana 
Rhus typhina 
Robinia hispida 
Rosa blanda 
Spiraea latifolia 
Spiraea tomentosa 
Viburnum cassanoides 
Viburnum dentatum 
Viburnum lentago 
Viburnum prunifolium 
Vitis aestivalis 
B 
The Rowland and Swamp Type 
TREES: 
Acer negundo 
Acer rubrum 
Acer saccharum 
Celtis occidentalis 
Crataegus crus-galli 
Fraxinus americana 
Juglans nigra 
Liquidamber styraciflua 
