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Ornamental and Shade Trees 
Acer • Maple 
Dasycarpum. The Silver Maple has a clean, straight trunk and 
dark foliage, silvery on the underside, which turns bright golden 
yellow in Autumn. 8 to 10 ft., $1.25 each. 10 to 12 ft., $1.50. 
Dasycarpum Wieri. Wier’s Cutleaf Maple has lacy foliage and 
drooping branches. 8 to 10 ft., $1.50 each. 10 to 12 ft., $2.50. 
Palmatum atropurpureum. This is a particularly handsome 
dark red form of the Japanese Maple. 2 to 3 ft., $4.00 each. 
Platanoides. The Norway Maple is one of the most popular 
street trees. It is low-branching and makes a very dense shade. 
6 to 8 ft., $1.50 each. 8 to 10 ft., $2.00. 10 to 12 ft., $3.00. 
Larger specimens, $10.00 to $25.00 each. 
Platanoides Schwedleri. Schwedler’s Maple is a majestic tree 
of the Norway Maple type with brilliantly colored foliage in 
the Spring. 6 to 8 ft., $2.50 each. 8 to 10 ft., $3.50. 
Saccharum. The Sugar Maple is a useful street and park tree 
because of its upright habit. 6 to 8 ft., $1.75 each. 8 to 10 ft., 
$2.50. 10 to 12 ft., $3.50. 
Betula • Birch 
Alba. The European White Birch is a graceful tree about 50 feet 
high, with grayish white bark and drooping branches covered 
with soft, downy foliage. 6 to 8 ft., $1.75 each. 8 to 10 ft., $2.50. 
Alba pendula laciniata. The Cut-leaved Weeping Birch is very 
graceful, carrying slender, drooping branchlets. 6 to 8 ft., $3.00 
each. 8 to 10 ft., $4.00. 
Catalpa 
Bungei. The Umbrella Catalpa has a straight trunk, with a 
spreading, umbrella-like top grafted on it about 6 feet from the 
ground, which in time makes a large, dense head. $2.00 each. 
Cercis 
Canadensis. The Judas Tree, or Red-bud, grows about 20 feet 
high, but is always a slender subject, wiry in appearance. It is 
valued for the tiny clusters of brilliant purple-pink flowers 
which adorn it in the Spring. $1.50 each. 
Chionanthus 
Virginica. The Fringe Tree is a graceful, shrubby subject with 
innumerable greenish white flowers with long, thread-like 
petals. $1.50 each. 
Cornus 
Florida. The White-flowering Dogwood is, perhaps, the most 
ornamental native tree of America. 3 to 4 ft., $1.50 each. 
4 to 5 ft., $3.00. 5 to 6 ft., $4.00. 
Florida rubra. The Red Dogwood has lovely pink flowers. 
3 to 4 ft., $3.50 each. 4 to 5 ft., $4.50. 5 to 6 ft., $7.00. 
Crataegus 
Oxyacantha splendens. Paul’s Double Scarlet Thorn is a bright 
red, double-flowering variety of the English Hawthorn. It is 
a large shrub. 3 to 4 ft., $2.00 each. 4 to 5 ft., $2.50. 
MaluS • Crah 
Floribunda. The Japanese Crab has bright pink buds in clusters 
and wide-open, single, white flowers. 4 to 5 ft., $1.50 each. 
Ioensis fl.-pl. Bechtel’s Flowering Crab is a symmetrical, broad- 
shouldered tree with clusters of drooping pink flowers like 
dainty, semi-double roses. It is not fragrant. 3 to 4 ft., $1.25 
each. 4 to 5 ft., $1.50. 
Scheideckeri. Scheidecker’s Crab has double, bright pink flowers 
which rapidly fade white. 3 to 4 ft., $1.50 each. 
Spectabilis. The Chinese Flowering Crab is one of our oldest 
ornamental Crab trees, with half-single and double flowers of 
pale pink, followed by pale yellow fruits. 4 to 5 ft., $1.50 each. 
Magnolia 
Soulangeana. A quick-growing, rounded tree which has spread¬ 
ing, upturned branches, each tipped with a huge, purplish 
pink-and-white flower 6 inches or more across. 2 to 3 ft., $4.00 
each. 3 to 4 ft., $6.00. 4 to 5 ft., $7.50. 
Stellata. Shrubby little tree less than 15 feet high, bearing in¬ 
numerable narrow-petaled, white stars. 2 ft., $6.00 each. 
Morus 
Alba pendula. Teas’ Weeping Mulberry is a picturesque tree for 
lawn-planting or specimen use. $2.50 each. 
Populus 
Eugenei. The Carolina Poplar is a very valuable variety of 
extreme vigor and extraordinarily rapid growth. 6 to 8 ft., 
$1.00 each. 8 to 10 ft., $1.50. 
Nigra italica. The Lombardy Poplar is a delicately shaped spire¬ 
like tree of great landscape value. 6 to 8 ft., $1.00 each; $9.00 
for 10. 8 to 10 ft., $1.50 each; $14.00 for 10. 10 to 12 ft., $2.00 
each; $18.00 for 10. 
Prunus . Plum 
Kwanzan. A vigorous, quick-growing tree with wide-flung 
branches bearing an abundance of fine, large, double, pink 
flowers in drooping clusters. $2.50 each. 
Naden. This is P. Sieboldi, a sturdy little tree with beautiful, 
semi-double, shell-pink flowers. $2.50 each. 
Subhirtella pendula. The Japanese Weeping Cherry is an arti¬ 
ficial form created by grafting a shrubby variety at the top of a 
stiff, straight trunk. The flowering branches hang downward, 
producing bright pink flowers in Spring. $4.00 each. 
Quercus • Oak 
Coccinea. The Scarlet Oak is a handsome, spreading tree, 
developing into a round, open head. Its finely cut foliage turns 
brilliant red late in Autumn. An excellent street tree. 6 to 8 ft., 
$4.50 each. 
Palustris. An exceedingly graceful little tree when young, the 
Pin Oak forms a broad, handsome top as it becomes older. Its 
foliage turns dark, rich crimson in Autumn. 6 to 8 ft., $3.75 
each. 8 to 10 ft., $4.50. 
Salix • Willow 
Babylonica. The Weeping Willow is a beautiful tree of charac¬ 
teristic drooping form, with long, slender whip-like branches. 
6 to 8 ft., $2.00 each. 
Pentandra. The Laurel-leaved Willow is a shrubby tree about 
20 feet high, with broad foliage and excellent, bushy habit. 
5 to 6 ft., 90c each. 6 to 8 ft., $1.25. 
Sorbus 
Aucuparia. The Rowan, or European Mountain Ash, is a small 
tree with compact foliage, bearing huge clusters of blood-red 
berries. 6 to 8 ft., $3.00 each. 8 to 10 ft., $4.50. 
Tilia • Linden 
Americana. The Basswood is a broad-topped tree, an extremely 
handsome object in the landscape. 6 to 8 ft., $2.00 each. 
8 to 10 ft., $2.50. 
Ulmus . Elm 
Americana. The American Elm is the typical street tree of New 
England villages. It is one of the finest of all trees, having the 
characteristic vase-like form, much broader at the top than at 
the base. 8 to 10 ft., $1.50 each. 10 to 12 ft., $2.00. 12 to 14 ft., 
$3.00. Larger specimens, $10.00 to $25.00 each. 
Pumila. The Siberian Elm is a smallish tree compared to the 
American Elm, but it is noted for its extremely rapid growth. 
6 to 8 ft., $1.75 each. 8 to 10 ft., $2.50. 10 to 12 ft., $4.00. 
