Nursery Grown Native Trees 
Silver Bell 
Sour Wood 
Black Spruce 
Silver Beil 
This beautiful, old-fashioned favorite with its for¬ 
mal, dainty crown seldom reaches a height of more 
than 60 or 70 feet. It prefers loose, fertile soil 
and grows along the slopes from southern Pennsyl¬ 
vania to northern Georgia and westward well to¬ 
ward central Texas. This dainty tree was frequently 
planted in old-fashioned gardens, but since then it 
has been very unwisely almost forgotten. 
Sour Wood 
This rather irregularly crowned tree, which seems 
to actually blaze with color in the autumn, fre¬ 
quently grows to a height of 50 feet. It prefers 
fertile slopes. Transplants easily, and its use should 
ever increase. It has wonderful white blossoms and 
Its brilliant fall foliage is unsurpassed. Grows from 
central Pennsylvania, westward to central Arkansas, 
southward to northern Florida and eastern Texas. 
Spruce, Black 
This cold loving tree of the North comes well into 
the United States, throughout all the New England 
States, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, most 
of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minne¬ 
sota. Frequently rises to a height of 80 to 90 feet. 
This can easily be transplanted and makes a beau¬ 
tiful addition to any landscape. 
Sycamore 
This rugged tree with magnificent, horizontal 
limbs frequently grows to a height of 125 feet with 
a trunk diameter of 10 to 12 feet, and sometimes 
isolated specimens have over a 100 foot spread. 
Grows in deep, rich, moist soil along stream and 
river banks from central Maine to Florida and 
westward throughout the Mississippi Valley. 
Sycamore 
Tulip Tree 
This stately tree grows tall and straight as an 
Indian with its erect trunk sometimes branchless to 
a height of 100 feet. It belongs to the Magnolia 
family and is one of our most magnificent flowering 
trees. From southern central New York to Florida 
and westward to the Mississippi, usually the tallest 
tree In the woods is the Tulip, frequently rising to 
a height of 180 to 190 feet with a trunk occasion¬ 
ally over 12 feet in diameter. 
Silver Bell 
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Tulip 
