ACER . The Maples 
This genus is found over most of the temperate portions of the globe. It is one of the 
most useful and beautiful of them all, in a straightforward, sturdy way—a typical example 
of the “‘spreading"’ shade tree. 
APPROX. 
TIME OF 
BLOOM 
SPAN OF LIFE 
IN GOOD 
CONDITION 
CONDITIONS 
FOR GROWTH 
REMARKS 

nerenO%., | COLOR OF 
MATURITY 
A. DASYCA Creamy 
RPUM (Silver Maple) B0-100'f.| po 
A. DasycarpuM Wieri (Wier Maple) . . 80-100 fr.| Greenish 
‘| yellow 
A. Grnnava (Amur Maple) . . . 15- 20 ft.| ©ellowish 
‘| white 
A. Necunpo (Box-Elder) . . . 30- 40 ft,| ellowish 
green 
A. PALMATUM (Japanese Maple) 
A. PALMATUM ATROPURPUREUM (Red-leaf 
Japanese Maple) . . . 
A. PALMATUM ATROPURPUREUM DISSECTUM 
(Red Thread-leaf Maple)... . . 
A. PALMATUM  opissEcrUM (Thread-leaf 
Maple)... 
15— 20'ft.| Purple 
Incon- 
oe spicuous 
Incon- 
8- 10 ft. : 
spicuous 
Incon- 
spicuous 
Yellow 
8- 10 ft. 
A. pLaTaNorpEs (Norway Maple) 
A. PLATANOIDEs SCHWEDLERI (Schwedler 
Mapleyan. - 
40- 50 ft. 
Reddish 
30- 40 ft. purple 
A. RuBRUM (Red Maple) 40- 50 ft.| Red 
A. saccHarumM (Sugar Maple) 50- 60 ft.| Red 

AESCULUS - The Horse-Chestnuts 

February, 
March 
March 
May 

Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Long 

Moisture, 
good soil 
Moisture, 
good soil 
Good loam 
Moisture, 
good soil 
Rich soil 
Rich soil 
Rich soil 
Rich soil 
Moisture, 
good soil 
Moisture, 
good soil 
Moisture, 
good soil 
Good, well- 
drained soil 

Fast-grow- 
ing soft 
wood 
Deeply cut 
leaves, 
pendulous 
Brilliant 
fall color 
Varied forms 
of growth 
Foliage green, 
brilliant 
fall color 
Blood-red 
foliage 
Deeply cut 
blood-red 
foliage 
Green foliage, 
deeply cut 
Round form, 
dense shade 
Round form, 
reddish 
bronze foliage 
Brilliant 
fall color 
Brilliant 
fall color 

Stately trees, the Horse-Chestnuts, at time of bloom, alight with upstanding cande- 
labra of blossoms distributed in an almost definite pattern over the towering mound of 
foliage. 
APPROX. 
HEIGHT AT 
MATURITY 
COLOR 
OF BLOOM 
TIME 
OF BLOOM 
SPAN OF LIFE 
IN GOOD 
CONDITION 
CONDITIONS 
FOR GROWTH 
REMARKS 

A. caRNEA (Red Horse-Chestnut) 30-40 ft. | Red 
Greenish 
white 
A. GLABRA (Ohio Buckeye) . . . 25-30 fe. 
A. HippocastanuM (Horse-Chestnut) . . 
A. HippocasTANUM ALBA-PLENA 
(Double White Horse-Chestnut) . . . 
60-75 ft. | White 
White 
\ 
40-50 ft. 


AMELANCHIER .- The Shadblow 
May, 
June 
May 
May, 
June 
May, 
June 

Medium 
Medium 
Fairly 
long 
Medium 

Moisture, 
good soil 
Moisture, 
good soil 
Deep, good 
soil 
Moisture, 
good soil 

Large sticky 
bud 
Brilliant fall 
foliage 
Fine shade 
tree 
Rich, double 
flowers 

This is the first of our native trees to bloom. A white mist winds in and out of the 
woodland’s edge in early Spring at the time the shad run up the rivers. The Shadbush 1s 
in bloom. The Spring 1s here. 
APPROX. 
HEIGHT AT| COLOR 
MATURITY | OF BLOOM 
A. travis (Alleghany Shadblow).. . . 18-20 ft. | White 
ANDORRA NURSERIES, INC. [35 | 
TIME 
OF BLOOM 
| SPAN OF LIFE 
IN GOOD 
CONDITION 
CONDITIONS 
FOR GROWTH 
REMARKS 

April, 
May 
Medium 
Woodsy 
loam 
Fruit attracts 
birds 

Deciduous Trees 
