Trees for Shade and Onuamental Purposes 
THEY BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME GROUNDS 
SOME OF THE 
BETTER TREES 
FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 

For Road, Street and Avenue 
Planting Catalpa, Speciosa 
Cherry, Flowering 
Crab, Bechtel’s 
Crab, Floribunda 
Elm, American 
Linden, European 
Maple, Norway 
Maple, Silver Dogwood 
Maple, Sugar Laburnum 
Oak, Pin Locust, Moss 
Plane, Oriental Redbud 
Thorn, Paul’s Double Scarlet 
Weeping Trees 
Cherry, Weeping 
Mulberry, Weeping 
Willow, Wisconsin Weeping 
Crab, Flowering 
Windbreak or Screen Purposes 
Poplar, Lombardy Thorn, Flowering 
Trees with Conspicuous Flowers 
Trees with Highly Cclored 
Fruit or Berries 
Mountain Ash, European 
Trees for Moist Places 
Ash 
Catalpa 
Elm, American 
Maple, Silver 
Poplars 
Willow 
Trees for Dry Knolls and 
Poor Soil 
Elm, Chinese 
Maple, Silver-Leaf 
Poplars 
Trees with Colored Foliage 
Maple, Schwedler’s 
Plum, Purple Leaf 
ee AP Se aa SLC a TS GL a ee eS 
This class of plants includes all our well known shade trees—trees which regularly each fall drop their leaves. 
Included also are the small ornamental flowering and fruiting trees of great value in garden work, here grouped 
for convenience. NOTE: Size at beginning of descriptions indicates ultimate height. 
ASH - Fraxinus 
American or White (F. americana). 90 ft. Long last- 
ing tree of reasonably rapid growth. Shade and speci- 
men tree. 
Or townorl teenie $2.00 
3 Seo) INO) thts go oho 2.50 
FORTOsE 2 atte cas nb 00 
BIRCH - Betula (Spring Only) 
Cance (B.. papyrifera). 50 ft. Well known native 
American tree with brilliant white bark that ‘‘peels’’. 
6tto Salt ec es. oa asked at taey nee $3.00 
Cutleaf Weeping (B. alba laciniata). 40 ft. White 
bark with weeping, spray-like branches and deeply 
cut foliage make this an outstanding lawn specimen 
tree. 
SP OMNIS. wito mas Le 225) bein ee) AMONG Mins Bees cs $5.00 
CtOn Sutter 3.00 
European White (B. alba). 40 ft. A distinctive orna- 
mental tree noteworthy for its silvery white bark. 
Spray-like foliage makes it particularly useful as a 
contrast plant with evergreens. 
OSTOmECw baeamrine S250 LOnton 25 tte 4.00 
Se CopmOh ifesths Gb 3.00 
CATALPA 
Bungei or Umbrella Catalpa (C. bignonioides nana). 
Dense heads of large foliage grafted on standards of 
various heights. The heads are generally cut back 
severely each spring to insure a compact growth. An 
ornamental tree for use as such or as a formal accent 
plant. 
4 to 5 ft. stems. .$1.50 5 to 6 ft. stems. . $2.00 
Western Catalpa (C. speciosa). 90 ft. Large, fast 
growing tree with large leaves, white flowers in June 
followed by green fruit pods. Lawn specimen, screen 
planting, or woods planting. 
Outows att pene $1.00 Stora Orv ftetmaaes $165 
CHERRIES, FLOWERING - Prunus 
Kwanzan. Double, dark pink flowers. See page 16. 
SetOn Attar aed $1.80 ANAS) SANG oo 6 6 8-e $2250 
Weeping (P. subhirtella pendula). A weeping variety 
grafted on standard stems of various heights. Many 
pink flowers in spring. 
l-yr. heads, 5 to 6 ft. stem, BGB 
2-yr. heads, 5 to 6 ft. stem, BGB 
CRAB - Malus 
Atrosanguinea. 15 ft. Carmine flowers followed by 
dark red fruit. 
BNtOy ARES Sea tena aot ee SS antes wea ae eT ee $1.60 
Bechtels (M. ioensis bechteli). 20 ft. Well known 
ornamental tree with large double pink flowers like 
little roses. 
2AtOns at tise ees eas $1.50 3, TOR aT tee eee $2.00 
Eleyi. 12 ft. Small flowering and fruiting tree most 
valuable as lawn specimens and features in border 
and garden planting. Red foliage in spring. Dark 
pink single flowers; showy fruits in fall. 
3B toys eegewe te $2.00 AMORD st tyrone $2.50 
Floribunda. 15 ft. Bright pink flower buds opening to 
white flowers. Yellowish fruit in fall. 
Sat (ede dS dem erty et $1050 4 tov afi. Saget $2.00 
Niedzwetzkyana (Red Vein). 15 ft. Purplish red color 
in leaves, stems, bark and buds, with red flowers. 
BetON-Ta hts ftesera te $1.25 A tOpos titer ae $1.65 
DOGWOOD - Cornus 
White Flowering (C. florida). 20 ft. Small, upright tree 
for use as specimen, or in conjunction with shrub or 
evergreen plantings. White flowers in spring followed 
in fall by red berries. Attractive foliage color in fall. 
BP eer ney Bat ad on $2.25 4: to. 5: tte. scare $3.00 
Red or Pink Flowering (C. florida rubra). 20 ft. Same 
as above, but with red flowers. 
PL oss: ea Sank Pi $2.50 Ah tO sett Vera tn $4.50 
SmtOecente 3) 00, 
[14] 
