24 CHAMPION NURSERIES, PERRY, OHIO 
TREES FOR SHADE 


NORWAY MAPLE 
BIRCH 
BETULA ALBA LACINATA. 
(Cut Leaf Weeping Birch). 
The bark is similar to the white birch in color. The 
tree is tall and slender, but a vigorous grower with 
graceful and weeping hait, tbogether with the cut leaf 
foliage presents such beauty as has never been seen 
before in a single tree. Wonderful lawn specimen, 
often planted in a row to edge the drive. 6-8 ft. $3.50 
each; 8-10 ft. $4.50; 10-12 ft. $6.50 each. 
MAIDENHAIR TREE 
GINGKO BILOBA. (Salisburia). An elegant ornamental 
shade tree that is prized for its fern-like foliage. Its 
angular shape and long slender limbs are unique. Im- 
ported from southeastern Asia. 5-6 ft. $3.00 each; 
6-8 ft. $4.00 each. 
SWEET GUM 
LIQUIDAMBER STYRACEFLUA. (Sweet Gum). A beautiful 
pyramidal tree of very symetrical habit with maple-like 
leaves which assume a deep crimson in autumn. In 
winter this tree is conspicuous for its unusual corky 
branches and deeply furrowed bark. 5-6 ft. $4.00 each; 
6-8 ft. $5.00 each. 
EUROPEAN PLANE TREE 
PLATANUS ORIENTALIS. (Sycamore). Often called 
oriental plant tree. Ususally used along streets and new 
allotments where quick shade is required. A lofty wide 
spreading tree with deeply lobed leaves. The bark is 
grayish green in the summer, but it sheds its bark in 
spots, giving it a mottled appearance as the spots of 
its trunk that are revealed are a creamy white. 6-8 ft. 
$3.00 each; 8-10 ft. $4.00 each; 10-12 ft. $5.50 each. 
ACER DASYCARPUM. (Silver or Soft Maple). A hardy 
rapid growing native tree of beautiful proportions. Its 
rapid growth and large size is valuable for quick shade. 
Its leaves are good sized light green above and silvery 
beneath, turning to a light red and bronze in autumn. 
It produces shade quicker than any other variety. 
6-8 ft. $2.25 each; 8-10 ft. $3.00 each. 
MAPLES 
ACER DASYCARPUM WIERI. (Wier’s Cut-Leaf Maple). 
A silver maple with beautiful dissected foliage. A rapid 
grower with its long graceful branches often touching 
the ground. This tree develops into a lawn specimen 
of such beauty that it is in great demand. 6-8 ft. $2.50 
each; 8-10 ft. $3.50 each; 10-12 ft. $5.00 each. 
ACER PLATANOIDES. (Norway Maple). A large tree 
with dark dense green foliage. It develops into a 
formal round head and produces very dense shade. A 
very slow grower but one is well repaid for waiting. 
8-10 ft. $4.50 each;114 to 1Y2 in. $5.50; 112-2 in. 
$6.50 each. 
ACER RUBRUM. (Red Maple). A very valuable tree for 
street or park planting. Very attractive at every season 
for its excellent habit. Bright red flowers in early 
spring and the foliage turns to a bright orange in the 
autumn. 5-6 ft. $2.25 each; 6-8 ft. $3.25 each. 
ACER SCHWEDLERI. The purple leaved Norway. Its 
dark leaves attract attention at all times but are unusu- 
ally fine in spring, when their unusual color contrasts 
beautifully with the green of other trees. In autumn 
they gradually turn to a golden yellow. 8-10 ft. $5.00 
each; 114 ot 11 in. $6.50 each. 
ACER SACCHARUM. (Sugar Maple). This is a great 
spreading tree symmetrical and of grand _ proportions. 
Its green leaves turn to a scarlet and yellow in the 
autumn. 8-10 ft. $4.50 each; 10-12 ft. $6.00 each. 

CUT-LEAF WEEPING BIRCH 
