10 THE SARCOXIE NURSERIES PEONY FIELDS 
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Shade Trees Beautify the Lawn 
A broad open space of well kept lawn is the first essential 
of good landscape design, the base against which all else 
is viewed. Yet it is incomplete without trees to shield the 
house from the direct heat of the sun, and for ornament. 
Without trees as a background so the topmost branches ex- 
tend above and break the roof lines, and a few toward the 
ends to frame the view, the house appears lost in space. 
Once established, nothing will increase in value and give 
such good results with so little attention as shade trees. 
When planting remove any unnecessary weak limbs and 
shorten some’ others. The central shoot or leader is not 
pruned unless necessary to make the head more dense. As 
limbs develop higher remove the lower ones to the height 
desired. Plant firmly, and water as needed, especially first 
year. 
Five or more of a kind at the 10 rate. 
Birch, European White, Betula alba 
A beautiful, graceful tree of peculiar charm; slender 
branches, the ends drooping with age, bark chalky white; 
leaves rather small, triangular, bright light green, yellow in 
autumn. 
10 'tomi2atty BS Biv 12 tos15) ft. B&B oar. 
Crab, Flowering; Malus 
One of the best groups of small trees for ease of growth, 
profusion and beauty of flowers. For the Midwest they are 
more satisfactory than the famed Japanese Flowering Cher- 
ries, give much the same effect, and are dependable. 
Crab, Hopa; Malus Hopa. Covered in April with deep car- 
mine buds, opening into carmine-rose flowers 114 to 1¥/2 in. 
across, lighter as they age; twigs, new leaves, and orna- 
mental fruit 1 in. across in late August, are red; delicate fra- 
grance; very resistant to cedar rust; blooms young. 
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The bark of the European White Birch is chalky white. 
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Sugar Maple has a showy autumn foliage. 
Crab, Scheideckeri; Malus Scheideckeri. Loaded in latter 
April with semi-double flowers 114 to 1!/2 in. across, pink on 
a white ground; delicate fragrance; yellow crabs 3/, in. across 
in latter September-October; upright habit, reaching a height 
of about 8 ft.; blooms young; very resistant to cedar rust. 
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Dogwood, Red Flowering; Cornus florida rubra 
Beautiful and unusual in latter April, its flowers like those 
of the White Flowering but a deep pink, usualy called red 
Foliage and berries like those of White Flowering. 
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Dogwood, White Flowering; Cornus florida 
» A mass of showy, four-petaled flowers 3 to 4 in. across, 
white, the tips curiously blotched pink, in latter April before 
the leaves appear, it seems to typify the coming of spring. 
Autumn foliage glorious scarlet to crimson, under surface 
white. Its scarlet berries 3 to 1/2 in. long in October and No- 
vember are almost as showy as the flowers. A large shrub 
or small tree, usually attaining 10 to 15 ft. Valuable for spec- 
imens or naturalistic plantings in sun or partial shade. Flow- 
er buds formed in August and September. Keep it watered. 
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Elm, American White; Ulmus americana 
Our well known and beautiful Elm, forming a large majes- 
tic tree with long spreading limbs, and giving a good though 
not dense shade. Leaves dark green, in autumn golden yel- 
low. Growth rather rapid; long lived; easily transplanted. 
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Elm, Chinese; Ulmus pumila 
Of very rapid growth, with slender branches and leaves 
smaller than those of the American Elm. The leaves appear 
very early in the spring and remain till late fall. Especially 
adapted for arid regions and for quick results. 
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Golden Rain Tree—See Varnish Tree 
