Shade Trees 
By all means plant shade trees. They 
are effective ornamentally from the 
time they are set out and soon their 
spreading growth will ereate a shel- 
tered environment for the home that 
will be an inereasing pride and joy 
with the passing years. 
Shade Tree Prices—Freight Paid 
5 to 6 foot branched, $2.00 each 
6 to 8 foot branched, $2.50 each 
(Except as otherwise noted) 
BIRCH 
Cutleaf Weeping — A very graceful 
and clean appearing tree with its white 
bark and slender drooping branches and 
deeply cleft leaves, 5-6 ft., $2.50; 6-8 ft., 
$3.00. 
HAWTHORN 
Prices: 4-6 ft. branched 
$2.00, 6-8 ft. branched 
$3.00 
Paul’s Double Red 
Flowering Hawthorn 
—Has wide spreading, 
Ine: @ Wil ai, SO wane 
branches, the head 
about equaling the 
height in diameter. In 
May it is very decora- 
tive with an abundance 
of double carmine-red 
flowers, followed by red 
Petes 

Buropean—Leaves similar to Poplar. White bark 
and of pyramidal form. A fine street tree and very 
hardy. 6-8 ft. $2.50; 8-10 ft. $3.00. 
BOXELDER 
Silver Variegated—Very showy and will stand out 
very bright in a planting. Grafted trees. Creamy white 
foliage. 
CATALPA 
Specicsa (Western Catalpa)—A rapid growing 
tree with very large leaves, a nice clean bark and 
large white flower heads followed by long bean- 
shaped seed pods. 
ELM 
Chinese (Ulmus Plumila)—A rapid growing tree 
with a dense head. Extremely hardy. 5-6 ft., $1.50 
each; 6-8 ft., $2.00 each. 
GINKGO (Biloba) Maidenhair Tree 
Unlike any other tree grown. This unique tree 
with its fan-shaped leaves, like those of Maidenhair 
fern but larger, makes a beautiful addition to lawn 
or street. Foliage turns bright yellow in fall. 5-6 ft. 
whips, $2.00 each; 5-6 ft. branched, $3.50. 
GOLDENCHAIN (Laburnum Vulgare) 
Beautiful small tree with clover-shaped leaves; 
flowers are fragrant lone chains of golden yellow. 5-6 
ft., $2.75 each; 6-8 ft., $3.25 each. 
HORSECHESTNUT 
Pink Flowering—A slow growing dense shade tree 
with beautiful pyramidal cones of pink flowers. 5-6 
ft. whips, $5.00; 5-6 ft. branched, $7.50. 
LINDEN (Basswood) 
European—Laree, full heads. Large leaves similar 
to Catalpa. A good street tree. 
LOCUST (Robinia) 
Honey Locust (Gleditsia Triacanthus)—Of much 
slower growth than the black locust. Small round 
leaves similar to pepper trees. Very attractive and 
desirable as an ornamental tree. 

MAPLE (Acer) 
Norway (Platanoides)—Laree rapid growing tree 
that will cast a dense shade. 
Schwedler—Very similar to the Norway maple ex- 
cept the leaves are purple in early spring. 
Dasycarpum (Silver Maple)—Rather slim type 
with silvery bark and light green leaves. 
MOUNTAIN ASH (Sorbus) 
Aucuparia—Narrow erect tree. Beautiful clusters 
of red berries in August. 
OAK, PIN (Quercus palustris) 
One of the finest oaks for home planting. Straight 
trunk with symmetrical head of smaller sharp- 
pointed deeply eut leaves. Bright erimson in autumn. 
PLANE TREE, Pilatanus (Sycamore) 
Orientalis—An evenly branched tree with rather 
broad head. A fine stately type. 
POPLAR (Populus) 
Lombardy (P. nigra italica)—Tall, narrow growth. 
With age becomes one of the most striking and pic- 
turesque trees. 5-6 ft., $1.25; 6-8 ft., $1.50. 
REDBUD 
Cercis Canadensis—Similar in effect to Hawthorne 
but of more regular growth. Clusters of rosy pink 
flowers cover the tree in May. 
SWEET GUM (Liquidambar styraciflua) 
A fine large-growing tree whose leaves resemble 
those of the maple, with five pointed fingers. Glorious 
blended shades of red from bright to dark in autumn. 
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TULIP TREE (Liriodendron) 
Tulipifera—Handsome upright tree with bluish 
green foliage and greenish colored, tulip shaped flow- 
ers. 5-6 ft., $2.50 each; 6-8 ft., $3.25 each. 
WILLOW (Salix) 
Babylonica—The most effective large growing tree 
of all. 
Niobe—Golden bark, graceful weeping habit. 


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