DECIDUOUS TREES 
“Deciduous” (losing its leaves)— 
Hence dormant Oct. to May, easily 
transplanted. 
: — one or two main 
“Trees’’—Usually only on t 
In the tables below and to the right are most 
of the shade and flowering trees. Even ‘‘slow’’ 
kinds grow faster than supposed. Oaks, 
stems, hence do not prune main tips. Liriodendrons, Locusts, Birches and Lindens 
mn have all been reported at more than 30 feet 









in their first 15 years. Plan ahead—Plant Now! 
Young trees require little care, and you can 
buy now for little money the big trees you will 
need a few years hence. Special offers of such 
stock are made on page 38—or may be found 

in the alphabetical price-list section of this 

CERCIS. Page 19 
catalog. 
SHADE TREES 
A TABLE TO HELP IN SELECTING 
TOLERANCE| FAULTS VIRTUES 
KIND OF TREE 
Weak 
x | branch 
lived 
Fast 
Insect 
free 
Extra 
showy 
Short 
x: XXX xX | growth 
ACER negundo (Box-elder)) 22-0). ersten eee Se SS 
A. platanoides (Norway Maple) .. ae 
A. rubrum (Red Maple) 
A. saccharum (Sugar Maple) 
BETULA alba (Birch) 
B. populifolia (Gray Birch) .... 
B. papyrifera (Canoe Birch) .... 
B. lenta (Sweet Birch) 
CELTIS! (Hackberry) eo. 
CLADRASTIS (Yellow-wood) eee oe f 2 pee B38 
FAGUS (Beech)... =. ane Eee hen COD eS ae iam 
FRAXINUS (Ash) an 
GINKGO bilobasns-o eee 
GYMNOCLADUS (Coffee-tree) 
PLATANUS occidentalis (Sycamore) . 
P. acerifolia (Oriental Plane) 
' POPULUS (Poplar—most kinds) 
QUERCUS palustris (Pin Oak) a 
Q. coccinea (Scarlet Oak)..........0..0cceceerees p< 
Q. rubra (Red Oak) : BOX 
SALIX (Willow—most kinds) 
TAXODIUM (Bald-cypress)........ 
TILIA (Linden—most kinds) 
ULMUS campestris (English Elm) 
U. americana (American Elm) Pecks 
Us pumilas(Siberiam\ Elm) Pees eee ee teers eeeree YK 



















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