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Shade and Flowering Trees 



HERE is no group of plants that yields so much beauty and satisfaction for so long a 
time with so little trouble and expense. Long-lived deciduous trees, whether for shade 
or ornamental value, are permanent features of your landscape and they should be given 
first consideration in new areas. 

NORWAY MAPLE 
MAPLES 
Silver Maple (Acer dasycarpum) 75’—One of our 
fastest growing shade trees. Light green leaves that 
are silvery beneath. 
Bloodleaf Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum atro- 
purpureum) 70’—A low, shrubby tree with striking 
red foliage. Makes a handsome, broad lawn specimen. 
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) 75’/—For years 
this has been the best-known of the maples. Has a 
broad, rounded head and large, dark green leaves. 
Perfectly hardy. Tolerates quite a lot of exposure. 
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) 75’—This is the tree 
that gives our native landscape its brilliant red, 
crimson, and scarlet foliage in autumn. A roughly 
round-headed tree, it offers broad shade. 
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) 75’—Grows more 
upright and taller than the Norway Maple. Has 
dense foliage that turns bright yellow and scarlet in 
autumn. This is the tree from which maple sap is 
taken for syrup and sugar. 
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FLOWERING PEACHES 
Small trees resembling fruiting peaches in habit of 
growth and foliage. Showy display of double blossoms 
in early spring. 
(Amyedalis 
Double White Flowering Peach 
persica alboplena) 10’. 
Double Pink Flowering Peach (Amygdalis persica 
rosea plena) 10’. 
Double Red Flowering Peach (Amygdalis persica 
rubro plena) 70’. 
Weeping Double Red Flowering Peach (Amyg- 
dalis persica rubro plena) (weeping variety) 10’. 
BIRCHES 
European White Birch (Betula alba) 50’/—A tall, 
graceful tree with white stems even when young. 
Grown in clumps or single stem trees. 
Young’s Weeping Birch (Betula alba pendula 
youngi) 60’—An unusually graceful, drooping tree. 
The bark is silvery white at maturity. Excellent as a 
lawn specimen. 
Canoe Birch (Betula papyrifera) 40’—Loose, grace- 
ful head with slender trunk, which is brown when 
young and turns white as it develops. Large, hand- 
some leaves. 






FLOWERING DOGWOOD 
