SHADE TREES 
Stately trees make a natural setting for your home; they add priceless value as the years 
go by. You and yours, for generations to come will delight in their cool summer shade, their 
magnificent beauty. There is no better investment than a few of these fine, sturdy trees. 
Plant them this spring, and before you know it, you'll bless the day you did. 
Height listed after name of variety indicates size at maturity. Listed in order of ultimate 
height. Actual size of trees, 6-8 ft. 
TEAS WEEPING MULBERRY (Morus alba pendula). 8-10 ft. Branches droop to 
the ground and completely hide the stem. Produces an abundance of white 
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UMBRELLA TREE (Catalpa bungei). 1215 ft. A small tree forming a globe- 
shaped head, frequently used in pairs at entrances where space is !imited. 
The year’s growth should be cut back to its starting point each winter....... 
EUROPEAN MOUNTAIN ASH (Sorbus aucuparia). 20-40 ft. One of the most 
ornamental of all trees. Clusters of flashy orange colored fruits from mid-sum- 
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WHITE BIRCH (Betula alba). 25-30 ft. We have an excellent supply of these trees 
grown as clumps with 3 or more trunks. These trees are most attractive as 
specimen on the lawn. The bark turns white after a year or two, making a 
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CUT-LEAF WEEPING WHITE BIRCH (Betula alba laciniata). 30-35 ft. A graceful 
white barked tree with drooping limbs and cut-leaved foliage. Single stem... 
FLOWERING CATALPA (Catalpa speciosa). 30-40 ft. Rapid growing tree with 
large heart-shaped leaves and panicles of white flowers in June.............. 
CHINESE ELM (Ulmus pumila). 40-50 ft. A rapid grower, with small attractive 
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WISCONSIN WEEPING WILLOW (Salix blanda). 40-50 ft. A fast growing, pic- 
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GOLDEN WEEPING WILLOW (Salix Niobe). 40-50 ff. Rapid growing tree with 
golden yellow bark which makes the tree attractive summer and winter. 
Thrives everywhere, even in exceedingly wet spots.......................-- 
EUROPEAN LINDEN (Tilia cordata). 50-60 ft. A beautiful shade tree. Sweet- 
scented cream-colored blossoms cover the tree in mid-summer............... 
SUGAR MAPLE (Acer saccharum). 50-60 ft. A native American. tree, most color- 
ful in fall when its leaves are bright yellow, orange and scarlet. The tree 
thrives in sun as well as in shade and furnishes sap from which maple sugar 
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NORWAY MAPLE (Acer piatanoides). 50-60 f. A fast growing maple, making a 
compact well-shaped tree, with dense rich foliage, deep green all summer.... 
PIN OAK (Quercus palustris). 50-60 ft A majestic tree, the fastest growing of the 
oaks. Tree grows in symmetrical broadly pyramidal form and the foliage 
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/ RUSSIAN MULBERRY (Morus alba). 50-60 ft An abundance of white or purple 
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MAIDEN HAIR TREE (Ginkgo biloba). 60-80 ft. A most picturesque tree with 
strange fan-shaped leaves hanging from horizontal branches................ 
SILVER MAPLE (Acer dasycarpum). 60-80 ft. The fastest growing of the maples. 
Foliage silvery on the underside and beautifully colored in the fall. Provides 
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LOMBARDY POPLAR (Populus nigra italica). 60-80 ft. Narrow-growing tree, like- 
wise effective for specimen planting as for boundary lines and entrances. 
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