Brands SHADE and ORNAMENTAL 
Sent Out for Spring, 1952—Not Prepaid 
BIRCH, Cut-Leaf Weeping 
We have always considered this one of the most graceful as well as among the most beautiful of 
all the ornamental trees of the weeping type. It seems to fit in anywhere it is planted, and after it 
is once established its owner seems to love it as no other tree. A beautiful upright growing tree 
with long, slender, gracefully weeping branches. The leaves are delicately cut, the bark a brownish 
green at first, gradually turning to a pure glistening white. 5 to 6 ft., $4.00; 2 for $7.50 
“PURPLE-LEAF CHOKE CHERRY 
A tree with rich deep purple leaves adds interest and real attractiveness to the grounds about 
the home. : 
Up to this time, we who live in Minnesota and surrounding states have found only the Cistena 
and the Newport to fill this need. 
But now we have a newcomer crowding the others in its claim for real attractive honors. 
This is a new purple-leaved Choke Cherry coming to us from North Dakota where it is absolutely 
hardy. 
Four years ago we secured 6 little trees and planted them in our trial grounds. The trees have 
grown strong and thrifty and are now 12 feet high. As growth starts in the spring the foliage is 
green but as the growth ripens up it turns purple and when growth is finished the entire tree is a 
rich deep purple which lasts until winter. 
It makes as neat and pretty a purple tree as we have ever seen anywhere. 
The colored cut we use to illustrate it is used to illustrate several purple-leaved trees but is 
an absolutely accurate picture of one of these new trees. 
Our stock for sale this year are all 1-year trees and not branched. 
We consider this one of the greatest finds in ornamental horticulture in many, many years. 
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WILLOW, Weeping 
(Golden Niobe) mind Hardy Flowering Crabs, shown in color on pages 
56 to 60. 
In making a planting of ornamental trees, keep in 
The golden Weeping Willow, the most beautiful in that species. Splen- 
did as a lawn tree, for planting near pools or along the banks of streams. 
A graceful weeping tree with deep rich golden bark on trunk and along 
the long slender weeping branches. Hardiest of all the Weeping Willows. 
Very beautiful in the winter because of its rich yellow bark, which makes 
it very conspicuous. Absolutely hardy here in Minnesota. One of the most 
effective of all trees for real ornamental effect. 
6 to 7 ft. specimen trees, $2.75; 2 for $5.00 
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