CHOICE ROSES 17 
Ornamental Shade and 
Flowering Trees 
When Spring comes, gardens burst into glory with the beautiful 
masses of blooms from the lovely flowering trees. These gorgeous 
small trees create striking color effects in the landscape that are 
greatly admired by all. 
For cool Summer shade, beauty and dignity in your garden, shade 
trees are indispensable, and properly placed, constitute the most impor- 
tant single feature in the landscaping of your home and grounds. 
We believe the collection listed below to be one of the finest, and con- 
tains trees for every purpose and location. We grow our own. THEY 
ARE BETTER. 
ACACIA (Idaho Locust) 
ORCHID FLOWERED—ROBINIA DECAISNEANA—New variety pro- 
ducing long clusters of sweet-pea like flowers of deep purplish pink 
color. Very hardy, fast growing, and one of the most beautiful flow- 
ering trees. 6-8 ft. $4.00. 
ASH (Fraxinus) 
EUROPEAN MOUNTAIN—Small handsome tree with white flowers 
and pretty lacy foliage. Very brilliant, large, red berries in the 
Fall that are highly ornamental. 4-5 ft. $2.00. 
BIRCH (Betula) 
CUT LEAF WEEPING—A graceful, tall, straight growing tree highly 
recommended for lawn and park planting. White bark, drooping 
limbs and cut-leaved foliage. One of the most beautiful of all trees. 
Due to the difficulty and losses suffered in successfully transplanting 
Birch, all trees offered this year will be Balled and Burlapped with 
the original earth about the roots. This is for our customer’s pro- 
tection and insures against losses. Bare root trees may still be 
had at 50 cents less per tree. 7-8 ft. Balled and Burlapped $5.00; 8-10 ft. 
Balled and Burlapped $6.00. 
EUROPEAN WHITE—Tall upright growing tree with distinctive white 
bark. A most majestic tree. 7-8 ft. Balled and Burlapped $4.00. 
CERCIS (Rerbud) 
REDBUD AMERICAN—Fine, small tree with a mass of lavender-pink, 
pea-shaped blooms which appear before the leaves. 3-4 ft. $2.00; 
4-5 ft. $2.50. 
CHERRY (Cerasus) 
KWANZAN—One of the best forms of the flowering Cherry. Per- 
fectly hardy, rapid growing, with young coppery foliage. Flowers 
are deep pink and double. 3-4 ft. $2.00; 5-6 ft. $3.00. 
MOUNT FUJI—Large, lovely double white blooms. It is the same as 
Kwanazn cherry in all other respects. 3-4 ft. $2.00. 
W EEPING—The lovely flowering cherry in weeping tree form. A broad 
growing type literally covered with lovely pink blooms early in the 
Spring. The double flowered type available this season. 5-6 ft. $5.00. 
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