SARCOXIE NURSERIES 
Shade Trees Beautify the Lawn 
SHADE TREES NOT PREPAID UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED 
A broad open space of well kept lawn is the first essential 
of good landscape design, the base against which all else 
is viewed. Yet it is incomplete without trees to shield the 
house from the direct heat of the sun, and for ornament. 
Without trees as a background so the topmost branches ex- 
tend above and break the roof lines, and a few toward the 
ends to frame the view, the house appears lost in space. 
The bark of the European White Birch is chalky white. 
Birch, European White, Betula alba 
A beautiful, graceful tree of peculiar charm; slender 
branches, the ends drooping with age, bark chalky white; 
leaves rather small, triangular, bright light green, yellow in 
autumn. 
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Crab, Flowering; Malus 
One of the best groups of small trees for ease of growth, 
profusion and beauty of flowers. For the Midwest they are 
more satisfactory than the famed Japanese Flowering Cher- 
ries, give much the same effect, and are dependable. 
Crab, Hopa; Malus Hopa 
See color illustration and prices, inside back cover. 
Crab, Scheideckeri; Malus Scheideckeri. Loaded in latter 
April with semi-double flowers 114 to 11/2 in. across, pink on 
a white ground; delicate fragrance; yellow crabs 3/4 in. across 
in latter September-October; upright habit, reaching a height 
of about 8 ft.; blooms young; very resistant to cedar rust. 
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Dogwood, Red Flowering 
See color illustration and prices, inside back cover. 
Dogwood, White Flowering 
See color page, inside back cover. 
Once established, nothing will increase in value and give 
such good results with so little attention as shade trees. 
When planting remove any unnecessary weak limbs and 
shorten some others. The central shoot or leader is not 
pruned unless necessary to make the head more dense. As 
limbs develop higher remove the lower ones to the height 
desired. Plant firmly, and water as needed, especially first 
year. 
THE SENSATIONAL NEW 
Elm Coalshade 
Elm, Coolshade, in the Gardens at Sarcoxie. 
(inset shows ordinary Chinese Elm.) 
Undoubtedly the most beautiful Elm we have ever seen. 
It is a most practical all-purpose shade tree. Unlike the 
American Elm, it does not have large lateral limbs that are 
dangerous when overhanging the residence. It may be plant- 
ed close to the house without worry. 
IT'S TOUGH—does not break in the wind and under the 
burden of ice and snow like the ordinary Chinese Elm. 
IT‘S BEAUTIFUL—forms a compact tree, somewhat resem- 
bling the Hard Maple in form. 
IT’S HARDY—like all Chinese Elm, it is hardy and drought 
resistant. Apparently it is not subject to the Dutch Elm dis- 
ease or Phloem neucrosis which affects the American Elm. 
IT'S CLEAN—does not shed leaves early and cause an un- 
sightly lawn—holds its leaves late into the fall. 
IT'S RAPID IN GROWTH—not quite so rapid as ordinary 
Chinese Elm, however produces an abundance of deep green 
foliage affording a complete shade—a “COOLSHADE”—and 
a truly beautiful shade tree. ; 
WE SINCERELY RECOMMEND THIS AS THE BEST ELM 
WE HAVE EVER KNOWN. Grows 35 to SO feet high. 
PRICES OF COOLSHADE ELM 
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