SHADE TREES 
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Individually well-branched specimen trees. .................. 5-6 ft. 5.00 12.50 
One of the most beautiful novelties in shade trees. When mature, bark is white 
and the leayes are a fine light green. Plant several in each location for a rare 
and picturesque clump, winning the admiration of your friends and neighbors. 
s{ NEW CHINESE CHESTNUT (Blight resistant) ........................ 3-4 ft. 3.50 9.50 
Will bear large, sweet, delicious nuts 2 years after planting. Very fast growing. 
Valuable as ornamental and for shade, as well as for fruit. Plant 2 or more for 
pollination. Grows 30 to 40 feet tall. See photo aboye and on next page. 
WEEPING WILLOW (Wisconsin) 2c 6-8 ft. 3.00 7.50 
Very rapid growing tree with graceful drooping branches. Will succeed in any 
location, but prefers moist soil. Especially effective near pools or riyer banks, 
along drives or as specimen plants. Frequent cutting back gives a thicker growth 
of bright green twigs. Grows 25 to 30 feet tall. Illustrated at left. 
NORWAY. MAPLE |=. ee ee ee 6-8 ft. 4.50 12.75 
One of the best trees for street planting or for lawn specimens where good form 
and shade are needed. Its dense leayes are rich green and are held on tree about 
two weeks longer than other maples. Grows 50 to 60 feet tall. See photo at left. 
SILVER: MAPLE ioe o et 2 aia ee 5-6 ft. 3.25 8.75 
Most rapid grower of all maples. A large, spreading tree which, at maturity, 
has a height of 60 to 70 feet. A cut leaf with a silvery cast, and also a silvery 
bark. Sap is good for sugar making. 
x < SUGAR MAPLE (Hard Meiple) 2... cece eeeccceteeeeeee 6-8 ft. 4.50 12.75 
Brilliant scarlet, orange and yellow foliage in fall. Mature trees are the source 
of delicious maple sugar from sap in spring. Handsome form. 
RED LEAF SCHWEDLER MAPLE _.. 6-8 ft. 5.50 15.75 
This is a beautiful tree in all seasons. In the spring, the foliage is a reddish 
purple, followed by a bronzy green color in the summer. It is very attractive 
in the fall when its foliage is a golden yellow. It is recommended for specimen 
planting in lawns. Symmetrical in growth. Not a fast growing tree. 
CRIMSON KING MAPLE |. 4-5 ft. 6.50 18.50 
You will want to be one of the first to own this new tree. It is a beautiful form 
of Schwedler Maple, originating in Europe. Like the Schwedler, it develops a 
rounded, compact top of unusual symmetry, but differs in having foliage of 
deep, purple-crimson all through the growing months. 
RED LEAF DWARF MAPLE |. eee 1-1% ft. 6.50 18.00 
Grows 8 to 10 feet. Leaves are a startling crimson all summer. Develops best 
color in sun, but will tolerate some shade. 
| CUT-LEAF WEEPING BIRCH (Silver Birch) 0... 5-6 ft. 4.50 12.75 
Graceful white-barked tree with delicate drooping branches. One of the few 
shade trees under which grass will grow. The white bark, which develops a 
ae pps a sonruneancciere year or two after planting, is beautiful in all seasons. Grows 20 to 30 feet tall. 
NORWAY MAPLE, 6-8 FT. TULIP POPLAR (Liriodendron Tulipfera) 200202200... 6-8 ft. 3.50 9.50 
One of the largest deciduous shade trees. Large, glossy, fiddle-shaped leaves. 
Large greenish-yellow and orange flowers develop cone-like fruits. Photo, left. 
LOMBARDY: POPLAR Stee eee 5-6 ft. 1.50 4.00 
Tall columnar tree, ideal for use as screen or windbreak. Thrives in wide range 10 fact i OOntaue 
of soil and climatic conditions. Grows unusually fast, requires no pruning. 2 “eA Ae 
Grows 60 to 80 feet. Photograph is shown on the next page. $12.00 $90. 
CHINESE ELM 6-8 ft. 3.50 9.50 
For quick shade. A very rapid grower with small, dense foliage. Excellent for 
tall hedge or windbreak. Stands intense cold and extreme heat remarkably well. 
Excellent shade in 5 short years. Grows 30 to 40 feet. Photo on next page. 
MOUNTAIN: ASH Bese a 5-6 ft. 4.50 12.75 
One of the most ornamental of all trees. Bears large clusters of bright orange- 
red berries from mid-summer until late fall. Grows 20 to 30 feet tall. 
MORAINE: LOCUS Tiree ee at eae ey noe 5-6 ft. 6.50 18.00 
(Plant Pat. 836.) This is a vigorous, fast-growing, seedless tree, shaped much 
like American Elm, but not susceptible to disease. A clean tree with no ugly 
dangerous thorns, and no seed pods. The leaves are so fine that, when falling, 
they practically disappear. Thrives in spite of smoke and soot, on all kinds of 
soil. Hard wooded; bends but rarely breaks or splits. 
« BLACK: WALNUT sooo tee ee eee ees oe 3-4 ft. 3.00 7.50 
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Rich flavorful kernels. Does well in fertile, well drained soil. Very hardy. Grows 
almost anywhere in tbe country. Produces annually large crops of nuts with 
rich, oily kernels of fine flayor. Fine for desserts, nut bread and confections. 
JTree grows 25 to 40 feet high; fast growing and long lived. Photo next page. 
