12 PETRIE NURSERY 
ACER — THE MAPLES 
ACER DASYCARPUM—Silver or soft maple grows to 120 
feet. It is a wide spreading tree with somewhat pendulous 
branches, bright green leaves, silvery beneath and turning 
yellow in autumn. A quick grower but susceptible to 
chlorosis on limey soils. 
6-8 ft. $3.50; 8-10 ft. $4.50; 10-12 ft. $5.50 
ACER GINNALE—Amur maple is a graceful small tree at- 
taining a height of about twenty feet with brilliant fall 
coloration. It can be used as a large shrub and makes 
a fine substitute for the Japanese maple where it is not 
hardy. 5-6 ft. $2.50; 3-8 ft. $3.50 
ACER PALMATUM ATROPURPUREUM—Red leaved Japan- 
ese maple is a delightful small shrubby maple for inti- 
mate gardens. 12-15 in. $2.25; 18-24 in. $3.50 
ACER PALMATUM “BLOODGOOD” is a selected blood red 
Japanese maple that holds its color thruout the summer. 
15-18 in. $3.25 
ACER PLATANOIDES—Norway maple grows to 100 feet. 
It is a large spreading tree with rounded compact head 
and gives a very dense shade. Bright green leaves fade 
out in yellow and gold in the autumn. 
5-6 ft. $2.00; 6-8 ft. $3.00; 8-10 ft. $6.50; 10-12 ft. $7.50 
ACER PLATANOIDES COLUMNARE — Pyramidal Norway 
maple is a very, very striking accent tree. It is an ex- 
tremely narrow grower somewhat in the habit of a 
Lombardy poplar. 
Heavy 8-10 ft. trees $6.50; 10-12 ft. $7.50 
ACER PLATANOIDES SCHWEDLERI—Schwedler is a form 
of Norway maple that has bronzy purple leaves in spring, 
green in summer and colored again in the fall. 
5-6 ft. $4.00; 6-8 ft. $5.50 
ACER PLATANOIDES SCHWEDLERI NIGRA—: rimson King 
maple (plant patent #690) is a form of Schwedler recent- 
ly introduced that holds its color all thru the summer. 
It is almost as dark colored as a Thundercloud plum. 
4-5 ft. $4.00; 5-6 ft. $5.00; 6-7 ft. $6.50; 7-8 ft. $7.50 
ACER RUBRUM—tThis is the scarlet or swamp maple It 
is quite slow in growth locally. Where adapted it makes 
a nice small tree with brilliant fall color. 
5-6 ft. $5.00; 6-8 ft. $6.50 
ACER SACCHARUM—Sugar maple is the native eastern 
maple which gives us maple sugar from the sap and 
brilliant fall foliage of orange, scarlet and yellow. 
5-G ft. $4.00; 6-8 ft. $5.00; 8-10 ft. $6.50; 10-12 ft. $7.50 
ACER SPICATUM—The mountain maple is one of the 
smallest growers of the eastern maples. It rarely ex- 
ceeds twenty five feet. It grows in rich loamy soil with 
slight shade. The fall color is orange and red with 
brilliant drooping scarlet keys. 
3-4 ft. $3.00; 4-5 ft. $4.00 
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