SHADE TREES 
Valuable to the home owner in many ways. Trees not only furnish cool shade but they act as a frame or 
setting for a dwelling and may be used to screen unsightly objects. Also, trees act as a protector for many kinds 
of plants, shielding them from the hot sun in Summer. Their green leaves in Summer and bare branches in Winter 
are a source of much pleasure to the true nature lover. 
Betula Pendula Alba 
White Birch 
ACER - The Maples 
Dasycarpum (Silver Maple). Light green foliage, sil- 
very beneath. A large spreading tree, very fast grow- 
ing. Does well in a wet location. 
Platanoides (Norway Maple). Dome-shaped tree to 
75 ft. with large shining leaves. Fine street tree as 
well as lawn specimen. 
Platanoides schweidleri nigra (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 
735) (New Norway Maple, Crimson King). The 
beautiful dark crimson-red foliage holds its color 
from Spring to frost. One of the finest new trees to 
be introduced in years. 
Rubrum (Scarlet Maple). Our own native Maple of 
medium growth, having red blossoms in Spring and 
yellow or scarlet foliage in Fall. 
Saccharum (Sugar Maple). A tree to 75 ft. with yellow 
blossoms in Spring and gay Fall foliage running 
through yellow, orange and shades of red. The source 
of Maple sugar. 
AESCULUS - Horse Chestnut 
or Buckeye 
Hippocastanum (European Horsechestnut). A stately 
tree to 70 ft. with 10-in. panicles of white flowers. 
Octandra (Yellow Buckeye). Tree to 60 ft. with yellow 
flowers in 6-in. panicles. 
BETULA - Birch 
Pendula (alba) (European White Birch). Tree with 
white bark peeling off in layers. Drooping branches. 
Pendula gracilis (Cutleaf Weeping Birch). A variety 
with finely cut foliage. 
CARPINUS caroliniana (American Hornbeam). 
Bushy tree 30 to 40 ft. high. Dark bluish green foli- 
age which changes to scarlet-yellow in Autumn. 
CELTIS occidentalis (Hackberry). A native tree of 
spreading growth. Small, green foliage. 
CLADASTRUS lutea (Vellowwood). Spreading tree 
with fragrant white flowers in Spring followed by seed 
pods. Slow growth. 
\\ FAGUS americana (American Beech). A stately tree 
of slow growth. Rich green, small foliage. Large 
growing. 
F. sylvatica purpurea (Purple Beech). A compact 
ornamental tree having small purple-red foliage 
throughout the season. Very slow growing. 
GINKGO biloba (Maidenhair-iree). Large tree with a 
broad, branched head and fan-shaped cut or divided 
foliage. Because of its freedom from insect pests it is 
an excellent lawn specimen or street tree. The 
Ginkgo is the oldest tree in the world, being the 
only tree left over to us from a far prehistoric age. 
GLEDITSIA triacanthos (Honeylocust). Hardy tree 
with light green foliage which turns yellow in the Fall. 
It bears greenish white, fragrant flowers in long ra- 
cemes, followed by ornamental pods. Thorny 
branches. 
G. triacanthos inermis. A form of the above, almost 
entirely thornless, having twisted branchlets. 
GYMNOCLADUS dioica (Kentucky Coffeeiree). Tree 
with thick branches and gnarled branchlets. This 
peculiar formation gives the tree an appearance of 
great age. It bears large red-brown pods up to 10 in. 
long. An interesting specimen, said to repel common 
house flies. 
LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua (Sweetgum). Pyramidal 
tree growing in swampy places. The foliage turns to 
a bright scarlet in early Autumn and in Winter the 
corky branches and deeply furrowed bark attract 
attention. 
LIRIODENDRON tulipifera (Twlipiree). A lovely 
tree with greenish yellow, Tulip-like flowers in June. 
Smooth, dark gray bark. Leaves are bright green 
with square ends. 
PLATANUS occidentalis (American Planetree). A 
large, rapid-growing tree having large, dull green 
leaves. The graybark peels to expose the new white 
bark in patches, giving the tree a rustic appearance. 
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