16 PETRIE NURSERY 
GLEDITZIA TRIACANTHOS “MORAINE” Patent #836 — 
The MORAINE LOCUST is an improved honeylocust and 
is being used to considerable extent as a substitute for 
the American elm. In addition to being thornless its 
flowers are sterile so there are no terribly dirty seed 
4-5 ft. $4.00; 5-6 ft. $5.00; 6-7 ft. $6.00; 
pods. 
7-8 ft. $7.00; 8-9 ft. $8.00; 9-10 ft. $10.00 
JUGLANS — THE WALNUTS 
JUGLANS CINEREA—The butternut or white walnut is 
more easily transplanted than the black walnut. The 
foliage is a lighter green and turns yellow in the fall. 
3-4 ft. $3.50; 6-8 ft. $5.00 
JUGLANS NIGRA— Thomas Improved Black Walnut is a 
more recent form of the black walnut with larger nuts. 
It also bears much earlier, and gives nuts that are large 
and readily separated from the shell. 
3-4 ft. $3.50 
~JUGLANS FRANQUETTE—These are an improved form of 
English walnut that gets along under favored conditions. 
4-6 ft. $4.50 
KOELREUTERIA PANICULATA—Panicled golden rain or 
varnish tree is a small round headed tree with lovely 
foliage. The leaves are compound, reddish bronze in 
spring when unfolding, yellow before falling off in aut- 
umn. The flowers are golden yellow in large terminal 
panicles in summer. The individual bloom is small and 
not unlike a tomato flower with a touch of red. The 
large blossom heads are made up of hundreds of them. 
The black seeds are in inflated triangular pods similar 
to those of the well known chinese lantern of the per- 
ennial garden. 4-5 ft. $3.00; 10-12 ft. $10.00 
LIQUIDAMBER STYRACIFLUA — Sweet Gum is a slow 
growing tree with starry foliage and corky bark. The 
fall color is purple and crimson. When crushed the 
leaves are very aromatic. 
4-5 ft. $4.00; 5-6 ft. $5.00; 6-8 ft. $7.50; 8-10 ft. $10.00; 
ALL BB 
LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA — The tulip tree or yellow 
poplar is a member of the magnolia family. It is a lovely 
tho uncommon tree with large leaves that are almost 
square with a notch cut out of them. The tulip like 
bloom is yellowish green with reddith orange blotches. 
Bloom in June. It is rather thin barked so is subject 
bloom is yellowish green with reddish orange blotches. 
to sunscald until it develops a top. 
5-6 ft. $5.00; 6-8 ft. $6.00; 8-10 ft. $10.00; ALL BB 
PLATANUS ACERIFOLIA—The so-called Oriental sycamore, 
really the London Plane is a massive tree with a round 
topped head and whitened scaling bark. It is very at- 
tractive and one of the best street trees. Not affected 
with blight. 
4-5 ft. $3.00; 5-6 ft. $4.00; 6-8 ft. $5.00; 8-10 ft. $6.50 
Larger on application. 
MALUS — THE FLOWERING CRABS 
~\ ALMEY is a new flowering crab with dollar size blossoms 
of firey crimson with contrasting white markings at the 
base of each petal. It blooms when young and at a dis- 
tance an older plant looks like a mass of flame. 
3-4 ft. $3.50; 4-5 ft. $4.50; 5-6 ft. $6.00 
