SHADE AND FLOWERING TREES 
Trees are of basic importance in any landscape plan. Beautiful in themselves, they furnish 
shade from the hot summer sun, frame the view of the house from the street, and frame vistas 
from the windows. They impart a sense of permanency, screen undesirable views and serve 
innumerable other purposes. 
Acer platanoides schwedleri nigra — Crimson King 
Maple. Plant Patent 735. 
A beautiful form of Schwedler maple. Its foliage 
remains a deep russet red through all the summer 
months. A very fine new introduction for a lawn 
shade tree. 7 to 8 foot whips $6.00 each. 
A, rubrum — Red Maple. 
75 feet. Bright red blooms early in spring followed 
by clean green foliage all summer, turning brilliant 
orange and scarlet in fall. Excellent shade and 
street tree. Grows best in rich, moist soil. 6 to 8 
feet, $5.00 each; 8 to 10 feet, $6.50 each. 
A. saccharum — Sugar Maple. 
75 feet. Aristocrat of shade trees. Deep green 
foliage all summer, supplying cool, comfortable 
shade, turns yellow and orange and sometimes red 
in fall. The source of maple syrup and sugar. 
Grows about anywhere. 6 to 8 feet, $5.50 each; 
8 to 10 feet, $7.00 each. 
Betula alba laciniata, (B. pendula oycoviensis) — 
Cutleaf Weeping Birch. 
White bark and deeply cut, graceful foliage on 
pendulous branches. Casts light shade. A desir- 
able specimen on lawns. 6 to 8 feet, $6.00 each. 
B. papyrifera — Paper Birch. Canoe Birch. 
The glistening white bark of the Canoe or Paper 
Birch against dark green hemlocks makes a lovely 
picture. Ideal background for your wild garden or 
shady glen. Small Canoe Birches have brown bark 
which turns white when the diameter of each stem 
reaches about one inch. Birches should be trans- 
planted only in early spring. 4 to 5 feet, $3.00 each; 
5 to 6 feet, $4.50 each. 
Canoe Birch Clumps, 2 or more from one root. 5 to 
6 feet, $2.00 per stem. 
Cercis canadensis — Redbud. 
Bright purplish pink, pea-like flowers cover the 
branches in early spring before the heart-shaped 
leaves appear. Try daffodils around the base of 
this tree for a gay picture in early spring. Grows 
about 20 feet high and is hardy anywhere south 
of here. 3 to 4 feet, $2.00 each. 
Chionanthus virginicus — White Fringetree. 
Shrublike tree, very lovely. Dark green glossy 
foliage, quantities of snow-white, fringy blossoms 
in spring. Fragrant. 18 to 24 inches, $1.50 each. 
Cornus florida — Flowering Dogwood. 
Showy white, propeller-shaped flowers 3 to 3% 
inches across before the leaves in spring; red 
berries in fall. Leaves dark green all summer, 
turning red in fall. Makes an interesting silhouette 
me. About 25 feet high. 2 to 3 feet, $4.00 
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C. florida rubra — Pink- flowering Dogwood. 
Similar to above but with handsome pink flowers. 
2 to 3 feet $5.00 each. 
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™ Dolgo Crab. 25 feet. Single white flowers. 
BIRCH TREES 
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis — Moraine Locust. 
hort. var. Moraine. Plant Patent 836. New tree 
sensation. Round-headed when young, but tall 
and vase shaped when older. Rapid grower; 
clean—no seedpods or thorns. Hardy and thrives 
under city conditions in any soil. Insect and 
disease resistant. 6 to 7 foot whips $5.50 each. 
Malus — Flowering Crabapples. 
Hardy, picturesque, rugged small trees unsur- 
passed for ornamental planting as specimens and 
for variation in height of shrub borders. All 
varieties are covered with flowers in spring and 
most have colorful little apples in fall, some large 
enough for culinary use. Called ‘‘Crabs”’ for short. 
Bechtel Double-flowering Crab. 15 feet. Often 
called a ‘‘rose tree’? because its delicate pink, 
double flowers not only look like small hybrid tea 
roses but they also have the tea rose fragrance. 
3 to 4 foot trees, $3.00 each. 
: Juicy 
red fruits make delicious, ruby-red jelly. 3 to 4 
foot trees, $2.00 each. 
