544 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 

 GOOD TREES FOR SHADE AND ORNAMENTS AROUND THE HOME. 



Purple-leaved Norway Maple. — Produces handsome purple leaves in spring and 

 summer. 



Wier's Cut-leaved Silver Maple. — A very beautiful weeping tree. 



Western or Japanese Catalpa. — Big handsome leaves, and attractive flowers. 



Oucumher Tree. — Big broad leaves, and curious fruit. 



Kentucky Coifee Tree. — A rugged looking tree with beautiful leaves. 



American Larch, or TamaracJc. — Graceful and attractive, pleasing green colour. 



Rowan Tree, or Mountain Ash. — Noted for its handsome fruit and pretty leaves. 



Laurel-leaved Willow. — A handsome tree with glossy leaves. 



GOOD TREES FOR SHELTER BELTS. 



Norway Spruce. — A rapid growing tree. • 



White Spruce. — Makes a veiy compact tree. 



Austrian Pine. — A sturdy compact tree. 



Scotch Pine. — Makes rapid growth. 



Laurel-leaved Willow. — A large bushy-like tree, dense foliage. 



Carolina Poplar or Cottonwood. — The most rapid growing tree of all. 



Manitoba Maple. — Rapid growing, the lower limbs extending to the ground. 



Caragana arhorescens. — A small tree or shrub, but very hardy, with tough branches. 



SOME GOOD EVERGREEN TREES FOR PLANTING AS INDIVIDUAL SPECIMENS. 



Wliite Spruce. — Several planted together make handsome groups. 

 Norway /Spruce.— Individual trees with their di-ooping branches are A'ery effective. 

 RocJcy Mountain Blue Spruce. — Koster's blue spruce is the best. This tree, at 

 all stages of its growth, is wonderfully attractive and striking. 



Pyramidal Arhor-Vitce or Cedar.- — Without pruning it grows to a tall pyramidal 

 or column-like tree. 



Douglas' Golden Arhor-Vitas or Cedar. — This variety is attractive because of its 

 colour, bright green tipped with gold. 



Globe Shaped Arbor-Vita^ — Its natural shape is globular, produces a good efl'ect 

 when grown in a right setting. 



TREES NOT RECOMMENDED, ALTHOUGH OFTEN PLANTED. 



Horse Chestnut. — Subject of late years to a fungous disease. 



Cut-leaved White Birch. — A beautiful tree, but subject to the attacks of a borer, 

 treucrully proves fatal. 



Silver Maple. — Subject to severe damage from wind, owing to its soft, brittle 

 wood. 



Black or Yellow Locust. — Subject to the attacks of a borer, which proves fatal. 



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