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more free from obnoxious insects than 

 almost any other species of tree. The 

 color is pleasant to the eye, and as 

 autumn chilliness changes the foliage 

 to the beautiful crimson and gold and 

 their harmonious blending with the 

 green, it presents that perfect appear- 

 ance and harmony so agreeable to the 

 eye. 



The criticism of numerous careless 

 persons is that it grows too slowly. 

 This is not the case. Give the hard 

 maples good treatment in taking 

 them up from the woods or nursery, 

 and in planting, together with subse- 

 quent cultivation or mulching, and they 

 will not disappoint the planter by grow- 

 ing slowly. 



. Besides, some of the quick growing 

 trees, as cottonw^ood and soft swamp 

 maple, are short lived, while the hard 

 maples are good for a century. 



The branches are tough, strong and 

 do not break easily vv^ith the storms if 

 grow^n naturally w^ith sufficient space 

 for proper development. 



The root system of the hard maples 

 is entirely different from that of the 

 Cottonw^ood and soft maple, being 

 heavy and hard as the wood of the 

 trunk, and they do not penetrate sewers 

 as the other trees mentioned. 



THE NORWAY MAPLE. (Acer Platanoides) 



The Norway Maple from Europe is a 

 faster grow^ing tree, has a round head, 

 w^ith quite handsome foliage. 



This belongs to the hard maple class, 

 and succeeds almost everywhere in 

 northern and middle states. 



\t is among the freest from insect and 

 fungoid enemies and is a favorite of all 

 the foremost designers of public and 

 private grounds. 



The Sycamore Maple, (Acer Pseudo- 

 platanus) also from Europe, is a large 

 spreading tree of excellent form, good 

 habit, beautiful foliage and is suited for 

 all park and street planting v/here the 

 hard Maples succeed. 



It is not so common in the west as 

 the two former varieties, yet none the 

 less w^orthy of extensive planting. 



In the sw^amps of Nevv^ England and 

 marshy lands of the middle States ex- 

 tending to the Gulf of Mexico, there 

 are found growing one or the other of 

 the two sw^amp maples, the silver 

 maple mentioned elsewhere and the 

 better tree, Red Maple, (Acer rubrum.) 



This is a rapid growing tree, not so 

 easily damaged by w^ind as the silver 

 maple, has a round head and makes 

 good shade. The tree is not long lived, 

 but is preferable to (A. dasycarpum) 

 and may w^ell be used for planting in- 

 termediate between other trees. 



The seeds of the svs^amp maples, 

 ripen in Spring and should be planted 

 immediately as they fall. 



The Hard Maples ripen their seed in 

 Autumn. 



There are several other varieties 

 and variations, sold by nurserymen but 

 it is not necessary to extend our list. 



Our lllustlTatlons. editor for the special purpose of arous- 



ing an increased interest in civic im- 



The large number of views of trees provement and in beautifying the 



and avenues in various cities, are from avenues and parks of our towns and 



original photographs taken by the cities. 



