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ARBORICULTURE 



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Sweet Gum, Eden Park, Cincinnati 



Sweet Gum. 



(Liquidambar Styraciflua.) 



From the swamps of Louisiana and 



the rolling hills of Alabama northward, 



covering the Mountains of Tennessee, 



over the flat wet lands of Illinois and 



Indiana, the Sw^eet Gum has an extens- 

 ive range of climate, soil and environ- 

 ments. 



This is a very beautiful tree with 

 clean foliage, seldom attacked by in' 

 sects. Its star shaped leaves of bright 



