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ARBORICULTURE 



The Pecan Makes an Excellent Shade Tree For Our Southern Cities. 



The Hickory As A Shade Tree. 



The Hickory is a broadly disseminated 

 tree, varying from the North Temperate 

 regions all the way to the Tropics. 

 There are some eight well known vari- 

 eties in the United States, and many 

 more southward. In the North, the 

 trees grow^ slow^ly and are never plant- 

 ed for shade, but in the warmer cli- 

 mates, the growth is more rapid. 



We picture a fine Pecan tree, Avhich 

 is of the hickory family, Gary Olivae- 

 formis. The Pecan grow^s to perfection 

 in Texas and the Gulf States, and 



makes a fairly quick growth. It is used 

 for shade in private grounds through- 

 out the South. 



In consideration of the very high val- 

 ue of choice pecan nuts and their de- 

 mand in all the markets of the w^orld, 

 and in addition, the fact that the pecan 

 makes an excellent shade tree, it 

 v/ould seem desirable and appropriate 

 that the trees be planted upon the 

 streets of more southern cities. 



There are now^ many nurseries w^here 

 pecan trees bearing the improved large 

 paper shell nuts, may be purchased and 

 even the ordinary seedlings will answer 



