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ARBORICULTURE 



Red Oak, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 Colorado State Forestry Association. 



Denver, October 7. 1907. 



It seems to me our village ought to 

 plant something better than Cotton-' 

 wood. Box Elder or Carolina Poplar, 

 and that the cities should rise above 

 soft maples. 



It is hard to find better shade trees 

 than the Elms and hard maples. The 

 New England type of white elm is a 

 beautiful tree, and w^hile the sugar 



or rock maple is a most charming shade 

 tree, I am especially partial toward the 

 Norway. One of the handsomest is a 

 form of the sycamore maple, the large 

 leaf so beautifully purple underneath. 



Why so many people persist in 

 planting cheap shoddy trees w^hen 

 there are such beautiful types to select 

 from, is something I can't quite under- 

 stand. W. G. M. Stone. 



