This tree was chosen for several reasons. Being planted 
within the limits of the Local Flora Section, or Native Wild 
Flower Garden, it must be a species growing without cultivation 
within 100 miles of Brooklyn. ‘The sweet-gum occurs from 
Connecticut and Southern New York to Florida and Guatemala 
and westward as far as Illinois and Missouri. Being the only 
native species of the genus within our range, it may appropriately 
stand in this location, apart from other trees. Full grown speci- 
mens attain a height of 125 feet or more. It blossoms in April 
or May, casts abundant shade, favorable to the species of shrubs 
planted nearby, and owing to the brilliant fall color of its leaves, 



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it is an object of especial beauty in the autumn. 
the witch-hazel family, of the order Rosales. 
It belongs to 
