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have each their special charm. The hard maples for the value of their 
wood, sugar and the sturdy shapely growth. The soft maples for the 
gracefulness of their growth and the pleasing and lovely tints that glorify 
the autumn season—all make the maple family like what Shakespeare 
says of Cleopatra, ‘‘Age cannot wither them nor custom stale their infinite 
variety.” 
The hickory is a lovely tree and of a picturesque habit in growth 
with strong foliage and shaggy grey bark—though occurring frequently 
in our woods, should appear in our parks more frequently than we see 
them. 
Our two most common oaks are the red and white. The red being 
the most common as the wood not being so valuable as the white is allowed 
to grow more commonly. The bark is dark grey and close while its 
branches have that robust look denoting strength and sturdiness. The 
Searlet Horse Chestnut. 
foliage is very ornamental and is in marked contrast by its acute dentation 
to the rounded lobes of the white oak leaves. The bark of the white oak 
is deeply serrated or reticulated, and light greyin colour. Both are light 
loving trees and thrive in poor dry soils. Their foliage presents most 
pleasing tints when changing in the autumn of olive, purple, crimson and 
scarlet and from their habit of retaining their leaves during winter, enliven 
many a dreary winter landscape by their browned foliage. 
No more noble tree is grown than the beech, but its spreading ample 
