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DECIDUOUS TREES 



"^OR the various beauties and excellent qualities 

 that should pertain to a good tree, the sugar 

 maple should be accorded the distinction of 

 ranking first in the maple family. It grows well, and is 

 long lived, and not difficult to transplant under most 

 conditions, but it must be conceded that it does not 

 succeed in all kinds of soil, not even in some soils in 

 which other trees do well. In the sandy soil of New 

 York and other great cities it does not grow as satis- 

 factorily as, from the general behavior of the tree, we 

 have a right to expect. Up the State, in New York and 

 in New England, and largely throughout the entire North 

 and Middle States, its beauty and thriftiness are remark- 

 able. 



For general usefulness in lawn planting, the Norway 

 maple, although it does not equal the sugar maple in 

 actual beauty and symmetry, is one of the best trees we 

 have. It will thrive in all kinds of soil, and do well in 

 all exposures; is free from disease, attains noble size, 

 presents a great rounded mass of foliage, and affords 

 excellent shade. To see the Norway maple at its best, 

 is to contemplate a specimen that branches so low as to 

 have its twigs and leaves resting on the ground. One of 



