, 7 o Dectfmous Grees. 



maple will also do well in poor and stony soil. The maples 

 are the most useful and ornamental of our deciduous trees. 

 Box Elder, Negundo fraxinifoUnm. — This is a moder- 

 ately large tree with pinnate leaves and roundish crowns. 

 It is an ornamental and valuable tree for avenues. The 

 silver-leaved variety — with white margined leaves — forms 

 an exceedingly fine lawn tree. 



THE WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY. 



Sweet Gum, TAquidamhmr styraciflua. — The foliage of 

 this beautiful tree is five-lobed like that of the maples, but 

 the texture is firmer and the lobes more acute. The habit 

 is regular," broadly pyramidal in outline. Beautiful in sum- 

 mer with dark glossy leaves, changing into a deep crimson 

 in autumn. It is common on moist ground and in old fields 

 in moderately good soil. One of our best ornamental trees, 

 fine for specimens on the lawn when young. 



THE DOGWOOD FAMILY. 



Pepperidge, JVyssa multifont. — A small tree of irregular 

 habit, twisted branches and horizontal sprays. This is a 

 very elegant and picturesque tree with fine glossy leaves in 

 summer and bright crimson autumn tints. It grows well 

 in any light and open soil, in the outskirts of woods 

 and frequently in old fields. Deserves to be used abun- 

 dantly in landscape-gardening. 



THE EBONY FAMILY. 



Persimmon, Diospyrm Virginica. — A common tree of 

 the South and Middle States with ovate leaves of a firm 



