TREES 



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deep swamps and bogs and prefers northern exposure; 

 grows rapidly; this must always be transplanted in very 

 early spring only, before the growth has shown any signs 

 of starting; always plant in groups of not less than four or 

 five; the earliest of all trees to put forth leaves; does not 

 cast a dense shade, as the needle-like leaves do not offer 

 sufficient obstruction to the sun. 



FOR ROCKY LAND 



i Quercus coccinea: scarlet oak; seventy to eighty feet high; 

 leaves delicate, bright and glossy ; the autumn color of this 

 tree is a particularly bright scarlet. 



2 Quercus Prinus: chestnut or rock chestnut oak; sixty to 

 seventy feet or more, with a large sturdy trunk excepting 

 in very exposed high and dry places, where it may not 

 reach more than thirty feet; leaves shaped like chestnut 

 leaves. 



3 Prunus Pennsylvania: bird, pin, or wild red cherry; thirty 

 to forty feet high unless growing under most adverse condi- 

 tions, when it may be less ; has reddish-brown, satiny bark ; 

 white flowers ; blossoms as the leaves come ; bright in effect, 

 with foliage full of light. 



4 Betula lutea: yellow or gray birch; sixty to ninety feet high; 

 in northern sections, less than this in the south; bark satiny 

 and giving the impression of a tone of silvery-gray overlaying 

 a warm yellow; the bark and branches are faintly aromatic; 

 the tree is one of the largest deciduous-leaved trees in eastern 

 North America, as it grows in the wild state. 



