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GARDEN GUIDE 



Trees for Shade and Shelter Upon the Lawn 



The trees each of us would choose for our lawn decoration would 

 most probably be those for which we have a personal liking. From 

 childhood, we reverence a certain type of tree either because of fruits 

 it bears, its shape or its Fall colors. Nothing compares with the 



American Elm for 

 res tful beauty ; es- 

 pecially so are the 

 forms which are vase- 

 shaped and with foli- 

 age to the soil. The 

 Tulip tree makes a 

 strong appeal; the fo- 

 liage is glossy bright 

 green above and pale 

 below, and the tight 

 bark of older trees is 

 beautiful. What is 

 more effective than a 

 huge Red or Black 

 Oak with its strong 

 and often crooked 

 branches, which so 

 often grow out at 

 right angles to the 

 trunk? Such a tree 

 is in mind which 

 takes up as much 

 room as the httle 

 Dutch house beneath 

 it. Specimen Beeches, 

 which are branched to the soil, though usually very formal in shape, 

 are yet graceful. All persons progressive enough to read garden books, 

 of course, would never spoil the beauty of the lawn trees by removing 

 the lower limbs. This especially applies to the Beech. It is peculiar, 

 but many persons have not realized that if they prune off the limbs of a 

 young tree it is very difficult ever to get new branches to start out 

 from below again. The white Birch is graceful and dainty, but it is 

 being attacked by a borer to such an extent that it is best not to 

 advise planting it. To this brief list might be added a host of others 

 according to personal preference. 



Besides the larger trees, there are a great number of very useful 



The Oriental Plane. Platanus orientalis 



Much used in street planting and best employed where th 

 houses stand 60 to SO feet apart across the street 



