Description of Trees 



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them, however, assuming more or less the graceful arching 

 growth. 



It grows to the greatest perfection in a deep, moist, 

 alluvial soil and is very easily transplanted. It is often 

 taken from the swamp or pasture and transplanted to the 

 open lawn or roadside with success, though nursery-grown 



FIG. 89. Fringed Vase Form Am. Elm. (Green.) 



trees if tall and clean with the branches 10 to 12 feet from 

 the ground are more satisfactory. 



It is rather difficult to know what special form a young 

 tree may take, but the seeds from trees of specific form are 

 likely to take the forms of their parents. When young trees 

 are 3 to 4 inches in diameter we can judge, by careful study, 

 pretty nearly what form they will take as they reach maturity. 



In training a young tree a forked growth should be avoided, 



