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widely used. In the prairie provinces 

 the choice is restricted to the Manitoba 

 maple. No other species has been 

 found sufficiently hardy for general 

 planting there. British Columbia, 

 particularly in the coast region, is 

 more fortunate, for there, all our east- 

 ern maples, in addition to that splendid 

 native one, the large-leaf maple, may 

 be grown. 



The Hard or Sugar Maple 



For our eastern towns and cities the 

 hard or sugar maple is one of our best 

 trees. It is an ornament to any street, 

 erect, compact and symmetrical in 

 habit. When young it is oval shaped, 

 but as it gets older the crown spreads 

 out into a broad rounded dome. The 

 branches divide into many twigs, which 

 form a fine network against the sky, so 

 that the beauty of the tree is not lost 

 even in the winter when bare of foli- 

 age. The brilliant autumn foliage of 

 the sugar maple, with its shades of 

 yellow, orange and red, is unsurpass- 

 ed by any other tree. Unfortunately 

 in most of our streets this tree is not 

 given sufficient room for the free de- 

 velopment. They should be spaced at 

 least forty feet apart, so that when 

 mature the full beauty of their form 

 and foliage may be seen. 



The Red Maple. 



The red maple is also a good street 

 tree, and when once established, its 

 growth is somewhat faster than that 

 of the sugar maple, especially if the 

 soil is rather moist. Tt is well adapted 

 to narrow streets, but should not be 

 planted too close together. Thirty- 

 five to forty feet should be allowed be- 

 tween trees. The summer foliage of 

 the red maple is of a lighter green than 

 that (if the sugar majde, and though it 

 looks well at all times, it is when deck- 

 ed ill its scarlet colours in the early 

 autunni that it a])])ears at its best. The 

 red maple is one of the first trees to 

 show its colour in the fall. 



The White or Silver Maple. 

 The wdiite or siUer maple does ni^t 

 make so good a street tree as either the 

 sugar or red maple. It lias a I)eautiful 

 form with wide spreading limbs, droop- 

 ing at the ends, but one of its chief dis- 



is the brittleness of its 

 branches, which are broken bv every 

 heavy storm and mar its appearance 

 It makes rapid groAvth. and for this 

 reason has been largely planted. 

 The Manitoba Maple. 

 The Manitoba maple also makes very 

 rapid growth. It has been planted 

 throughout Eastern Canada bv well- 

 meanmg citizens. It is, how^ever. not 

 the best tree to choose, where the sugar 

 or red maples may be grown. Of "all 

 our street maples it has the most irre- 

 gular form, and constant trimminp- is 

 required to keep the tree in good 

 shape. None of our maples are more 

 hardy, however, and it is, therefore an 

 excellent tree for the prairie provinces 

 and those parts of the countrv with 

 severe winters. 



The Large-leaved Maple 

 _ For the southern coast region of Bri- 

 tish CoIuml)ia there is no better shade 

 tree than the native large-leaved 

 maple. This tree has been well nam- 

 ed for Its leaves, from 7 to 14 inches 

 wide, with stems 6 to t2 inches long 

 are the largest of all our maples' 

 There is no finer sight than the mass- 

 ive dark green crown of this tree Avhen 

 It has been permitted to develop to it^ 

 full size. 



The Norvi^ay Maple. 



The Norway maple is the best of the 

 two imported soecies commonlv plant- 

 ed in Eastern Canada. It is hardv and 

 seems to withstand citv conditions 

 even better than our n.itive species. It 

 is an exceedingly attractive tree with 

 Its nnind f(-)rm and rich green foliage. 

 The leaves are somewhat darker a7id 

 lar.ger than those of our sugar manic, 

 which they otherwise closelv resemble. 



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