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TREES SHRUBS AND PLANTS 



It is adaptable to almost any soil, hardy and little subject to serious 

 insects or diseases. It is one of the first maples to come into foliage in the 

 spring and the last to drop its leaves in the fall although the foliage does 

 not take on such brilliant color effects as the sugar and red maples. The 

 red leaved variety of the Norway maple is an especially attractive 

 tree when properly located on the home grounds. The common red maple 

 thrives best on a moist soil and is sometimes used as a street tree although 

 proving more suitable for lawn planting. In the fall, the coloring of the 

 foliage is brilliant and in the spring its blossoms make a very attractive 

 early spring effect. The sugar maple is the most widely known and one 

 of the best of all the maples. It is a larger tree than the Norway maple 

 although in many other respects so much like it that the two are often 

 hard to distinguish. It thrives in cool situations and does not do as well 

 under adverse soil conditions as the Norway maple. Its foliage becomes 

 brilliantly colored in the fall, varying from yellow to scarlet. The ash 

 leaved maple or box elder is frequently planted as a lawn tree and it accom- 

 modates itself well to adverse conditions. Like the silver maple, it is a 

 short lived tree and not recommended for general planting. 



Beech. The beech makes one of the most attractive and beautiful 

 lawn trees. It requires a rich well-drained soil and grows rather slowly. 

 The tree branches too low to produce a desirable street tree and the crown 

 develops such dense foliage as to cast a heavy shade. During the winter, 

 the light gray tint of the bark produces an excellent landscape effect 

 while in the summer the silvery effect of the foliage is very beautiful. 

 The American beech is largely used in this country although there are many 

 ornamental forms of the European species such as the purple-leaved, cut- 

 leaved and drooping beeches that are also popular. In planting upon the 

 lawn, it is well to place these trees well away from the buildings or any 

 spot where sunlight is desired either in winter or summer. 



There are many other desirable 

 kinds of deciduous trees that are 

 all valuable under special condi- 

 tions. Where quick temporary 

 effects are desired the poplars are 

 favorite trees while the attractive 

 and graceful white birches, the 

 golden willows, the stately syca- 

 mores or that much over planted 

 catalpa, may sometimes find an 

 appropriate setting in the home 

 planting. 



Evergreens 



There are few home grounds 

 where a few ever- greens can- 

 not be advantageously used 

 for producing permanent 

 screens, wind breaks, shelterbelts 

 or hedges. They are very valuable 

 if planted sparingly about the 

 lawn as they contrast well with 

 the deciduous trees and enliven 



The Norway spruce (Picea excelsd) is one 

 of the best evergreens for lawn planting 



the 'landscape effects during the 



