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OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION: MONTHLY BULLETIN 



Superiority of the elm and the oaks. Of the larger trees suit- 

 able for lawn and street planting, few of the exotic kinds compare 

 in all-round utility and durability with many of the trees native to 

 the forests of Ohio. It is an encouraging sign to note that the 

 planting of distinctively foreign species is giving way to the utili- 

 zation of the finer native kinds. For alluvial lands and all rich soils 

 the American white elm is unrivaled in majesty and grace. A 

 moderately fast grower, the elm lives to a very old age, its beauty 

 increasing from year to year. For street planting the elm is unex- 

 celled where soil conditions are suitable. 



Our oaks are trees of much dignity, are extremely long-lived 

 and are endowed with a landscape value such as few trees possess. 

 For streets and avenues oaks compare very favorably with the elm 

 and can be grown on a greater variety of soils. One of the finest 

 is the red oak, which has been more widely planted in Europe than 

 any other of our oaks and which is probably the most rapid of all 

 the oaks in its rate of growth. The pin oak is an extremely grace- 

 ful oak, native to moist lands, that grows well almost everywhere 

 and makes a perfect specimen for the lawn or formal avenue. One 

 of the finest avenues of trees in this country is the celebrated one 



of pin oaks in Fairmount 

 Park, Philadelphia. 



The bur oak, scarlet 

 oak and white oak are all 

 good trees that are known 

 to succeed in the latitude of 

 Wooster and over the entire 

 State. Less well known but 

 equally choice and desirable 

 are the chestnut oak, the 

 willow oak, from the South, 

 and the shingle oak (Quer- 

 cus imbricaria) , sometimes 

 called the laurel oak, which 

 is one of the richest and 

 handsomest of all oaks in 

 its garb of glossy, dark 

 green leaves. The willow 

 oak, though most abundant 

 in the southern states, has 

 proved to be entirely hardy 

 and satisfactory in Ohio. 



A typical American white elm 



