38 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1893. 



In plantiug the Elm it should be given ample space. It should have 

 room in accordance with its strength, as no other tree will thrive near 

 it. The leaf or foliage is not equal to the foliage of other ornamental 

 trees, either in form or in color. The English and Scotch Elms thrive 

 hereabout, the foliage is thicker and heavier, and the trees are more 

 compact but not as graceful and pleasing as the native Elms of New 

 England. 



The Maples are strong competitors with the Elms in streets, parks, 

 and private grounds, and are general favorites. Several sorts are 

 indigenous to Massachusetts. The red, Acer Mubrum, the rock, Acer 

 Sacchnrinnm, the white, Acer Dasycarpum, and the striped bark, or 

 Acer Pen7isylvanicum, and I occasionally find trees that appear to be 

 sports and unnamed. Maples, both indigenous and foreign, comprise 

 upwards of sixty varieties, and new acquisitions are brought out 

 every season. There is no family of trees that have greater variety 

 of form and foliage, with all shades of coloring, and no family in 

 their variety more conspicuous, either single or in groups, when well 

 planted or cared for, in any grounds. 



The Oak, Quercus, comprises the largest family of the native trees, 

 and perhaps the longest lived. It would be impossible to describe 

 each species, or even designate them by name, if I knew them, and 

 while they comprise the most sturdy trees and live to the greatest age, 

 while all are very beautiful in leaf and acorn, nevertheless they have 

 not, as yet, been largely artificially planted in this country ; but those 

 who have the fortitude to plant the Oak, or even to protect them from 

 the axe, are well repaid. For is there anything in Nature more noble 

 than the gigantic Oak? the enduring qualities as well as the great 

 beauty and variety of leaf rendering each sort objects of great 

 interest. 



The Oaks root deeply into the ground, therefore are difficult of 

 transplanting unless nursery grown, or taken from the woods when 

 small. The White Oak, Scarlet Oak, Red Oak, Yellow Oak, Chest- 

 nut Oak, are all natives of this county. Then we have many foreign 

 sorts that are very interesting in their habit of growth, with curiously 

 cut foliage ; as a family they deserve to be more extensively planted. 



The Beeches, Fagus, are among the most valuable trees for all 

 places, and in their variety differ in a marked degree from other trees. 

 A peculiar feature of the Beech family is the tendency to retain its 

 foliage during the winter, and although browned by frost, or green, 

 this renders the tree picturesque the year round. The White Beech, in- 

 digenous here, thrives better farther north. The branches extend in a 



