SELECTION OF TREES FOR PLANTING 



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chief charm is its beautiful flowers in spring, but this is 

 counteracted by its bareness when it sheds its leaves in 

 early autumn. 



For the country as a whole, no trees can be named as 

 entirely good and none as entirely bad. Even for any par- 

 ticular city or county the same holds, as width of street, 

 character of soil or other consideration may render a tree 

 that in general is excellent for the locality, of little value 

 for the particular purpose. Further, trees that are most 

 undesirable over a large range of country are, many of 

 them, of much value under more severe conditions, such 

 as the Poplars and the Hackberry, which are valuable 

 trees in many parts of the West. 



Here is presented a list of good trees for many sections 

 of the United States and also a list of those that are often 

 mistakenly used. 



Red Oak. The Red 

 Oak comes nearest of any to 

 being the best shade tree 

 for the eastern half of the 

 United States. It is a strong 

 competitor of the Elm in 

 the regions of the latter's 

 best development, as well as 

 of the Sugar Maple where it 

 thrives best, and of the 

 Willow Oak and Live Oak in their special region, but has a 

 much wider range of prime development than any of these. 

 It grows more rapidly than other Oaks and adapts itself to a 

 wide diversity of soil conditions. This species is at home in 

 almost any soil, including locations close to the ocean. Its 

 trunk is straight and strong, its top symmetrically oval or 

 round, and foliage luxurious and turning a bright red with 

 the approach of cold weather, remaining on the tree till late 



