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TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 



ful planting has been practiced over a considerable part 

 of the country. 



The Beech has many qualities which commend it for 

 highway planting. It is a tree of rugged growth, with 



dense foliage of surpassing 

 beauty, and lends genuine 

 charm to the roadside land- 

 scape. Its one drawback, a 

 minor one, is that its smooth 

 white bark is a perennial in- 

 vitation to the carving of 

 initials. The beech is wide- 

 spreading as to limbs, round- 

 topped and symmetrical. Its 

 native field is for the most 

 part in the north, but it also grows to large size alongside 

 the Magnolias of southwest Georgia and other South- 

 ern states. 



The same graceful dignity which makes this tree so 

 highly prized in parks and on private estates makes it a 

 favorite for roadside purposes as well. It stands a good 

 deal of shade, but requires rich, cool and fairly moist soil; 

 it should never be planted in soil which is dry or gravelly. 

 It will thrive in soil some- 

 what too wet for the Black 

 Walnut, Shagbark Hickory, 

 or Pecan, but must not be 

 planted in soil where the 

 moisture is excessive, as in 

 swamp lands. 



The Chestnut has many 

 points of value, but the rav- 

 ages of the deadly blight ren- 

 der its use hazardous in 



