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3. Silver Maple. Ref. 5, pp. 73-77- 



Ref. 6, pp. 371-372. 

 Ref. 11, pp.19-22. 



Conclusion: The Silver Maple is attractive when young. 

 It is symmetrical in outline. Its finely cut leaves hang on such 

 long and slender stems that they sway with the breeze, showing 

 the whiteness of their under surface. In the fall the leaves are 

 a pale or brilliant yellow and scarlet. It grows so rapidly and 

 easily that it is often spoken of as a lazy man's tree. In some 

 communities it is bothered by the tussock moth, bag worm, 

 cottony maple scale, and leopard moth, but in this community 

 it escapes any great damage from insects. 



On the other hand the wood of the maple is brittle and weak. 

 The branches shoot out at an angle that makes it impossible for 

 them to sustain their own weight when large. The breaking of 

 the limbs cause work, and worst of all the rough ends decay 

 earning disease to the heart of the tree. 



4. Sugar Maple Ref. 5, pp. 66-72. 



Ref. 6, pp. 374. 



Ref. 11, pp. 16-18. 

 Conclusion: The hard or sugar maple furnishes shade slowly. 

 But it is a clean, hardy, and erect tree. It grows well in the shade 

 and so prospers in the midst of the more rapidly growing trees. 

 In this community it is practically free from insect pests. It is 

 in other words a tree to be depended upon. Added to these 

 qualities it is attractive. When young its full leafy head is often 

 a pure oval. The foliage is always dense, and in the fall it glows 

 in yellow, orange, and red. 



5. Locust Ref. 5 pp. 97-102. 



Ref. 6, pp. 339-341- 

 Ref. 11, pp. 56-58. 

 Conclusion : As a shade tree the locust has little to commend it, 

 except its rapid growth, beautiful flowers, and in early spring its 

 attractive foliage. It is angular in form, its branches are brittle, 

 its foliage short lived, and its pods persistent. Many of the locusts 

 of this community are killed by the locust borer. It is no uncom- 

 mon thing to find the locusts partly dead. 



6. Linden Ref. 5, pp. 26-30. 



Ref. 6, pp. 394-396. 

 Ref. 11, pp. 34-36- 



