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fifty feet high. They are magnificent specimens, and when in 

 flower will well repaj^ any one for the time taken to see them. In 

 an editorial in the " Horticulturist" for 1853, the writer says of 

 this and the Magnolia acuminata, that " the whole world does not 

 produce two deciduous trees that surpass them in stateliness and 

 symmetry of form, in ample foliage and superb flowers. But 

 unfortunately both are most difficult to transplant, and especially 

 so at that age and size necessary for a street tree ; and neither of 

 them, on this account, can ever be so emplo3^ed to a considerable 

 extent." For my own use I should choose from sugar or rock 

 maple, red or scarlet maple, and the American or English elm. 



As you have already noticed, I have said but little aside from 

 what trees are best adapted for shade on our streets. I hope 

 some gentlemen will give us their experience on subjects akin to 

 this ; such as how we shall ornament our gardens, and what is 

 adapted for small places, the best kinds of shrubs, and man}^ other 

 subjects, which, in connection \nt\i. this, naturally suggest them- 

 selves to our minds, and may we not hope that, as there are so 

 many that have practical experience in this branch of horticulture, 

 they will kindly grant us a leaf out of their book, and in so doing 

 give us the information we all need. 



Benjamin P. Ware hoped to hear the sycamore leaved maple 

 {^Acer Fseudo-Platanus) recommended by Mr. Barker. He had 

 found it a rapid grower, making a fine symmetrical head, and 

 valuable as a shade tree. 



Mr. Barker replied that it did not succeed with him (at Pine 

 Grove Cemetery, Lynn). Though it grows well during summer, 

 the new growth is killed by the winter. 



Mr. Ware said that he had planted it on the sea-shore, and that 

 it had grown finely there, and never winter-killed. He first 

 planted two specimens, which did so v/ell that he ordered several 

 dozen more, which promise to thrive equally well. He also 

 thought highly of the Norway maple for similar situations, for its 

 vigor, hardiness, compact head, holding the leaves late in autumn, 

 and ease of transplanting. 



E. W. Buswell planted two sycamore leaved maples twenty 

 years ago in a poor, gravelly soil. They grew with sufficient 

 vigor, and were but slightly injured by the winter. 



W. C. Strong had found the sycamore leaved maple apt to be 



