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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



to its striking fall appearance, in early sprinp it assumes 

 a bright red from the opening flowers and leaves and 

 continues an object of special attraction for nearly or 

 quite three weeks, until the keys or seeds are ripe. It is 

 native to low ground and also close to the ocean, but 

 thrives on high ground. It is distributed over all the 

 eastern half of the United States and is useful except in 

 the semi-arid and sub-tropical parts of the country. 



A worthy companion of the red maple for fall effects 

 is the red oak (Quercus rubra) that forms tall oval- 

 headed symmetrical trees whose dark green foliage grad- 

 ually turns a deep red late in the season. Ordinarily 

 the turning leaves hold on for two or three weeks and 

 their rich dark red makes a magnificent show, especially 

 if contraisted with yellow foliaged trees. If planted with 

 evergreens other and brighter colored trees should be 

 used with them. Their coloring is magnificent, but 

 needs the yellows to give it its true value in the land- 



is the sweet gum {Liquidanibar slyraciftua). The leaves 

 turn a brilliant scarlet with more or less yellow as a 

 sub-color, but giving the impression of a bright scarlet at 

 a little distance. The tree is of medium height with an 

 oval top. It is native from New Jersey southward and 

 up the Mississippi Valley to Southern Indiana, extend- 

 ing well up the sides of the Appalachian Mountains, par- 

 ticularly the more southern portions. These trees are 

 not among the first to be found on the sand islands 

 along the coast like the two preceding species, but they 

 are found in abundance just back of the marshes. They 

 are attractive trees at all seasons with their star-shaped 

 leaves in summer and their brown bark and curious 

 round fruits during part of the winter. In the more 

 northern part of their range they are somewhat difficult 

 to transplant, so that it is probably best to move them 

 only in very early spring. They may be grown quite a 

 little north of the regions where they are growing wild. 



NORWAY M-'ikPLES 



The foliage of Norway maples usually turns a bright yellow before dropping, although sometimes the leaves begin falling from 



the ends of the branches without coloring. 



scape. These trees grow naturally on well drained soils 

 all through the eastern half of the United States, in- 

 cluding the sand islands along the coast, so that they 

 are adapted to general planting except in sub-tropical 

 and semi-arid regions. Under the latter conditions they 

 could be used if some irrigation were possible. They 

 can be used wherever there is sufficient moisture for 

 grass to be grown as the lawn cover. 

 Another of the showy red trees in the fall landscape 



It is a most desirable tree for home ground planting. 



Another desirable tree for brilliant fall color is the 

 sour gum or tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica). This makes a 

 large almost round-headed tree with very dark green 

 foliage in the summer and brilliant red leaves in the au- 

 tumn. Even as early as August there may be a few 

 scattered leaves that change color, giving promise or 

 the brilliancy that is to follow. The tree is common in 

 New England and the northern states and is well dis- 



