NUT TREES IN LANDSCAPE WORK 



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THE DISTINCTIVE BLOSSOM OF THE 

 HORSE CHESTNUT 



planting enough 

 trees so that 

 there would be 

 more nuts than 

 the boy would 

 want, or by im- 

 proving the 

 manners of the 

 boy. Third. The 

 trees are often 

 attacked by great 

 numbers of 

 caterpillars. This 

 objection can 

 usually be obvi- 

 ated by spraying 

 or destroying the 

 pests in other 

 ways. 

 What has been said about the black walnut would apply 

 in many ways to the butternut, its nearest relative. But- 

 ternuts have a range extending farther north and they 

 are more subject to disease than the black walnuts. Like 

 the walnut, their leaves come out late and drop early. 

 They are subject to the attacks of boys. When healthy 

 they are attractive in appearance and deserve to be 

 planted in most places where trees are used for landscape 

 effect, but in the list suggested they would come below 

 the black walnut. 



There is a time in the year when the shag bark hickory, 

 which produces such sweet nuts would be more attractive 

 than any neighboring tree. It is when the big buds 

 swell and send out yellowish-green leaves surrounded by 

 large red bracts. At this time they are as showy and 

 beautiful as any flower. The bracts soon fall, but the 

 leaves turn a rich green and are attractive until early 

 fall, when they are sometimes yellow, and sometimes 



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drop without any marked coloring. The trunk of this 

 hickory is unique in appearance as the bark separates 

 from the tree in long plate-like strips which hang on at 

 one end and give the scraggly appearance from which the 

 tree derives its name. All of the hickories are attractive 

 in appearance, but some of them drop their leaves early.- 

 The hickories are difficult to transplant but this is nothing 

 against the beauty of the tree. An established tree is 

 more valuable on this account. In some places hickories 

 are quite subject to disease or to the attacks of borers. 



DELIGHTFUL LANDSCAPE EFFECT SECURED THROUGH USE OF PEPPER TREES ALONG 

 THE CURBING OF A STREET IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 



A CHESTNUT, HEAVY WITH FRUIT. SUCH A TREE IS A 

 COMMANDING FIGURE IN ANY LANDSCAPE 



Like the walnuts, hickories which produce edible nuts 

 are subject to the attacks of boys, but, on account of the 

 toughness of the wood and the roughness of the bark, 

 they are usually quite well able to withstand these attacks. 

 Hickories are suitable for use in all landscape work so 

 far as their appearance is concerned. The fact that they 

 are not so used is due to the difficulty of transplanting 

 them. In the fall when a maple 

 tree has colored up beautifully 

 and a hickory near it has drop- 

 ped its leaves, we are apt to com- 

 pare the two unfavorably to the 

 latter, but we should remember 

 the appearance in summer and 

 especially when the leaves first 

 unfold. Hickory trees are beau- 

 tiful also when the leaves are 

 off, their branches making beau- 

 tiful etchings against the sky in 

 winter. The pecan, which is the 

 largest of all the hickories, is an 

 exception to the general rule be- 

 cause it is planted quite exten- 

 sively, especially in the South. 

 It is a beautiful tree and where 

 it is hardy there is no reason 

 why it should not, be used as a 

 street tree, a tree in home 

 grounds, in parks, or any other 



