Trees for Town and City Streets. 



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The Norway maple is round headed and eventually reaches large 

 size, but, as compared with most of the other maples, it is slow grow- 

 ing (fig. 11, C). The persistence of its tendency to form a low head 

 makes it difficult to give it a high head of desirable shape (fig. 15). 



FIG. 14. Magnolia, or evergreen magnolia. A good street tree where an evergreen 



is permissible. 



It is also very thickly branched, and its foliage, being heavy and dark 

 green, permits little light to pass through. On this account it is 

 rather undesirable for street planting. By severe pruning of the 

 interior of the head this defect may be somewhat overcome. The 

 tree is practically free from disease and insects, with the exception of 



