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another of our common trees, with a beauty of color and 

 outline peculiar to itself, and is always an object of inter- 

 est. Of those not so well known as these is the magnolia 

 acuminata or cucumber tree. This is found as a forest 

 tree in the middle states, but is hardy enough to stand 

 any climate up to the north line of Iowa. It is beautiful, 

 its large leaves giving it a semi-tropical appearance. 

 The tulip tree or yellow poplar and the catalpa are both 

 hardy in this latitude, and both have a habit of branch- 

 ing out quite low, so it is necessary to keep the lower 

 branches trimmed off until the desired height is obtained. 



EVERGREENS TO PLANT. Of the evergreens I prefer 

 white pine where a large tree is desired, and where they 

 can be planted far enough apart to grow to perfection. 

 It is a native, and will grow on most any kind of soil not 

 too wet. The white spruce is more compact in growth, 

 has a beautiful silvery appearance, and is the best of the 

 common spruces. It does not, however, grow so fast as 

 the Norway, which is too common to need description. 

 Though not an evergreen, the larch is generally classed 

 with them, or at least with the conifers, which include all 

 evergreens. Nothing is finer than an avenue of larch in 

 summer, perfect in outline, always growing with straight, 

 smooth trunks, the branches just pendulous enough to be 

 graceful, and the foliage of the softest green; it surely 

 should have a place in every collection of trees. The 



