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shelter, but have not the value or the beauty of the trees 

 first named. For a street shade tree, nothing is equal to 

 the noble hard maple. Many evergreens do well ; the best 

 are balsam fir, white pine, Norway and white spruce. 

 Those planting evergreens for shelter as well as beauty 

 cannot afford to dispense with those named. For orna- 

 mental hedges or single specimens, when sheared, nothing 

 equals American arbor vitae. Among fruit trees I know 

 of no cherries or pears I can recommend ; the De Soto 

 plum is a success and should be more extensively planted. 

 The Russian apples are well adapted to this climate, and 

 the Duchess is already recognized by most nurseries, many 

 of which charge a special price for it. 



TREES FOR MISSOURI PLANTING. 

 BY CHAKLES PATTERSON, KIBKSVILLE, Mo. 



As to desirable varieties for planting in school-house 

 grounds, door-yards, or on roadsides, I can hardly go 

 amiss among native forest trees, and have little induce- 

 ment to seek further. The different varieties of ash, 

 sugar and Norway maples, cannot be excelled in compact- 

 ness, beauty, and resistance to winds and sleet, while the 

 more straggling growth of soft maple, elm, and box-elder, 

 could easily be made nearly equally resistant by timely 

 cutting back. Linden and birch of all kinds would be 



