SOME OTHER TREES 



would celebrate, rather than the fruits. This 

 tree, rather common to shady places in eastern 

 America as far north as New York, is worth 

 much attention, and worth planting for its 

 spreading richness of foliage. The leaves are 

 large, and seem to carry into the cold North 

 a hint of warmth and of luxuriant growth not 

 common, by any means — I know of only 

 one other hardy tree, the cucumber magnolia, 

 with an approaching character. The arrange- 

 ment of these handsome papaw leaves on the 

 branches, too, makes the complete mass of 

 regularly shaped greenery that is the special 

 characteristic of this escape from the tropics ; 

 and, since I have seen the real papaw of the 

 West Indies in full glory, I am more than 

 ever glad for the handsomer tree that belongs 

 to the regions of cold and vigor. 



The form of our papaw, or ^simina triloba 



Flowers of the papaw 

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