NATIVE TREES 



varieties. Populus nigra italica, or Lombardy 

 Poplar, is statuesque, and can be used with 

 round-headed trees to diversify and accentuate 

 the sky-line. They also make effective screens, 

 and may be used to define the limits of a yard 

 by planting them along the fences. Thus there 

 will be the effect of trees without the shade of 

 the spreading varieties. Populus tremuloides — 

 Quaking Aspen — Populus grandidentata — Large- 

 Toothed Aspen — which are so common and so 

 available, may be planted for screens, and by 

 keeping them trimmed there will always be a 

 young growth, which will conceal the branches. 



One of our most beautiful native trees is the 

 Liriodendron tuUpi^era — Tulip-Tree — White or 

 Yellow Poplar, as it is often incorrectly called. 

 It belongs to the Magnolia Family, but has an 

 individual beauty of its own. Its leaves, unusual 

 in shape, and the large, brilliant, greenish-yellow 

 flowers, with a dash of orange on each petal, 

 strongly resembling a tulip, make it the perfec- 

 tion of symmetry and form. 



The Oak is the most magnificent of the for- 

 est-trees. It is a king among trees, as the lion is 

 king among beasts and the eagle among birds. 

 It is the emblem of grandeur, strength, and dura- 

 tion. Its growth is slow, but the result repays 

 for the waiting. Quercus alha — White Oak — has 

 a magnificent, light, yellow-green foliage, and 



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