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and the shade perfect. Better yet, it is the great bee 

 tree of the world. 



I have advocated the planting of basswood along 

 our streets and everywhere else in order to increase 

 honey production and the wealth of the people. 

 This linden could easily displace the maple as the 

 maple is commonly grown (a haggard, diseased, 

 worm-eaten affair, giving poor shade and suggestive 

 only of decay). If rightly grown, the sugar maple 

 should surely have its place with the four that I have 

 selected, only it is not often rightly grown. 



I am sure that some of my readers will call me to 

 account for not naming the white elm, and really, if 

 conditions are just right, I would name it specifically 

 and in the front rank. It is a wonderful tree, only 

 remember that it takes a long while to make a really 

 useful lawn tree of the white elm. If you plant it, 

 be sure that it has most abundant room and that it 

 stands where its shade will not be needed for ten or 

 fifteen years. 



The white ash also has some strong claims on us, 

 but mainly for street planting. It heals over wounds 

 easily and will remain in fine condition for shade for 

 at least one hundred years. If you plant the maple, 

 let it be trimmed up just about as high at planting 

 as it will ever need to be when full grown. I have 

 already told you why this should be done. The 

 country is full of maple trees, and hardly a sound 

 one among them. 



Plant English trees for late autumn. The Eng- 



