58 THE GOLD MINE 



species of maple is sensitive on being moved north 

 very far. And the red maple, so popular in the east, is 

 worthless in Nebraska. 



The Golden Hop Tree is a success in most of the 

 west. It is a variety of the great hop tree family. 

 These grow wild in the Rockies and in many parts of 

 the United States. They bear great clusters of hops. 

 It is said they will take the place and do the work of 

 the vine hops. They have a strong hop-like odor. The 

 yellow type is fine, only it is somewhat difficult to get 

 the tree up into good shape. It prefers to sprawl and 

 grow bushy. 



Among shrubs we have the golden elder, the yellow 

 spiraea and syringa. IsTature seems to love the gold. 

 Along the foothills and up in the Rockies there is a 

 marvelous prodigality of this color, as if they were hang- 

 ing out the sign to tell of the rich gold fields beneath. 



TKEES OF PUEPLE FOLIAGE. 



The most conspicuous and attractive of them all is 

 Rivers Beach. I secured some choice ones, for which 

 I paid a good price and had them well sheltered. I 

 bought also 500 common beach to bud the purple ones 

 on. These were under a screen of lath. They all got 

 up the worst strike I ever saw. They utterly refused 

 to grow and every one of them died. They joined the 

 great procession of azalias and rhododendrons which 

 had gone on before. 



So you see the need of consulting your nurseryman 

 if you would avoid serious losses. 



