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The style of growth is columnar end the tree is not remarkably disfigured 

 by the removal of the lower branches as is the case for so many conifers. In many 

 ways the tree resembles the Lawson Cypress except that the pendant character of 

 the tips of the branches is a distinctive characteristic. 



The shade is dense and as the tree ie not a very rapid grower it can not be 

 recommended for every situation. This question had best be decided upon the 

 ground. As the tree is very hardy and withstands considerable drought when once 

 established, it may be used through a large range of territory from the north to 

 the south, throughout the state. 



The Japanese Privet. 



This privet (Ligistrum lucidum) is the one chiefly found. At best, it is 

 but a. email tree. The foliage is evergreen; the leaves ere large, oval, and of 

 a dark green color, which is often disfigured as the leaves seem to hold the dust 

 very badly. This fact, and the fact that the large panicles of greenish white 

 flowers turn a dingy reddish-brown on fading, gives the plant a very untidy ap- 

 pearance at certain seasons of the year. The flov:ers have a sickly sweet fra- 

 grance v/hich ie not strong but which proves very unpleasant to many people, and 

 are followed later in the summer by dark blue berries which are not unsightly. 



If this tree is used, care should be taken in selecting nursery stock, which 

 has an unbranched leader for at least seven or eight feet as the head is formed 

 very low after branching begins. Constant cere should be given to prevent the 

 growth of suckers as these develop with amazing rapidity and soon spoil the shape 

 of the tree. On account of its shape this tree needs a wide perking and should 

 not be planted where heavy shade ie desired, ae the tree ie not of particularly 

 rapid growth when kept to a single leader, although it eventually forms a tree 

 of some size, which at maturity will give abundant shade. 



The ,Swe r et ujn. 



The Sweet Gum (Liquidamber etyraciflua)is a native of the eastern states and 

 is not often found in IMs state. So far as was noted there were no large speci- 



