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or shade from sun ; it is not a good tree to have 

 very near the house or lawn, as it sheds its leaves 

 all through the summer. 



Lime Tilia. Lime trees are much used for 

 avenues or screens ; they have very sweet-scented 

 pale-green blossom in July. 



Maple Acer. Nearly all the Maples are 

 beautiful trees, and there are an immense number 

 of varieties. A. platanoides, A. saccharium the 

 " Sugar Maple," and A. rubrum, are some of the 

 handsomest of the large-growing kinds. A. 

 negundo, A. colchicum, and their varieties, are 

 smaller trees, and can be grown as bushes ; while 

 A. palmatum, is the type of the "Japanese Maples," 

 which are lovely, but very slow growing. 



Oak Quercus. Q. robur is the ordinary English 

 Oak, so handsome, but so slow growing ; there are 

 several varieties, which can be had from all large 

 nurseries. 



Paulownia Paulownia imperialis, is a beauti- 

 ful tree with immense leaves and blue flowers ; it 

 grows to a medium height in this country. 



Plane Platanus orientalis. A tree which 

 grows to an enormous height, and the branches 

 of which cover an extraordinary extent. It is 



