196 Ailanthus and Silver Leaf Ahele. 



where every breath of pure air is a blessing, we doubt whether 

 the odor of the blossoms is more disagreeable than the constant 

 "chawing " of the canker worm upon the elm and some other 

 trees, and the falling shower of dirt which covers every passer 

 by for three or four weeks, to say nothing of carrying off on 

 one's shoulders and crawling over one's face and hands, a 

 horde of vile worms which string down from them, in long 

 succession. To take our own chance, we greatly prefer the 

 " smell " of the ailanthus, or the " down" of the abele, to the 

 enemies of the elm. 



The abele certainly has valuable qualities which cannot 

 be overlooked. We admit its liability to sucker, but this is 

 not to shut it out of the pale of cultivation. The locust suckers, 

 the lilac suckers, and many beautiful trees and shrubs have 

 the same habit. But the abele is a very useful tree for light 

 sandy soils, and for bleak and exposed situations on the sea- 

 shore, where it withstands the gales and spray of the ocean, 

 better than almost any other tree. If it cannot claim a per- 

 manent place in the courtly avenue, it may add a charm to 

 some humble cottage by the seaside, where some fairer tree 

 would soon wither and die. 



Our advice therefore is, not to destroy trees already grown 

 up, unless already too thick, but to use more judgment in the 

 selection hereafter ; recollecting that neither the elm, the 

 ailanthus, the abele, the lime, or the silver maple, are all the 

 trees suitable for streets or avenues. Neither would we mis- 

 lead any one to suppose nurserymen will ever be able to sell 

 the magnificent tulip tree, " twice cut or removed before 

 hand, (of any size,) so as to enable them to warrant their 

 growth in any good soil, for a dollar apiece." 



The tulip is a truly noble tree, but it is removed with more 

 danger, when of very large size, than almost any other tree, 

 and consequently will ever be scarce as a street tree. Of 

 small or moderate size, they grow as readily as an elm, and 

 those who would possess them must be content to wait ; he 

 who is not, must take other trees. 



The list of street trees is not so meagre as some suppose. 

 There is the American, English, and Scotch elm ; the Syca- 



