questionably hardy in the St. Louis area, although speci- 
mens in favored localities have lived for many years. 
The most conspicuous and common Magnolia in the St. Louis 
landscape is the hybrid Saucer Magnolia (I if. Soulangeana). 
This is hardly a tree, although in twenty-five years, it 
may form a mound twenty-five feet wide and eighteen feet 
high. It is most satisfactory as a specimen. This is 
only a partial list; there are several other good Mag- 
nolias well worth planting, but almost none of these are 
listed in nursery catalogues, and more planting and test- 
ing must be done before their behavior and hardiness is 
T 
settled. 
MAPLES 
This is an extremely large group of over fifty 
species, and many more varieties. Not all of them are 
street trees. Some are small, and just barely reach tree 
size. Most of them are hardy in the Middle Vest, but 
only a few are satisfactory as street and lawn trees. 
The Norway Maple Ucer platanoides) becomes large enough 
for street use, however, it tends to spread too much, and 
thus it may have a place only on narrow residential 
streets, where it would be forced to grow upright. There 
are, however, a great number of varieties including two 
which could be used for street use. One tree, the Colum- 
nar Norway Maple, has upright branches, and the o^"®^^^ 
a Pyramidal Norway Maple of narrow growth habit. As 
lawn tree, any variety of the Norway Maple can be used. 
They are trees with very large leaves, some ^^^^^^^^^ 
with variegated leaf blotches, some with red leaves; in y 
all have a place in ornamental horticulture. The Liiiie 
Hedge Maple {A,- campestre) , and its many ^^^^^^^^^ *^J" 
yellow through green to purple leaves, all are sui 
for gardens since these rarely exceed the size oi h 
shrub. The Sugar Maple .(/I. saccharum) is one ot tne 
est trees of wide distribution in the eastern ^^"^^^^ 
States. Not all Sugar Maples are alike, and ^^^y ^hose 
from the Ozark region can be successfully grown a 
St.Louis. The northern and ^^^^^^\'l''\ll\Tiet lesson 
happy in this climate. This is probably the ^ J^^^/^^^^ . 
why Sugar Maple is so seldom used today as a sxr^ 
A number of varieties have been identified and those 
lumnar 
interesting along 
streets. The Maples have their full share of msec 
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