TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
of planting occasionally, preferably on larger grounds and on good 
rich land in the middle states. 
Magnolias: Certain species are characteristic of the South, 
but other kinds can be grown as far north as the Great Lakes. They 
are desirable mainly on account of their showy flowers. 
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Maples: Here we have some of the noblest trees anywhere 
known. The common sugar maple is one of the best. The soft or 
silver maple is highly serviceable throughout the middle states where 
it is extensively used as a shade tree and for lawn planting. The 
Norway maple (Acer platanoides) makes a good lawn or street tree. 
The ash-leaved maple or box-elder is a very poor sort of tree except 
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