TREES 
that it will withstand severe drouth and cold and can therefore be 
used on the most exposed locations in the northwestern plains. 
Oak: Another genus containing a number of our noblest trees. 
The best for landscape gardening are probably the white oak, the 
swamp white oak, scarlet 
oak, pin oak, red oak 
and mossy-cup oak. 
Popular prejudice does 
the oaks an injustice in 
believing them to grow 
very slowly. They are 
in fact most satisfactory 
trees wherever planted 
on reasonably good soil. 
Poplars: These 
trees are particularly 
useful on account of 
their rapid growth, the 
Carolina poplar espe- 
cially so. However they 
are short lived and have 
other defects so that they 
should not be planted 
where better trees can be 
grown. The Lombardy 
poplar on account of its 
peculiar form is chosen Fig. 117. Bur Oax in Winter Dress 
for special effects. 
Sweet Gum: Suitable for the middle and southern states — 
an attractive tree giving bright colors in autumn. 
Sycamore, Plane Tree or Buttonwood: The American plane 
tree makes a large showy specimen. It is most at home on moist 
land along streams, etc. The European plane tree is a little more 
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