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growth. It has leaves like the ash, but its seeds 
class it among the maples. The paulownia, or 
empress tree, is a superb importation from Japan. 
Its flower buds are sometimes killed, but otherwise 
it is able to endure our severest winters. ‘The 
leaves are twelve to fourteen inches across. In 
some parts of the country the buckeye, or Ohio 
horse-chestnut, is indispensable. It is much larger 
than the ordinary horse-chestnut, and its leaves 
are smoother. The nuts are an attractive feature of 
this tree. Most of the poplars are a nuisance on a 
lawn, but the Lombardy has its place, especially 
on high points. It is also useful for windbreaks. 
Reaching its steeplelike limbs straight upward, it 
can be planted in close, hedge-like rows. The list 
of good oaks is very long. The scarlet oak and the 
pin oak are two of the very best. Several of the 
willows are meritorious, because of their early blos- 
soming or their golden or silvery foliage. The 
royal willow and the golden willow and the laurel- 
leaved are three of the best. On a small lawn the 
Kilmarnock weeping willow is not out of place, if 
not too conspicuous. Of the lindens, the Euro- 
pean white-leaved, from Hungary, is a superb tree 
in all ways. It is notable for its whitish color, its 
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