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natural that the home-maker should hesitate about experiment- 
ing, or trying kinds that he doesnot himself know. So the home- 
maker in the North plants maples, elms, and 4 white birch, and 
in the South a magnolia and China-berry. Yet there are num- 
bers of trees as useful as these, the planting of which might give 
our premises and streets a much richer expression. 
It is much to be desired that some of the trees with “strong” 
and rugged characters be introduced into the larger grounds; 
such, for example, as the hickories and oaks. These may often 
transplant with difficulty, but the effort to secure them is worth 
the expenditure. Good trees of oaks, and others supposed to be 
difficult to transplant, may now be had of the leading nursery- 
men. The pin oak (Quercus palustris) is one of the best street 
trees and is now largely planted. 
It is at least possible to introduce a variety of trees into a city 
or village, by devoting one street or a series of blocks to a single 
kind of tree,—one street being known by its lindens, one by its 
plane-trees, one by its oaks, one by its hickories, one by its native 
birches, beech, coffee-tree, sassafras, gum or liquidambar, tulip 
tree, and the like. There is every reason why a city, particu- 
larly a small city or a village, should become to some extent an 
artistic expression of its natural region. 
The home-maker is fortunate if his area already possesses 
well-grown large trees. It may even he desirable to place the 
residence with reference to such trees (Plate VI); and the plan- 
ning of the grounds should accept them as fixed points to which 
to work. The operator will take every care to preserve and 
safeguard sufficient of the standing trees to give the place singu- 
larity and character. 
The care of the tree should include not only the protecting of 
it from enemies and accidents, but also the maintaining of its 
characteristic features. For example, the natural rough bark 
should be maintained against the raids of tree-scrapers; and 
the grading should not be allowed to disguise the natural bulge 
