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cial attention; they are also more liable to injury than species matur- 

 ing more slowly. Another is, that transplanting is preferably to be 

 done in the early spring before the buds open, February, perhaps, be- 

 ing the best month in our region. Of course, trees transplanted at 

 other seasons will live if proper care is taken, but the chances of suc- 

 cess are much greater in cases of spring planting. In taking up the 

 tree for transplanting care should be taken to keep the root system as 

 nearly intact as possible, not so much the strong roots, which serve 

 merely as hold-fasts, as the smaller, fibrous roots, which have to do 

 with absorption. It should also not be forgotten that the roots should 

 be kept moist from the time of removal from the earth until they are 

 transplanted. If these precautions are observed and a sufficiently 

 large hole prepared for the tree, transplanting can be done with a rea- 

 sonable certainty of success. 



Among the best of the native trees for street and roadside are the 

 "sugar maple," "red maple," "linden or basswood," and "white or 

 American elm." Each of these responds readily to proper treatment, 

 and, if not crowded, develops a broad crown and dense foliage. All 

 bud early in the spring and retain their leaves until late in the autumn. 



For yards and lawns there may be added with success the "tulip 

 poplar," "black cherry," "red oak," "willow oak" or "sweet gum." If 

 judiciously planted there is secured not merely a suitable shade but 

 also a most artistic effect. I am inclined to add to this list some of the 

 "haws," the "dogwood," the "red-bud" and "service berry," because of 

 their beauty in flower and fruit. Suitably distributed they are very 

 effective in lawn decoration. 



In special locations, the sycamore, black walnut, black birch, white 

 ash, beech and chestnut are especially desirable. All of the forms 

 suggested above have under repeated tests proved their suitability for 

 the purposes indicated and are among those recommended by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 



Certain forms, and forms largely used because of their easy trans- 

 planting and rapid growth, should never be planted save in places 

 where nothing else will grow. These are the silver maple, the box 

 elder and the Carolina poplar. There is scarcely a bad plant habit 

 which these forms do not exemplify, and while their rapid growth dur- 

 ing the first few years makes them seem most promising, in later years 

 the problem becomes that of their extermination. In sand regions, 

 where no other tree will grow, the Carolina poplar is able to maintain 

 itself and serves to bind the loose soil together so that later other 

 plants are able to secure a foothold. In such cases it is doubtless a 



