8. The palm-leafform. The one sided character of 
this is not well seen in a photograph 
10. Umbrellatype. This tree is a conspicuous object 
on the road at East Avon, near Lima, N. Y. 
11. Two storied form of the oak type 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
APRIL, 1908 
9. Alow headed form of the willow type. Note the flat spread and compare with others shown 
few nurserymen carefully select the differ- 
ent types in the nursery row so that trees 
having one form can be supplied on requisi- 
tion, which is most desirable for avenue 
effects or street planting. 
It is certainly unfortunate that so magnifi- 
cent a tree as our native elm should be sub- 
ject to such devastating injury as that from 
the elm leaf.beetle.. Methods of control of this 
pest have been described on page 26 of the 
August, 1907, number of THE GARDEN MaGa- 
ZINE-FARMING. There are two periods of 
of the year in which it can be attacked—May 
and August — when some arsenical poison 
must be sprayed in sufficient profusion to com- 
pletely cover the foliage. In view of the public 
benefit derived from the retention of hand- 
some specimen trees, local authorities might 
be induced to lend the fire engines to give the 
necessary power to spray tall trees.—EDiTOoR. ] 
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12. In this we see all the sturdy dignity ofthe oak. Itisnamed the oaktype. Rare 
