OS SHADE TREES FOR NORTH CAROLINA. 



small size, the presence of these evergreens gives vivacity and color to 

 what would otherwise be a gray-toned winter vista. 



COMBINATION OF A SMALL EVERGREEN SPECIES WITH A 

 STANDARD SHADE TREE. 

 Standard Shade Tree. Evergreen, 



common name. botanical name. common name. botanical name. 



Southern maple.. Acer floridanum Evergreen cherry 



or mockorange . Primus caro- 



linlana 



Cork elm Vlmus alata Evergreen mag- 

 nolia Magnolia foetida 



Willow oak Quercus phellos 



European llolu n ' ' "'"" " 



silver linden. .Tilia argentea 



Trees which are eccentric either in form, as the weeping willow and 

 weeping birch, or in color, as the purple beech, should not be extensively 

 used for street planting. These trees have a place of their own, as on the 

 lawn and park, but they are usually out of place on the streets of a town. 

 Flowering species or those with bright colored autumnal foliage are not 

 open to objection since their prevailing color is green and the season of 

 their bright color is of short duration. Even rigid and formal shapes, 

 which have ceased to be regarded as oddities on account of their common 

 use, as the bolle and lombardy poplars, umbrella tree and bunge catalpa, 

 should be used with discreet moderation. But even such extreme shapes 

 can at times be employed to great advantage. The lombardy or bolle 

 poplars, used before a long row of flat-roofed buildings, as a factory 

 front, are in good taste (PL X). 



Lastly, it might be advisable for towns to select and use one standard 

 shade tree, which can be secured cheaply and which experience has shown 

 to be healthy and well adapted to the local conditions, to such an extent 

 that it will be characteristic of the town and associated with it, as are the 

 willow oaks of Charlotte, the elms of Winston, the laurel oaks of Wilming- 

 torj and live oaks of Southport. It is not meant by this, however, that 

 thej should be used exclusively, for a sufficient number of species should 

 always be employed to give some variety io the planting. 



TEEE PLANTING ALONG POADS. 

 Ii is not, advisable i<> plan! heavy foliaged trees near roads unless the 

 road are either macadam or are sandy. In either of these cases the 





