CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface 13 



Introduction 15 



Time to Plant 16 



Method of Planting 17 



Sun Scald of Young Trees 20 



Protection after Planting 22 



Pruning 22 



Time to Prune 22 



Small Branchlets '. 22 



Large Branches 28 



Pruning for Shape 24 



Pruning to Thicken Foliage 26 



Pruning Large Crowns to Reduce their Size : 26 



Care of Newly Planted Trees 28 



General Suggestions for Street Planting 29 



Shade Trees for North Carolina 30 



Ornamental Trees 31 



Ornamental Trees having Showy Flowers 31 



Autumn Foliage 32 



Objectionable Trees 32 



Arrangement of Trees on Streets 33 



Arrangement of Plantings 35 



Combinations of Trees 37 



Tree Planting Along Roads 38 



Walnuts 40 



Black Walnut 40 



English Walnut 40 



Arbor Day 40 



Descriptions of Trees Suitable for Planting 42 



Hardy Catalpa 42 



Umbrella Catalpa 43 



Paulonia 43 



Ashes 44 



Green Ash 44 



Swamp Ash 44 



White Ash and Biltmore Ash 45 



Small-leaved or Cork Elm 45 



White Elm 46 



Slippery Elm 46 



Hackberry 46 



