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and evergreen windbreaks are the best of alL 

 Screens can be made with any of a dozen different 

 things. Privet, Silver Maple and Cedars are un- 

 excelled for quick screens. All thick trees and 

 shrubs are good. Hemlock is the most beautiful, 

 and the most permanent. 



That large class which goes under the name of 

 Single Specimens includes almost every tree and 

 plant we have. The largest Maples and Pines and 

 Walnuts, the smallest shrubs and roses and Privet 

 specimens — all are beautiful when standing alone. 

 Some should be trimmed for best appearance; 

 others should be left to grow naturally. Suit the 

 trees and plants to their spaces and locations, and 

 to your preferences. Wherever there is room 

 forests should be planted. It may be a half-acre 

 only, or a thousand acres, but it will be beautiful, 

 useful and profitable. Catalpa, Walnut, Pines and 

 Spruces make the best forest trees. 



For colors in leaves during fall, Maples and Mag- 

 nolias probably are best. Evergreens, of course, 

 provide contrast in summer and, what is much 

 more valuable, color in winter. Peculiarities in 

 coloring of both leaves and bark of other varieties 

 are noted in the description, and there also you will 

 see noted the blossoming habits of each kind of 



How is this for an attractive and inviting planting? The forty yards of 

 untrimmed Privet hedge grew in two seasons from 3-foot plants. The 

 four Evergreens are splendid White Pines, about 3 feet high when planted. 

 Cost of the lot, $8. Of course they take some years to grow, but they are 

 beautiful from the start. 



