SHADE TREES AND EVERGREENS 



abundant foliage. The leaves are of the usual Maple type, 

 but are thicker and heavier than the average. Norway 

 blossoms and bears fruit or seed-pods, but both the blossoms 

 and the fruit are comparatively small. After you have iden- 

 tified the tree as a Maple, you may note that the twigs are 

 sHm and that when you break them a milky sap comes out. 

 This is a sure proof that the Maple is a Norway. 



We are indebted to Europe for the Norway Maple. Its 

 home is in the mountains all the way from Switzerland to 

 Sweden. Owing to the conditions in its European home 

 it is thrifty and exceedingly hardy. The leaves, which are 

 green on both sides, come out earlier and stay on later than 

 those of our native Maples. You can look for the little green 

 leaves to appear on your Norway trees at least a week earlier 

 than Ash or Linden show any green — about the same time 

 as Plums leaf out or Peaches blossom. In the fall Norway 

 Maple leaves stay green ten days or two weeks after other 

 Maple leaves turn red and yellow, and then they stick to the 

 trees a few weeks after the other leaves are down. 



A Norway tree gets to be 50 or 60 feet high in twenty-five 

 years or so. As has been noted, the head is always nearly 

 round — just a little higher than broad. The leaves all come 

 off in the fall. This makes the tree very clean — no litter of 

 leaves all winter; they harbor no enemies, and will stand dust 

 and smoke without damage. Some other shade trees get to 

 be 100 feet high, with very broad heads. This is larger than 

 the Norway Maple, and some people think that the Norway 

 is not big enough for planting along wide streets. But it 

 will give a good account of itself, anywhere you place it. 

 In single rows along streets the trees should be planted about 

 35 feet apart. For this purpose be careful that you get trees 

 to plant which have a single leader. Such trees can be 

 trimmed higher than ordinary on the street side. Norway 



A comparatively young farm planting near Harrisburg, Pa. About 

 two hundred yards of hedge, containing eight hundred 18-inch plants. 

 Various Maple, Horse-Chestnut, Linden trees, etc., about seven in all, 

 in 6-foot size. The lot will cost about $12. This is a location where an 

 Evergreen windbreak would be a good thing. 



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