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SHADE TREES FOR NORTH CAROLINA. 



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

 what wonld otherwise be a gray-toned winter vista. 



COMBINATIOiSr OF A SMALL EVEEGREEJf SPECIES WITH A 

 STANDARD SHADE TREE. 



Standard Shade Tree, 

 common name. botanical name. 



Southern maple.. Acer floriclanum 



Cork elm Vlmus alata 



Willow oak Quercus phellos 



European 



silver linden. . Ti/ta argentea 



Evergreen, 

 common name. botanical name. 



Evergreen cherry 

 or mockorange . Prunus caro- 



Unlana 



Evergreen mag- 

 nolia Magnolia foetida 



Holly Ilex opaca 



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

 weeping birch, or in color, as the purple beech, shoiild 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 (PI. X). 



Lastly, it might be advisable for to\\'ns 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 Avill 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- 

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

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

 always be emploj'ed to give some variety to the planting. 



TREE PLANTING ALONG ROADS. 



It is not advisable to plant heavy foliaged trees near roads unless the 

 roads are either macadam or are sandy. In either of these eases the 



