10 ORkAMENTAL TREES 
Norway Maple (Acer Platanoides). 
Everybody appreciates iine trees for their beauty and utility. Every member 
of the family should plant a tree in the yard. They grow larger and more beau- 
tiful every year, adding value to your property. Plant trees now; time will do tlie 
rest. Fast-growing kinds are often planted between others and are cut out when 
the longer-hved, slow-growing trees are big enough. 
WINDBREAKS Windbreaks can be made by planting Norway, Sugar or Silver 
Maple, or Linden (Basswood). These tall-growing trees should be set twenty feet 
apart, with a second row of Russian Olive. This tree grows lower and bushier and 
should be planted eight feet apart. The Carolina Poplar and Lombardy Popiar are 
also verj' good, quick-growing, tall trees, but not so long-lived. 
BECHTEL DOUBLE-FLOWERED CRAB The flowers are a beautiful pink; very 
loenals) , sweet-scented; two inches in diameter. 
Best of all the doublc-flowered Crabs. From a distance the tree looks as if it were 
loaded with roses. Blooms in May. Grows thirty feet tall. Hardy. 
Dogwood. 
Bechtel Crab. 
