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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
November, 1916 
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Bare foundations accentuate the severity of A few shrubs make this house seem truly a 
the lines of this house. part of the grounds round about it. 
A Few Framingham Shrubs 
Will Make Your Home 
Look More Homey 
B are foundations are rather awk- 
wardly angular looking, at their 
best. More often than not, they give 
to the entire house a kind of stilted 
Daddy-Long-Legs look that decidedly 
detracts from its invitingness. 
It is truly a revelation, what a 
pleasing transformation is made by 
judiciously selected shrubs planted 
alongfoundations, formerly bare. They 
effect that much-to-be-desired link-up 
between house and grounds. 
They) add a touch of cosy attrac- 
tiveness and genuine charm to one’s 
home grounds that nothing else can 
quite supply. 
They greatly enhance the value of 
one’s property. 
Of course, Shrubs differ. The ex- 
treme particularity with which every 
Framingham Shrub is selected, grown 
and shipped, makes them absolutely 
dependable and uniform in quality 
throughout. 
With our catalogue before you (a 
copy is yours for the asking) making 
your Shrub selections will be an easy 
matter. Or if you incline to tell us 
something of your requirements, we 
will be glad to suggest the varieties 
which to our notion, would most 
appropriately meet them. 
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Largest and Best Shade Trees 
in the United States 
T H.\T the largest shade tree in the United i 
States, as brought to light by the prize 
contest held by the .American Genetic .Associa- 
tion, should turn out to be the Eastern Sjca- 1 
more is not surprising. The Sycamore has long i 
been regarded as the largest deciduous tree in 1 
North .America and its range of growth is hardly ' 
second to that of any other broad-leaf tree; for it 
can be found from Maine to Florida, and as far west 
as Kansas. 
The bestowal of the prize on a Sycamore at 
AVorthington, Indiana, which is 42 feet 3 inches in ! 
circumference and 150 feet tall, draws attention to i 
the fact that foresters are nowadays recommending 
the species especially for city planting. They sa\ 1 
that long e.xperience with Sycamores planted in city 
streets has shown that the species is peculiarly able 
to withstand the smoke, dust, and gases which are ■ 
usually an unavoidable complement of urban life. 
In addition, the Sycamore is as resistant to attacks 
of insects and fungi as almost any species, and 
is a quick grower; at ten years of age a healthy 
Sycamore usually is already large enough for 
shade as well as for decorative purposes. .As 
for the latter, there is hardly any Eastern species 
which is generally held so picturesque. With its 
strikingly mottled bark and magnificent stature 
and conformation, the S\xamore has a marked in- 
dividuality and can not be mistaken for any other 
species, either in the summer when the foliage con- 
ceals its structural form, or in the winter when the 
leaves are absent. 
A common objection to the Sycamore as a 
lawn tree is its habit of dropping its leaves before 
autumn — about .August ist, indeed, it begins to 
shed. This drawback is offset by many desirable 
qualities, however. 
There is little prospect of popularity, foresters 
say, for the A’alley Oak of California, which was de- 
cided to be the largest nut-bearing tree in the 
United States, the contest unearthing a specimen 
in San Benito County which is 37 feet 6 inches in 
circumference and 125 feet high. The A’alley Oak 
is a verj' beautiful tree, but it attains its maturity 
only after three or four hundred years! The tree 
grow’s too slowly to be planted for shade or decora- 
tive purposes, and, being found only in California, 
it would have a' small field of usefulness. The 
Valley Oak is not popularly considered a nut- 
bearing tree; for its acorns are not generally used for 
food, although, of course, they are edible. For- 
esters say that the Chestnut and the Black Walnut 
are the largest nut-bearing trees in this country, and 
the contest did, in fact, unearth a Chestnut near 
Crestmont, North Carolina, which is 33 feet 4 inches 
in circumference and about 75 feet tall. 
The contest brought forth photographs and 
authentic descriptions of 337 trees in all parts 
of the United States, making a distinctly \'al- 
uable contribution to existing knowledge of native 
trees. It was found that, in all probability, there 
is no living Elm larger than “The Great Elm” at 
Wethersfield, Connecticut, which is 28 feet in cir- 
cumference and about 100 feet tall, and is estimated 
to be 250 years old. Many remarkable specimens 
of species which ordinarily attain only small sizes 
were unearthed by the contest, furnishing new rec- 
ords of maximum growth. A Sassafras was brought 
to light at Horsham, Pennsylvania, which is 15 
feet 10 inches in circumference at four feet from the 
ground, whereas,' for example, not long before 
this a Georgia town claimed that it had the larg- 
est Sassafras tree in the world, though this tree 
was only something more than 7 feet in circum- 
ference. .A W’hite Birch was found in Massa- 
chusetts with a girth of 12 feet 2 inches; a Pecan 
was found in Louisiana with a circumference of 19 
feet 6 inches, and a Catalpa in .Arkansas with a girth 
of 16 feet. The tallest tree found is a A'ellow Poplar |1| 
in North Carolina, which is iq8 feet high and has a || 
circumference of 34 feet 6 inches. Other record | 
trees reported are White Elm in West A’irginia, 33 j 
feet; White Oak in Indiana, 21 feet; Chestnut in jj 
North Carolina, 42 feet 3 inches; Black Walnut in j. 
New Jersey, 24 feet. ; 
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