56 TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 
popularity. These flowers are a blend of green and 
yellow, touched with orange, and their brilliance is ample 
reward for the painstaking care required in successful 
transplanting. The tree is 
of symmetrical form with 
comparatively narrow top, 
and though its wood is rather 
brittle, its foliage is grace¬ 
ful and extremely pleasing 
to the eye. It requires 
deep, rich soil and plenty 
of moisture. It should 
be transplanted only in 
early spring. 
Sweet Gum. —The Sweet Gum has many points to 
recommend it for street planting where it is hardy, and it 
may well be regarded as one of the most desirable trees 
for this purpose east of the Appalachian Mountains from 
New Jersey southward. Its narrow and well-shaped top, 
symmetrical growth and graceful, star-shaped leaves, 
give it an especial beauty during the season of green 
foliage. With autumn the 
green changes with kaleido¬ 
scopic effect into red and 
yellow, with touches of 
brown and purple, lending 
unusual splendor to the 
street lined with these trees. 
In its winter dress of spiked 
balls, the Sweet Gum lacks 
the bareness of other trees 
and thus carries its orna¬ 
mental effect throughout the changing seasons of the 
year. The soil for this tree should be rich and moist, 
