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TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 
be found in many places in this state. One of the finest 
of these borders the Lincoln Highway fifteen miles west 
of Sacramento. 
In Livingston County, Michigan, there are numerous 
splendid rows of Black Walnut trees from 50 to 60 
years of age which are among the beauty spots of the 
state’s highway system. One of Michigan’s planters in 
the fall of 1920, procured thirty bushels of selected 
walnuts from Mt. Vernon, the George Washington 
homestead in Virginia, to be planted by school children 
on school grounds and at their homes and along the state 
highways. Something like 2000 were planted by him in 
a nursery, for subsequent use in the city parks of Saginaw. 
An early example of this planter’s high valuation of the 
Black Walnut is afforded by a handsome and thrifty 
specimen now standing in front of the Saginaw postoffice, 
where it was planted by him 15 years ago. 
The Black Walnut develops a well-rounded crown of 
symmetrical growth, and in its native state it is found in 
rich woodlands over a wide range of country. Its natural 
territory extends from Massachusetts south to Florida, 
and west and southwest to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas 
and Texas. Adaptability to strange regions broadens 
this range to include almost the entire country for pur¬ 
poses of transplanting or introduction. 
The Butternut, a close kinsman of the Black Walnut, 
has distinct claims to consideration as a roadside tree, 
especially for cold climates. Although less durable for 
timber purposes than the Black Walnut, smaller in growth, 
and not so attractive in appearance, it has the advantage 
of growing in climates too severe for either the Walnut or 
the Hickories. In fact, the Butternut thrives further north 
than any other tree of the nut-producing group. Its 
resistance to frost makes it well worth while as an addi- 
