48 ANDORRA NURSERIES 
Typical Avenue of Beautiful Norway Maples 
The Beauty of Shade Trees 
N ATURE spreads her Autumn colors with lavish freedom 
in gay tones of gold and red on Oak and Maple, and 
tinges with purple and brown the Elm and Ash, as 
through their falling leaves gradually appear the sturdy limbs 
and. tracery of gray twig which will stand in stately promise, 
through the Winter, of opening bud and flower at the first touch 
of mystic Spring. No other feature of the tiny suburban 
bungalow or spacious country place is more necessary to its real 
enjoyment and comfort than the shade afforded in Summer 
by properly planted trees on street and lawn; no other feature 
of the out-of-doors adornment of our American homes adds so 
much to their general attractiveness and real value, as the trees 
which furnish a setting for the house and garden. 
For planting singly or in groups near the house, for their 
shade or for landscape effect on lawn or meadow, there are the 
Maples, Lindens and Oaks in many varieties, and the graceful 
Elms suitable for the widest range of soils. Of quicker growth, 
no trees can compare with the symmetrical Norway Maple, giv¬ 
ing a rich dense shade, and the spreading Oriental Plane of 
graceful foliage and interesting gray-green branches. The Nor¬ 
way Maple and Oriental Plane, symmetrical in form, and almost 
entirely free from insects and diseases, are the trees par excel¬ 
lence for street and avenue plantings, for, on account of their 
rapid growth and handsome appearance when still comparatively 
young, a much quicker effect is obtained than with the slower- 
growing varieties. 
