SHADE TREES AND EVERGREENS 
abundant foliage. The leaves are of the usual Maple type, 
but are thicker and heavier than the average. Norway 
blossoms and bears fruit or seed-pods, but both the blossoms 
and the fruit are comparatively small. After you have iden¬ 
tified the tree as a Maple, you may note that the twigs are 
slim and that when you break them a milky sap comes out. 
This is a sure proof that the Maple is a Norway. 
We are indebted to Europe for the Norway Maple. Its 
home is in the mountains all the way from Switzerland to 
Sweden. Owing to the conditions in its European home 
it is thrifty and exceedingly hardy. The leaves, which are 
green on both sides, come out earlier and stay on later than 
those of our native Maples. You can look for the little green 
leaves to appear on your Norway trees at least a week earlier 
than Ash or Linden show any green—about the same time 
as Plums leaf out or Peaches blossom. In the fall Norway 
Maple leaves stay green ten days or two weeks after other 
Maple leaves turn red and yellow, and then they stick to the 
trees a few weeks after the other leaves are down. 
A Norway tree gets to be 50 or 60 feet high in twenty-five 
years or so. As has been noted, the head is always nearly 
round—just a little higher than broad. The leaves all come 
off in the fall. This makes the tree very clean—no litter of 
leaves all winter; they harbor no enemies, and will stand dust 
and smoke without damage. Some other shade trees get to 
be 100 feet high, with very broad heads. This is larger than 
the Norway Maple, and some people think that the Norway 
is not big enough for planting along wide streets. But it 
will give a good account of itself, anywhere you place it. 
In single rows along streets the trees should be planted about 
35 feet apart. For this purpose be careful that you get trees 
to plant which have a single leader. Such trees can be 
trimmed higher than ordinary on the street side. Norway 
A comparatively young farm planting near Harrisburg, Pa. About 
two hundred yards of hedge, containing eight hundred 18-inch plants. 
Various Maple, Horse-Chestnut, Linden trees, etc., about seven in all, 
in 6-foot size. The lot will cost about $12. This is a location where an 
Evergreen windbreak would be a good thing. 
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