SHADE TREES AND EVERGREENS 
at the head of the list of handsome and all-round good shade 
trees. They are larger trees than Norways, often getting to 
be over ioo feet high, with a 4-foot trunk. The head is higher 
than broad, and the leaves are just as thick on the branches 
and dense throughout the top as are those of the Norway. 
Sugar Maples seem to thrive best on rocky soil which is not 
too rich nor too moist. 
MISCELLANEOUS SHADE TREES 
While we recommend Maples for general planting, there 
are other good kinds of trees that are valuable for variety. 
Elms, Lindens, Plane trees, Magnolias, Catalpas, Ashes, 
Beeches. and Walnuts are handsome and dependable. These 
descriptions will enable you to select the kinds you need. 
Black Ash. A good old standard shade tree that grows 
anywhere. The branches reach up rather than out, and 
form a compact, dense crown. The leaves are dark above 
and pale beneath. Good for a windbreak, when mixed with 
pines, spruces and hemlocks. Better in country than city. 
Purple Beech. This tree is a beauty and should be planted 
where it stands right out alone. The great, round ball of its 
head, as it sets on the sturdy, gray trunk, is a striking thing. 
The most, attractive feature of all is the purple leaves. They 
are beautiful. The old leaves hang on till the new ones push 
them off in the spring. Trunk and limbs have smooth, gray bark. 
Cut-leaved Weeping Beech. A real Beech tree with 
smooth, gray bark, straight trunk and sturdy branches. It 
is lower than other varieties of Beech, however, and grows 
slowly. Branches droop after the manner of a weeping willow. 
Leaves are deeply cut, long and narrow. 
Just to show what you can do with Privet. It will prune and grow into 
any imaginable shape and size. The single plants, also, are useful. This 
hedge is six years old. Ten good single plants, 7 feet high, cost only $1.75. 
trimming a hedge like this requires only a half day three or four times 
a year. 
