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Only One in Five is Safe 
Heed the danger sign — bleeding gums 
Just before Pyorrhea strikes—to undermine the teeth 
and health—kindly, knowing Nature sends a warning: 
the gums are tender and bleed easily. 
Take heed immediately, before it is too late, before the 
gums recede and the loosened teeth must be extracted, 
before the germ'laden pus'pockets form, before infection 
spreads throughout the system. 
Better yet, play safe. Don t wait for Nature’s warning. 
Four persons out of every five over forty years of age, 
and thousands younger, are afflicted with Pyorrhea. This 
is the immutable law of averages. Your dentist will tell 
you that. 
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The scarlet or swamp maple, Acer rubrum, is among the earli¬ 
est to leaf; in the fall its foliage turns scarlet or orange. 
Suitable for street planting 
The Maple Tree 
(Continued from page 120) 
Acer campestre of central Europe is and therefore is suitable for smaller gar- 
often shrubby in appearance. The bark dens. The large leaved var. violaceum 
is somewhat corky, the protuberances has lilac colored shoots which are ex¬ 
running longitudinally and irregularly ceptionally attractive during the winter, 
down the stem. It is an exceptionally Narrow leaved and curly leaved forms 
slow growing maple, but on well sit- are produced by var. angustifolium and 
uated places it may reach a height of crispifolium respectively. The var. 
60'. In poor soil it seldom develops to californicum produces a white felt on 
more than a bush. The same is true the under surface of its leaf. It is a 
for a shady place. Since it withstands quick grower but the long fragile 
the pruning knife, it can be used as a branches must be braced. At the same 
hedge, and under such conditions it time this variety must be planted in a 
produces an exceedingly pleasing one, well protected situation since, in some 
thick, dense, and exceptionally lasting, years, the shoots do not come to matur- 
The box elder, Acer negundo, al- ity. 
though it grows rapidly, is not a very Acer monspessulanum, the French 
tall tree. It does well in almost any maple is used and cared for like A. 
type of soil but prefers a loose, moist, campestre. It requires more light than 
alluvial type. Since it is intolerant, it this species, but is just as sluggish in its 
requires full light, at the same time it growth. In most favorable situations 
should be planted in protected situa- it may attain a height of 20' to 25'. 
tions as the twigs are easily broken by Acer obtusatum is a much more rapid 
the wind. Its varieties are beautiful, grower while Acer tataricum remains 
Var. odessanum has a golden yellow comparatively small but does develop 
foliage while the varieties aureo varie- a dense crown. The var. laciniatum is 
gatuni and aureo marginatum elegans more to be preferred than the species 
have a yellow seam around their leaves, itself as it is far more attractive in 
Var. argento marginatum , occurring both appearance. 
in pyramidal and bushy form, has green The sugar maple, Acer saccharum, de- 
and white leaves. Strongly spotted with velops a large oval crown but grows 
white is the var. foliis argento variega- rather slowly, averaging about a foot 
tus. This form grows but slowly a year for the first 30 years. When 
through its lack of sufficient chlorophyll ( Continued on page 124) 
A moist, rich soil is required by The sycamore maple, Acer pseu- 
the asli-leaj maple, Acer negundo. doplatanus, is a large tree of 
It is a rapid grower spreading vigorous growth 
