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Show j QUESTION OF TREE PUNTING i Problem Is Worthy of V.-y Much I ' . More Consideration Than is Us- ' -, ually Given It. 1 Whnt kind of tree shoulC ono plniit - beside one's homo? naks Good Housekeeping'. House-keeping'. Obviously It should ho n fust grower. Also, It ehould he ornamental. Preferably It should give ii shade tlmt , ,, Is lofty mid not too dense. A produc-' V tlvo tree will answer as well as one ! " that In merely ornamental, If a grafted " ireo Is planted rather than a seedling j It will produce In a very few years. Nut trees are both ornamental and productive. The black walnut nnd tho . ' pecan seem to bo well suited to this i sort of planting. Why not try one or ! " the other, or possibly both, one on 5 . each side of tho house? J The black walnut Is a rapid grower, reaches large size, and has foliage of great beauty. A mnture tree will produce pro-duce n great quantity of nuts. The pecan Is ulho large and beautiful, as : well as long-lived. Among thu most f t beautiful and stntely of the trees at f Mount Vernon are pecan trees planted , by George Washington and still In ex- cellont condition. Commonly one . thinks of tho peenn ns a tree for warm latitudes only. Hoth It and the Eng llsh walnut will thrive much fnrther north than Is commonly supposed. For planting near the house, then, the 1 f ' black walnut, the pecan or a good Hhagbark tree would be an excellent ' choice. The foliage of the walnut Is . ulways beautiful and In the fall the 1 leaves of both the hickory nnd tho pe- ' - ' can are symphonies In brown. |