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Show J ROCK MAPLE FIRST CHOICE Good Reasons for Its Being the Favorite Fa-vorite Tree "for Streets of the 4 Small Town. Roughly speaking, trees ure used for one of three purposes. The first, street planting, Is tliut which Is most apt lo come within our ken. Frequently, Fre-quently, especially In new towns and '"developments,"' certain trees are to be planted along certain streets; and householders are asked to "do their bit" by purchasing and setting out trees to stand before their homes. The selection Is generally made by a committee, com-mittee, often upon a slight knowledge of the subject, based, perhaps, upon other plantings which have been made elsewhere under their observation, perhaps not particularly successful plantings. The argument is that one must have something, and as there are not so very many kinds of trees one must stick to those one has seen, since anything out of the common probably will not grow. And so the decision Is made. This method of selection, perhaps, may account for the widespread planting plant-ing of the rock maple In American small-town treets. The choice of this tree is one against which the tree lover lov-er should, and the tree knower will protest. The rock maple Is, not par tlculnrly fast growing. It is awkward In Its habit, and is brittle and frail It Is not as decorative as many of Its sturdier brethren, and when so many, better trees may be had at no greater trouble and expense, Its popularity is difficult to understand. For streets there Is no tree superior to the Norway maple. With its symmetrical sym-metrical form and luxuriant foliage, which turns so beautiful in the fall, no other maple surpasses It. It grows with fair rapidity and It is sturdy and resistant. Amelia Hill . In Art aad Decoration. |
