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Show b : Trees 0! Ogden And Vicinity Bv l' S. Baker. Kesearch Department. U. S. Forest. Service.- j District 4. Oirden ' v - Honey locust. 1b a commonly planted tree. It has smooth green brown bark in youth, and never becomes deeply furrowed. The flowers are small, green and almost unnoticcablc. The pods are 12 to 18 inches long and often twisted. They fall to the ground in the autumn without splitting open. Tho seeds are brownish beans. The leaves nre compound. These trees have long, green thorns, although thornleSs trees are sometimes cultivated. culti-vated. At 2653 Jefferson, may bo seen a thorny tree and a thornless one side I by side, also a Black Locust. The i wood is durable, hard and good for 'posts. j Black locust is very commonly plant-led. plant-led. It has dark, deeply furrowed bark and clusters of fragrant, white pea-shnped pea-shnped flowers, followed by short pods a few inches long, which may hang on all winter, and split apart. The seed is a small black bean. The thorns are short and sharp. The wood is very heavy, hard and durable. 2653 Jefferson Jeffer-son avenue (with honey locust) Madison Madi-son avenue along east edge of Lester j park . j Staghorn sumach is a small tree or shrub. It has compound leaves like mountain ash and compact bunches of small red berries in the fall. The newer new-er twigs are covered with a dense hairy growth, like Lhe "velvet" on new 9 stag antlers. Southwest cntranco to Lester park. Holly is known to everybody. In tho south it forms beautiful large, smooth .barked trees, but the climate of Ogden is almost too cold for it. A very poor specimen may bo seen at 2431 Adams under the shade o an elm. Maples Several kinds of maple are planted in Ogden. One of the commonest species is white maple or silverleaf maple, so called from the light green under surface of tire leaves The bark is also light colored and smooth in youth. The small, red 'flowers open vcary early in the spring ;A very fine large tree stands near the southwest corner of tho city hall. I Norway Maple has a much stiffer 'habit of growth and larger twigs. The 'leaves are dark green and of a typical 'maple shade. The flowers are in clusters clus-ters and are yellow green. Norway maple can be distinguished from all other maples by having a slightly milky sap that can be squeezed out of the base of the leaf stalks. On north side of entrance to Madison school, in l yard. Sugar Maple looks very much like I Norway maple, but the leaves are us-lually us-lually lighter green and never have a milky juice in tho stalks. There are few sugar maples planted In Ogden. In city hall park southeast of the central cen-tral fountain. (Continued Tomorrow) |