The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-29
'BEAUTIFYlNC OF PRIVATE
GROUNDS and School YARDS
Shade Trees and Ornamental Shrubs
Recommended for Different Sections
: Of the Country by the U. s. De-
partment Of Agriculture

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school yardss
These are questions which are fire.
quently asked the United States De
partment Of Agriculture. Soil and ch-
matte conditions differ so greatly IN
the different sections of the United
States that in answering such questions
special consideration has to be given
each section. The Department S speei,
alists have prepared special list of
trees and shrubs suited for general use
on private grounds, streets, private
parks and school yards for each OF hve
general divisions of the United States
The i've divisions are as follows;
New England States, New YORK,
PENNSYLVANIA. New Jersey, Ohio, west
Virginia. Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan,
Illinois. Missouri, Iowa.
a-Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia. Tennessee, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, okia'
homa and Texas.
S-Nisconsin, Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kan.
sas. Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and
Idaho.
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and
Nevada.
5-California, Oregon and Wash
ington.
These lists are merely suggestive
I but they include such trees and shrubs
as seem wen adapted to the particular
locality, and they may be of assistance
to those who are interested in the beau
tiReat:on of towns and cities. Here is
Il list:
District No. 1
! DeeiGuous Trees-Sugar maple Nor
way maple, silver maple, green ASH.
white ash, American white elm, red
oal. white oak. pin oak, American
linden.
Evergreen Trees--Norway spruce,
white spruce, Colorado blue spruce,
white pine, Scotch pine, halsam fir.
Shrubs-Li,ac, golden bell, exochor'
la, SNOWFALL, mock orange, hydrangea,
Japan ounce. lowering currant, caly'
eanthus, eornas, deutzia, spiraea, wei
gela.
Deciduous Trces-Tuiip, sycamore,
hin oek, white oak. black oak. live oak,
red oak. white ash, bald cypress, Noc-
/ way maple. silver maple, red elm,
American white elm, Kentucky coffee,
/, American linden, cataipa, iiquidambar
Carolina poplar, blackberry, sour gum
| Evergreen Trees-White pine. long
| leaf pine, magnolia, live OAK, eedar OF
lebanon. :.
Shruhs-Golden bell, hydrangea, Ii
/ lac, Eioeagnus longipes, lonieeras, hipls-
Gus, hardy roses, Japan ounce, eaiyean-
thus, smoke tree.
South of Charlie ston, 5. C.-Camel-
liza iapoaiea. ~,
ander, privet.
District No. ,
peciduous Trees--Bur cak, linden,
silver map,e, Norway maple, cotton
wood, green ash, box elder, wild cher
~, lareh, American elm.- Catalpa spe'
eiosa, black walnut, blackberry.
Evergreen Trees-Scotch pine, Aus
trian pine, white pine, Norway spruce,
Co'orado blue spruce, white spruce, red
cedar, arbor vitae.
Shrubs-Li.ac. barberry, cornus,
Tamarix amurensis, Japan ounce, Rosa
rueosa. erataegus, Eloeagnus hortensis,
snv wdrop, Shepherdia argcntea.
District No. 4
/ Deeiduous Trees-Valley cottonwood
(Pcpulus fremontii wizlizenia), noun
tain cottonwood (Populus angustifoha)
mountain ash (Fraxiuus ve!utina), box
ekler Acer negundo).
Evergreen Trees-Arbor vitae, Ce-
drus deodara. box euonymus.
Shrubs-Althea, SNOWFALL mock
orange. wild rose, Grape myrtle, spiraea,
towering cu.raut. elder, lilac.
Y District No. )
Deciduous Trces-(Coast Region)-
,I.arse-leaved maple, tulip tree, noun
tain ash, European linden, sycamore,
weeping willow.
Shrubs Coast Region)-Roses, wei
reia. European holly. lilac, labarnum,
deutzia. Hydrangea paniculata, mock
Grange. Japan quihce.
Trees Columbia Basin)
elm. American elm, Norway maple,
European linden, sycamore, green ASH,
silver poplar, Russian poplar, white
willow.
Shru6s Columbia Basin Lilac,
hardy roses. Philadelphus. Eloeagpus
hortensis, laburnum, spiraea, Tamarix
amurensis, Rosa rugOsa, barbcrry.
Scme Planting Suggestions
The beauty of shade tree Gepends
upon it's normal and symmetrical
growth. Iu order to insure this, before
planting cut off the ends of all brok-
en- or mutilated roots: remove all side
branches save upon evergreens, so thai
. straight whip-like stalk alone re
mains. Dig holes at least feet in di-
ameter and foot deep in good soil,
and make them 4 feet across in poor
soil. The sideNof holes should be per-
pendicular ami the bottom fiat. Break
Up soil in the bbttom of the hole to the
depth of the length OF spade blade.
Place 2 or inches of fine top soil. free
/, from sods or other deeomposing organic
matter, in the bottom of the hole. On
top of this place the roots of the tree,
spread them as evenly as possible over
the bottom of the hole, and cover with
! 9 or 3 inches of fine top soil as before.
/ Tramp firmly with the feet and fill the
| hole with good earth, leaving the sur
face loose and a little higher than the
surface of the, surrounding soil. When
the work of Planting is completed, the
tree should stani about 2 inches deep
er than it stood in the nursery.
In order to insure symmetry of
growth, trees must be allowed unre-
strieted area for development. At
least 40 feet should be allowed be-
tween trees intended to occupy the
ground permanently. Quick-growing
temporary trees may be planted be-
tween the long-lived ones to produce
immediate results, but these should be
removed as soon as they interfere with