Beech.—A beautiful tree both in summer and winter. Best when grown individually. There are fifteen or more species belonging to the genus (Fagus). The blue beech or ironwood, a rather small tree, may be used where its peculiar color is desired.
Birch.—Some twenty-four species are known in the United States, inhabiting mostly the northern part, extending into Canada and Alaska. The birches, especially the paper or white birch, are distinguished by their light-colored bark. That of the white birch was used by the Indians for canoes. It is an excellent park tree if it can be saved from being peeled by the ubiquitous vandal.
Box Elder.—A species of maple found quite generally from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains. It grows to a height of approximately fifty feet with a spread about the same. It casts a dense shade and since it will stand severe climatic changes is a good tree for the naturally treeless sections. Has been used much as a street tree, although not particularly shapely as to trunk.
Buckeye.—The buckeye and horse chestnut are species of the same genus. To the native species is usually given the name buckeye. The Ohio buckeye is from 30 to 45 feet in height and is useful in mass planting and not at its best in road planting.
PIN OAK STREET TREES
About 15 Years Old on Land that Was Once Considered to be a part of the “Great American Desert.”
A COTTONWOOD WIND BREAK
Formerly very Common in the Prairie Region.