OTHER AUTUMN TREES
BE AU T Y AN D FRA GRAN < E. Other trees remarkable for their autumn foliage comprise Liriodendrua tulipeferum, the tulip tree, the different varieties of scarlet-leaved oaks, and the Liquidamber styracifolia. Tin* lastnamed <s the sweet gum of North America, and is one of the finest of deciduous trees, icing beautiful in all stages of its growth. Ju summer its maple-like leaves are a bright green and have a pleasing fragrance. In the autumn they are remarkable for their brilliant colourings. 1. is a tree of symmetrical branching habit of growth, very hardy and thrives everywhere. It is unrivalled for park anti other ornamental plantations. Some splendid specimens arc to be seen in the public grounds'at Cambridge. Fraxinus excelsior aurea (the guide:; ash) is another very distinct tree, iemarkable for its golden leaves and golden stem and hram-IK-s. Taxodium distichuni (the deci<iiou> Cyprus), of North America, is a largo growing tree with <•• spreading head. The foliage at this season turns a rusty
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 19 (Supplement)
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166OTHER AUTUMN TREES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 19 (Supplement)
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