. American forestry. Forests and forestry. ;'*#:^^^. WrHAT SPRUCES CAN DO FOR A FOREST SCAPE IN WINTER. ,-itiB:::'j»;_. its winter coloration. It is one of the few trees whose leaves stay on all win- ter, giving you a big flame of brown- yellow to show against the white of the snow and the gray of the bare trees. And if you can clear the way for some thrifty young six-inch specimen that is already succeeding, it will astonish you with its subsequet rapid growth. The white oak you save, always and every time. Not only for its fine timber, beautiful bark, and stately spread of branches, but for
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. ;'*#:^^^. WrHAT SPRUCES CAN DO FOR A FOREST SCAPE IN WINTER. ,-itiB:::'j»;_. its winter coloration. It is one of the few trees whose leaves stay on all win- ter, giving you a big flame of brown- yellow to show against the white of the snow and the gray of the bare trees. And if you can clear the way for some thrifty young six-inch specimen that is already succeeding, it will astonish you with its subsequet rapid growth. The white oak you save, always and every time. Not only for its fine timber, beautiful bark, and stately spread of branches, but for its foliage effects. By the middle of October it will be one vast bank of purplish copper, then brown, and finally light yellow-brown, hang- ing on through the winter and helping the beech to keep the forest cheerful. If you plant enough pyramidal spruces, feathery white pines and sap-green pitch pines to paint in dashes of color contrasting with the tawny beeches and oaks, you can always be sure that your snowy forest hillsides will be beautiful in December, January and February. Look at the Adirondacks in winter if you would realize what spruces can do for a hardwood forestscape in winter. And do not let anyone persuade you to keep the red oak in preference to the white. It is true that it grows slightly faster, reaching maturity ten years ahead of the white, but it is a flashy tree having no lasting beauty or utility and its big glossy green leaves turn to a dull brown in autumn without giving us any color, after which they drop off and cumber the forest floor. Its wood is reddish and brashy, giving the tree its name, and in no way to be compared to the wood of the white oak. For vivid reds in autumn we must look to the scarlet oak, black oak and the pin oak, not the red. The pin oak prefers rich loamy creek bottoms and those flat tables at the bottom of ravines that are overflowed by spring freshets. If there is a pin oak in your grove, save it for its autumn colors and it
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