moist soil.

Locust |80ft. |Fragrant flowers in May and June. Rapid
| | grower. Seeds in pods. Thorny bark.

Lombardy Poplar |90ft. |Quick grower. Stiff, straight and tall.
| | Dignified but melancholy tree. Fine for
| | pathway effect.

Norway Maple |100 ft.|Tall, well rounded tree. Yellow foliage in
| | the fall.

Pin Oak |100 ft.|Fastest grower among oaks. You cannot
| | grow plants under it.

Red Maple |100 ft.|Earliest flowering maple. Good for lowlands.
| | Bright red foliage in the fall.

Sugar Maple |100 ft.|Moist soil. Bright foliage in the fall. Best
| | street tree among maples.

Horse Chestnut |60 ft. |Fine white flowers in June. Attractive buds
| | and leaves. Foliage grows very dense.
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XIII

HOW BOYS AND GIRLS CAN MAKE MONEY FROM THEIR GARDENS

Naturally, we are all interested in ways and means of earning money. It
is not a bad thing at all for a boy or girl to wish to turn work into
cash. Not always is it possible for one to find a market next door for
products. No, it is rarely as easy a matter as that. One has to really
work a bit.

"Let me tell you one boy's story. This lad, let us call him Newton, had
a nice vegetable and flower garden. He had worked so hard over it, it
did seem to him as if he ought to be able to sell some of his produce.
One day he loaded a little cart with vegetables and went down the street
to a corner market. I imagine he went in a half-hearted sort of way. The
market-man was busy and he spoke a bit roughly to the boy. But Newton
went on to another store. He received the same sort of treatment there.
This time he gave up discouraged and went home. His mother was not
discouraged. She showed him how he should have made his vegetables,
wagon and all, look more attractive.

"So Newton went to work again. He scrubbed his radishes and new carrots
until they shone. He bunched them up into neat little bundles. Then the
lettuce came in for its washing and cleaning. Thus he treated all the
vegetables. Then he printed a sign 'Fresh Vegetables For Sale' and
started off again. This time he went to the largest hotel in the little
city