332 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Oak, Overcup — right. 

 '« Red — right. 

 " White — right. 

 Osage Orange — right. 



Poplar, Canadian, (Yellow Cottonwood) ; Poplar, Cottonwood ; Poplar, Lombardy — 

 would rather grow something better than the last three. 

 Walnut, Black — right. 

 " White— " 



EVERGREENS. 

 Arbor Vitae, American ; Arbor Vitae, Siberian ; Cedar, Red ; Fir, Balsam — all do well. 

 Fir, Silver — tender. 

 Hemlock — don't do well. 

 Pine, Austrian — right. 

 " Scotch — right. 

 " White— " 

 Spruce Fir, Norway — right. 

 " " White — superb. 



ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 

 Acacia, Rose — hardy. 

 Almond, Dwarf, pink and white — hardy. 



The White Flowering Almond is a far prettier shrub than the pink, perfectly hardy, 

 and one mass of snow white blossoms when in bloom. 

 Barberry — hardy. 



Calycanthus — tender, covered in winter, it then blooms well. 

 Currant, Missouri — hardy. 

 ' " Gordon's — tender. 

 " Yellow, flowering — hardy. 

 Deutzia — hardy. 



Lilac, Persian, purple — best. « 



Privet — hardy, fine hedge plant. 

 Purple Fringe — does well. 

 Spiraeas — all do well. 

 Strawberry Tree — hardy. 

 Tree Paeony — does well. 

 White Fringe — tender. 

 Box, Dwarf— " 

 Ampelopsis — right. 

 Bignonia — right. 

 Clematis — all right. 



Honeysuckle, Belgian — tender, does well covered. 

 Honeysuckle, Scarlet Trumpet — hardy. 



" Yellow — hardy. 



Periwinkle, blue — hardy. 

 Virginian Silk — cover. 

 Wistarias' — jeover. 



Add the new Weigelia Groenweyii, red flower, distinct from rosea, and a more grand 

 and superb bush, being when in bloom, one mass of flowers. 



