132 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



13. Elaeagniis an giisfi folia. — "Russian olive (South Europe, Orient). Height 15 

 to 20 feet. In bloom third week of June. Flowers small, yellow, very sweet scented. 

 This is a very ornamental tree with narrow silvery leaves and is perfectly hardy. 



14. Ginkgo hiloha. — Maiden-hair tree (China). Height 20 to 60 feet. This odd 

 looking tree is a deciduous conifer with peculiar fan-shaped leaves. It is rather a 

 slow grower but eventually reaches a good size. 



15. Larix europcea. — European larch (Europe). Height 60 to 80 feet. This tree 

 is more graceful than our native tamarac, and will succeed on a greater diversity of 

 soils. 



IC. Larix leptolepis. — Japanese larch (Japan). The Japanese larch is as large 

 and is a more attractive tree at Ottawa when young than the European species, and 

 promises to be one of the best ornamental trees. 



17. Platanus occidentalis. — Button-wood (Ontario). Height 50 to 60 feet. A 

 very handsome and striking native tree with large, deeply cut foliage. Its chief draw- 

 back is the lateness in leafing out in spring. 



18. Prunus Grayana. — (Japan). Some of the species of cherries are very orna- 

 mental when in bloom, and this is one of the best. The tree is very hardy and grows 

 at least from twenty-five to thirty feet high. During the latter part of May this 

 species is covered with racemes of white flowers, and is a decidedly ornamental object 

 at that time. The tree is moderately upright in habit and of good shape, and remains 

 ornamental throughout the summer. Two other good hardy cherries are Primus 

 Padus Albertsii and Prnntis Maachii. 



19. Pyrus Aucuparia. — European mountain ash, rowan tree (Europe). Height 

 20 to 30 feet. In bloom fourth week of May. Flowers white, borne in large clusters. 

 This is a very graceful lawn tree, remaining ornamental throughout the winter, when 

 it is covered with its scarlet fruit. The American species is also very good. It is a 

 smaller, more compact tree, flowering about one week later than the European. 



20. Pyrns haccala. — Siberian crab (Siberia). Height 15 to 20 feet. In bloom 

 third week of May. Flowers white, tinged with bright pink. This compact little tree 

 bears such a profusion of flowers in spring that it is one of the most ornamental at 

 that time, and later in the summer when the highly coloured fruit hangs thickly 

 among the leaves it is again very handsome. This is one of the hardiest trees grown 

 here 



Most of the crabapples make good ornamental trees. 



21. Pyrus corona/ria fl, pi. — (Bechtel's flowering crab.) This is a charming, 

 double flowering variety of the native crabapple which blooms during the fourth week 

 of May. The flowers are large, semi-double and of a delicate shade of flesh pink. They 

 have a very delightful fragrance much resembling that of violets. This tree will 

 probably not grow more than fifteen or twenty feet in height. 



22. Crataegus coccinea. — Scarlet fruited hawthorn (Canada). Tree. Height 10 

 to 20 feet. In bloom fourth week of May. Flowers white, borne in great profusion. 

 This valuable native tree is ornamental in spring, stimmer and autumn. The flowers 

 are pretty, the leaves dark and shiny, and the fruit bright red and very showy. 



23. Querciis rubra. — Red oak (Canada). A large, handsome tree, with very 

 glossy leaves which turn red in autumn and at that time render it very ornamental. 

 The leaves stay on the tree until winter. The red oak is the most rapid growing oak 

 v.hich has been tested. The golden leaved red oak (^Quercus rubra aurea) is one of 

 the best hardy yellow leaved trees. 



