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4. Acer saccharinum. — Hard, or sugar maple (Canada). Height, 50 to 70 feet. 

 The hard maple needs no description. Its clean, clear green leaves, almost free from 

 insect pests, handsome form, delicately and highly tinted leaves in autumn, recommend 

 it as one of the best of hardy trees. 



5. Acer tataricum Ginnala. — Ginnalian maple (Amurland). Height, 10 to 20 feet. 

 The deeply cut, pretty leaves, of this little maple, make it ornamental throughout the 

 summer, and in the autumn it rivals all other maples in the variety and brilliancy of 

 its colouring. 



6. JEsculus (Pavia) Jlava. — Sweet buckeye (United States). Height, 20 to 25 

 feet. In bloom, third week of May. Flowers, pale yellow. This is the tallest growing 

 species of buckeye and forms a very shapely little tree. 



7. JSsculus Hippocastanum. — Horse chestnut (Mountains of South-eastern Europe). 

 The horse chestnut is well known. At Ottawa, all specimens have not proven hardy, 

 but if procured from northern grown stock they should do well. This tree is very 

 ornamental when in full leaf and flower. 



8. Alnus glutinosa imperialis. — Imperial cut-leaved alder (Europe). Height, 20 to 

 30 feet. The cut-leaved alder is a very distinct and graceful tree with deeply cut fern- 

 like leaves and pendulous branches. 



9. Ampelopsis quinquefolia hirsuta. — Self fastening Virginian creeper (Ontario). 

 It is unfortunate that this very valuable climber is not more widely distributed. The 

 leaves are smaller than those of the ordinary form and quite downy, but the most 

 marked distinction is its power of clinging to brick, wood, or stone, almost as tightly as 

 Japanese ivy. In the autumn, the leaves are highly coloured and very efiiective when 

 growing on a wall, house or fence. 



10. Berheris Aquifolium. — Oregon grape (British Columbia). Height, 1 to 2 feet. 

 In bloom, third week of May. Flowers, bright yellow. Leaves evergreen, smooth and 

 shiny. 



*11. Berheris Thunhergii. — Thunberg's barberry (Japan). Height, 2 to 4 feet. 

 The best barberry for ornamental purposes. It is a dwarf, compact shrub, with bright, 

 green leaves in summer, changing in autumn to deep red. The scarlet fruit is borne 

 very profusely and makes this barberry quite ornamental throughout the winter. 



12. Berheris vulgaris purpurea. — Purple-leaved barberry (Europe). Height, 4 to 6 

 feet. In bloom, fourth week of May. The yellowish flowers in pendulous clusters make 

 a fine contrast with the leaves which are bright purple, when young, becoming duller 

 later in the autumn. 



*13. Betula alba laciniata pendula. — European cut-leaved birch (Europe). Height, 

 30 to 50 feet. One of the most graceful and hardy of all ornamental trees. The pendu- 

 lous branches, finely cut foliage, and elegant form of this birch make it very desirable, 



14. Caragana arhorescens. — Siberianjpea-tree (Siberia). Height, 10 to 15 feet. In 

 bloom, third week of May. Flowers, bright yellow and pea shaped. The delicate green 

 leaves of this shrub open very early and are quite attractive throughout the summer. 

 This is one of the hardiest shrubs grown. 



*15. Caragana frutescens. — Woody caragana (South Russia to Japan). Height, 3 to 

 4 feet. In bloom, third week of May. The flowers of this species are larger than those 

 of Caragana arhorescens, the leaves are formed differently, and its branches are pendu- 

 lous. It is a smaller shrub than the Siberian pea tree but quite as desirable. 



16. Carya alha. — Shell bark hickory (Canada). Height, 30 to 50 feet. The hickory 

 is a slow growing tree but in time it becomes a very handsome object on the ornamental 

 grounds. 



17. Catalpa KcBmpferi. — Japanese catalpa (Japan). Height, 30 feet. In bloom, 

 second week of July. Flowers, yellow, spotted with purple and smaller than those of 

 the hardy catalpa. The leaves are purple veined. This is the hardiest catalpa grown here. 



