256 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



32. Ginkgo hiloha. — Maiden-hair tree (China). Height, 20 to 60 feet. This pretty, 

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

 grower but eventually reaches a good size. 



*33. Hydrangea paniculala grandijlora. — Large flowered Hydrangea (Japan). 

 Height, 5 to 10 feet. In bloom, fourth week of July. Flowers, white, gradually becoming 

 pink, in very large panicles. This is one of the finest of hardy flowering shrubs. 



34. Hypericum kalmiamtm. — Kalm's St. John's wort (Ontario). Height, 2 to 4 

 feet. In bloom, second week of July. Flowers, large, bright yellow. A very orna- 

 mental late flowering shrub. 



35. Hex verticillata. — Black alder, winterberry (Ontario). Height 6 feet. This 

 shrub is most ornamental in autumn when it is covered with bright scarlet berries. 



♦36. Larix eurofoea. — 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. 



37. Ligustrum amurense. — Amur privet (China and Japan). Shrub. Height, 4 to 

 6 feet. This is the only privet tested here which has proved perfectly hardy. It is a 

 pretty little shrub. 



*38. Lonicera Alherti. — Albert Kegel's honeysuckle (Turkestan). Height, 2 to 4 

 feet. In bloom, fourth week of May. Flowers, bright pink. This beautiful little honey- 

 suckle with its sweet scented flowers, pendulous branches, and narrow leaves, is one of 

 the most hardy and desirable shrubs. 



♦39. Lonicera sempervirens. — Scarlet trumpet honeysuckle (United States). This 

 very attractive climbing honeysuckle blooms almost continuously from the first week of 

 June until late autumn. The profusion of bright, scarlet, trumpet-shaped flowers pro- 

 duce a fine efiect where trained against a house or wall. 



*40. Lonicera tatarica. — Tartarian honeysuckle, bush honeysuckle (Siberia, Tar- 

 tary). Height, 5 to 10 feet. In bloom third week of May. Flowers, bright pink. This 

 is an old favourite and one of the hardiest shrubs grown. A variety called grandijlora 

 is an improvement on the ordinary type with larger flowers striped with white. There 

 are also white flowered and yellow fruited varieties. 



♦41. JVeillia (spircea) opulifolia aurea. — Golden leaved spiraea (Canada). Height, 6 

 to 10 feet. A very vigorous growing, hardy shrub, with yellow leaves. Fine for con- 

 trasts on the lawn. 



42. Populus deltoidea aurea. — Golden leaved poplar (Canada.) A very pretty, 

 graceful, golden leaved tree, retaining its colour throughout the season. This is also 

 known as Populus monilifera aurea and Populus canadensis Van Geertii. 



♦43. Philadelphus coronarius — Mock orange or Syringa (South Europe). Height, 

 5 to 10 feet. In bloom second week of June. Flowers, white, with a strong, sweet 

 odour. A well known, popular shrub. There are several varieties, two of the most 

 ornamental being the golden leaved and double flowered forms. 



♦44. Philadelphus grandijlorus speciosissimus. — This is a great improvement on 

 Philadelphus grandijlorus, with larger, whiter, and more abundant flowers. It blooms 

 in the third week of June. It is a smaller shrub than P. grandijlorus. 



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

 very handsome and striking native tree, with large, deeply cut foliage. 



46. PotentUla fruticosa. — Shrubby cinque-foil (Canada). Height, 2 to 4 feet. In 

 bloom, second week of June. Flowers, large, bright yellow. A very pretty shrub when 

 in bloom. 



47. 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 



