620 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



Lluod-k'uvcd iiiaiile, tloweriiijj; pcaclu'S, aralias, dogwoods, Magnolia 

 soulangeaua, double llowering crabs, rose acacia aud snowdrop 

 tree. No doubt there are many other lovely sorts you will think 

 of not mentioned above, as 1 do, but I am only naming a few of a 

 great many. 



Among weeping, or drooping trees, for which there is often a 

 place for one or more, these comes to mind Japanese weeping cherry, 

 Teas's mulberry, Kilmarnock willow, weeping willow, elm and dog- 

 wood. 



Before parting with the subject of trees, I would again refer to 

 the difficulty of making choice of sorts, for the reasons given, but 

 I may say that if limited to a single tree for shade, I would probably 

 name the Norway maple; for white bark, paper birch; for flowers, 

 Magnolia fraseri, and for autumn foliage, sugar maple. And among 

 what I have named small trees, I would select for its flowering. 

 Magnolia soulangeana. 



Coming now to shrubs, it is in place to say that suburban grounds 

 can be made esijecially interesting by a liberal use of them. Of 

 smaller growth than trees, a great variety can be used, giving, one 

 after the other, flowers from early spring until frosts come. Keep- 

 ing the seasons in mind, the following varieties are named, though 

 not without many a pang for favorites omitted: Flowering almonds, 

 azaleas, Callicarpa, sweet shrub, verbena shrub, clethra, Cornus 

 alba, flowering hawthorns, Desmodium penduliflorum, deutzias, 

 Exochorda grandiflora, golden bell, althaeas, hydrangea, corchorus, 

 mock orange, deciduous holly, Japanese rose, Pyrus arbutifolia, 

 Pyrus japonica, Japanese judae, spireas, suo wherries, lilac, Vac- 

 cinium corymbosum, Japanese snowball, chaste shrub, weigelas and 

 purple plum. 



Among shrubs, the greater number flower in early spring, and 

 but few there are who will question the desirability of this. The 

 severity of our winters makes us all long for Spring, and prepares 

 us to enjoy the beauties the flowering shrubs present. There is 

 the golden bell, with its buds half expanded before frosts are over, 

 impatient to greet us with its wand of yellow flowers; and closely 

 following it are the Japanese judas, the flowering almonds and 

 troops of others impatient to glorify one's grounds. And then the 

 dear old lilac, without which no planting is complete, reminding 

 evervone of us of our childhood davs! No one really feels that 

 Spring is here till the lilac is in bloom, and we would hasten its 

 coming: 



"Reach out bronze buds to feel the sun's soft kisses! 

 Already red the currant flaunts her flowers; 

 But you, dear Lilac, are the joy one misses 

 In every breath of Spring long longed for hours." 



In the list of shrubs pi'esented, several have been named not so 

 much for their beauty of flowers as for ornamental characters in 

 Autumn, chiefly in the way of bright berries or brilliant foliage, 

 though there are some that flower nicely at that time. I liave seen 

 Spiraea Anthony Waterer in better display in late Autumn than 

 at any other season of the year. The verbena shrub, Caryopteris, 

 the clethra and the chaste shrub, Vitex, are all late flowering. The 

 berry-bearing kinds are I'epresented by the Callrcarpa, hawthorns, 

 deciduous holly, Pyrus arbutifolia, Japanese rose and snowberries. 



